The_Power Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=10641&zoneid=13 The latest MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings were released on Wednesday, Feb. 3. 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 his 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. Below are the current MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings, which are up-to-date as of Feb. 3. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds) #1 Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Fedor Emelianenko (Strikeforce) 2. Brock Lesnar (UFC) 3. Frank Mir (UFC) 4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (UFC) 5. Cain Velasquez (UFC) 6. Junior Dos Santos (UFC) 7. Brett Rogers (Strikeforce) 8. Shane Carwin (UFC) 9. Alistair Overeem (Strikeforce) 10. Fabricio Werdum (Strikeforce) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit) #1 Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Lyoto Machida (UFC) 2. Rashad Evans (UFC) 3. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (UFC) 4. Quinton Jackson (UFC) 5. Anderson Silva (UFC) 6. Gegard Mousasi (Strikeforce) 7. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (UFC) 8. Forrest Griffin (UFC) 9. Thiago Silva (UFC) 10. Jon Jones (UFC) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit) #1 Middleweight Fighter in the World: Anderson Silva (UFC) 2. Nathan Marquardt (UFC) 3. Vitor Belfort (UFC) 4. Dan Henderson (Strikeforce) 5. Jake Shields (Strikeforce) 6. Robbie Lawler (Strikeforce) 7. Yoshihiro Akiyama (UFC) 8. Demian Maia (UFC) 9. Chael Sonnen (UFC) 10. Mamed Khalidov <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit) #1 Welterweight Fighter in the World: Georges St. Pierre (UFC) 2. Jon Fitch (UFC) 3. Thiago Alves (UFC) 4. Josh Koscheck (UFC) 5. Paul Daley (UFC) 6. Matt Hughes (UFC) 7. Dan Hardy (UFC) 8. Paulo Thiago (UFC) 9. Nick Diaz (Strikeforce) 10. Martin Kampmann (UFC) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160-pound limit) #1 Lightweight Fighter in the World: B.J. Penn (UFC) 2. Shinya Aoki 3. Eddie Alvarez (Strikeforce) 4. Kenny Florian (UFC) 5. Tatsuya Kawajiri 6. Joachim Hansen 7. Gesias Calvancante 8. Gray Maynard (UFC) 9. Frankie Edgar (UFC) 10. Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION (145 pound-limit) #1 Featherweight Fighter in the World: Jose Aldo 2. Mike Brown 3. Urijah Faber 4. Raphael Assuncao 5. Hatsu Hioki 6. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue 7. Manny Gamburyan 8. Leonard Garcia 9. Bibiano Fernandes 10. Josh Grispi <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION (135 pounds or less) #1 Featherweight Fighter in the World: Brian Bowles 2. Miguel Torres 3. Masakatsu Ueda 4. Dominick Cruz 5. Damacio Page 6. Joseph Benavidez 7. Scott Jorgensen 8. Takeya Mizugaki 9. Brad Pickett 10. Charlie Valencia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towhatend Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Welterweight is rather interesting with Kampmann moving back into the 10 spot and replacing Condit. Very justified if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undisputed_rush Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Welterweight is rather interesting with Kampmann moving back into the 10 spot and replacing Condit. Very justified if you ask me. hughes though? the rankings are a bit iffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technique Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Funny how in WW. They put Paul Daley ahead of Dan Hardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undisputed_rush Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Funny how in WW. They put Paul Daley ahead of Dan Hardy. or how they have lawler and sexyama ahead of maia and sonnen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technique Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 or how they have lawler and sexyama ahead of maia and sonnen True. I think it's near impossible to make a list that everyone will agree upon. It's very subjective but i'm glad there is atleast some form of official rankings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carica1406052318 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 True. I think it's near impossible to make a list that everyone will agree upon. It's very subjective but i'm glad there is atleast some form of official rankings. + 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undisputed_rush Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 I'd like to see ufc employ at least a top ten I know it wouldn't help for all of mma but still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunianbulldog Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Funny how in WW. They put Paul Daley ahead of Dan Hardy. .....very true' date=' and how have they got Koscheck above them both!!! I mean who the hell is writing this stuff? some office cheese who plays golf with a pink and yellow dotted tank top and thinks MMA is an acronym for Multi. Media. Arts [b']or [/b] Muhammeds. Mission. Alliance or some damn crazy s*** ? Get some proper Mixed. Martial. Arts experts on the job......but I agree with 90%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undisputed_rush Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 kos would beat the both of them in a fight so why not, I'm British and even i can see that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyZadar Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 True. I think it's near impossible to make a list that everyone will agree upon. It's very subjective but i'm glad there is atleast some form of official rankings. ill agree with you with that...but i think we can all agree that matt hughes ranked in the top ten?let alone 6th ranked?NOT...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbowen Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 list is close enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshness Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 There's a few quirks in the rankings, but I think they got it for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingtony87 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 How is cain ahead of jds in the top ten when jds has more fights and has actually beaten somone else in the top ten where cain hasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbowen Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 some minor difficulties but other than that its really close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForrestGriffinFan101 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 I think it's bs that Matt Hughes and Paulo Thiago are above Nick Diaz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingtony87 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Why does everyone have a problem with being number 6 if anything he should be 3-4 his only losses since mid 2001 have been to bj gsp and alves 2 of which have been ww champions and alves is arguabely the number 2-3 guy in the division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbowen Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 i like the list 90% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamhet Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Welterweight is BORING AS ****Fixed it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyZadar Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Why does everyone have a problem with being number 6 if anything he should be 3-4 his only losses since mid 2001 have been to bj gsp and alves 2 of which have been ww champions and alves is arguabely the number 2-3 guy in the division because of his performance with serra should say it all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbowen Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 im good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slack_415 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 lawler jumps to 6? wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rago1986 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 no ben henderson on list huh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingtony87 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 because of his performance with serra should say it all... One performance doesn't erase almost a decade of dominance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scobe Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 ha a full thread and no brock haters questioning that hes up there with the best of the world, refreshing to see mind you no fedor haters either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forrestfan52 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 i think this is a pretty good list.a few questionable things but pretty accurate in all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volturi Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 One performance doesn't erase almost a decade of dominance But these arent the rankings of the past decade are they? Hughes hasnt done anything in over 2 years and even though he has faced alot of top notch opponents hes lost to them all as of recently, some in devastating fashion and had to LnP Serra to a decision. Other then Hughes being in that top10 full stop, Evans being above Shogun and JDS being below Cain i like this list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshness Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 ha a full thread and no brock haters questioning that hes up there with the best of the world' date=' refreshing to see mind you no fedor haters either![/quote'] I don't think there can be any argument that he is at the top of the list underneath Fedor. He is the UFC champion and he has beaten Randy and Mir who has beaten Nog. The only argument I can see that someone would make is that Barnett isn't on the list. However, Barnett hasn't competed in over a year and is rightfully not listed on the top ten. Now, I think Brock will lose his title if he ends up facing a striker like JDS or even Carwin. If Brock faces Mir again, then he will destroy Mir again. It's just a bad matchup and Mir's standup isn't as near as good as he thinks it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Power Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160-pound limit) #1 Lightweight Fighter in the World: B.J. Penn (UFC) 2. Shinya Aoki 3. Eddie Alvarez (Strikeforce) 4. Kenny Florian (UFC) 5. Tatsuya Kawajiri 6. Joachim Hansen 7. Gesias Calvancante 8. Gray Maynard (UFC) 9. Frankie Edgar (UFC) 10. Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce) There are only 4 UFC guys on the LW list and BJ Penn already beat one and will face another in April. I think Dana needs to try to sign Aoki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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