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#1 ·
The Official UFC Ranks
http://www.ufc.com/rankings

Rankings were generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC and a fighter can only appear in one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight-class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
Flyweight

Champion : Demetrious Johnson

1 Joseph Benavidez
2 John Dodson
3 Ian McCall
4 John Moraga
5 Jussier Da Silva
6 Louis Gaudinot
7 Chris Cariaso
8 John Lineker
9 Darren Uyenoyama
10 Ulysses Gomez


Bantamweight

Champion : Dominick Cruz

1 Renan Barao (Interim Champion)
2 Michael McDonald
3 Urijah Faber
4 Eddie Wineland
5 Brad Pickett
6 Brian Bowles
7 Rafael Assuncao
8 Scott Jorgensen
9 Mike Easton
10 Ivan Menjivar


Featherweight

Champion : Jose Aldo

1 Chad Mendes
2 Ricardo Lamas
3 Chan Sung Jung
4 Frankie Edgar
5 Dennis Siver
6 Cub Swanson
7 Dustin Poirier
8 Nik Lentz
9 Erik Koch
10 Clay Guida


Lightweight

Champion : Benson Henderson

1 Gilbert Melendez
2 Anthony Pettis
3 Gray Maynard
4 Nate Diaz
5 Jim Miller
6 Donald Cerrone
7 TJ Grant
8 Rafael dos Anjos
9 Joe Lauzon
10 Khabib Nurmagomedov


Welterweight

Champion : Georges St-Pierre

1 Johny Hendricks
2 Carlos Condit
3 Nick Diaz
4 Rory MacDonald
5 Demian Maia
6 Jake Ellenberger
7 Martin Kampmann
8 Josh Koscheck
9 Jon Fitch
10 Tarec Saffiedine



Middleweight

Champion : Anderson Silva

1 Chris Weidman
2 Vitor Belfort
3 Michael Bisping
4 Yushin Okami
5 Mark Munoz
6 Constantinos Philippou
7 Luke Rockhold
8 Hector Lombard
9 Alan Belcher
10 Tim Boetsch


Light Heavyweight

Champion : Jon Jones

1 Dan Henderson
2 Lyoto Machida
3 Alexander Gustafsson
4 Glover Teixeira
5 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
6 Rashad Evans
7 Mauricio Rua
8 Phil Davis
9 Ryan Bader
10 Gegard Mousasi


Heavyweight

Champion : Cain Velasquez

1 Junior dos Santos
2 Fabricio Werdum
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Antonio Silva
5 Frank Mir
6 Alistair Overeem
7 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
8 Roy Nelson
9 Stefan Struve
10 Shane Carwin




Pound 4 Pound


1 Anderson Silva
2 Jon Jones
3 Georges St-Pierre
4 Jose Aldo
5 Benson Henderson
6 Cain Velasquez
7 Dominick Cruz
8 Demetrious Johnson
9 Frankie Edgar
10 Dan Henderson
 
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#4 ·
Didn't think they were too bad. Seem to have gotten to important ones right. Though not sure about Frankie being that low.

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#8 ·
Worth a debate and discussion

Heavyweight

Champion : Cain Velasquez

1 Junior dos Santos
2 Fabricio Werdum
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Antonio Silva
5 Frank Mir
6 Alistair Overeem
7 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
8 Roy Nelson
9 Stefan Struve
10 Shane Carwin
Id have Mir at #4, Carwin as inactive with Hunt at #10.

Champion : Jon Jones

1 Dan Henderson
2 Lyoto Machida
3 Alexander Gustafsson
4 Glover Teixeira
5 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
6 Rashad Evans
7 Mauricio Rua
8 Phil Davis
9 Ryan Bader
10 Gegard Mousasi
Little Nog shouldn't be top five, I wouldn't even rank him above Rashad after that fight. I would go Henderson/Gustaf/Machida/Tex/Davis/Evans/Bader/Nog/Mousassi.

Anderson Silva

1 Chris Weidman
2 Vitor Belfort
3 Michael Bisping
4 Yushin Okami
5 Mark Munoz
6 Constantinos Philippou
7 Luke Rockhold
8 Hector Lombard
9 Alan Belcher
10 Tim Boetsch
It should go #1. Weidman, #2 Belfort #3 Rockhold 4# Lombard 5# Jacare and then Bisping/Okami/Munoz etc

Champion : Georges St-Pierre

1 Johny Hendricks
2 Carlos Condit
3 Nick Diaz
4 Rory MacDonald
5 Demian Maia
6 Jake Ellenberger
7 Martin Kampmann
8 Josh Koscheck
9 Jon Fitch
10 Tarec Saffiedine
Koscheck loses to GSP and a close split decision to Hendricks he should be ahead of Ellenberger and Kampmann.

Benson Henderson

1 Gilbert Melendez
2 Anthony Pettis
3 Gray Maynard
4 Nate Diaz
5 Jim Miller
6 Donald Cerrone
7 TJ Grant
8 Rafael dos Anjos
9 Joe Lauzon
10 Khabib Nurmagomedov
I'd have Lauzon and Khabib at #6 and #7

The list with the worst order is #205 the list with the worst omission in #185 as you could make a very good case for Jacare in the top five.
 
#9 ·
It's legit enough imo. I'd switch a few people around though. I don't see how edgar isn't #1 after a performance like that. But its not too shabby.

There truly is no need or purpose for a p4p list though. Its clear that Anderson is #1, but the rest of the list is too arguable to be set in stone.
 
#11 ·
It's legit enough imo. I'd switch a few people around though. I don't see how edgar isn't #1 after a performance like that. But its not too shabby.

There truly is no need or purpose for a p4p list though. Its clear that Anderson is #1, but the rest of the list is too arguable to be set in stone.
Is that some kind of twisted joke?

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#16 ·
like I said this ranking system is stupid and doomed for debate and failure, this isn't college football rankings are pointless
 
#20 ·
They're no where near the worst I've seen. They're not bad at all. Few things others have already pointed out but nothing drastic.
 
#21 ·
Nick Diaz ahead of Rory?


And what the hell is with Cerrone how does that guy stay so highly rated despite being dominated in two of his last 4 fights?
 
#24 ·
Why wouldn't Diaz be ahead of Rory? He was basically the 2nd ranked WW before he fought Condit who was also highly ranked at the time. He lost on the cards in a close fight that half the public thought he won.

What has Rory done? Beat down BJ Penn? Diaz already did that and he doesn't have freak strength like Rory did over the glorified LW.
 
#28 ·
CagePotato's take on what's wrong with the rankings:

1. Despite his 0-0 record in the UFC, Gilbert Melendez is listed as the #1 lightweight contender. You know, because he’ll be fighting for the title soon.

2. Other 0-0 fighters on the rankings list: Tarec Saffiedine (#10 welterweight), Luke Rockhold (#7 middleweight), and Gegard Mousasi (#10 light-heavyweight).

3. After losing his featherweight debut against Jose Aldo, Frankie Edgar is now the 4th-ranked featherweight contender in the UFC.

4. In a related story, Edgar is #9 on the pound-for-pound list — right between Demetrious Johnson and Dan Henderson — despite being on a three-fight losing skid.

5. “Steve Cofield, Mark Daniels, Marc Raimondi & John Silver all ranked Chael Sonnen as a top 10 LHW. Sonnen hasn’t fought at LHW in 7+ years.” Sonnen’s name doesn’t appear on the consensus light-heavyweight list, or the middleweight list, which is just as strange.

6. A dude named Anthony Springer Jr. had Roy Nelson and Pat Barry listed as the UFC’s #3- and #4-ranked heavyweight contenders — based on accomplishments, not personality — and ranked Brian Bowles as the #3 bantamweight, directly over Urijah Faber. Also, Daniel Cormier was in his Top 10 P4P list, but wasn’t included in his heavyweight rankings. This is the caliber of MMA-pundit that they’re relying on, guys.

7. Nick Diaz is ranked above Rory MacDonald on the welterweight list, which is kind of ludicrous if we’re considering their actual recent accomplishments in the welterweight division.

8. Since the UFC only has three fighters in its women’s bantamweight division, a rankings list for that division doesn’t exist.

9. Speaking of weak divisions, the flyweight ranking list has two fighters who sport 0-1 records in the UFC — #10-ranked Ulysses Gomez, and Jussier Da Silva, who managed to place all the way at #5.

10. Ian McCall is winless at flyweight in the UFC. He’s still ranked as the #3 contender, right above John Moraga (2-0).
 
#31 ·
yep rankings are nothing but trouble since it's all based on opinion and not on good matchups or even wit when you are putting nelson and barry 3 and 4 on hw rankings. Let dana and joe silva handle it i've always liked how they operated
 
#32 ·
There is a mathematical way to solve the rankings problem. Give everyone 100 points. If someone beats another they take 10% of his points. That way the more people you beat the higher your points. The bigger dogs you beat, the more points they will have to take. Eventually by applying that for a while you will get a very accurate ranking system.
 
#34 ·
I came here to rip apart these rankings.... but to be honest they look pretty reasonable. I certainly have my gripes, and the dude who had Pat Barry at 4 should not be counted anymore, but I'm all for an established hierarchy for the fans and fighters to be able to point to.

As long as we all realize that the rankings are who is where on "the ladder" and not necessarily the order from best to worst fighter these should be useful.

I never got what the hate behind trying to rank fighters is all about. Probably Chael's little rant about batman vs superman or whatever it was.... :dunno:
 
#38 ·
Rankings UPDATED February 18 2013

UFC.com has updated its "official" consensus rankings following this past Saturday's UFC on Fuel TV 7 event.

Below are the updated UFC.com rankings

Pound-for-Pound
1 Anderson Silva
2 Jon Jones
3 Georges St-Pierre
4 Jose Aldo
5 Benson Henderson
6 Cain Velasquez
7 Dominick Cruz
8 Demetrious Johnson
9 Renan Barao
10 Dan Henderson

Flyweight
Champion : Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 John Dodson
3 Ian McCall
4 John Moraga
5 Jussier Da Silva
6 Louis Gaudinot
7 Chris Cariaso
8 Darren Uyenoyama
9 John Lineker
10 Timothy Elliott

Bantamweight
Champion : Dominick Cruz
1 Renan Barao (Interim Champion) *NR
2 Urijah Faber
3 Michael McDonald
4 Eddie Wineland
5 Brad Pickett
6 Rafael Assuncao
7 Brian Bowles
8 Scott Jorgensen
9 Mike Easton
10 Ivan Menjivar

Featherweight
Champion : Jose Aldo
1 Chad Mendes
2 Ricardo Lamas
3 Chan Sung Jung
4 Frankie Edgar
5 Cub Swanson
6 Dennis Siver
7 Dustin Poirier
8 Erik Koch
9 Nik Lentz
10 Clay Guida

Lightweight
Champion : Benson Henderson
1 Gilbert Melendez
2 Anthony Pettis
3 Gray Maynard
4 Nate Diaz
5 Jim Miller
6 Donald Cerrone
7 TJ Grant
8 Rafael dos Anjos
9 Joe Lauzon
10 Khabib Nurmagomedov

Welterweight
Champion : Georges St-Pierre
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Carlos Condit
3 Nick Diaz
4 Rory MacDonald
5 Demian Maia
6 Jake Ellenberger
7 Martin Kampmann
8 Josh Koscheck
9 Jon Fitch
10 Tarec Saffiedine

Middleweight
Champion : Anderson Silva
1 Chris Weidman
2 Vitor Belfort
3 Michael Bisping
4 Yushin Okami
5 Constantinos Philippou
6 Mark Munoz
7 Luke Rockhold
8 Hector Lombard
9 Alan Belcher
10 Chael Sonnen

Light Heavyweight
Champion : Jon Jones
1 Dan Henderson
2 Lyoto Machida
3 Alexander Gustafsson
4 Glover Teixeira
5 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
6 Rashad Evans
7 Mauricio Rua
8 Phil Davis
9 Ryan Bader
10 Gegard Mousasi

Heavyweight
Champion : Cain Velasquez
1 Junior dos Santos
2 Fabricio Werdum
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Antonio Silva
5 Frank Mir
6 Alistair Overeem
7 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
8 Roy Nelson
9 Stefan Struve
10 Shane Carwin


To see who moved up or down click on the UFC link.

http://www.ufc.com/rankings
 
#39 ·
UPDATED February 25

UFC.com has updated its "official" consensus rankings following this past Saturday's UFC 157



Below are the updated UFC.com rankings (+/- = movement in rankings, NR = not ranked last week)

Pound-for-Pound


1 Anderson Silva
2 Jon Jones
3 Georges St-Pierre
4 Jose Aldo
5 Benson Henderson
6 Cain Velasquez
7 Dominick Cruz
8 Demetrious Johnson
9 Renan Barao
10 Frankie Edgar NR

Flyweight

Champion : Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 John Dodson
3 Ian McCall
4 John Moraga
5 Jussier Da Silva
6 Louis Gaudinot
7 Chris Cariaso
8 Darren Uyenoyama
9 John Lineker
10 Timothy Elliott

Bantamweight

Champion : Dominick Cruz
1 Renan Barao (Interim Champion) *NR
2 Urijah Faber
3 Michael McDonald
4 Eddie Wineland
5 Brad Pickett
6 Rafael Assuncao
7 Scott Jorgensen +1
8. Brian Bowles -1
9 Mike Easton
10 Ivan Menjivar

Featherweight

Champion : Jose Aldo
1 Chad Mendes
2 Ricardo Lamas
3 Frankie Edgar +1
4. Chan Sung Jung -1
5 Cub Swanson
6 Dennis Siver
7 Dustin Poirier
8 Nik Lentz +1
9 Clay Guida +1
10: Erik Koch -2

Lightweight

Champion : Benson Henderson
1 Gilbert Melendez
2 Anthony Pettis
3 Gray Maynard
4 Nate Diaz
5 Jim Miller
6 Donald Cerrone
7 TJ Grant
8 Rafael dos Anjos
9 Joe Lauzon
10 Khabib Nurmagomedov

Welterweight

Champion : Georges St-Pierre
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Carlos Condit
3 Nick Diaz
4 Rory MacDonald
5 Demian Maia
6 Jake Ellenberger
7 Martin Kampmann
8 Tarec Saffiedine +2
9 Josh Koscheck -1
10. Robbie Lawler NR

Middleweight

Champion : Anderson Silva
1 Chris Weidman
2 Vitor Belfort
3 Michael Bisping
4 Yushin Okami
5 Constantinos Philippou
6 Luke Rockhold +1
7 Mark Munoz -1
8 Hector Lombard
9 Chael Sonnen +1
10 Ronaldo Souza NR

Light Heavyweight

Champion : Jon Jones
1 Lyoto Machida +1
2 Alexander Gustafsson +1
3 Dan Henderson -2
4 Glover Teixeira
5 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
6 Rashad Evans
6 Mauricio Rua +1
8 Phil Davis
9 Ryan Bader
10 Gegard Mousasi

Heavyweight

Champion : Cain Velasquez
1 Junior dos Santos
2 Fabricio Werdum
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Antonio Silva
5 Frank Mir
6 Alistair Overeem
7 Roy Nelson +1
8 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira -1
9 Stefan Struve
10 Shane Carwin
 
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