[InfamousMP]

As always, this is about contenders for the title, not overall talent. Before you comment, check the previous rankings for a better understanding of what I am trying to do. With the incredible amount of movement (due to the PRDIE sale and following confusion of who is going to fight for what organization) I will not be ranking PRIDE fighters until they are confirmed to be fighting in the UFC.

Again, I am still looking for someone who can help with WEC, IFL, and EliteXC rankings.

As is my norm, I will be posting my comments (from the last 3 events) either later on today or tomorrow.

Enjoy.....


Heavyweight
Champion- Randy Couture (W- Tim Sylvia UFC 68)
1- Gabriel Gonzaga (W- Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic UFC 70)
2- Andrei Arlovski (W- Fabricio Werdum UFC 70)
3- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (W- Josh Barnett PRIDE Shockwave 2006)
4- Tim Sylvia (L- Randy Couture UFC 68)
5- Brandon Vera (W- Frank Mir UFC 65)
6- Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic (L- Gabriel Gonzaga UFC 70)
7- Jake O'Brien (W- Heath Herring UFN 8)
8- Fabricio Werdum (L- Andrei Arlovski UFC 70)
9- Heath Herring (W- Brad Imes UFC 69)
10- Justin McCully (W- Antoni Hardonk UFN 9)

Light Heavyweight
Champion- Quinton Jackson (W- Chuck Liddell UFC 71)
1- Dan Henderson (W- Wanderlei Silva PRIDE 33)
2- Mauricio Rua (W- Alistair Overeem PRIDE 33)
3- Chuck Liddell (L- Quinton Jackson UFC 71)
4- Rashad Evans (W- Sean Salmon UFN 8)
5- Jason Lambert (W- Renato Sobral UFC 68)
6- Tito Ortiz (L- Chuck Liddell UFC 66)
7- Ryoto Machida (W- David Heath UFC 70)
8- Houston Alexander (W- Keith Jardine UFC 71)
9- Keith Jardine (L- Houston Alexander UFC 71)
10- Forrest Griffin (W- Hector Ramirez UFC 72)


Middleweight
Champion- Anderson Silva (W- Travis Lutter UFC 67)
1- Nate Marquardt (W- Dean Lister UFN 8)
2- Rich Franklin (W- Yushin Okami UFC 72)
3- Martin Kampmann (W- Andrew McFedries UFC 68)
4- Yushin Okami (L- Rich Franklin UFC 72)
5- Jason MacDonald (W- Rory Singer UFC 72)
6- Mike Swick (L- Yushin Okami UFC 69)
7- Dean Lister (L- Nate Marquardt UFN 8)
8- Terry Martin (W- Ivan Salaverry UFC 71)
9- Kendall Grove (W- Alan Belcher UFC 69)
10- Thales Leites (W- Floyd Sword TUFF 5)


Welterweight
Champion- Matt Serra (W- Georges St. Pierre UFC 69)
1- Matt Hughes (W- Chris Lytle UFC 68)
2- Josh Koscheck (W- Diego Sanchez UFC 69)
3- Georges St. Pierre (L- Matt Serra UFC 69)
4- Karo Parisyan (W- Josh Burkman UFC 71)
5- Diego Sanchez (L- Josh Koscheck UFC 69)
6- Jon Fitch (W- Roan Carneiro UFN 10)
7- Hayato Sakurai (W- Mac Danzig PRIDE 33)
8- Josh Burkman (L- Karo Parisyan UFC 71)
9- Drew Fickett (W- Keita Nakamura UFN 9)
10- Thiago Alves (W- Tony DeSouza UFC 66)


Lightweight
Champion- Sean Sherk (W- Kenny Florian UFC 64)
1- Hermes Franca (W- Spencer Fisher UFN 8)
2- BJ Penn (W- Jens Pulver TUFF 5)
3- Joe Stevenson (W- Melvin Gulliard UFN 9)
4- Kenny Florian (W- D. Mishima UFN 9)
5- Spencer Fisher (W- Sam Stout UFN 10)
6- Din Thomas (W- Jeremy Stephens UFC 71)
7- Frank Edgar (W- Tyson Griffin UFC 67)
8- Roger Huerta (W- Douglas Evans TUFF 5)
9- Tyson Griffin (W- Clay Guida UFC 72)
10- Melvin Gulliard (L- Joe Stevenson UFN 9)

[Arlovski_tko]

I think top 5's in each orgs are better.IMO
HW
1. Couture
2. Gonzaga
3. Arlovski
4. Cro Cop
5. Sylvia

LHW
1. Rampage
2. Hendo
3. Liddell
4. Machida
5. Griffin

MW
1. Silva
2. Marquart
3. Franklin
4. Martin
5. Okami

WW
1. Serra
2. Hughes
3. GSP
4. Koshcheck
5. Karo

LW
1. Sherk
2. Franca
3. Stevenson
4. Roger Huerta
5. Spencer Fisher

[atm]

CC achived more in his career than every fighter in UFC HW and fought tougher competition aswell. Your ranking suck.

[repetitio]

Originally Posted by atm

CC achived more in his career than every fighter in UFC HW and fought tougher competition aswell. Your ranking suck.

Your reading comprehension sucks....

If you read the threadstarter's earlier thread he states that:

"With most rankings looking at weight class instead of organization, I figured it would be time to look at something focused just on the UFC. I will try to keep these updated with each UFC event, and we do have a few things to keep in mind when looking at them. Only fights in the UFC are counted, and the person must be active in the UFC since the start of the year. Also, this is not based on talent, but win/loss record and quality of opposition."

Unofficial UFC Rankings

Thus CC isn't ranked #1. Plus he got beat by Gonzaga.

[Arlovski_tko]

Originally Posted by atm

CC achived more in his career than every fighter in UFC HW and fought tougher competition aswell. Your ranking suck.

Hey, calm down. I like CC too, i'm just not a Nutthugger like you. I would rank CC higher but the fact that he is 1-1 in the UFC. Plus he lost his last fight in devastating fashion. He may have achieved more in his career than anyone else but has he acheived it in the UFC, I don't think so.

[D.R.H.]

Originally Posted by atm

CC achived more in his career than every fighter in UFC HW and fought tougher competition aswell. Your ranking suck.

How many championships has he won in MMA? 1 Grand Prix right. Timmy won 2 titles and Randy won 3 (at hw, since that's what the discusion is about). 3>2>1. They may not be better fighters, that's debatable, but they've accomplished more.

[superjeff13]

Originally Posted by D.R.H.

How many championships has he won in MMA? 1 Grand Prix right. Timmy won 2 titles and Randy won 3 (at hw, since that's what the discusion is about). 3>2>1. They may not be better fighters, that's debatable, but they've accomplished more.

Man, that's a a tough pill to swallow reading that Sylvia has accomplished more than CC.

[whiteboy]

Why is Karo ranked over Diego? Yuo can't get beat by a guy and then get a title shot before him??

[D.R.H.]

Originally Posted by superjeff13

Man, that's a a tough pill to swallow reading that Sylvia has accomplished more than CC.

Yeah, I'm kind of angry with myself for even bringing it up.

[Esoprano]

I know the thread starter didn't list Griffin extremely high but the guy under him did. Will people please stop with Forrest. He will never be a champ at 205.

We should wait on the rashad over Tito in the rankings. Karo under Diego. I like your lightweight ranks though. I hope Spencer gets kenFlo or someone like that next.

Really good rankings