Sportsnet.ca’s mixed martial arts rankings
by (Big Game) James Brydon
as of Sept. 21, 2009
Pound-for-Pound
1. Anderson Silva
2. Georges St. Pierre
3. Fedor Emelianenko
4. Lyoto Machida
5. B.J. Penn
6. Brock Lesnar
7. Mike Brown
8. Rashad Evans
9. Quinton Jackson
10. Jon Fitch
Canadian pound-for-pound
1. Georges St. Pierre (St. Isidore, Que.)
2. Patrick Cote (Quebec City)
3. Sam Stout (London, Ont.)
4. Denis Kang (Vancouver)
5. Mark Bocek (Toronto)
6. Krzysztof Soszynski (Winnipeg)
7. Jason MacDonald (Red Deer, Alta.)
8. Mark Hominick (Thamesford, Ont.)
9. Jonathan Goulet (Victoriaville, Que.)
10. Victor Valimaki (Edmonton)
Heavyweight
1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Brock Lesnar
3. Frank Mir
4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
5. Josh Barnett
6. Alistair Overeem
7. Randy Couture
8. Shane Carwin
9. Junior Dos Santos
10. Fabricio Werdum
Light heavyweight
1. Lyoto Machida
2. Rashad Evans
3. Quinton Jackson
4. Thiago Silva
5. Forrest Griffin
6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
7. Mauricio Rua
8. Gegard Mousasi
9. Keith Jardine
10. Rich Franklin
Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva
2. Nate Marquardt
3. Dan Henderson
4. Patrick Cote
5. Yushin Okami
6. Ricardo Almeida
7. Demian Maia
8. Paulo Filho
9. Vitor Belfort
10. Robbie Lawler
Welterweight
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Thiago Alves
4. Jake Shields
5. Mike Swick
6. Josh Koscheck
7. Carlos Condit
8. Dustin Hazelett
9. Matt Hughes
10. Dan Hardy
Lightweight
1. B.J. Penn
2. Shinya Aoki
3. Kenny Florian
4. Sean Sherk
5. Eddie Alvarez
6. Joachim Hansen
7. Diego Sanchez
8. Gray Maynard
9. Gilbert Melendez
10. Frank Edgar
Featherweight
1. Mike Brown
2. Urijah Faber
3. Hatsu Hioki
4. Waggney Fabiano
5. Jose Aldo
6. Leonard Garcia
7. Raphael Assuncao
8. Hideki Kadowaki
9. Norifumi Yamamoto
10. Masakuza Imanari
Bantamweight
1. Brian Bowles
2. Miguel Torres
3. Takeya Mizugaki
4. Masakatsu Ueda
5. Dominick Cruz
6. Manny Tapia
7. Rani Yahya
8. Joseph Benavidez
9. Will Ribeiro
10. Akitoshi Tamura
Previous rankings here.
