MMA Top 10 Rankings: Two Veterans Return To The Ranks
Wednesday, March 9. This system ranks the Top 10 MMA fighters from all across the world in each of the seven most widely accepted weight classes.
Taken into consideration are a fighter’s performance in addition to win-loss record, head-to-head and common opponents, difficulty of opponents, and numerous other factors in what is the most comprehensive rankings system in the sport. Fighters who are currently serving drug-related suspensions are not eligible for Top 10 consideration until they have fought one time after the completion of their suspension. Fighters must also have competed within the past 12 months in order to be eligible for Top 10 consideration unless they have a bout scheduled within a reasonable time frame. HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds) 1. Cain Velasquez 2. Fabricio Werdum 3. Brock Lesnar 4. Junior Dos Santos 5. Alistair Overeem 6. Antonio Silva 7. Fedor Emelianenko 8. Shane Carwin 9. Frank Mir 10. Sergei Kharitonov LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit) 1. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua 2. Rashad Evans 3. Quinton Jackson 4. Lyoto Machida 5. Jon Jones 6. Forrest Griffin 7. Thiago Silva 8. Ryan Bader 9. Dan Henderson 10. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit) 1. Anderson Silva 2. Yushin Okami 3. Nathan Marquardt 4. Demian Maia 5. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza 6. Jorge Santiago 7. Michael Bisping 8. Robbie Lawler 9. Hector Lombard 10. Vitor Belfort WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit) 1. Georges St-Pierre 2. Jon Fitch 3. Jake Shields 4. Thiago Alves 5. Josh Koscheck 6. Nick Diaz 7. Paul Daley 8. Carlos Condit 9. B.J. Penn 10. Diego Sanchez LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160-pound limit) 1. Frankie Edgar 2. Gilbert Melendez 3. Gray Maynard 4. Shinya Aoki 5. Eddie Alvarez 6. Tatsuya Kawajiri 7. Jim Miller 8. Kenny Florian 9. Anthony Pettis 10. Melvin Guillard FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION (145 pound-limit) 1. Jose Aldo 2. Chad Mendes 3. Manny Gamburyan 4. Diego Nunes 5. Hatsu Hioki 6. Dustin Poirier 7. Mark Hominick 8. Michihiro Omigawa 9. Josh Grispi 10. Hiroyuki Takaya BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION (135 pounds or less) 1. Dominick Cruz 2. Brian Bowles 3. Joseph Benavidez 4. Scott Jorgensen 5. Miguel Torres 6. Urijah Faber 7. Brad Pickett 8. Demetrious Johnson 9. Eddie Wineland 10. Masakatsu Ueda |
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