Light Heavyweight
Rankings as of November 1, 2011
| Rank | Prev. Rank | Fighter | Record | Promotion |
| 1 | 1 | Jon Jones | 14-1 | UFC |
| 2 | 2 | Rashad Evans | 16-1-1 | UFC |
| 3 | 3 | Quinton Jackson | 32-9 | UFC |
| 4 | 4 | Mauricio Rua | 20-5 | UFC |
| 5 | 5 | Lyoto Machida | 17-2 | UFC |
| 6 | 6 | Dan Henderson | 28-8 | UFC |
| 7 | 7 | Forrest Griffin | 18-7 | UFC |
| 8 | 8 | Thiago Silva | 14-2, 1 NC | UFC |
| 9 | 9 | Phil Davis | 9-0 | UFC |
| 10 | 10 | Gegard Mousasi | 31-3-2 | DREAM |
| 11 | 11 | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira | 19-5 | UFC |
| 12 | 12 | Rafael Cavalcante | 11-3 | Strikeforce |
| 13 | 13 | Muhammad Lawal | 8-1 | Strikeforce |
| 14 | 14 | Alexander Gustafsson | 12-1 | UFC |
| 15 | 15 | Rich Franklin | 28-6, 1 NC | UFC |
| 16 | 16 | Matt Hamill | 10-4 | UFC |
| 17 | 17 | Renato Sobral | 36-9 | Strikeforce |
| 18 | 18 | Cyrille Diabate | 17-7-1 | UFC |
| 19 | 19 | Vladimir Matyushenko | 26-5 | UFC |
| 20 | 21 | Jason Brilz | 18-4-1 | UFC |
| 21 | 22 | Ovince St. Preux | 11-4 | Strikeforce |
| 22 | 23 | Stanislav Nedkov | 12-0 | UFC |
| 23 | 24 | Tito Ortiz | 16-9-1 | UFC |
| 24 | 25 | Mike Kyle | 19-8-1, 1 NC | Strikeforce |
| 25 | NR | Ryan Bader | 12-2 | UFC |
Light Heavyweight Fight Results – November 2011
Superior Cage Combat 3 (11/4/2011)
- Emanuel Newton (NR) d. James McSweeney (NR)
UFC 138 (11/5/2011)
- Anthony Perosh (NR) d. Cyrille Diabate (No. 18 LHW)
Bellator 57 (11/12/2011)
- Roger Hollett (NR) d. John Hawk (NR)
- Matt Van Buren (NR) d. Shawn Levesque (NR)
M-1 Challenge 28 (11/12/2011)
- Isaiah Larson (NR) d. Alihan Magomedov (NR)
UFC on Fox – Velasquez vs. dos Santos (11/12/2011)
- Aaron Rosa (NR) d. Matt Lucas (NR)
Ring of Combat 38 (11/18/2011)
- Tom DeBlass (NR) d. David Tkeshelashvili (NR)
Strikeforce Challengers 20 (11/18/2011)
- T.J. Cook (NR) d. Trevor Smith (NR)
Bellator 58 (11/19/2011)
- Catchweight (195 lbs.): Hector Lombard (No. 6 MW) d. Trevor Prangley (NR)
UFC 139 (11/19/2011)
- Dan Henderson (No. 6 LHW) d. Mauricio Rua (No. 4 LHW)
- Stephan Bonnar (NR) d. Kyle Kingsbury (NR)
- Ryan Bader (No. 25 LHW) d. Jason Brilz (No. 20 LHW)
KSW 17 (11/26/2011)
- Light Heavyweight Title: Jan Blachowicz (NR) d. (c) Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (NR)
MMA Against Dengue (11/27/2011)
- Glover Teixeira (NR) d. Ricco Rodriguez (NR)