EmpireWF's Official Zuffa MMA Rankings

[EmpireWF]

rob has his non-Zuffa rankings and the Zuffa dudes were feeling a bit left out.

Heavyweight
1. Brock Lesnar
2. Cain Velasquez
3. Junior dos Santos
4. Shane Carwin
5. Frank Mir
6. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
7. Roy Nelson
8. Cheick Kongo
9. Ben Rothwell
10. Mike Russow

Honorable Mention: Travis Browne, Brendan Schaub, Stefan Struve, Gabriel Gonzaga

Light Heavyweight
1. Shogun Rua
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Rashad Evans
4. Quinton Jackson
5. Forrest Griffin
6. Ryan Bader
7. Jon Jones
8. Rich Franklin
9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
10. Matt Hamill

Honorable Mention: Thiago Silva, Phil Davis, Randy Couture, Jason Brilz, Ricardo Romero

Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Vitor Belfort
4. Yushin Okami
5. Nate Marquardt
6. Demian Maia
7. Chris Leben
8. Yoshihiro Akiyama
9. Wanderlei Silva
10. Alan Belcher

Honorable Mention: Michael Bisping, Mark Munoz, Dan Miller, CB Dollaway, Gerald Harris, Rousimar Palhares

Welterweight
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Josh Koscheck
4. Jake Shields
5. Martin Kampmann
6. Dan Hardy
7. Thiago Alves
8. Carlos Condit
9. John Hathaway
10. Matt Hughes

Honorable Mention: Dong Hyun Kim, Nate Diaz, Johny Hendricks, Jake Ellenberger, Paulo Thiago, Mike Swick

Lightweight
1. Frankie Edgar
2. Gray Maynard
3. B.J. Penn
4. Ben Henderson
5. George Sotiropoulos
6. Sean Sherk
7. Jim Miller
8. Evan Dunham
9. Takanori Gomi
10. Kenny Florian

Honorable Mention: Joe Lauzon, Jamie Varner, Melvin Guillard, Cole Miller

Featherweight
1. Jose Aldo
2. Manny Gambuyran
3. Mike Brown
4. Urijah Faber
5. Josh Grispi
6. Leonard Garcia
7. Chan Sung Jung
8. L.C. Davis
9. Mark Hominick
10. Rafael Assuncao

Honorable Mention: Cub Swanson, Tyler Toner, Diego Nunes, Tiequan Zhang

Bantamweight
1. Dominick Cruz
2. Scott Jorgensen
3. Brian Bowles
4. Joseph Benavidez
5. Miguel Torres
6. Damacio Page
7. Takeya Mizugaki
8. Brad Pickett
9. Charlie Valencia
10. Wagnney Fabiano

Honorable Mention: Eddie Wineland, Rani Yahya,

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

i know the dunham-sherk fight was controversial but dunhman - 4 sherk - 10? that much of a disparity between the two? two fighters i would rank much higher then you have would be bisping and matt hughes

 

[JeremyHight]

I would drop Sonnen below Belfort simply because Sonnen not only lost, but was caught using PEDs and lost. He won't be sniffing the title any time soon.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

rob has his non-Zuffa rankings and the Zuffa dudes were feeling a bit left out.

Heavyweight
1. Brock Lesnar
2. Cain Velasquez
3. Junior dos Santos
4. Shane Carwin
5. Frank Mir
6. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
7. Roy Nelson
8. Cheick Kongo
9. Ben Rothwell
10. Mike Russow

Honorable Mention: Travis Browne, Brendan Schaub, Stefan Struve, Gabriel Gonzaga

Where is Matt Mitrione? You mention fuckin Struve, but no big Matt? You should be ashamed of yourself

Light Heavyweight
1. Shogun Rua
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Rashad Evans
4. Quinton Jackson
5. Forrest Griffin
6. Ryan Bader
7. Jon Jones
8. Rich Franklin
9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
10. Matt Hamill

Honorable Mention: Thiago Silva, Phil Davis, Randy Couture, Jason Brilz, Ricardo Romero

Bones Jones needs to be a little higher on the list

Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Vitor Belfort
4. Yushin Okami
5. Nate Marquardt
6. Demian Maia
7. Chris Leben
8. Yoshihiro Akiyama
9. Wanderlei Silva
10. Alan Belcher

Honorable Mention: Michael Bisping, Mark Munoz, Dan Miller, CB Dollaway, Gerald Harris, Rousimar Palhares

Sonnen needs to go down a little...sorry, recent events put him behind some of these other cats

Welterweight
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Josh Koscheck
4. Jake Shields
5. Martin Kampmann
6. Dan Hardy
7. Thiago Alves
8. Carlos Condit
9. John Hathaway
10. Matt Hughes

Honorable Mention: Dong Hyun Kim, Nate Diaz, Johny Hendricks, Jake Ellenberger, Paulo Thiago, Mike Swick

Shields > Kos...Alves > Hardy and Kampmann...Matt Hughes should be a little higher, too...no Nate?

Lightweight
1. Frankie Edgar
2. Gray Maynard
3. B.J. Penn
4. Evan Dunham
5. Ben Henderson
6. George Sotiropoulos
7. Jim Miller
8. Kenny Florian
9. Takanori Gomi
10. Sean Sherk

Honorable Mention: Joe Lauzon, Jamie Varner, Melvin Guillard, Cole Miller

George Sotiropoulos is #4 and climbing. Why is Dunham and Sherk so far apart?

Featherweight
1. Jose Aldo
2. Manny Gambuyran
3. Mike Brown
4. Urijah Faber
5. Josh Grispi
6. Leonard Garcia
7. Chan Sung Jung
8. L.C. Davis
9. Mark Hominick
10. Rafael Assuncao

Honorable Mention: Cub Swanson, Tyler Toner, Diego Nunes, Tiequan Zhang

Bantamweight
1. Dominick Cruz
2. Scott Jorgensen
3. Brian Bowles
4. Joseph Benavidez
5. Miguel Torres
6. Damacio Page
7. Takeya Mizugaki
8. Brad Pickett
9. Charlie Valencia
10. Wagnney Fabiano

Honorable Mention: Eddie Wineland, Rani Yahya,

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

This isnt 1950, we should all be ranked together, in harmony.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtiJN6yiik[/ame]

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

read the comments to the video guys, c'mon, let's come together...

We are only one sport, MMA, that's all that matters. We shouldn't fight on what org we are, is there really a difference other then that? No. There isn't

I'm sorry. I love Strikeforce. Like I seriously love DREAM. But I hate this segregation. It's just too cheesy.

who can push dislike on combined rankings??only a dicccckkk!

 

[EmpireWF]

Yeah, my bad about Dunham/Sherk. Recent fight totally slipped my mind.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

I dont see what puts Ryan Bader ahead of Jon Jones.

And lmfao @ Mike Russow being ranked ahead the likes of Gonzaga and even Struve. Mike Russsow's biggest win is Justin McCully. :shifty:

 

[EmpireWF]

I dont see what puts Ryan Bader ahead of Jon Jones.

I put Bader above Bones only because he has a more impressive win (Lil Nog) than any of Jones' wins. Even if he may have used lay and pray, it's still a tougher opponent than Hamill or Matyushenko.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Lil Nog is overated. PRIDE bias at its finest.

 

[EmpireWF]

Lil Nog is overated. PRIDE bias at its finest.

Easy to say that now.

 

[SHOGUN]

Sherk is too high. If it wasn't for Cecil Peoples and Co., he'd be 1-3 in his last four fights and he didn't impress against Dunham at all. and you're being too harsh on Florian as well. He can't win the big fight(s), but I'll be damned if he's barely in the Top 10.

Nitpicky, but I'd put Brazilian Imanari in over Belcher.

 

[Liquidrob]

Lil Nog is overated. PRIDE bias at its finest.

Nog should have won that fight

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Not just based on that fight, just overated in general, like most ex-PRIDE fighters. Fans romanticize the PRIDE days, obviously those guys were good fighters, but a lot of times the ex-PRIDE guys have better reps than they deserve.

Overated doesnt = bum.

 

[Liquidrob]

My point is Nog should have won that fight, bad judging is bad judging, just like Dunham vs Sherk

 

[Bmore]

My point is Nog should have won that fight, bad judging is bad judging, just like Dunham vs Sherk

I can agree with the Dunham/Sherk fight. But Bader (IMO) won every round and decisively put Nog away.

If anyone got away with bad judging Nog did when he fought Brillz.

 

[stevsta]

if forest griffin is 4 on light heavy weight what would silva be

 

[EmpireWF]

if forest griffin is 4 on light heavy weight what would silva be

at least 3, but he's done at 205.

 

[EmpireWF]

Updated following UFC 123.

Heavyweight
1. Cain Velasquez
2. Junior dos Santos
3. Brock Lesnar
4. Shane Carwin
5. Frank Mir
6. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
7. Roy Nelson
8. Brendan Schaub
9. Ben Rothwell
10. Mike Russow

Honorable Mention: Travis Browne, Cheick Kongo, Stefan Struve, Jon Madsen

-The UFC heavyweight division is not as stacked as it may have recently been. The bottom of the top ten is a big reach and Big Nog & Mir are losses away from dropping out, too...They need more young heavy's to step up. And for their sake, I hope Brock continues fighting for a LONG time.

Light Heavyweight
1. Shogun Rua
2. Quinton Jackson
3. Lyoto Machida
4. Rashad Evans
5. Forrest Griffin
6. Ryan Bader
7. Jon Jones
8. Rich Franklin
9. Phil Davis
10. Matt Hamill

Honorable Mention: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Thiago Silva, Randy Couture, Jason Brilz, Ricardo Romero

What was once the best division in the sport, is regaining some form. It's definitely the deepest at the top, stretching seven deep (perhaps 8 deep) as far as title contenders go...I thought about keeping Machida @ 2 but at the end of the day, it's a win for Rampage and a L for Machida. Although Rashad beat Rampage, it was blanket Rashad...Phil Davis gets in the top 10, bouncing Lil Nog out

Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Yushin Okami
4. Vitor Belfort
5. Nate Marquardt
6. Demian Maia
7. Chris Leben
8. Wanderlei Silva
9. Michael Bisping
10. Alan Belcher

Honorable Mention: Yoshihiro Akiyama, Mark Munoz, Dan Miller, CB Dollaway, Court McGee

Welterweight
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Josh Koscheck
4. B.J. Penn
5. Jake Shields
6. Carlos Condit
7. Martin Kampmann
8. Diego Sanchez
9. Chris Lytle
10. Dong Hyun Kim

Honorable Mention: Thiago Alves, Johny Hendricks, Nate Diaz, Jake Ellenberger, Paulo Thiago, Daniel Roberts, Dan Hardy, Matt Hughes, Mike Pyle, John Roberts

Arguably the deepest division in Zuffaland, the reintroduction of Penn finds him in the top 5. Plus, his 'ol friend Diego Sanchez bounces into the top 10 after dissecting Paulo Thiao....Dan Hardy and Matt Hughes fell off....Nate Diaz, Johny Hendricks and Jake Ellenberger are wins away from being top 10 worthy

Lightweight
1. Frankie Edgar
2. Gray Maynard
3. George Sotiropoulos
4. Ben Henderson
5. Jim Miller
6. Sean Sherk
7. Evan Dunham
8. Takanori Gomi
9. Kenny Florian
10. Donald Cerrone

Honorable Mention: Charles Oliveira, Joe Lauzon, Edson Barboza, Clay Guida, Jamie Varner, Melvin Guillard, Anthony Pettis, Tiequan Zhang

Another deep division sees Sotiropoulos @ #3 over Bendo. Kenny Florian needs a win...badly. Will be interesting to see how many of these guys decide to drop to 145 (Miller? Guida?)....Some great prospects get honorable mentioned including Charlie Oliveira and Shogun's BFF Edson Barboza

Featherweight
1. Jose Aldo
2. Mike Brown
3. Josh Grispi
4. Manny Gambuyran
5. Mark Hominick
6. Rafael Assuncao
7. Chad Mendes
8. Leonard Garcia
9. Diego Nunes
10. George Roop

Honorable Mention: Chan Sung Jung, L.C. Davis, Cub Swanson, Tyler Toner, Mackens Semerzier, Rani Yahya

Not so deep of a division yet but with a few more fights under their belts, Nunes and Mendes will be Aldo's next BIG challengers. New UFC champion Aldo will fight Grispi plus Mike Brown will fight Nunes on New Years to reshape the division.

Bantamweight
1. Dominick Cruz
2. Scott Jorgensen
3. Urijah Faber
4. Joseph Benavidez
5. Brian Bowles
6. Miguel Torres
7. Takeya Mizugaki
8. Demetrious Johnson
9. Eddie Wineland
10. Renan Barao

Honorable Mention: Brad Pickett, Wagnney Fabiano, Damacio Page, Antonio Banuelos

Not deep at all yet, the UFC will need to find fresh talent because by this time next year, at least two (maybe 3) of the top six will drop....Cruz vs. Jorgensen to crown the first UFC 135 champion in the WEC finale next month...the winner is expected to defend against Urijah Faber next year. Miguel Torress will fight Banuelos next year (no rematch with Bowles?) and the duo of Fabiano and Page fell out of the top 10......Look out for Renan Barao (one of Jose Aldo's training partner at Nova Uniao), he's 23-1, losing his debut fight by split decision in 2005. He fights on the undercard at WEC 53

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Not a lot to gripe about.

Get Belcher out of there. Akiyama beat him. Someone else at 10, Akiyama or otherwise.