Mortis' MMA Rankings

[Mortis]

It's been awhile since I posted an MMA thread. Thought I start a new one for the MMA fans. Here are my top ten fighters in each weight class all across MMA.


November 2011

Heavyweight (206 - 265 lbs.) ---
1) Cain Velasquez (9-0; UFC)
2) Junior dos Santos (13-1; UFC)
3) Alistair overeem (35-11; UFC)
4) Fabricio Werdum (14-5-1; Strikeforce)
5) Brock Lesnar (5-2; UFC)
6) Shane Carwin (12-2; UFC)
7) Frank Mir (15-5; UFC)
8) Daniel Cormier (9-0; Strikeforce)
9) Josh Barnett (31-5; Strikeforce)
10) Antonio Silva (16-3; Strikefoce)

Light Heavyweight (186 - 205 lbs.) ---
1) Jon Jones (14-1; UFC)
2) Mauricio Rua (20-5; UFC)
3) Rashad Evans (16-1-1; UFC)
4) Quinton Jackson (32-9; UFC)
5) Lyoto Machida (17-2; UFC)
6) Dan Henderson (28-8; UFC)
7) Phil Davis (9-0; UFC)
8) Forest Griffin (18-7; UFC)
9) Gegard Moussasi (31-3-2; Dream)
10) Rafeal Cavalcante (11-3; Strikeforce)

Middleweight (171 - 185 lbs.) ---
1) Anderson Silva (31-4; UFC)
2) Chael Sonnen ( 26-11-1; UFC)
3) Hector Lombard (30-2-1; Bellator)
4) Yushin Okami (26-6; UFC)
5) Nate Marquardt (31-10-2; UFC)
6) Vitor Belfort (20-9; UFC)
7) Brian Stann (11-4; UFC)
8) Mark Munoz (11-2; UFC)
9) Michael Bisping (21-3; UFC)
10) Chris Leben (22-7; UFC)

Welterweight (156 - 170 lbs.) ---
1) Georges St. Pierre (22-2; UFC)
2) Jon Fitch (23-3-1; UFC)
3) Nick Diaz (26-7; UFC)
4) Carlos Condit (27-5; UFC)
5) Jake Ellenberger (22-5; UFC)
6) Jake Shields (26-6-1; UFC)
7) Josh Koscheck (16-5; UFC)
8) Anthony Johnson (10-3; UFC)
9) Diego Sanchez (23-4; UFC)
10) Rory MacDonald (12-1; UFC)

Lightweight (146 - 155 lbs.) ---
1) Frankie Edgar (14-1-1; UFC)
2) Gilbert Melendez (19-2; Strikeforce)
3) Shinya Aoki (29-5; Dream)
4) Eddie Alvarez (22-2; Bellator)
5) Gray Maynard (10-1-1; UFC)
6) Clay Guida (29-11; UFC)
7) Anthony Pettis (14-2; UFC)
8) Ben Henderson (14-2; UFC)
9) Donald Cerrone (17-3; UFC)
10) Jim Miller (20-3; UFC)

Featherweight (136 - 145 lbs.) ---
1) Jose Aldo (20-1; UFC)
2) Chad Mendes (11-0; UFC)
3) Pat Curran (16-4; Bellator)
4) Kenny Florian (14-6; UFC)
5) Tatsuya Kawaiiri (29-7-2; Dream)
6) Patricio Freire (17-1; Bellator)
7) Erik Koch (13-1; UFC)
8) Hatsu Hioki (25-4-2; UFC)
9) Robert Peralta (15-3; UFC)
10) Yuri Alcantara (26-3; UFC)

Bantamweight (126 - 135 lbs.) ---
1) Dominick Cruz (19-1; UFC)
2) Brian Bowles (10-1; UFC)
3) Joseph Benavidez (15-2; UFC)
4) Urijah Faber (20-5; UFC)
5) Scott Jorgenson (13-4; UFC)
6) Alexis Vila (11-0; Bellator)
7) Demetrious Johnson (9-2; UFC)
8) Zach Makovsky (14-2; Bellator)
9) Bibiano Fernandes (9-3; Dream)
10) Joe Warren (7-2; Bellator)

Pound for Pound ---
1) Anderson Silva
2) Georges St. Pierre
3) Jose Aldo
4) Frankie Edgar
5) Jon Jones
6) Dominick Cruz
7) Cain Velasquez
8) Junior dos Santos
9) Gilbert Melendez
10) Brian Bowles

 

[Mortis]

A few changes after UFC 138:

Middleweights
Nate Marquardt falls 4 points to the #9 spot due to no longer being in the UFC and has been signed by BAMMA, and will not fight until February. He will also be fighting at welterweight, so expect him to fall off the Top 10 Middleweight list in the near future.

Due to the fall, Vitor Belfort and Michael Bisping move up 1 spot to #5 and #8 respectively.

After the TKO stoppage win for Mark Munoz over Chris Leben; Munoz moves up 2 spots to #6 and Leben is holding steady at #10.

Anderson Silva, Chael Sonnen, Hector Lombard, Yushin Okami, and Brian Stann also hold on to their respective spots.

Bantamweight
After Renan Pegado's decisive victory over potential Top 10 fighter, Brad Pickett and having a 27 fight win streak, Pegrado debuts in the Top Bantamweight list at #7, ousting #9 Bibiano Fernandes.

 

[Cdub512]

I like your rankings Mortis! It should be really interesting to see who wins the Velasquez/Dos Santos fight, and the Henderson/Guida fight on saturday! IMO I would really want to see Silva vs GSP sometime in the near future

 

[Mortis]

I like your rankings Mortis! It should be really interesting to see who wins the Velasquez/Dos Santos fight, and the Henderson/Guida fight on saturday! IMO I would really want to see Silva vs GSP sometime in the near future

Thanks!

I got Cain winning via TKO in the 4th round, but this could really go either way. Both are great fighters with great attitudes, so it doesn't really matter to me who wins. I'm just looking forward to a great fight!

I also have Henderson over Guida, giving Henderson the next shot at Frankie Edgar.

I'm not so sure that we will actually see Silva vs. GSP anytime. Although, would be nice, don't be too surprised if we never see it. :-/