Showdown Joe Ferraro’s MMA Connected rankings
As of July 5, 2010
These rankings, like many others, are subjective in nature and are simply an opinion based on fighters’ performances, past record of competition and various hypotheses, facts, etc. Don’t take them personally.
Pound-for-pound
1. Anderson Silva
2. Georges St-Pierre
3. Jose Aldo
4. Fedor Emelianenko
5. Mauricio Rua
6. Frankie Edgar
7. B.J. Penn
8. Lyoto Machida
9. Jake Shields
10. Brock Lesnar
Women’s pound-for-pound
1. Cristiane Santos
2. Megumi Fujii
3. Sarah Kaufman
4. Tara Larosa
5. Rosi Sexton
6. Yuka Tsuji
7. Marloes Coenen
8. Erin Toughill
9. Roxanne Modafferi
10. Aisling Daly
Heavyweight
1. Brock Lesnar
2. Shane Carwin
3. Fabricio Werdum
4. Fedor Emelianenko
5. Cain Velasquez
6. Junior dos Santos
7. Frank Mir
8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
9. Alistair Overeem
10. Brett Rogers
Light heavyweight
1. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Rashad Evans
4. Quinton Jackson
5. Anderson Silva
6. Forrest Griffin
7. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
8. Thiago Silva
9. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal
10. Gegard Mousasi
Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva
2. Jake Shields
3. Chael Sonnen
4. Nathan Marquardt
5. Dan Henderson
6. Demian Maia
7. Vitor Belfort
8. Robbie Lawler
9. Alan Belcher
10. Yushin Okami
Welterweight
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Thiago Alves
4. Josh Koscheck
5. Nick Diaz
6. Dan Hardy
7. Paul Daley
8. Martin Kampmann
9. Paulo Thiago
10. Carlos Condit
Lightweight
1. Frankie Edgar
2. B.J. Penn
3. Kenny Florian
4. Gray Maynard
5. Gilbert Melendez
6. Ben Henderson
7. Shinya Aoki
8. Eddie Alvarez
9. Tatsuya Kawajiri
10. Evan Dunham
Featherweight
1. Jose Aldo
2. Manny Gamburyan
3. Mike Brown
4. Urijah Faber
5. Hatsu Hioki
6. Bibiano Fernandes
7. Marlon Sandro
8. Michihiro Omigawa
9. Masanori Kanehara
10. Josh Grispi
Bantamweight
1. Dominick Cruz
2. Brian Bowles
3. Joseph Benavidez
4. Miguel Torres
5. Scott Jorgensen
6. Takeya Mizugaki
7. Damacio Page
8. Masakatsu Ueda
9. Rani Yahya
10. Wagnney Fabiano
For comparison, Big Game James Brydon’s sportsnet.ca rankings can be viewed here.
