The updated MMAWeekly.com World MMA Rankings were released on Wednesday, Nov. 16. This system ranks the Top 10 MMA fighters from across the world in each of the seven most widely accepted men’s weight classes and the Top 10 pound-for-pound women fighters. Taken into consideration are a fighter’s performance in addition to 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. Source:Yahoo/MMAweekly.com
WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND (all weight classes) 1. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos(1) 2. Megumi Fujii (2) 3. Sarah Kaufman (3) 4. Miesha Tate (4) 5. Marloes Coenen (5) 6. Zoila Gurgel (6) 7. Tara LaRosa (7) 8. Rosi Sexton (8)9. Alexis Davis (9) 10. Hiroko Yamanaka (10) HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds) 1. Junior Dos Santos (2) 2. Alistair Overeem (3) 3. Cain Velasquez (1) 4. Josh Barnett (4) 5. Brock Lesnar (5) 6. Fabricio Werdum (6) 7. Shane Carwin (7) 8. Frank Mir (8) 9. Daniel Cormier (9) 10. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (10) LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit) 1. Jon Jones (1) 2. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (2) 3. Rashad Evans (3) 4. Quinton Jackson (4) 5. Lyoto Machida (5) 6. Dan Henderson (6) 7. Phil Davis (7) 8. Gegard Mousasi (8) 9. Alexander Gustafsson (9) 10. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (10) MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit) 1. Anderson Silva (1) 2. Chael Sonnen (2) 3. Yushin Okami (3) 4. Nathan Marquardt (4) 5. Michael Bisping (5) 6. Mark Munoz (6) 7. Demian Maia (7) 8. Vitor Belfort (8) 9. Brian Stann (9) 10. Alan Belcher (10) WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit) 1. Georges St-Pierre (1) 2. Jon Fitch (2) 3. Nick Diaz (3) 4. Carlos Condit (4) 5. Jake Ellenberger (5) 6. Josh Koscheck (6) 7. Jake Shields (7) 8. Thiago Alves (8) 9. Diego Sanchez (9) 10. Ben Askren (10) LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (155-pound limit) 1. Frankie Edgar (1) 2. Gilbert Melendez (2) 3. Benson Henderson (7) 4. Gray Maynard (3) 5. Shinya Aoki (4) 6. Eddie Alvarez (5) 7. Clay Guida (6) 8. Jim Miller (8) 9. Anthony Pettis (9) 10. Donald Cerrone (10) FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION (145 pound-limit) 1. Jose Aldo (1) 2. Chad Mendes (2) 3. Hatsu Hioki (3) 4. Mark Hominick (4) 5. Dustin Poirier (5) 6. Erik Koch (6) 7. Kenny Florian (7) 8. Pat Curran (8) 9. Diego Nunes (9) 10. Marlon Sandro (10) BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION (135 pounds or less) 1. Dominick Cruz (1) 2. Brian Bowles (2) 3. Joseph Benavidez (3) 4. Scott Jorgensen (4) 5. Urijah Faber (5) 6. Renan Barao (6) 7. Demetrious Johnson (7) 8. Brad Pickett (8) 9. Masakatsu Ueda (9) 10. Michael McDonald (10)
UFC essentially owns MMA at this point. Even dudes who fight/fought in other organizations have signed UFC deals since UFC is buying up the competition. But here's hoping to see guys in small organizations on this list eventually. UFC also brings the most media attention so some dude that fights in Reno Cage Fighting and destroys everyone might not get a lot of attention until Dana notices him.
i would love to see silva move up in weight class and fight jon jones. i think that would be an awesome match-up
