MMA Rankings

So, I am always looking for new and exciting stuff to post about here. This is mainly a basketball blog, but those who read with regularity have seen posts about all kinds of sports, from baseball to poker and all place in between. Tonight was the latest UFC pay per view and it was a great card filled with good fighters and great fights. I have been a big fan of MMA for a while and I got to thinking about who the best fighters are. Here is the subsequent list that came of it of the top 10 fighters in the world at each weight class.


Heavyweight

1. Fedor Emelianenko (Pride)
2. Randy Couture (UFC)
3. Gabriel Gonzaga (UFC)
4. Tim Silvia (UFC)
5. Wanderlei Silva (Pride)
6. Andrei Arlovski (UFC)
7. Mirko Cro Cop (UFC)
8. Josh Barnett (Pride)
9. Jeff Monson (UFC)
10. Ben Rothwell (IFL Battleground)

Light Heavyweight

1. Dan Henderson (Pride)
2. Quentin Jackson (UFC)
3. Chuck Liddell (UFC)
4. Tito Ortiz (UFC)
5. "Babaloo" Nogueria (UFC/Pride)
6. Mauricio Rua (Pride)
7. Rashad Evans (UFC)
8. Forrest Griffin (UFC)
9. Michael Bisping (UFC)
10. Stephan Bonnar (UFC)

Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva (UFC)
2. Matt Lindland (IFL Battleground)
3. Jeremy Horn (UFC)
4. Rich Franklin (UFC)
5. Paulo Filho (Pride)
6. Yushin Okami (UFC)
7. Nathan Marquart (UFC)
8. Mike Swick (UFC)
9. Terry Martin (UFC)
10. Kendall Grove (UFC)

Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre (UFC)
2. Matt Serra (UFC)
3. Matt Hughes (UFC)
4. Josh Koscheck (UFC)
5. BJ Penn (UFC)
6. Karo Parisyan (UFC)
7. Diego Sanchez (UFC)
8. Jon Fitch (UFC)
9. Josh Burkman (UFC)
10. Jake Fields (UFC)

Lightweight

1. Takanori Gomi (Pride)
2. Sean Sherk (UFC)
3. Joe Stephenson (UFC)
4. Hayato Sakurai (Pride)
5. Kenny Florian (UFC)
6. Jens Pulver (UFC)
7. Hermes Franca (UFC)
8. Melvin Guillard (UFC)
9. Roger Huerta (UFC)
10. Spencer Fisher (UFC)