For the first time ever the UFC has released official fighter rankings for all weight classes. The rankings were determined by media members.

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Anderson Silva
2 Jon Jones
3 Georges St-Pierre
4 Jose Aldo
5 Benson Henderson
6 Cain Velasquez
7 Dominick Cruz
8 Demetrious Johnson
9 Frankie Edgar
10 Dan Henderson

FLYWEIGHT
Champion : Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 John Dodson
3 Ian McCall
4 John Moraga
5 Jussier Da Silva
6 Louis Gaudinot
7 Chris Cariaso
8 John Lineker
9 Darren Uyenoyama
10 Ulysses Gomez

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : Dominick Cruz
1 Renan Barao (Interim Champion)
2 Michael McDonald
3 Urijah Faber
4 Eddie Wineland
5 Brad Pickett
6 Brian Bowles
7 Rafael Assuncao
8 Scott Jorgensen
9 Mike Easton
10 Ivan Menjivar

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion : Jose Aldo
1 Chad Mendes
2 Ricardo Lamas
3 Chan Sung Jung
4 Frankie Edgar
5 Dennis Siver
6 Cub Swanson
7 Dustin Poirier
8 Nik Lentz
9 Erik Koch
10 Clay Guida

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion : Benson Henderson
1 Gilbert Melendez
2 Anthony Pettis
3 Gray Maynard
4 Nate Diaz
5 Jim Miller
6 Donald Cerrone
7 TJ Grant
8 Rafael dos Anjos
9 Joe Lauzon
10 Khabib Nurmagomedov

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion : Georges St-Pierre
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Carlos Condit
3 Nick Diaz
4 Rory MacDonald
5 Demian Maia
6 Jake Ellenberger
7 Martin Kampmann
8 Josh Koscheck
9 Jon Fitch
10 Tarec Saffiedine

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion : Anderson Silva
1 Chris Weidman
2 Vitor Belfort
3 Michael Bisping
4 Yushin Okami
5 Mark Munoz
6 Constantinos Philippou
7 Luke Rockhold
8 Hector Lombard
9 Alan Belcher
10 Tim Boetsch

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion : Jon Jones
1 Dan Henderson
2 Lyoto Machida
3 Alexander Gustafsson
4 Glover Teixeira
5 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
6 Rashad Evans
7 Mauricio Rua
8 Phil Davis
9 Ryan Bader
10 Gegard Mousasi

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion : Cain Velasquez
1 Junior dos Santos
2 Fabricio Werdum
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Antonio Silva
5 Frank Mir
6 Alistair Overeem
7 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
8 Roy Nelson
9 Stefan Struve
10 Shane Carwin

Peeps, don't forget UFC on FX 6 headlined by the five round lightweight bout between George Sotiropoulos and Ross Pearson. Also, the two TUF Smashes final bouts, airs live on FX from the Gold Coast Convention Center in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia at 9pm ET / 6pm PT. Fans can also tune in to FUEL TV for six televised prelims at 6pm ET / 3pm PT.

Get behind your favourite Aussie or Brit fighters and watch them punch on!

MAIN EVENT
Ross Pearson VS George Sotiropoulos

FX MAIN CARD
TUF Smashes Welterweight Final
Bradley Scott VS Robert Whittaker

TUF SMASHES LIGHTWEIGHT FINAL
Norman Parke VS Colin Fletcher
Rousimar Palhares VS Hector Lombard

FUEL TV FIGHTS
Yaotzin Meza VS Chad Mendes
Joey Beltran VS Igor Pokrajac
Seth Baczynski VS Mike Pierce
Manuel Rodriguez VS Benny Alloway
Mike Wilkinson VS Brendan Loughnane
Cody Donovan  VS Nick Penner

After another recent consecutive loss long time fight veteran Mark Hominick has called it a day. He is retiring from MMA competition and plans to spend more time with his family. Long considered one of the pioneers of MMA in the lighter weight classes Mark "The Machine" Hominick will be leaving the sport after 32 fights and 10 years of professional competition. Hominick was known for his technical boxing and exciting fights.

Arial Helwanin recently spoke to Dana White after the UFC on Fox 5 press conference.

It seems that the possible Johnny Hendricks and Anderson Silva fights may not happen for now as GSP is likely to face Nick Diaz next.

Dana White admitted that GSP asked to specifically fight Diaz next, and that he said GSP doesn't often ask for anything.

Despite Hendricks being the most obvious contender who has really earned a spot against GSP it looks like he'll have to wait and according to Dana White Hendricks will probably fight someone else in the interim.

According to the UFC the Australia vs UK "Smashes" TUF series will air on September 19th in Australia on FX.

The popular tv series will only be the 3rd to be broadcast outside of America, with recent ratings success in Brazil for their local TUF event. It has also been announced that India will host the next international TUF event.

"The Smashes" will comprise of eight lightweights and eight welterweights who will be split into teams of eight – four from each division – coached by UFC fighters George Sotiropoulos, of Australia, and Ross Pearson, of England. The two coaches will fight on the 14th December.

The full teams for the The Ultimate Fighter Australia vs. U.K include: 

TEAM UK

Colin Fletcher (8-1), 29, Sunderland (lightweight)
Norman Parke (16-2), 25, Bushmills, Northern Ireland (lightweight)
Michael Pastou (9-2), 30, Essex (lightweight)
Mike Wilkinson (7-0), 24, Leigh (lightweight)
Luke Newman (5-0), 22, London (welterweight)
Bola Omoyele (6-1), 30, London (welterweight)
Valentino Petrescu (12-2), 30, Essex (welterweight)
Brad Scott (8-1), 23, Melksham (welterweight) 

TEAM AUSTRALIA

Grant Blackler (8-0), 23, Sunshine Coast (lightweight)
Patrick Iodice (5-0), 19, GoldCoast (lightweight)
Richie Vaculik (9-1), 29, Sydney (lightweight)
Ben Wall (6-0-1), 23, Brisbane (lightweight)
Ben Alloway (12-3), 31, GoldCoast (welterweight)
Xavier Lucas (8-3-1), 31, Perth (welterweight)
Manuel Rodriguez (9-3), 27, Sydney (welterweight)
Robert Whitaker (9-2), 21, Sydney (welterweight)

 

 

Exciting times ahead for Australian UFC fans and MMA athletes. The UFC has confirmed that it will film an Australian version of its popular Ultimate Fighter reality tv series.

Aussie fighters will face off against their traditional British rivals, and the name of series will the "Smashes", a play on the "Ashes" series.

Registration is now open to all hopeful UFC fighters from Australia and the UK. Prospective competitors should visit www.au.ufc.com/TUFForm (Aus) or www.uk.ufc.com/TUFForm (UK) for registration forms, rules and qualification criteria. The live tryouts, scheduled for June 12 in Sydney and June 15 in London, will be open to fighters ranging in weight from 61 to 77 kilograms (135 to 170 pounds). Participants must be between 21 and 35 years of age and have had at least three verified professional fights (having won two).

The coaches have not been announced yet.