New MMAWeekly World Rankings

[KnowledgeKnown]

The latest MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings were released on Wednesday, June 25. This system ranks the Top 10 MMA fighters from all across the world in each of the six most widely accepted weight classes.

Taken into consideration are a fighter's performance in addition to his win-loss record, head-to-head and common opponents, difficulty of opponents, and numerous other factors in what is the most comprehensive rankings system in the sport.

Fighters who are currently serving drug-related suspensions are not eligible for Top 10 consideration until they have fought one time after the completion of their suspension.

Fighters must also have competed within the past 12 months in order to be eligible for Top 10 consideration.

Below are the current MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings, which are up-to-date as of June 25.

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HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds)

#1 Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Fedor Emelianenko

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

3. Randy Couture

4. Josh Barnett

5. Tim Sylvia

6. Andrei Arlovski

7. Fabricio Werdum

8. Gabriel Gonzaga

9. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic

10. Aleksander Emelianenko

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LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)

#1 Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Quinton Jackson

2. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

3. Chuck Liddell

4. Lyoto Machida

5. Wanderlei Silva

6. Forrest Griffin

7. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

8. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

9. Keith Jardine

10. Thiago Silva

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MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)

#1 Middleweight Fighter in the World: Anderson Silva

2. Paulo Filho

3. Rich Franklin

4. Robbie Lawler

5. Kazuo Misaki

6. Yushin Okami

7. Nathan Marquardt

8. Dan Henderson

9. Gegard Mousasi

10. Denis Kang

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WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)

#1 Welterweight Fighter in the World: Georges St. Pierre

2. Jon Fitch

3. Thiago Alves

4. Josh Koscheck

5. Matt Hughes

6. Matt Serra

7. Jake Shields

8. Diego Sanchez

9. Carlos Condit

10. Karo Parisyan

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LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160-pound limit)

#1 Lightweight Fighter in the World: B.J. Penn

2. Takanori Gomi

3. Shinya Aoki

4. Tatsuya Kawajiri

5. Gesias "JZ" Calvancante

6. Gilbert Melendez

7. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro

8. Mitsuhiro Ishida

9. Joe Stevenson

10. Sean Sherk

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FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION (145 pounds and under)

#1 Featherweight Fighter in the World: Urijah Faber

2. Akitoshi Tamura

3. Hideki Kadowaki

4. Hatsu Hioki

5. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue

6. Masakazu Imanari

7. Mike Brown

8. Jeff Curran

9. Rafael Assuncao

10. Wagnney Fabiano

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I think this is the first time i've seen Stevenson above Sherk. I actually agree with that.

[rugoatee]

Overall pretty good imo. However I think there are problems with 185. Hendo being that low is reprehensible.

Other than Silva, who on that list would be a Vegas favorite against Hendo? Maybe only Franklin and I even doubt that. I know they take a lot of things into account but I just don't see how you put guys like Lawler and Okami ahead of him.

[Storm442]

# 8 HW is questionable. (GG)

#3 LHW is questionable.. move him down (Iceman)

[Bullock]

Lawler at #4 is questionable, and so is Misaki at #5. And how Kang is in the top ten while Akiyama isn't is beyond me.

The MW rankings are fucked IMO.

[bigsemi]

lets see Diego vs Serra while Matt gets his knee fixed.

[Qball1974]

The whole list is questionable....more fun to make your own list.

[ArMnHC]

MMAWeekly always has the worst rankings...i never go by what they think. they have the #1's right in every weight class, but other then that its all screwy.

Shogun, Chuck, Henderson, even Forrest are in all the wrong places...and for the most part MW is completely f'd up!!!

[hunterkiller]

IMO, I'd go with something like this:
HW
1. Fedor
2. Nog
3. Barnett
4. Sylvia
5. Arlovski
LHW
1. Rampage
2. Machida
3. Shogun
4. Liddell
5. Griffin
MW
1. Anderson
2. Franklin
3. Filho
4. Henderson
5. Lawler
WW
1. GSP
2. Fitch
3. Shields
4. Alves
5. Koscheck
LW
1. Penn
2. Gomi
3. Aoki
4. Melendez
5. Sherk

[jrube]

Originally Posted by Bullock

Lawler at #4 is questionable, and so is Misaki at #5. And how Kang is in the top ten while Akiyama isn't is beyond me.

The MW rankings are fucked IMO.

Agreed... I was just thinking the same thing... How is Kang in anyones top ten???
Also Randy is the #3 HW??? Sheesh....

I think these rankings have room for improvement.

[djimprint]

While I don't agree with everything here, I am SHOCKED at the lack of Kid Yammamoto on the Featherweight list.

He should be #2 IMO.