World MMA Rankings

[UkrainianGuy]

Wednesday, December 31.

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 December 31.



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HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds)

#1 Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Fedor Emelianenko

2. Josh Barnett

3. Frank Mir

4. Andrei Arlovski

5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

6. Randy Couture

7. Tim Sylvia

8. Gabriel Gonzaga

9. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic

10. Brock Lesnar

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LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)

#1 Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Rashad Evans

2. Forrest Griffin

3. Quinton Jackson

4. Lyoto Machida

5. Chuck Liddell

6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

7. Keith Jardine

8. Wanderlei Silva

9. Rich Franklin

10. Thiago Silva

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MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)

#1 Middleweight Fighter in the World: Anderson Silva

2. Robbie Lawler

3. Matt Lindland

4. Yushin Okami

5. Kazuo Misaki

6. Nathan Marquardt

7. Dan Henderson

8. Gegard Mousasi

9. Yoshihiro Akiyama

10. Paulo Filho

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WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)

#1 Welterweight Fighter in the World: Georges St. Pierre

2. Jon Fitch

3. Thiago Alves

4. Josh Koscheck

5. Jake Shields

6. Matt Hughes

7. Matt Serra

8. Diego Sanchez

9. Carlos Condit

10. Karo Parisyan

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LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160-pound limit)

#1 Lightweight Fighter in the World: B.J. Penn

2. Eddie Alvarez

3. Shinya Aoki

4. Joachim Hansen

5. Tatsuya Kawajiri

6. Gesias "JZ" Calvancante

7. Takanori Gomi

8. Kenny Florian

9. Mitsuhiro Ishida

10. Josh Thomson

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FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION (145 pound-limit)

#1 Featherweight Fighter in the World: Mike Brown

2. Urijah Faber

3. Wagnney Fabiano

4. Hatsu Hioki

5. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue

6. Akitoshi Tamura

7. Hideki Kadowaki

8. Jeff Curran

9. Rafael Assuncao

10. Leonard Garcia

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BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION (135 pounds or less)

#1 Featherweight Fighter in the World: Miguel Torres

2. Brian Bowles

3. Masakatsu Ueda

4. Koetsu Okazaki

5. Marcos Galvao

6. Takeya Mizugaki

7. Will Ribeiro

8. Chase Beebe

9. Manny Tapia

10. Atsushi Yamamoto

[srt8]

Wow does the UFC ever have the light heavy weight class on lock! Funny to see brock lesnar ranked 10th after beating a guy that was rated 6th on the same list.

[Monka]

\Not sure, these lists... they just dont seem right. so even though brock is HWC he's 10th? i know he's not the best, but at the moment, he did beat Randy, and herring, and i'm getting strong feeling will beat Mir.. i dunno, these ranking seem off..

[icey_boi]

ya they seem a lil off to me aswell. exept for the GSP one .... cuz he IS the fvckin man!

[turboturist]

How can Shogun not be in the top ten lhw's?

[St]

How can Shogun not be in the top ten lhw's?

Ya i know before Shoguns last fight he was Ranked 1st.
Also Brock was Ranked 5 or 6,and he won his last fight and he is now 10th very odd for both fighters.

[turboturist]

Ya i know before Shoguns last fight he was Ranked 1st.
Also Brock was Ranked 5 or 6,and he won his last fight and he is now 10th very odd for both fighters.

Ya its kinda crazy. Where did you get the rankings from UG?

Here is the lhw's according to inside fighting.

http://www.insidefighting.com/mma-light-heavyweight-205

And there HW rankings. Not sure how they can put Brock and Randy ahead of Fedor but whatever.
http://www.insidefighting.com/mma-heavyweight-unlimited

[turboturist]

How can Shogun not be in the top ten lhw's?

I guess this is what kept Shogun out of the list.

Fighters must also have competed within the past 12 months in order to be eligible for Top 10 consideration.

[turboturist]

According to sherdog HW
http://sherdog.com/news/articles/2/S...Rankings-15631

According to sherdog LHW, no Shogun on this list either. IMO that is just crazy talk.
http://sherdog.com/news/articles/3/S...Rankings-15631

Accoding to sherdog PFP
http://sherdog.com/news/rankings/She...d-Top-10-15658

These need to be updated as they dont include some of the wins/losses of current top ten guys as well.

[UkrainianGuy]

if only sherdog opinion matters.. lol.