If you take a look at the rankings you'll find that there are some anomalies. Kelvin Gastelum 11 ranked below Jake Ellenberger 10 (Gastelum submitted Ellenberger in November) Marion Reneau 12 ranked below Jessica Andrade 11 (Reneau beat Andrade by UD last month) Frankie Saenz 12 ranked below Iuri Alcantara 10 (Saenz beat Alcantara by UD last month) Other than the fact that these rankings are wrong, the big problem is that sponsorship money from Reebok is going to tie-into the rankings this summer. So the difference between a few spots can be massive in terms of a fighter's finances. If you want to see why the rankings are bad, take a look at the drop-down list of voting panelists. No major MMA journalists or reporters are there. Of about 50 people, I recognize one name: Joe Ferraro. Thanks to VinceOnAPlane from Reddit for noticing. http://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/2xvl3b/ufc_rankings_hilarity_gastelum_and_reneau_are/
This sport is starting to get the corrupt boxing smell to it..... The more money there is at stake, the most suspect things like this will happen
