Pound-for-Pound Rankings

Pound-for-Pound

  1. Georges St-Pierre
  2. Anderson Silva
  3. Mauricio Rua
  4. Jose Aldo
  5. Frankie Edgar
  6. Dominick Cruz
  7. Cain Velasquez
  8. Fedor Emelianenko
  9. Jake Shields
  10. Chael Sonnen

Next five: Gilbert Melendez, Rashad Evans, Alistair Overeem, B.J. Penn, Lyoto Machida

MMA Rankings

Updated December 20, 2010 after "WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis":

Heavyweight

  1. Cain Velasquez (UFC Champion)
  2. Fedor Emelianenko
  3. Fabricio Werdum
  4. Junior Dos Santos
  5. Alistair Overeem (Strikeforce Champion)
  6. Brock Lesnar
  7. Antonio Silva
  8. Shane Carwin
  9. Josh Barnett
  10. Frank Mir

Next five: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brendan Schaub, Brett Rogers, Roy Nelson, Stefan Struve

Light Heavyweight

  1. Mauricio Rua (UFC Champion)
  2. Rashad Evans
  3. Quinton Jackson
  4. Jon Jones
  5. Forrest Griffin
  6. Ryan Bader
  7. Lyoto Machida
  8. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
  9. Gegard Mousasi (DREAM Champion)
  10. Rafael Cavalcante (Strikeforce Champion)

Next five: Dan Henderson, Thiago Silva, Muhammad Lawal, Rich Franklin, Phil Davis

Middleweight

  1. Anderson Silva (UFC Champion)
  2. Chael Sonnen
  3. Vitor Belfort
  4. Yushin Okami
  5. Ronaldo Souza (Strikeforce Champion)
  6. Jorge Santiago (Sengoku Champion)
  7. Hector Lombard (Bellator Champion)
  8. Demian Maia
  9. Nate Marquardt
  10. Wanderlei Silva

Next five: Robbie Lawler, Chris Leben, Michael Bisping, Alan Belcher, Mamed Khalidov

Welterweight

  1. Georges St-Pierre (UFC Champion)
  2. Jake Shields
  3. Jon Fitch
  4. B.J. Penn
  5. Nick Diaz (Strikeforce Champion)
  6. Carlos Condit
  7. Paul Daley
  8. Thiago Alves
  9. Josh Koscheck
  10. Ben Askren (Bellator Champion)

Next five: Dan Hardy, Martin Kampmann, Dong Hyun Kim, Diego Sanchez, Rick Story

Lightweight

  1. Frankie Edgar (UFC Champion)
  2. Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce Champion)
  3. Eddie Alvarez (Bellator Champion)
  4. Gray Maynard
  5. Shinya Aoki (DREAM Champion)
  6. Jim Miller
  7. George Sotiropoulos
  8. Sean Sherk
  9. Kenny Florian
  10. Tatsuya Kawajiri

Next five: Evan Dunham, Takanori Gomi, Josh Thomson, Dennis Siver, Anthony Pettis

Featherweight

  1. Jose Aldo (UFC Champion)
  2. Marlon Sandro (Sengoku Champion)
  3. Bibiano Fernanades (DREAM Champion)
  4. Josh Grispi
  5. Diego Nunes
  6. Michihiro Omigawa
  7. Mike Brown
  8. Hatsu Hioki
  9. Joe Warren (Bellator Champion)
  10. Chad Mendes

Next five: Manny Gamburyan, Masanori Kanehara, Mark Hominick, L.C. Davis, Yuji Hoshino

Bantamweight

  1. Dominick Cruz (UFC Champion)
  2. Urijah Faber
  3. Brian Bowles
  4. Scott Jorgensen
  5. Joseph Benavidez
  6. Miguel Torres
  7. Masakatsu Ueda (Shooto Champion)
  8. Masakazu Imanari (DEEP Champion)
  9. Zach Makovsky (Bellator Champion)
  10. Wagnney Fabiano

Next five: Eddie Wineland, Takeya Mizugaki, Demetrious Johnson, Damacio Page, Antonio Banuelos

Flyweight

  1. Jussier Da Silva (Shooto South America Champion)
  2. Yasuhiro Urushitani (Shooto Champion)
  3. Mamoru Yamaguchi (King of the Cage Champion)
  4. Rambaa Somdet (Shooto Champion)
  5. Alexis Vila
  6. Yuki Shojo
  7. Kiyotaka Shimizu (Pancrase Champion)
  8. Ryuichi Miki
  9. Ryosuke Tanuma (ZST Champion)
  10. John Dodson

Next five: Ulysses Gomez, Fumihiro Kitahara, Mitsuhisa Sunabe, Louis Gaudinot, Pat Runez



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