MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings Updated - July 9th, 2008

randy_S1231 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 10:17 AM

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The latest MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings were released on Wednesday, July 9. 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 July 9.

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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: Forrest Griffin

2. Quinton Jackson

3. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

4. Chuck Liddell

5. Lyoto Machida

6. Wanderlei Silva

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. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro

7. Mitsuhiro Ishida

8. Josh Thomson

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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hunterkiller · #2 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 10:38 AM

Rampage and Forrest should be a tie for #1 in the world. Then Machida. The rest is a toss up for me.

Gmunit · #3 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 12:44 PM

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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

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)

#1 Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Forrest Griffin
2. Quinton Jackson
3. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
4. Chuck Liddell
5. Lyoto Machida
6. Wanderlei Silva
7. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
8. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
9. Keith Jardine
10. Thiago Silva

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

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

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. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro
7. Mitsuhiro Ishida
8. Josh Thomson
9. Joe Stevenson
10. Sean Sherk

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

Alverez is working awfully hard to crack that Top 10

krayven · #4 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 12:47 PM

Machida should be number three on LHW in my opinion. But other than that the lists look pretty solid.

Gmunit · #5 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by krayven

Machida should be number three on LHW in my opinion. But other than that the lists look pretty solid.

so do you mean to drop Rampage? or Shogun?

krayven · #6 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 01:07 PM

Shogun. ... for now at least. Rampage should still be number two. This is just my quirky opinion tho

Buggedoutnicy · #7 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 01:14 PM

in the lhw switch liddell n machida and i can agree with those ratings

Chaos03 · #8 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 01:16 PM

It's funny how Jardine beat Chuck and he's #9. I don't even like Jardine, but that doesn't make sense to me. Well, I guess it's ok b/c jardine loses the rematch. i'm not sure about paulo filho either. I know he trains with Silva and is the middleweight champ, but i see him getting beat soon. Last time I saw him fight he was losing until he caught the guy in a submission. i'm not nearly as impressed with him as I am Silva. I think there is a big gap between one and two. Franklin would beat Filho. Machida should #3.

krayven · #9 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Chaos03

Anybody else think machida is like a much less aggressive Anderson Silva? Think about it.

I kinda agree with that they're both very composed. Once my initial anger over him beating Tito wore off I started watching his older fights unbiasedly and saw he is quite the aggressor, he's very selective when he does it tho and its just agrivating to watch ( especially drunk ) because state side we are conditioned to like non-stop action when you hear the word FIGHT. .. and machida doesn't fight that way, he's patient to a fault, which I can't really be mad at. if I didn't "have" to get hit I wouldn't either. For instance when he fought Nakamura he waited literally until Nak charged forward and floored him with a straight punch, then was all over him. Same with Tito, end of round one. Tito is frustrated and left an opening, sweep, takedown, boom, Tito in crucifx and Machida all over him until the bell.

Krellek · #10 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 01:34 PM

where is pulver? i know he lost the title fight, but he took uriah the distance, and would destroy curran...oohh, that'd be a helluva fight. make it happen WEC!