Welterweight
Rankings as of November 1, 2011
| Rank | Prev. Rank | Fighter | Record | Promotion |
| 1 | 1 | Georges St-Pierre | 22-2 | UFC |
| 2 | 2 | Jon Fitch | 23-3-1, 1 NC | UFC |
| 3 | 4 | Nick Diaz | 26-7, 1 NC | UFC |
| 4 | 3 | B.J. Penn | 16-8-2 | UFC |
| 5 | 5 | Josh Koscheck | 16-5 | UFC |
| 6 | 6 | Carlos Condit | 27-5 | UFC |
| 7 | 7 | Jake Ellenberger | 26-5 | UFC |
| 8 | 8 | Jake Shields | 26-6-1 | UFC |
| 9 | 9 | Martin Kampmann | 17-5 | UFC |
| 10 | 10 | Ben Askren | 9-0 | Bellator |
| 11 | 20 | Anthony Johnson | 10-3 | UFC |
| 12 | 11 | Thiago Alves | 18-8 | UFC |
| 13 | 12 | Tyron Woodley | 9-0 | Strikeforce |
| 14 | 13 | Rick Story | 13-4 | UFC |
| 15 | 14 | Paul Daley | 29-11-2 | Ringside MMA |
| 16 | 15 | Jay Hieron | 22-5 | Bellator |
| 17 | 16 | Rory MacDonald | 12-1 | UFC |
| 18 | 17 | Diego Sanchez | 23-4 | UFC |
| 19 | 18 | Mike Pyle | 21-8-1 | UFC |
| 20 | 19 | John Hathaway | 15-1 | UFC |
| 21 | 21 | Matt Hughes | 45-9 | UFC |
| 22 | 22 | Paulo Thiago | 14-3 | UFC |
| 23 | 23 | Dong Hyun Kim | 14-1-1, 1 NC | UFC |
| 24 | 24 | Siyar Bahadurzada | 20-4-1 | UFC |
| 25 | 25 | Brian Ebersole | 48-14-1, 1 NC | UFC |
Welterweight Fight Results – November 2011
Superior Cage Combat 3 (11/4/2011)
- Phil Dace (NR) d. Dave Terrel (NR)
- Cameron Diffley (NR) d. Sidney Silva (NR)
- Shawn Fitzsimmons (NR) d. Blas Avena (NR)
Hoosier FC 9 – Fall Brawl (11/5/2011)
- Kris McCray (NR) d. Kevin Nowaczyk (NR)
MMA Attack (11/5/2011)
- Borys Mankowski (NR) d. Peter Sobotta (NR)
ProElite 2 (11/5/2011)
- Evan Cutts (NR) d. Reagan Penn (NR)
UFC 138 (11/5/2011)
- Thiago Alves (No. 12 WW) d. Papy Abedi (NR)
- John Maguire (NR) d. Justin Edwards (NR)
- Che Mills (NR) d. Chris Cope (NR)
UCMMA – Dominican Republic (11/6/2011)
- Jamaine Facey (NR) d. Sam Boo (NR)
- Richard Griffin (NR) d. Ross Pointon (NR)
ProFC 37 (11/9/2011)
- Magomed Saadulaev (NR) d. Laszlo Soltesz (NR)
- Vener Galiev (NR) d. Vaidas Valancius (NR)
- Beslan Isaev (NR) d. Yedike Abelian (NR)
UFC on Fox – Velasquez vs. dos Santos (11/12/2011)
- DaMarques Johnson (NR) d. Clay Harvison (NR)
- Mike Pierce (NR) d. Paul Bradley (NR)
Victory Promotions – Clementi vs. Rogers (11/12/2011)
- Matt Lee (NR) d. Tiawan Howard (NR)
Cage Fighters 1 (11/13/2011)
- Ronys Torres (NR) d. Wanderson Silva (NR)
Golden Combat (11/18/2011)
- Amilcar Alves (NR) d. Marcos Antonio Santana (NR)
Ring of Combat 38 (11/18/2011)
- Nordine Taleb (NR) d. Pete Sell (NR)
Strikeforce Challengers 20 (11/18/2011)
- Quinn Mulhern (NR) d. David Hulett (NR)
Bellator 58 (11/19/2011)
- Valdir Araujo (NR) d. Ailton Barbosa (NR)
UFC 139 (11/19/2011)
- Martin Kampmann (No. 9 WW) d. Rick Story (No. 14 WW)
- Seth Baczynski (NR) d. Matt Brown (NR)
M-1 Global – Fedor vs. Monson (11/20/2011)
- Alexander Yakovlev (NR) d. Juan Manuel Suarez (NR)
- Mairbek Taisumov (NR) d. Joshua Thorpe (NR)
Zst 30 (11/23/2011)
- Tetsuya Yamada (NR) d. Hiroyuki Ito (NR)
Bellator 59 (11/26/2011)
- Catchweight (175 lbs.): Karl Amoussou (NR) d. Jesus Martinez (NR)
- LeVon Maynard (NR) d. Christopher Wing (NR)
- Catchweight (175 lbs.): Lucas Pimenta (NR) d. Doug Gordon (NR)
Campos Combat (11/26/2011)
- Delson Heleno (NR) vs. Edgar Dayan (NR)
KSW 17 (11/26/2011)
- Aslambek Saidov (NR) d. Rafal Moks (NR)
Ultimate Warrior Fighting (11/26/2011)
- Dave Menne (NR) d. Eric Davila (NR)
Pancrase Impressive Tour 12 (11/27/2011)
- Kiichi Kunimoto (NR) vs. Yu Shiori (NR)
Upcoming Welterweight Fights – November 2011
Peru Fighting Championship 8 (11/30/2011)
- Daniel Aspe (NR) vs. Arimarcel Santos (NR)