kds13

Editorial Note from kds13: I apologize for getting these up so late. Midterms have kicked my ass, but I just finished my last one and came straight to the computer to throw this up. I appreciate everyone's patience. Also, BIG UPS to Biowza and Plazzman...these dudes did the heavy lifting and tabulated all the votes. Rep 'em if you can. They deserve it

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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 82



Heavyweight




1. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (244)
2. Fedor Emelianenko (227)
3. Tim Sylvia (172)
4. Andrei Arlovski (153)
5. Randy Couture (137)
6. Fabricio Werdum (131)
7. Josh Barnett (122)
8. Gabriel Gonzaga (69)
9. Heath Herring (38)
10. Cheick Kongo (26)

Others Recieving Votes: Aleksander Emelianenko (22), Mirko Cro Cop (16), Brandon Vera (7), Frank Mir (6).

Notes:
- Barnett dropped 2 spots to #7 after a win.
- Nogueira distanced himself from Fedor, gaining 9 points on the Russian.


Light Heavyweight



1. Quinton Jackson (240)
2. Forrest Griffin (179)
3. Mauricio Rua (174)
4. Lyoto Machida (172) TIE
4. Chuck Liddell (172) TIE
6. Keith Jardine (117)
7. Wanderlei Silva (97)
8. Sokoudjou (44)
9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (34)
10. Dan Henderson (26)

Others Receiving Votes: Ricardo Arona (21), Rashad Evans (19), Thiago Silva (8), Wilson Gouveia (3).

Notes:

- Rampage was one of the two unanimous first place vote-getter, Anderson Silva being the other.
- Forrest jumped up 3 spots to #2.

Eye Poppers
- Keith Jardine was left off 1 ballot.




Middleweight



1. Anderson Silva (250)
2. Rich Franklin (181)
3. Dan Henderson (172)
4. Paulo Filho (170)
5. Matt Lindland (110)
6. Robbie Lawler (109)
7. Nate Marquardt (88)
8. Yushin Okami (84)
9. Yoshihiro Akiyama (66)
10. Kazuo Misaki (44)

Others Receiving Votes: Denis Kang (40), Frank Shamrock (11), Frank Trigg (6), Michael Bisping (3).

Notes:

- Anderson Silva got all the first place votes, joining Rampage as a unanimous vote getter.
- Dan Henderson is Ranked at both MW and LHW.



Welterweight



1. Georges St-Pierre (249)
2. Jon Fitch (203)
3. Matt Hughes (186)
4. Matt Serra (164)
5. Karo Parisyan (162)
6. Josh Koscheck (119)
7. Marcus Davis (78)
8. Diego Sanchez (72)
9. Jake Shields (62)
10. Carlos Condit (48)

Other Receiving Votes: Shinya Aoki (5), Thiago Alves (2).

Notes:

- Champion Matt Serra received only 1 First Place vote.
- Carlos Condit dropped a spot to 10th.
- Karo and Koscheck swapped places from the last Rankings.

Eye Poppers
- WW Champ Matt Serra went unranked on two ballots.
- Josh Koscheck was left off one ballot.



Lightweight



1. Takanori Gomi (222)
2. BJ Penn (195)
3. Gesias Calvancante (194)
4. Sean Sherk (167)
5. Shinya Aoki (137)
6. Mitsuhiro Ishida (95)
7. Tatsuya Kawajiri (81)
8. Gilbert Melendez (77)
9. Kenny Florian (40)
10. Joe Stevenson (31)

Others Receiving Votes: Frankie Edgar (21), Joachim Hansen (20), Tyson Griffin (12), Hayato Sakurai (11).

Notes:

- 24 different LW's got there name's mentioned for Ranking.

Eye Poppers
- Sherk was left off 1 ballot.






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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.

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Staff FFL:
7th Place (+73)

kds13

For those looking to compare to last rounds rankings, here you go: http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/31453-of...-ufc-81-a.html


Again, thanks for the patience and I apologize for taking so long to get these up.

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Staff FFL:
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TheNegation

Thank god people finally saw sense regarding Ishida and Melendez.

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Mauricio "Shogun" Rua Forever

BJs gassing and Sherks taking back his title...yup, I don't care how nice his abs look.

Ishida FTW in the DREAMS LWGP!
And Sakuraba > Tamura

plazzman

2 quick questions; 25 people voted, Rampage was unanimous, shouldn't he have 250? Also, I thought Rich and Dan tied?

Anywho, really nice to see Noguiera ontop, really deserved it and truly a changing of the guard.

Good stuff kds, never realized how much you do for this thing.

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Davisty69

Good work guys. Probably one of the best rankings out there that I've come across.

I don't agree with every one of them, but then I guess if I did, they would simply be called Davisty69's rankings

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Favorite Fighters:
(1) Randy Couture
(1) Mirko Filopovic
(3) Luke Cummo
(4) Mac Danzig
(5) Josh "The Punk" Thomson
(6) ......

This is gay, my two favorite fighters have left the UFC for other organizations.

kds13

I had already got the LHW Rankings done before the last member voted, so I left his #'s off HW and LHW, but added in his MW, WW, and LW Rankings...thats the reason for 250 in one spot and 240 in another and its also why Rich and Dan didn't tie. I got a pm with someone's rankings in them, redoing the one they had posted...so the numbers are adjusted a little bit from what you had.

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plazzman

Ohhh, ok then, sounds fair, very good job with this, if you need me again, let me know.

Honostly folks, this can easily be the fairest, most accurate and unbiased ranking system anywhere on the internet.

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kds13

Indeed...and the key is a bunch of knowledgeable posters putting their rankings into a system that gives everyone a voice and averages it out to the most agreeable ranking. The more people that rank the fighters, the better the overall rankings become.

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Staff FFL:
7th Place (+73)

cplmac

Yeah the key is that everyone who voted put up a roster that could be defended. I continue to be amazed at how good the final list turns out despite some lists that were way off what I voted. Excellent work to the voters and thanks again kds. These have been as good a ranking or better than any others I have seen.

wukkadb

I love our rankings

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