MMA RANKINGS - CHAPTER 1...

I think Nick Diaz would rank top 5 if he was active in the weight class but Nick Diaz has not fought at WW since 2006 when he fought and lost his 3rd straight WW bout to Sean Sherk. Nick Diaz has not even fought in an official weight class for awhile. He fought at 160 in EliteXC and he's been doing 180 catchweights in Strikeforce. Hopefully Diaz-Hieron happens in Janurary.

Get your final votes in today!!!

Make sure you finish them this week FARMER! ;P

not a lot of people did it .. those that mattered did I suppose

Yeah, just to fuck with the ones who didn't show, we should change our #1 HWs to Crocop!

Heavyweight
1. Fedor Emelianenko** 110
2. Brock Lesnar 97
3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 85
4. Frank Mir 67
5. Shane Carwin 49
6. Cain Velasquez 47
7. Josh Barnett 41
8. Brett Rogers 35
9. Junior Dos Santos 31
10. Alistair Overeem 23
RV: Fabricio Werdum (11), Andrei Arlovski (4)

Light Heavyweight
1. Lyoto Machida 95
2. Mauricio Rua 92
3. Rashad Evans 68
4. Gegard Mousasi 64
5. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 54
6. Thiago Silva 43
7. Anderson Silva 35
8. Forrest Griffin 32
9. Quinton Jackson 22
10. Luis Arthur Cane 13
RV: Rich Franklin (10), Randy Couture (10), Dan Henderson (4), Vitor Belfort (3), Brandon Vera (3), Keith Jardine (2)

Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva** 90
2. Dan Henderson 79
3. Nate Marquardt 72
4. Vitor Belfort 63
5. Demian Maia 49
6. Chael Sonnen 44
7. Jake Shields 43
8. Mamed Khalidov 20
9. Yushin Okami 15
10. Robbie Lawler 9
RV: Yoshihiro Akiyama (5), Paulo Filho (4), Michael Bisping (2), Jorge Santiago (1)

Welterweight
1. Georges St. Pierre** 90
2. Jon Fitch 80
3. Thiago Alvez 69
4. Josh Koscheck 65
5. Dan Hardy 55
6. Mike Swick 34
7. Paulo Thiago 27
8. Marius Zaromskis 25
9. Paul Daley 16
10. Carlos Condit 15
RV: Matt Hughes (6), Anthony Johnson (4), Martin Kampmann (4), Ben Saunder (2), Jay Hieron (1), Dan Hornbuckle (1)

Lightweight
1. BJ Penn** 90
2. Shinya Aoki 73
3. Eddie Alvarez 65
4. Diego Sanchez 55
5. Kenny Florian 51
6. Gray Maynard 49
7. Frankie Edgar 40
8. Tatsuya Kawajiri 33
9. Joachim Hansen 12
10. Sean Sherk 9
RV: Mizuto Hirota (, Tyson Griffin (7), Clay Guida (2), Gilbert Melendez(0.5), Joe Stevenson (0.5)

**unanimous

A few thoughts

1. I may be a huge Matt Hughes homer, but he got screwed BIG time. No way is he not in the top 10.

2. Anderson Silva barely ahead of Forrrest at 205 is a joke. Yall disappoint me.

3. Cool 1/2 vote King

4. I predict JDS & Overeem to shoot up this list very VERY soon.

5. Sean is getting no love. He's kill 1/2 the guy ahead of him.

There's not one person on there that I vote for in multiple weight classes

bobbitt15 wrote:

There's not one person on there that I vote for in multiple weight classes

umm why? If Anderson fights in 2 weight classes why should he not be allowed to be ranked in both?

He's only fought there twice and would refuse to fight the guy who is currently the champ in that division. I don't consider him a LHW

I am just thankful Farmer completed it in a timely manner. I disagree on Matt Hughes, but hey it is only opinion.

Farmer1906 wrote:

A few thoughts

1. I may be a huge Matt Hughes homer, but he got screwed BIG time. No way is he not in the top 10.

2. Anderson Silva barely ahead of Forrrest at 205 is a joke. Yall disappoint me.

3. Cool 1/2 vote King

4. I predict JDS & Overeem to shoot up this list very VERY soon.

5. Sean is getting no love. He's kill 1/2 the guy ahead of him.

In all time rankings he is a top guy, Its hard for me to keep him up there right now because I don't know what he still has to offer in today's ever developing fight landscape. 2001 - 2006 he is ranked high in p4p, but that is not now. He has two fights in two years. Sounds like he is in the autumn of his career. I acknowledge Silva as a top LHW but also am irked with his competitive philosophy. Few would compete with him at 205 in the UFC. Lists are fun, thanks for tallying them.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

A few thoughts

1. I may be a huge Matt Hughes homer, but he got screwed BIG time. No way is he not in the top 10.

2. Anderson Silva barely ahead of Forrrest at 205 is a joke. Yall disappoint me.

3. Cool 1/2 vote King

4. I predict JDS & Overeem to shoot up this list very VERY soon.

5. Sean is getting no love. He's kill 1/2 the guy ahead of him.

In all time rankings he is a top guy, Its hard for me to keep him up there right now because I don't know what he still has to offer in today's ever developing fight landscape. 2001 - 2006 he is ranked high in p4p, but that is not now. He has two fights in two years. Sounds like he is in the autumn of his career. I acknowledge Silva as a top LHW but also am irked with his competitive philosophy. Few would compete with him at 205 in the UFC. Lists are fun, thanks for tallying them.

No prob

I see what you're saying about Hughes, but looking at what he's done I have trouble just dropping him. He's lost to GSP & Avlez lately. There is no shame in that. He scheduled to fight soon and should drop all the way out of the top 10 IMO.

I'm more pissed about Anderson not wanting to fight certain people as any, but I see how he makes people just look bad. Very very good fighters like Forrest look like rookies. His boxing and boxing defense is light years ahead of all MMA guys. He is the best right now.

what happened with Bantam and Feather?

I still need to do feather. We didn't get near enough votes for Bantam.

bantam and feather will be getting a lot more pub when the UFC brand is stamped on it.

I must of missed the vote.

As for farmers predictions, I have to take the exact opposite of his predictions on Overeem and JDS.

HW strikers in the UFC aren't smart money in this era with all the larger heavy handed wrestlers with unblockable takedowns afoot, and JDS being only a purple belt in BJJ and kind of small for the division nowdays, and Overeem probably doesn't deserved to be ranked at all, and more and more people are realizing this. He doesn't fight real fighters and is loaded with enhancements. It is hard envisioning these two being ranked for much longer as high as they are, and even harder envisioning them moving up the list. JDS has more upside than Roidereem, but don't be surprised if he doesn't try and drop down eventually to LHW.

Yeah Wolf said it! I have been waiting to hear of JDS is moving down to LHW, but it doesn't mean he isn't competitive at HW. I don't even recogonize Overeem as legit and I look down my nose to those that do.

Andrew's avitar is neat! The woman in the picture is most likely Cyborg, and the face she's sitting on is Andrew's. Andrew enjoys lapping up the delicious nector. I can't figure out what book she's reading though.

If I had my way Ohio that would be Natalie Portman or Stacy Dash.

Yes and Yes. My choice would be Scarlett Johansson. I can dream can't I?

I guess you could pretend to be Ryan Reynolds...

It's that time again. Please vote for the top 10 at every division. I really really really want to get a FW done this time so make sure we get enough votes. And FYI WEC is the 10th & FN is the 11th so you may want to hold off on voting for the FWs & LWs because Assuncao, Faber, Brown, Escudero and Maynard are fighting. A win or a loss may change your opinion.

HW
1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Brock Lesnar
3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
4. Frank Mir
5. Junior Dos Santos
6. Shane Carwin
7. Cain Velasquez
8. Alistair Overeem
9. Andrei Arlovski
10. Brett Rogers

LHW
1. Anderson Silva
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Mauricio Rua
4. Gegard Mousasi
5. Rashad Evans
6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
7. Forrest Griffin
8. Thiago Silva
9. Dan Henderson
10. Rich Franklin

MW
1. Anderson Silva
2. Dan Henderson
3. Nate Marquardt
4. Vitor Belfort
5. Demian Maia
6. Jake Shields
7. Chael Sonnen
8. Ronaldo Souza
9. Robbie Lawler
10. Yushin Okami

WW
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Thiago Alvez
4. Josh Koscheck
5. Matt Hughes
6. Dan Hardy
7. Paul Daley
8. Mike Swick
9. Anthony Johnson
10. Martin Kampmann

LW ** subject to change**
1. BJ Penn
2. Shinya Aoki
3. Gray Maynard
4. Frank Edgar
5. Diego Sanchez
6. Eddie Alvarez
7. Kenny Florian
8. Sean Sherk
9. Tyson Griffin
10. Tatsuya Kawajiri

FW **subject to change**
1. Jose Aldo
2. Mike Brown
3. Urijah Faber
4. Raphael Assuncao
5. Josh Grispi
6. Mackens Semerzier
7. Wagnney Fabiano
8. Michihiro Omigawa
9. Manny Gamburyan
10. Hatsu Hioki

1. Fedor
2. Big nog
3. Mir
4. Lesnar
5. JDS
6. Cain
7. Carwin
8. AA
9. Barnet
10. Werdum

1. Shogun
2. Spider
3. Machida
4. Rampage
5. Mousasi
6. Rogerio Nogueria
7. Evans
8. Thiago Silva
9. Forrest Griffin
10. Jon Jones

1. Spider
2. Hendo
3. Nate Marquardt
4. Vitor Belfort
5. Jake Shields
6. Damien Maia
7. Sonnen
8. Jacare
9. Mamed Khalidov
10. Paulo Philo

1. GSP
2. Alvez
3. Fitch
4. Kos
5. Hardy
6. Swick
7. Paulo Thiago
8. Marius Zaromskis
9. Daley
10. Kampmann

1. Penn
2. Aoki
3. Florian
4. Alverez
5. Kawajiri
6. Edgar
7. Maynard
8. Griffin
9. Melendez
10. Hansen

1. Aldo
2. Brown
3. Faber
4. Hioki
5. Inoue
6. Gamburyan
7. Grispi
8. Fabiano
9. Assuncao
10. Fernandes

1. Bowels
2. Torres
3. Udea
4. Cruz
5. Tamura
6. Benavidez
7. Jorgensen
8. Page
9. Mizugaki
10. Banuelos

HW:

1. Fedor
2. Lesnar
3. Mir
4. Big Nog
5. Barnett
6. Rogers
7. Santos
8. Carwin
9. Cain
10. Overeem


LHW:

1. Machida
2. Shogun
3. Rampage
4. Gegard
5. Rashad
6. Thiago Silva
7. Lil Nog
8. Forrest
9. Couture
10. Franklin


MW:

1. Anderson
2. Nate
3. Hendo
4. Maia
5. Belfort
6. Sonnen
7. Sheilds
8. Mamed Khalidov
9. Okami
10. Paulo Filho


WW:

1. GSP
2. Fitch
3. Alves
4. Hardy
5. Koscheck
6. Swick
7. Paulo Thiago
8. Daley
9. Marius Zaromskis
10. Dan Hornbuckle


LW:

1. Penn
2. Aoki
3. Alvarez
4. Kawajiri
5. Florian
6. Maynard
7. Edgar
8. Sherk
9. Melendez
10. Griffin


FW:

1. Aldo
2. Brown
3. Faber
4. Raphael Assuncao
5. Michihiro Omigawa
6. Hatsu Hioki
7. Masanori Kanehara
8. Bibiano Fernandes
9. Manny Gamburyan
10. Josh Grispi


BW:

1. Bowles
2. Ueda
3. Torres
4. Cruz
5. Benavidez
6. Jorgensen
7. Tamura
8. Damacio Page
9. Mizugaki
10. Rani Yahya