kds13

So here's the deal. We had paid members rank their Top 10 in each Division, HW to LW. With a set scoring system, we compiled their Rankings and gave them a point value. The fighter with the highest point total became the #1 fighter and so on. The number in parenthesis next to each fighter is the # of Points they received.

Here's the scoring system:
So, without further ado...

Here are MMA Forum's Official Top 10
POST UFC 81



Heavyweight



-The damage has been done. With Fedor not fighting a top opponent in so long and Nogueira winning the UFC Title, Nog is our new #1 Ranked HW.

1. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (241)
2. Fedor Emelianenko (233)
3. Tim Sylvia (169)
4. Andrei Arlovski (140)
5. Josh Barnett (137)
6. Randy Couture (128)
7. Fabricio Werdum (109)
8. Cheick Kongo (61)
9. Gabriel Gonzaga (48)
10. Aleksander Emelianenko (29)

Others Recieving Votes: Mark Hunt (21), Mirko Cro Cop (17), Frank Mir (17), Brandon Vera (5).

Notes:

- Fedor received 1st or 2nd Place votes from every voter except one, who voted for Nogueira and Randy Couture above Fedor.
- Randy Couture, due to his retirement, was left off 8 voters ballots.
- Barnett bounced back one spot to #5.


Light Heavyweight



1. Quinton Jackson (250)
2. Mauricio Rua (188)
3. Chuck Liddell (177)
4. Lyoto Machida (175)
5. Forrest Griffin (166)
6. Wanderlei Silva (112)
7. Keith Jardine (91)
8. Dan Henderson (55)
9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (45)
10. Sokoudjou (37)

Others Receiving Votes: Ricardo Arona (29), Rashad Evans (20), Tito Ortiz (12), Thiago Silva (10), Renato Babalu Sobral (8), Wilson Gouveia (4).

Notes:

- Rampage was the ONLY unanimous first place vote-getter of any of the weight classes.
- Shogun received 6 votes to be the #2 Ranked LHW, Forrest Griffin received 9 such votes, Machida got 4, Liddell got 1, Henderson got 5 but was also left off 18 ballots because of his drop to MW.

Eye Poppers

- Keith Jardine was left off 5 ballots
- Forrest Griffin was left on 1 ballot.



Middleweight



1. Anderson Silva (249)
2. Matt Lindland (220)
3. Paulo Filho (178)
4. Rich Franklin (171)
5. Robbie Lawler (171)
6. Dan Henderson (152)
7. Nate Marquardt (80)
8. Denis Kang (60)
9. Yushin Okami (59)
10. Yoshihiro Akiyama (50)

Others Receiving Votes: Kazuo Misaki (40), Frank Trigg (23), Frank Shamrock (5).

Notes:

- Anderson Silva did NOT get all the first place votes. One voter put Dan Henderson at the top spot.
- Dan Henderson is Ranked at both MW and LHW.
- Stinky Matt Lindland was left off 5 ballots.



Welterweight



1. Georges St-Pierre (249)
2. Matt Hughes (202)
3. Jon Fitch (18)
4. Matt Serra (176)
5. Josh Koscheck (171)
6. Karo Parisyan (137)
7. Jake Shields (86)
8. Diego Sanchez (64)
9. Carlos Condit (56)
10. Marcus Davis (44)

Other Receiving Votes: Hayato Sakurai (21), Shinya Aoki (14), Mike Swick (9), Akihiro Gono (4), Thiago Alves (2).

Notes:

- Champion Matt Serra received only 1 First Place vote.
- Carlos Condit moved up from 10 to 9.
- Karo and Koscheck swapped places from the last Rankings.

Eye Poppers
- WW Champ Matt Serra went unranked on two ballots.
- Mike Swick was Ranked the #4 WW in the World on one ballot.
- Josh Koscheck was left off one ballot.



Lightweight



1. Takanori Gomi (207)
2. Gesias Calvancante (179)
3. Sean Sherk (167)
4. BJ Penn (166)
5. Shinya Aoki (154)
6. Tatsuya Kawajiri (102)
7. Gilbert Melendez (80)
8. Mitsuhiro Ishida (72)
9. Frankie Edgar (44)
10. Kenny Florian (39)

Others Receiving Votes: Joe Stevenson (26), Tyson Griffin (22), Joachim Hansen (15).

Notes:

- The LW's were the most volatile to rank, with 24 different fighters receiving votes...the most by far.
- 6 different fighters received 1st place votes: Gomi, Sherk, Aoki, BJ Penn, Tatsuya Kawajiri, and JZ Calvancante.
- Kawajiri made a big jump, from 8th to 6th.

Eye Poppers
- JZ was left off 3 ballots.
- Aoki was left off 2 ballots.
- Sherk was left off 1 ballot.
- Nick Diaz was ranked the #3 LW in the World on 2 ballots.


(Editorial Note from kds13: How, oh how, did Nick and Nate Diaz, Clay Guida, Joe Lauzon, ROB EMERSON, Din Thomas and others make it into the LW Top 10???? Take it seriously and be able to justify these Rankings or your votes WILL NOT be included.)



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A big thanks to all that voted. We had 25 dudes cast ballots this time around. If you are a paid member and didn't get your Rankings in, we'll be updating it after UFC 82. If you aren't a Paid Member and would like to participate...shell out 5 or 10 bucks.

Tripod87

Wow once again, really nice rankings. My heart feels warm seeing that picture of big nog with him being in first place. The LHW division went kind of crazy since the last rankings, it seems like people are jumping all over the place (actually, just forest dropping two spots seems kind of weird, thats all) despite there not being any significant LHW fight since the previous rankings (none that come to mind).

But once again, awesome job kds! Thanks

wukkadb

Nice rankings, I really like how this has been turning out. We got some intelligent guys on here, that's for sure

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Biowza

Lyoto above Forrest...bah!

Aside from that, good rankings. We got a good system going.

Bonnar426

Good rankings! Nog defintily deserves to be #1 at the moment! Altough, I think a lot of people are going to have a problem with it.

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Damone

Damn, sucks to see Shinya not make the WW rankings. Oh well, at least he got ranked at LW.

Awesome, someone ranked Rotten Rob.

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The Legend

I was going to ask if everybody thinks Cro Cop is a top 10 HW anymore and my question was answered.

Apecity

Good stuff! There are a few I disagree with, but that is to be expected. Very good overall, in my opinion.

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Andrei Arlovski
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Flak

I still don't see why Barnett and Gomi aren't slipping on the rankings. Fedor cops a lot of shit for not fighting; yet Gomi, and Barnett especially seem to get a pass. Hell, Barnett even went up this time!

All in all though, i like.

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kds13

I put Barnett and Gomi down further in my Rankings, but thats the problem. Rankings are so subjective and people are dogging on Fedor because he is so high profile, while it seems Gomi and Barnett are getting free passes. Both are fighting here soon though, so I think it'll answer a lot of questions. (Despite the fact Bang and Yoshida aren't top opponents)

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