UFC Rankings

lol, they could have done without making their own p4p rankings...but otherwise, looks about right.

Gone. Anyone have a copy?

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Anderson Silva
2 Jon Jones
3 Georges St-Pierre
4 Jose Aldo
5 Benson Henderson
6 Cain Velasquez
7 Dominick Cruz
8 Demetrious Johnson
9 Frankie Edgar
10 Dan Henderson

FLYWEIGHT
Champion : Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 John Dodson
3 Ian McCall
4 John Moraga
5 Jussier Da Silva
6 Louis Gaudinot
7 Chris Cariaso
8 John Lineker
9 Darren Uyenoyama
10 Ulysses Gomez

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : Dominick Cruz
1 Renan Barao (Interim Champion)
2 Michael McDonald
3 Urijah Faber
4 Eddie Wineland
5 Brad Pickett
6 Brian Bowles
7 Rafael Assuncao
8 Scott Jorgensen
9 Mike Easton
10 Ivan Menjivar

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion : Jose Aldo
1 Chad Mendes
2 Ricardo Lamas
3 Chan Sung Jung
4 Frankie Edgar
5 Dennis Siver
6 Cub Swanson
7 Dustin Poirier
8 Nik Lentz
9 Erik Koch
10 Clay Guida

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion : Benson Henderson
1 Gilbert Melendez
2 Anthony Pettis
3 Gray Maynard
4 Nate Diaz
5 Jim Miller
6 Donald Cerrone
7 TJ Grant
8 Rafael dos Anjos
9 Joe Lauzon
10 Khabib Nurmagomedov

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion : Georges St-Pierre
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Carlos Condit
3 Nick Diaz
4 Rory MacDonald
5 Demian Maia
6 Jake Ellenberger
7 Martin Kampmann
8 Josh Koscheck
9 Jon Fitch
10 Tarec Saffiedine

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion : Anderson Silva
1 Chris Weidman
2 Vitor Belfort
3 Michael Bisping
4 Yushin Okami
5 Mark Munoz
6 Constantinos Philippou
7 Luke Rockhold
8 Hector Lombard
9 Alan Belcher
10 Tim Boetsch

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion : Jon Jones
1 Dan Henderson
2 Lyoto Machida
3 Alexander Gustafsson
4 Glover Teixeira
5 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
6 Rashad Evans
7 Mauricio Rua
8 Phil Davis
9 Ryan Bader
10 Gegard Mousasi

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion : Cain Velasquez
1 Junior dos Santos
2 Fabricio Werdum
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Antonio Silva
5 Frank Mir
6 Alistair Overeem
7 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
8 Roy Nelson
9 Stefan Struve
10 Shane Carwin

http://www.ufc.com/rankings

Voting panelists: Neil Springer (Sun Media), Chris Palmquist (MixedMartialArts.com), James Koh (FOX 11 Los Angeles), Bob Emanuel (Scripps Howard News Service), Mark Daniels (Boston Herald), Steve Feiti (Asbury Park Press), Grant Gordan (Burbank Leader), Jeremy Botter (Houston Chronicle), Case Keefer (Las Vegas Sun), Ana Hissa (Mundo da Lut), Jeff Wagenheim (SI.com), Paulo Favero (O Estado de S Paulo), Anthony Springer Jr. (FightNews), Andreas Hale (FightNews), Marc Raimondi (NY Post), Joe Ferraro (Sportsnet), Marcelo Russio (Canal Combate), Brett Okamoto (ESPN.com), Franklin McNeil (ESPN.com), Guga Noblat (O Globo), Ken Pishna (MMAWeekly.com), Mike Johnston (Sportsnet), Marcelo Alonso (Portal do Vale-Tudo), John Silver (Chicago Sun-Times), Mario Filho (OSS TV), Claudia Lima (VIP), Damon Martin (MMAWeekly.com), Steve Cofield (ESPN Radio)

Each panelist's vote is detailed here (including who they voted for and at what rank):http://www.ufc.com/rankingsdetail

Looks pretty legit. Although won't this effect their options for skipping past certain #1 contenders ? Hendricks for example.

No Dana said he will still screw over the fighters MMA fans and writers think are the best for fighters casual fans might pay for.

Ali* wrote:

Looks pretty legit. Although won't this effect their options for skipping past certain #1 contenders ? Hendricks for example.

Hell they skipped over the top 10 fighters in the LHW division. Sonnen isn't even ranked, and he shouldn't be, and he's getting the next title shot.

Sonnen should be ranked in the MW division at least.

How is Frankie 9th in P4P?

Farmer1906 wrote:

Sonnen should be ranked in the MW division at least.

How is Frankie 9th in P4P?

I know. He should be higher!

GDPofDRC UFC RANKINGS

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Anderson Silva
2 Georges St-Pierre
3 Jose Aldo
4 Jon Jones
5 Benson Henderson
6 Demetrious Johnson
7 Cain Velasquez
8 Joseph Benavidez
9 Dominick Cruz
10 Dan Henderson

FLYWEIGHT
Champion : Demetrious Johnson
1 Benavides
2 Dodson
3 Moraga
4 McCall
5 De Silva
6 Uyenoyama
7 Linker
8 Elliot
9 Gaudinot
10 Cariaso

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : Dominick Cruz
1 Barao
2 McDonald
3 Faber
4 Wineland
5 Assucsano
6 Alcantara
7 Mizugaki
8 Pickett
9 Perez
10 Rivera

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion : Jose Aldo
1 Pettis
2 Edgar
3 Lamas
4 Siver
5 Mendes
6 Jung
7 Swanson
8 Lentz
9 Hioki
10 Elkins

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion : Benson Henderson
1 Melendez
2 Maynard
3 Diaz
4 Miller
5 Grant
6 Nurmagomedov
7 Dos Anjos
8 Dunham
9 Thomson
10 Cerrone

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion : Georges St-Pierre
1 Hendricks
2 Maia
3 Diaz
4 MacDonald
5 Condit
6 Koscheck
7 Ellenberger
8 Scaffiedine
9 Fitch
10 Bahadurzada

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion : Anderson Silva
1 Belfort
2 Weidman
3 Rockhold
4 Lombard
5 Souza
6 Okami
7 Bisping
8 Shields
9 Philippou
10 Munoz


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion : Jon Jones
1 Hendo
2 Gustafsson
3 Machida
4 Teixeria
5 Rua
6 Bader
7 Rogerio
8 Evans
9 Davis
10 Mousasi

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion : Cain Velasquez
2 JDS
3 Cormier
4 Werdum
5 Mir
6 Silva
7 Overeem
8 Struve
9 Big Nog
10 Hunt

http://www.cagepotato.com/the-10-most-absurd-entries-in-the-ufcs-new-fighter-rankings/

WOW

The 10 Most Absurd Entries in the UFC’s New Fighter Rankings









(I had no idea what to use for the featured image on this post, so I Googled “puppy taking a shit,” and found this. It fits surprisingly well, I think.)

Last week, we learned that the UFC and FightMetric were organizing a new set of official fighter-rankings,
which would be updated often and made available to the public. It was a
good idea in theory — for one thing, the rankings would be a helpful
reference tool for casual fans trying to keep the rosters straight — but
it suffered from two fatal flaws: 1) The rankings would have zero
impact on which fights actually get booked, as we were once again reminded today,
and 2) If the ranking body is only made up of media members who are on
good terms with the UFC, as well as reporters who don’t automatically recognize this exercise as a conflict of interest, the results will inevitably be biased.

The debut rankings list came out today,
featuring the opinions of 28 media members, including longtime shills
(Franklin McNeil), obscure non-entities (“Burbank Leader”?), and
left-field surprises. (Andreas Hale, good to see you my man!) Yeah, I know this sounds like sour grapes from a blacklisted media refugee,
but after scanning through the new rankings lists, it’s clear that this
thing is as useless as you probably imagined. Here are some notable
lowlights…

1. Despite his 0-0 record in the UFC, Gilbert Melendez is listed as the #1 lightweight contender. You know, because he’ll be fighting for the title soon.

2. Other 0-0 fighters on the rankings list: Tarec
Saffiedine (#10 welterweight), Luke Rockhold (#7 middleweight), and
Gegard Mousasi (#10 light-heavyweight).

3. After losing his featherweight debut against Jose Aldo, Frankie Edgar is now the 4th-ranked featherweight contender in the UFC.

4. In a related story, Edgar is #9 on the pound-for-pound list — right between Demetrious Johnson and Dan Henderson — despite being on a three-fight losing skid.

5. “Steve
Cofield, Mark Daniels, Marc Raimondi & John Silver all ranked Chael
Sonnen as a top 10 LHW. Sonnen hasn’t fought at LHW in 7+ years.” Sonnen’s name doesn’t appear on the consensus light-heavyweight list, or the middleweight list, which is just as strange.

6. A dude named Anthony Springer Jr. had Roy Nelson and Pat Barry
listed as the UFC’s #3- and #4-ranked heavyweight contenders — based on
accomplishments, not personality — and ranked Brian Bowles as the #3
bantamweight, directly over Urijah Faber. Also, Daniel Cormier
was in his Top 10 P4P list, but wasn’t included in his heavyweight
rankings. This is the caliber of MMA-pundit that they’re relying on,
guys.

7. Nick Diaz is ranked above Rory MacDonald
on the welterweight list, which is kind of ludicrous if we’re
considering their actual recent accomplishments in the welterweight
division.

8. Since the UFC only has three fighters in its women’s bantamweight division, a rankings list for that division doesn’t exist.

9. Speaking of weak divisions, the flyweight ranking list has two
fighters who sport 0-1 records in the UFC — #10-ranked Ulysses Gomez,
and Jussier Da Silva, who managed to place all the way at #5.

10. Ian McCall is winless at flyweight in the UFC. He’s still ranked as the #3 contender, right above John Moraga (2-0).

And there you have it, folks — the difference between rankings and “rankings.” If anything else on the list upsets you, let us know in the comments section.

Damn, there are some pretty terrible rankings, I take back almost everything I ever said about the rankings of Ninja's Place posters......

http://www.ufc.com/rankingsdetail












I TAKE BACK NOTHING!

Don't really have much issues with the rankings, Strikeforce fighters deserve to be ranked and I can see why Frankie is in the P4P top ten, he fits the criteria of what it means to be a P4P fighter.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/3/4/4064904/ufc-fighter-rankings-women-added-okami-hunt-rousey
Champion : Ronda Rousey
1 Miesha Tate
2 Liz Carmouche
3 Sarah Kaufman
4 Alexis Davis
5 Cat Zingano
6 Sara McMann
7 Julie Kedzie
7. Amanda Nunes
9 Germaine de Randamie