MMA4Real's Updated Top Ten Rankings
by Kelvin Hunt on May 26, 2009 11:03 AM EDT
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Heavyweight
1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Josh Barnett
3. Frank Mir
4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
5. Brock Lesnar
6. Alistair Overeem
7. Randy Couture
8. Shane Carwin
9. Brett Rogers
10. Andrei Arlovski
Light Heavyweight
1. Lyoto Machida
2. Rampage Jackson
3. Rashad Evans
4. Forrest Griffin
5. Shogun Rua
6. Keith Jardine
7. Babalu Sobral
8. Rich Franklin
9. Luis Cane
10. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva
2. Dan Henderson
3. Nate Marquardt
4. Gegard Mousasi
5. Yushin Okami
6. Yoshihiro Akiyama
7. Jorge Santiago
8. Robbie Lawler
9. Demian Maia
10. Thales Leites
Welterweight
1. GSP
2. Thiago Alves
3. Jon Fitch
4. Jake Shields
5. Josh Koscheck
6. Martin Kampmann
7. Matt Hughes
8. Nick Thompson
9. Mike Swick
10. Carlos Condit
No movement here....I'm leave Hughes at #7 since he won against Matt Serra. However, his performance wasn't impressive at all in my book.
Lightweight
1. BJ Penn
2. Eddie Alvarez
3. Tatsuya Kawajiri
4. Kenny Florian
5. Sean Sherk
6. Joachim Hansen
7. Shinya Aoki
8. Gray Maynard
9. Frankie Edgar
10. Gesias Cavalcante
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Prior to beating Nogueira, Mir had beaten a green Brock Lesnar and Antoni Hardonk. I couldn’t let him leapfrog Nogueira just off of that win.
head to head
There is no better way to judge who is better.
"No matter where you go, you are what you are playa"-Jay Z
after that fight you have to..
GSP after that beat him head to head ,so yes. Since then GSP beat him head to head and has rattled off 5 straight victories.
To be the man you have to beat the man..
"No matter where you go, you are what you are playa"-Jay Z
Ok Ric Flair!
Nah, I don’t think you can apply that philosophy to MMA in every instance because of the unpredictable nature of MMA. I would have had a problem putting Matt Serra as the #1 WW in the world at the time.
rankings
Fluctuate, you beat some body head to head you deserve to be ranked ahead of them.
Just like in the NFL, do you think NYG would have beat the Patriots in a 3 game series? No way, but on that day they were the better team, and they deserved to be called world champs.
"No matter where you go, you are what you are playa"-Jay Z
Right
But in college basketball…if a team ranked #25 in the nation beats the #1 team…they are not going to be ranked #1.
You do if you win the national championship.
"No matter where you go, you are what you are playa"-Jay Z
Your thoughs
On Uriah Faber?
I like Anthony Johnson in Welterweight. Looking forward to his next fight this weeekend.
"No matter where you go, you are what you are playa"-Jay Z
Okami hasn’t impressed me at all…he couldn’t put Dean Lister away…Lawler is tough as hell son! Who should be at #3 IYO?
Mousasi? He has beat Manhoef and Jacre his last two fights were Lawler has beat Scott Smith and Ninja (who I think is terribly overrated). Plus Mousasi is on a 11 fight win streak in MMA. Fair argument?
Dude, nobody finishes Lister. Not Arona in 05, not Horn in 03, and not even Marquardt in 07. Besides he’s beaten MacDonald and Swick, and was competitive with Franklin, almost sinking in a choke in the 3rd.
I think he’s comparable with Lawler, Marquardt, and Mousasi. Any combination of them between three and six makes sense to me.
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR
Somewhat
Those fighters Mousasi beat were terribly one dimensional though. Lawler is 8-1 since 2005 against more seasoned competition.
No Featherweight rankings? C’mon.
Bolts from the Blue // "Game over." - Jamal Williams
Bloody Elbow // "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken
3rd best Mw
Nathan Marquardt is easily the 3rd best MW. Watch for Belfort to be on the rise he looked amazing against Linland, but one fight doen’t put you in the top 10 yet. Gegard Mousasi should be ahead of Lawler as well. Hell I think Maia could beat Lawler too, Lawler would def. have the better standup but once it hits the ground the fights over! Maia trains with amazing fighers (wandi etc..) to help with his standup. Wheres Franklin? He’s still a top 10 MW, he just isn’t competeing there right now but he’ll be back before he retires.
WANDERLEI SILVA!!!! Once he comes down to MW he’ll be a monster!!!
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