My October 2010 MMA Rankings

Here are my rankings for the month of October. The most interesting thing for me was the shakeup at heavyweight and how others are going to view the top half.

This month's new additions include Michael Bisping, who earned a unanimous decision over Yoshihiro Akiyama and Jake Shields, who officially moved back to the welterweight division with his split decision win over Martin Kampmann at UFC 121 this past weekend.

The full set of rankings are after the jump.

HW
1. Cain Velasquez (UFC)
2. Brock Lesnar (UFC)
3. Fedor Emelianenko (Strikeforce/DREAM)
4. Fabricio Werdum (Strikeforce/DREAM)
5. Shane Carwin (UFC)
6. Frank Mir (UFC)
7. Junior Dos Santos (UFC)
8. Alistair Overeem (Strikeforce/DREAM)
9. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (UFC)
10. Josh Barnett (Strikeforce/DREAM)

LHW
1. Mauricio Rua (UFC)
2. Lyoto Machida (UFC)
3. Rashad Evans (UFC)
4. Quinton Jackson (UFC)
5. Forrest Griffin (UFC)
6. Ryan Bader (UFC)
7. Rafael Cavalcante (Strikeforce/DREAM)
8. Muhammed Lawal (Strikeforce/DREAM)
9. Jon Jones (UFC)
10. Gegard Mousasi (Strikeforce/DREAM)

MW:
1. Anderson Silva (UFC)
2. Chael Sonnen (UFC)
3. Nate Marquardt (UFC)
4. Dan Henderson (Strikeforce/DREAM)
5. Demian Maia (UFC)
6. Vitor Belfort (UFC)
7. Yushin Okami (UFC)
8. Jorge Santiago (Sengoku)
9. Ronaldo Souza (Strikeforce/DREAM)
10. Michael Bisping (UFC)

WW:
1. Georges St. Pierre (UFC)
2. Jon Fitch (UFC)
3. Jake Shields (UFC)
4. Thiago Alves (UFC)
5. Josh Koscheck (UFC)
6. Carlos Condit (UFC)
7. Martin Kampmann (UFC)
8. Dan Hardy (UFC)
9. Nick Diaz (Strikeforce/DREAM)
10. Paul Daley (Strikeforce/DREAM)

LW:
1. Frankie Edgar (UFC)
2. Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce/DREAM)
3. B.J. Penn (UFC)
4. Shinya Aoki (Strikeforce/DREAM)
5. Eddie Alvarez (Bellator)
6. Gray Maynard (UFC)
7. Kenny Florian (UFC)
8. Tatsuya Kawajiri (Strikeforce/DREAM)
9. Ben Henderson (WEC)
10. Sean Sherk (UFC)

FW:
1. Jose Aldo (WEC)
2. Manny Gamburyan (WEC)
3. Mike Thomas Brown (WEC)
4. Urijah Faber (WEC)
5. Bibiano Fernandes (WEC)
6. Michihiro Omigawa (Strikeforce/DREAM)
7. Marlon Sandro (Sengoku)
8. Hatsu Hioki (Sengoku)
9. Josh Grispi (WEC)
10. Joe Warren (Bellator)

BW:
1. Dominick Cruz (WEC)
2. Brian Bowles (WEC)
3. Joseph Benavidez (WEC)
4. Scott Jorgensen (WEC)
5. Miguel Torres (WEC)
6. Takeya Mizugaki (WEC)
7. Damacio Page (WEC)
8. Masakatsu Ueda (Shooto)
9. Rani Yahya (WEC)
10. Wagnney Fabiano (WEC)