Latest MMA Fighter Rankings
Today MMA News published their list of fighter rankings. Fedor Emelianenko is still king of the heavyweights, but with all of his inactivity, that can’t last much longer. In the HW division, I might slot in Brandon Vera over Fabricio Werdum. If he wins at UFC 77, then that will seal his status in the top ten.
Shogun ranking in at #2? As much as I like Mauricio and feel that he wasn’t at the top of his game against Forrest, that fight alone should have dropped him down to the middle of the pack. And how the hell is Sardine below Liddell?
Some of the non UFC fighters that stand out include Josh Barnett, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Paulo Filho, Denis Kang, Gilbert Melendez, and or “Shaolin” Ribeiro. Dana White, sign these guys!
Here are the complete rankings as determined by MMANews.com:
HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION
#1 Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
3. Josh Barnett
4. Randy Couture
5. Gabriel Gonzaga
6. Tim Sylvia
7. Andrei Arlovski
8. Mirko Cro Cop
9. Fabricio Werdum
10. Aleksander Emelianenko
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)
#1 Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Quinton Jackson
2. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
3. Dan Henderson
4. Chuck Liddell
5. Wanderlei Silva
6. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
7. Keith Jardine
8. Forrest Griffin
9. Ricardo Arona
10. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)
#1 Middleweight Fighter in the World: Anderson Silva
2. Paulo Filho
3. Matt Lindland
4. Rich Franklin
5. Denis Kang
6. Robbie Lawler
7. Nathan Marquardt
8. Kazuo Misaki
9. Frank Trigg
10. Yushin Okami
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)
#1 Welterweight Fighter in the World: Matt Serra
2. Georges St. Pierre
3. Matt Hughes
4. Jon Fitch
5. Josh Koscheck
6. Karo Parisyan
7. Diego Sanchez
8. Jake Shields
9. Carlos Condit
10. Marcus Davis
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160-pound limit)
#1 Lightweight Fighter in the World: Takanori Gomi
2. Hayato Sakurai
3. Gilbert Melendez
4. Tatsuya Kawajiri
5. Shinya Aoki
6. Gesias “JZ” Calvancante
7. Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro
8. Joachim Hansen
9. Joe Stevenson
10. Mitsuhiro Ishida
October 14th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
in the lightweight division i think BJ Penn, Kenny Florian and Diaz should have also been included since he man handled Gomi.
also on the HW division i think Randy should have been if not #1 HW then definetly #2. but since hes retired now u can just wipe him off the map
April 1st, 2008 at 2:44 pm
It makes no sense that “Rua” is ranked over Forrest Griffin. Or half the guys on that list. He had no Cardio against Griffin and was exposed when he fought in the UFC for the first time.