Sherdog's MW Rankings
First of all, I'd like to say that ESPN needs to come up with their own rankings and not base theirs on Sherdog's especially with Gross gone, who is coming up with them and what are they based on now?
One of the main reasons I started this thread though was the complete absence of Gegard Mousasi
- A 22-2 record and only two of those fights going to a decision
- A relatively large frame for the division as he has expressed his thoughts not too long ago that he plans on moving up in weight (hopefully he stays if he wins the tournament.. or even if he is relatively successful by making it to the finals)
-Extremely well rounded and great heart
-Trains with Fedor on occasion, yes I know that shouldn't make a difference but its at the very least noteworthy
Yes, he beat a Denis Kang after it became fashionable to do so, but he did it in dominating fashion. We've seen fighters who've been on losing streaks stay ranked or get ranked after one decent win just because of their pure natural ability. Well this guy has all the natural ability in the world, very talented in all areas and he IS a finisher.
My rankings are as follows:
And no, I know mine nor will anyone else's rankings be gospel.. not until we have all fighters fighting under the same umbrella or co-promotion available across the board so that the rankings can sort themselves out for themselves.. but I do believe that mine are pretty accurate.
Heavyweight
1 Fedor Emelianenko
2 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
3 Josh Barnett
4 Randy Couture
5 Tim Sylvia
6 Andrei Arlovski
7 Fabricio Werdum
8 Gabriel Gonzaga
9 Mirko Filipovic
10 Aleksander Emelianenko
Light Heavyweight
1 Quinton Jackson
2 Forrest Griffin
3 Lyoto Machida
4 Mauricio Rua
5 Chuck Liddell
6 Dan Henderson
7 Wanderlei Silva
8 Keith Jardine
9 Rameau Sokoudjou
10 Thiago Silva
Middleweights
1 Anderson Silva
2 Paulo Filho
3 Rich Franklin
4 Robbie Lawler
5 Yushin Okami
6 Frank Trigg
7 Thales Leites
8 Nathan Marquardt
9 Gegard Mousasi
10 Yoshihiro Akiyama
Welterweight
1 Georges St. Pierre
2 Jon Fitch
3 Josh Koscheck
4 Thiago Alves
5 Matt Hughes
6 Jake Shields
7 Diego Sanchez
8 Karo Parisyan
9 Carlos Condit
10 Matt Serra
Lightweight
1 BJ Penn
2 Takanori Gomi
3 Shinya Aoki
4 Gesias Calvancanti
5 Gilbert Melendez
6 Tatsuya Kawajiri
7 Mitsuhiro Ishida
8 Sean Sherk
9 Eddie Alvarez
10 Joe Stevenson
P4P
1 Fedor Emelianenko
2 Anderson Silva
3 Georges St. Pierre
4 BJ Penn
5 Quinton Jackson
6 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
7 Urijah Faber
8 Mauricio Rua
9 Gilbert Melendez
10 Norifumi Yamamoto
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