http://www.sportsnet.ca/mma/2013/02/05/ufc_fighter_rankings_february_2013/ POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Anderson Silva 2. Jon Jones 3. Georges St-Pierre 4. Jose Aldo 5. Benson Henderson 6. Cain Velasquez 7. Dominick Cruz 8. Demetrious Johnson 9. Frankie Edgar 10. Dan Henderson HEAVYWEIGHT (c) Cain Velasquez 1. Junior dos Santos 2. Fabricio Werdum 3. Daniel Cormier 4. Antonio Silva 5. Frank Mir 6. Alistair Overeem 7. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 8. Roy Nelson 9. Stefan Struve 10. Shane Carwin LIGHT- HEAVYWEIGHT (c) Jon Jones 1. Dan Henderson 2. Lyoto Machida 3. Alexander Gustafsson 4. Glover Teixeira 5. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 6. Rashad Evans 7. Mauricio Rua 8. Phil Davis 9. Ryan Bader 10. Gegard Mousasi MIDDLEWEIGHT (c) Anderson Silva 1. Chris Weidman 2. Vitor Belfort 3. Michael Bisping 4. Yushin Okami 5. Mark Munoz 6. Constantinos Philippou 7. Luke Rockhold 8. Hector Lombard 9. Alan Belcher 10. Tim Boetsch WELTERWEIGHT (c) Georges St-Pierre 1. Johny Hendricks 2. Carlos Condit 3. Nick Diaz 4. Rory MacDonald 5. Demian Maia 6. Jake Ellenberger 7. Martin Kampmann 8. Josh Koscheck 9. Jon Fitch 10. Tarec Saffiedine LIGHTWEIGHT (c) Benson Henderson 1. Gilbert Melendez 2. Anthony Pettis 3. Gray Maynard 4. Nate Diaz 5. Jim Miller 6. Donald Cerrone 7. TJ Grant 8. Rafael dos Anjos 9. Joe Lauzon 10. Khabib Nurmagomedov FEATHERWEIGHT (c) Jose Aldo 1. Chad Mendes 2. Ricardo Lamas 3. Chan Sung Jung 4. Frankie Edgar 5. Dennis Siver 6. Cub Swanson 7. Dustin Poirier 8. Nik Lentz 9. Erik Koch 10. Clay Guida BANTAMWEIGHT (c) Dominick Cruz 1. Renan Barao (Interim Champion) 2. Michael McDonald 3. Urijah Faber 4. Eddie Wineland 5. Brad Pickett 6. Brian Bowles 7. Rafael Assuncao 8. Scott Jorgensen 9. Mike Easton 10. Ivan Menjivar FLYWEIGHT (c) Demetirous Johnson 1. Joseph Benavidez 2. John Dodson 3. Ian McCall 4. John Moraga 5. Jussier Da Silva 6. Louis Gaudinot 7. Chris Cariaso 8. John Lineker 9. Darren Uyenoyama 10. Ulysses Gomez
pound for pound for me 1) anderson silva 2) gsp 3) aldo 4) jon jones 5) benson henderson 6) cain v 7) dominic cruz 8) frankie edgar 9) mighty mouse 10) anthony pettis
Light heavyweight is such a mess behind Jones and Henderson. The next logical ranked fighter is Gustafsson. Gusto > Shogun > Machida Gustafsson lost to Phil Davis. Davis > Gusto > Shogun > Machida Davis just lost to Rashad. Evans > Davis > Gusto > Shogun > Machida Machida beat Evans. That's a loop. Machida > Evans > Davis > Gusto > Shogun > Machida Little Nog just beat Evans, too. Little Nog & Machida > Evans > Davis > Gusto > Shogun > Machida Davis & Bader have both beaten Little Nog. Davis & Bader > Little Nog & Machida > Evans > Davis > Gusto > Shogun > Machida Machida beat Bader. Machida > Davis & Bader > Little Nog & Machida > Evans > Davis > Gusto > Shogun > Machida So eliminating the duplicates... Machida > Ortiz > Davis > Bader > Little Nog > Evans > Gustafsson > Shogun (c) Jon Jones 1. Dan Henderson 2. Lyoto Machida 3. Phil Davis (+5) 4. Ryan Bader (+5) 5. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (even) 6. Rashad Evans (even) 7. Alexander Gustafsson (-4) 8. Mauricio Rua (-1) 9. Glover Teixeira (-5) 10. Gegard Mousasi (even)
LHW used to be such a main draw and the bread and butter of the UFC, but now its a jumbled mess of rematches and up and comers.