MMA Fighter World Rankings

<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"><tr align="center"><td colspan="12">SportsTwo MMA Fighter World Rankings</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" align="center">Bantamweight (135-lbs)
</td><td colspan="3" align="center">Featherweight (145-lbs)
</td><td colspan="3" align="center">Lightweight (155-lbs)
</td><td colspan="3" align="center">Welterweight (170-lbs)
</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Rank</td><td align="center">Name</td><td align="center">Affiliation</td><td align="center">Rank</td><td align="center">Name</td><td align="center">Affiliation</td><td align="center">Rank</td><td align="center">Name</td><td align="center">Affiliation</td><td align="center">Rank</td><td align="center">Name</td><td align="center">Affiliation</td></tr><tr><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">Miguel Torres
</td><td align="center">WEC</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">Mike Thomas Brown
</td><td align="center">WEC</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">B.J. Penn
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">Georges St. Pierre
</td><td align="center">UFC</td></tr><tr><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">Brian Bowles </td><td align="center">WEC</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">Urijah Faber
</td><td align="center">WEC</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">Shinya Aoki
</td><td align="center">Dream</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">Thiago Alves
</td><td align="center">UFC</td></tr><tr><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">Manny Tapia </td><td align="center">WEC</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">Norifumi Yamamoto
</td><td align="center">K-1</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">Sean Sherk
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">Jon Fitch
</td><td align="center">UFC</td></tr><tr><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">Masakatsu Ueda</td><td align="center">Shooto</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">Leonard Garcia
</td><td align="center">WEC</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">Eddie Alvarez</td><td align="center">BFC</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">Jake Shields </td><td align="center">Strikeforce</td></tr><tr><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">Takeya Mizugaki
</td><td align="center">GCM</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">Wagnney Fabiano
</td><td align="center">WEC</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">Geisas Cavalcante
</td><td align="center">Dream</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">Josh Koscheck</td><td align="center">UFC</td></tr><tr><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">Koetsu Okazaki
</td><td align="center">Shooto</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">Jose Aldo
</td><td align="center">WEC</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">Kenny Florian
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">Matt Hughes</td><td align="center">UFC</td></tr><tr><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">Atsushi Yamamoto
</td><td align="center">Dream</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">Dokonjonosuke Mishima
</td><td align="center">DEEP</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">Josh Thompson
</td><td align="center">Strikeforce</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">Mike Swick
</td><td align="center">UFC</td></tr><tr><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">Yoshiro Maeda
</td><td align="center">WEC</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">Masakatsu Imanari
</td><td align="center">DEEP</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">Nick Diaz</td><td align="center">Strikeforce</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">Carlos Condit
</td><td align="center">WEC</td></tr><tr><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">Will Ribiero
</td><td align="center">WEC</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">Jens Pulver
</td><td align="center">WEC</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">Takanori Gomi</td><td align="center">WVR</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">Karo Parisyan
</td><td align="center">UFC</td></tr><tr><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">Chase Beebe
</td><td align="center">WEC</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">Takeshi Inoue
</td><td align="center">Shooto</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">Joachim Hansen
</td><td align="center">Dream</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">Matt Serra
</td><td align="center">UFC</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" align="center">Middleweight (185-lbs)
</td><td colspan="3" align="center">Light Heavyweight (205-lbs)
</td><td colspan="3" align="center">Heavyweight (265-lbs)
</td><td colspan="3" align="center">Pound-for-Pound
</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Rank</td><td align="center">Name</td><td align="center">Affiliation</td><td align="center">Rank</td><td align="center">Name</td><td align="center">Affiliation</td><td align="center">Rank</td><td align="center">Name</td><td align="center">Affiliation</td><td align="center">Rank</td><td align="center">Name</td><td align="center">Affiliation</td></tr><tr><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">Anderson Silva
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">Rashad Evans
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">Fedor Emelianenko
</td><td align="center">Affliction</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">Fedor Emelianenko
</td><td align="center">Affliction</td></tr><tr><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">Dan Henderson
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">Forrest Griffin
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">Josh Barnett</td><td align="center">Affliction</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">Anderson Silva
</td><td align="center">UFC</td></tr><tr><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">Nate Marquardt
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">Quinton Jackson
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">Frank Mir</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">Georges St. Pierre
</td><td align="center">UFC</td></tr><tr><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">Demian Maia
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">Lyoto Machida
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">Rodrigo Nogueira </td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">Miguel Torres
</td><td align="center">WEC</td></tr><tr><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">Gegard Mousasi</td><td align="center">Affliction</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">Keith Jardine
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">Andrei Arlovski</td><td align="center">Affliction</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">Rashad Evans </td><td align="center">UFC</td></tr><tr><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">Michael Bisping</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">Chuck Liddell</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">Brock Lesnar
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">6 </td><td align="center">B.J. Penn </td><td align="center">UFC </td></tr><tr><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">Yushin Okami
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">Rogerio Nogueira </td><td align="center">Affliction</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">Randy Couture
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">7 </td><td align="center">Shinya Aoki </td><td align="center">Dream </td></tr><tr><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">Robbie Lawler
</td><td align="center">Strikeforce</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">Luis Cane</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">Gabriel Gonzaga</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">8 </td><td align="center">Gegard Mousasi </td><td align="center">Affliction </td></tr><tr><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">Thales Leites
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">Rich Franklin </td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">Alistair Overeem
</td><td align="center">Dream</td><td align="center">9 </td><td align="center">Lyoto Machida </td><td align="center">UFC </td></tr><tr><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">Jorge Santiago
</td><td align="center">BFC</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">Renato Sobral
</td><td align="center">UFC</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">Sergei Kharitonov</td><td align="center">Dream</td><td align="center">10 </td><td align="center">Jake Shields </td><td align="center">Strikeforce </td></tr></tbody></table>

 

They showed the Best of 2007 fights last night on Spike TV. It was amazing how many outstanding fights there were last year.

I completely forgot about that great fight Huerta had with Diaz. Those two went all out with Huerta getting the best of Diaz.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Celtic Fan @ Jan 22 2008, 03:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Jan 22 2008, 02:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They showed the Best of 2007 fights last night on Spike TV. It was amazing how many outstanding fights there were last year.

I completely forgot about that great fight Huerta had with Diaz. Those two went all out with Huerta getting the best of Diaz.</div>
umm Huerta never fought Nate or Nick Diaz
http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfi...FighterID=10089
</div>

I meant to say Leonard "Bad Boy" Garcia. Oops. I'm not sure where Diaz came from. LOL

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Jan 22 2008, 03:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Celtic Fan @ Jan 22 2008, 03:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Jan 22 2008, 02:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They showed the Best of 2007 fights last night on Spike TV. It was amazing how many outstanding fights there were last year.

I completely forgot about that great fight Huerta had with Diaz. Those two went all out with Huerta getting the best of Diaz.</div>
umm Huerta never fought Nate or Nick Diaz
http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfi...FighterID=10089
</div>

I meant to say Leonard "Bad Boy" Garcia. Oops. I'm not sure where Diaz came from. LOL
</div>

Yeah, the Garcia fight was a good one. Bad Boy is a gamer.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Celtic Fan @ Jan 24 2008, 03:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>woooah! Marcus Davis at the 6th best WW in the world?
seems a little high to me, he hasn't faced any top 15 WW's yet IMO so I'd have Conduit or Koscheck ahead of him. Kos may have lost but he lost to GSP.. no shame in that and he shouldn't lose merit for that if Davis gets merit for beating lower middle talent.
Conduit is the WEC champ and has won 3-4 fights in a row in the WEC to get the title and his last loss was a decision to Jake Sheilds a guy who has been finishing his fights of late.
other than that, great list.
and again.. the HW list makes me want to cry.. Kongo is so one dimensional his nickname should be turtle for when he hits the ground.
Tim Sylvia gets title shots by default, I am beggining to forget the last time Fedor fought someone of consequence who was in his weight class, Cro-Cop either doesn't have it or doesn't want it and he cold easily be one of the most exciting fighters in the UFC...</div>

Well Condit has faced lesser competition than Davis, except for Shields, who defeated him. Davis is riding an 11-fight win streak (only two wins by decision, both unanimous) and has defeated some UFC veterans during that run. He knocked off Pete Spratt and Shonie Carter, as well as a talented young guy in Paul Taylor. Koscheck was dominated by GSP, his fight against Sanchez was borderline unwatchable, and he laid-and-prayed Jeff Joslin, so that is three so-so performances in a row. At one point in the Joslin fight he was stuck in a triangle and looked over to his corner with a "WTF?!" look on his face like he'd never trained for something like that before. Davis, on the other hand, just keeps getting better, it seems, fake Irishman or not.

Then again, Kos would probably smother Davis if they fought.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lavalamp @ Jan 25 2008, 02:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Fedor is the best fighter in the HW, but I wonder if he deserves a lower ranking due to not fighting top competition.</div>

That's why I have him where he is. His next fight is supposedly against another kickboxer with no grappling defense in Semmy Schilt, a guy Fedor has already beaten.

 

I've taken Tim Sylvia out of the heavyweight six because it seems that taking him down, as Arlovski, Couture, Mir, and Nogueira have done, is a quick route to victory. Jeff Monson was too small, but a BJJ master like Fabricio Werdum could probably beat Sylvia.