MMA Top 10 Rankings 2011 updated and released

The world MMA Rankings were updated and released on Wednesday, March 2 from top 10 MMA fighters across the world in the seven widely accepted weight classes. According to MMA Weekly, fighters included in the list must also have competed within the past 12 months in order to be eligible for Top 10 consideration unless they have a bout scheduled within a reasonable time frame.

BJ Penn who fight Jon Fitch in the UFC 127 last Saturday in Sydney, Australia that ended with draw made it to the top 10 of the talent-jampacked Welterweight division.

Below are the updated list of MMAWeekly.com World MMA Rankings, which are released as of Wednesday, March 2.

HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds)

1. Cain Velasquez

2. Fabricio Werdum

3. Brock Lesnar

4. Junior Dos Santos

5. Alistair Overeem

6. Antonio Silva

7. Fedor Emelianenko

8. Shane Carwin

9. Frank Mir

10. Sergei Kharitonov

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)

1. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

2. Rashad Evans

3. Quinton Jackson

4. Lyoto Machida

5. Jon Jones

6. Forrest Griffin

7. Thiago Silva

8. Ryan Bader

9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

10. Randy Couture

MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)

1. Anderson Silva

2. Yushin Okami

3. Nathan Marquardt

4. Demian Maia

5. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza

6. Jorge Santiago

7. Michael Bisping

8. Robbie Lawler

9. Hector Lombard

10. Vitor Belfort

WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)

1. Georges St-Pierre

2. Jon Fitch

3. Jake Shields

4. Thiago Alves

5. Josh Koscheck

6. Nick Diaz

7. Paul Daley

8. Martin Kampmann

9. Carlos Condit

10. B.J. Penn

LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160-pound limit)

1. Frankie Edgar

2. Gilbert Melendez

3. Gray Maynard

4. Shinya Aoki

5. Eddie Alvarez

6. Tatsuya Kawajiri

7. Jim Miller

8. Kenny Florian

9. Anthony Pettis

10. Melvin Guillard

FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION (145 pound-limit)

1. Jose Aldo

2. Chad Mendes

3. Manny Gamburyan

4. Diego Nunes

5. Hatsu Hioki

6. Dustin Poirier

7. Mark Hominick

8. Michihiro Omigawa

9. Josh Grispi

10. Hiroyuki Takaya

BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION (135 pounds or less)

1. Dominick Cruz

2. Brian Bowles

3. Joseph Benavidez

4. Scott Jorgensen

5. Miguel Torres

6. Urijah Faber

7. Brad Pickett

8. Demetrious Johnson

9. Eddie Wineland

10. Masakatsu Ueda