Strikeforce Rankings - December 28th 2010

Rankings for fighters who currently fight in Strikeforce.

Note: Champions are automatically ranked number one in their divisions

Heavyweight
1. Alistair Overeem
2. Fabricio Werdum
3. Fedor Emelianenko
4. Antonio Silva
5. Josh Barnett
6. Brett Rogers
7. Andrei Arlovski
8. Shane Del Rosario
9. Daniel Cormier
10. Lavar Johnson

Changes: Antonio Silva moved up from #5 to #4 after defeating #6 LHW Mike Kyle. With Antonio Silva rising Josh Barnett dropped to #5.

Light Heavyweight
1. Rafael Cavalcante
2. Mo Lawal
3. Gegard Mousasi
4. Dan Henderson
5. Renato Sobral
6. Mike Kyle
7. Ovince St. Preux
8. Roger Gracie
9. Antwain Britt
10. Ron Humphrey

Changes: #5 Dan Henderson defeated previously #4 ranked Renato Sobral to take his spot and will take on #1 Rafael Cavalcante next. #7 Ovince St. Preux stays put after his win against #10 MW Benji Radach and Mike Kyle's stock did not drop as he was impressive in defeat in a HW match against Antonio Silva, he sits at #6.

Middleweight
1. Ronaldo Souza
2. Mayhem Miller
3. Tim Kennedy
4. Robbie Lawler
5. Cung Le
6. Luke Rockhold
7. Trevor Prangley
8. Matt Lindland
9. Scott Smith
10. Benji Radach

Changes: #5 ranked Matt Lindland loses to Robbie Lawler and drops down to #8 as Luke Rockhold and Trevor Prangley both move up a spot. Scott Smith lost his WW debut against #2 WW Paul Daley and will most likely fight at MW for his next fight. #4 Robbie Lawler's KO of Matt Lindland has propelled him into a title match-up against #1 Ronaldo Souza.

Welterweight
1. Nick Diaz
2. Paul Daley
3. Tyron Woodley
4. Evangelista Santos
5. Bobby Voelker
6. Roger Bowling
7. Jorge Masvidal
8. Tarec Saffiedine
9. Marius Zaromskis
10. James Terry

Changes: Paul Daley cemented himself as the #2 WW with an impressive KO of #9 MW Scott Smith. However #4 Evangelista Santos will get the next crack at #1 Nick Diaz's WW crown.

Lightweight
1. Gilbert Melendez
2. Josh Thomson
3. K.J. Noons
4. Lyle Beerbohm
5. Gesias Cavalcante
6. Billy Evangelista
7. Justin Wilcox
8. Vitor Ribeiro
9. Jorge Gurgel
10. Caros Fodor

Changes: None