Fighter rankings, Feb. 2008 vs Feb. 2010

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  1. speeds

    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    I thought it might be interesting to see how things have progressed in the last two years.

    Sherdog rankings, February 9th, 2008
    Consensus rankings, February 8th, 2010

    Heavyweight 2008...

    01. Emelianenko, Fedor
    02. Nogueira, Antonio Rodrigo
    03. Couture, Randy
    04. Sylvia, Tim
    05. Arlovski, Andrei
    06. Werdum, Fabricio
    07. Gonzaga, Gabriel
    08. Kongo, Cheick
    09. Filipovic, Mirko
    10. Rothwell, Ben

    Heavyweight 2010...

    01. Emelianenko, Fedor
    02. Lesnar, Brock
    03. Mir, Frank
    04. Nogueira, Antonio Rodrigo
    05. Velasquez, Cain
    06. Carwin, Shane
    07. Dos Santos, Junior
    08. Rogers, Brett
    09. Barnett, Josh
    10. Werdum, Fabricio

    Light Heavyweight, 2008...

    01. Jackson, Quinton
    02. Henderson, Dan
    03. Jardine, Keith
    04. Griffin, Forrest
    05. Liddell, Chuck
    06. Rua, Mauricio
    07. Machida, Lyoto
    08. Silva, Wanderlei
    09. Evans, Rashad
    10. Sokoudjou

    Light Heavyweight, 2010...

    01. Machida, Lyoto
    02. Rua, Mauricio
    03. Evans, Rashad
    04. Jackson, Quinton
    05. Nogueira, Antonio Rogerio
    06. Mousasi, Gegard
    07. Silva, Thiago
    08. Jones, Jon
    09. Cane, Luis
    10. Vera, Brandon

    Middleweight, 2008

    01. Silva, Anderson
    02. Filho, Paulo
    03. Franklin, Rich
    04. Marquardt, Nate
    05. Lawler, Robbie
    06. Okami, Yushin
    07. Trigg, Frank
    08. Akiyama, Yoshihiro
    09. Misaki, Kazuo
    10. Santiago, Jorge

    Middleweight, 2010

    01. Silva, Anderson
    02. Henderson, Dan
    03. Belfort, Vitor
    04. Sonnen, Chael
    05. Marquardt, Nate
    06. Shields, Jake
    07. Okami, Yushin
    08. Lawler, Robbie
    09. Maia, Demian
    10. Santiago, Jorge

    Welterweight, 2008

    01. St. Pierre, Georges
    02. Serra, Matt
    03. Hughes, Matt
    04. Fitch, Jon
    05. Koscheck, Josh
    06. Sanchez, Diego
    07. Parisyan, Karo
    08. Shields, Jake
    09. Aoki, Shinya
    10. Condit, Carlos

    Welterweight, 2010

    01. St. Pierre, Georges
    02. Hardy, Dan
    03. Fitch, Jon
    04. Diaz, Nick
    05. Alves, Thiago
    06. Thiago, Paulo
    07. Koscheck, Josh
    08. Johnson, Anthony
    09. Daley, Paul
    10. Serra, Matt

    Lightweight, 2008

    01. Gomi, Takanori
    02. Cavalcante, Gesias
    03. Ishida, Mitsuhiro
    04. Penn, B.J.
    05. Melendez, Gilbert
    06. Kawajiri, Tatsuya
    07. Ribeiro, Vitor
    08. Sherk, Sean
    09. Stevenson, Joe
    10. Edgar, Frank

    Lightweight, 2010

    01. Penn, B.J.
    02. Aoki, Shinya
    03. Melendez, Gilbert
    04. Florian, Kenny
    05. Edgar, Frank
    06. Maynard, Gray
    07. Griffin, Tyson
    08. Henderson, Ben
    09. Alvarez, Eddie
    10. Varner, Jamie

    Featherweight, 2008

    01. Faber, Urijah
    02. Tamura, Akitoshi
    03. Inoue, Takeshi
    04. Curran, Jeff
    05. Takaya, Hiroyuki
    06. Carvalho, Antonio
    07. Iminari, Masakazu
    08. Maeda, Yoshiro
    09. Kim, Jong Man
    10. Hioki, Hatsu

    Featherweight, 2010

    01. Aldo, Jose
    02. Brown, Mike
    03. Faber, Urijah
    04. Fernandes, Bibiano
    05. Assuncao, Raphael
    06. Gamburyan, Manvel
    07. Fabiano, Wagnney
    08. Omigawa, Michihiro
    09. Kanehara, Masanori
    10. Hioki, Hatsu
     
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    Interesting how Griffin fell completely out of the top 10 in 2010. I figure he'd still be good for a spot in the 7-10 slots. Featherweight saw the most change I think, and a lot of the guys fighting in Japan got replaced by WEC guys. I interpret it as the division getting more competitive.
     
  3. Big Frame

    Big Frame Well-Known Member

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    Koz at 7? Child please. He shuld be fighting Dan Hardy for the title.
     

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