[Great One]

MMAWeekly.com's new Top Ten poll system has launched in the form of the MMAWeekly Rankings.

This system ranks the world's top ten MMA fighters in each of the five major weight classes, as voted on by the MMAWeekly staff.

The MMAWeekly Rankings will be updated every other Tuesday as events warrant, and will be your #1 source for the most up-to-date and complete fighter rankings.

Here are the current MMAWeekly Rankings, which are up-to-date as of Tuesday, August 29th. The MMAWeekly Rankings will be updated next on Tuesday, September 12th.


HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds)

1. Fedor Emelianenko

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

3. Mirko Cro Cop

4. Josh Barnett

5. Tim Sylvia

6. Andrei Arlovski

7. Fabricio Werdum

8. Sergei Kharitonov

9. Aleksander Emelianenko

10. Mark Hunt

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LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)

1. Chuck Liddell

2. Wanderlei Silva

3. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

4. Ricardo Arona

5. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

6. Renato "Babalu" Sobral

7. Tito Ortiz

8. Quinton Jackson

9. Alistair Overeem

10. Matt Lindland

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MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)

1. Rich Franklin

2. Anderson Silva

3. Paulo Filho

4. Dan Henderson

5. Denis Kang

6. Jeremy Horn

7. Kazuo Misaki

8. Nathan Marquardt

9. Amar Suloev

10. Murilo Bustamante

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WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)

1. Matt Hughes

2. Georges St. Pierre

3. BJ Penn

4. Diego Sanchez

5. Karo Parisyan

6. Sean Sherk

7. Jake Shields

8. Jon Fitch

9. Nick Diaz

10. Joe Riggs

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LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160 pounds and lower)

1. Takanori Gomi

2. Hayato Sakurai

3. Tatsuya Kawajiri

4. Joachim Hansen

5. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto

6. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro

7. Marcus Aurelio

8. Mitsuhiro Ishida

9. Gilbert Melendez

10. Genki Sudo


Is it just me, but does Anderson Silva really deserve the #2 ranking? He's 2 - 1 in 2006, and 4 - 2 in the last 2 years. hmmm

[Great One]

And not 1 UFC fighter in the lightweight top 10, interesting

[DeadManWalking]

well the ufc is yet to establish their lw division, its just starting out. i think that it is even with prides personally.

[TheCatsmasher1]

Wow hendo fell far.

[HA-Y-N Pitbull]

I think the list is pretty accurate. But I think Babalu is kind of high. I would have him around 8 or 9. I think whoever wins the OWGP will move to number 2 in the HW's, but if Wanderlei takes it, I think he should have to move to number 1 at LHW. Also, didn't Riggs beat Diaz?

[Bizz]

Originally Posted by TheCatsmasher1

Wow hendo fell far.

well he did get beat by #7 on the list

although I disagree with some of the picks (A. Silva wtf lol) I think in general this list is ok and about as good as any of us could do

[TheCatsmasher1]

Originally Posted by Bizz

well he did get beat by #7 on the list

although I disagree with some of the picks (A. Silva wtf lol) I think in general this list is ok and about as good as any of us could do

Ya i agree with it its just weird not seeing him in the top 2.

[thatherton]

Originally Posted by DeadManWalking

well the ufc is yet to establish their lw division, its just starting out. i think that it is even with prides personally.

You're comparing Florian and Sherk to Gomi, Kawajiri, Sakurai, and Hansen? Te he....te he he he.

[Crazy_Jab215]

That list sucks ass.



Arlovski at #6 he's comin off 2 straight losses.


Dan Henderson over Kazuo Misaki leave it to them to forget that the Japanese dude actually beat the the American.


Nick Diaz over Joe Riggs.........Riggs is just coming off an impressive win.


Marcus Auerelio over Mitsuhiro Ishida are you kidding me????


Nobody gives Ishida any respect he's gonna be the next Lightweight champ.

[Great One]

Originally Posted by thatherton

You're comparing Florian and Sherk to Gomi, Kawajiri, Sakurai, and Hansen? Te he....te he he he.

I guess until they cross over, no one really knows