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[killerinstinct]

The latest MMAWeekly Rankings have been released. This system ranks the top ten MMA fighters from all across the world in each of the five major weight classes, as voted on by the MMAWeekly staff.

The MMAWeekly Rankings are updated every other Tuesday as events warrant and are your #1 source for the most up-to-date and complete fighter rankings anywhere.

Here are the current MMAWeekly Rankings, which are up-to-date as of Tuesday, September 12th. The MMAWeekly Rankings will be updated next on Tuesday, September 26th.


HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds)

1. Fedor Emelianenko

2. Mirko Cro Cop

3. Josh Barnett

4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

5. Tim Sylvia

6. Andrei Arlovski

7. Aleksander Emelianenko

8. Fabricio Werdum

9. Sergei Kharitonov

10. Mark Hunt

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LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)

1. Chuck Liddell

2. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

3. Wanderlei Silva

4. Ricardo Arona

5. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

6. Renato "Babalu" Sobral

7. Tito Ortiz

8. Quinton Jackson

9. Alistair Overeem

10. Forrest Griffin

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MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)

1. Rich Franklin

2. Matt Lindland

3. Anderson Silva

4. Paulo Filho

5. Dan Henderson

6. Denis Kang

7. Jeremy Horn

8. Kazuo Misaki

9. Nathan Marquardt

10. Amar Suloev

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WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)

1. Matt Hughes

2. Georges St. Pierre

3. BJ Penn

4. Diego Sanchez

5. Karo Parisyan

6. Sean Sherk

7. Jake Shields

8. Jon Fitch

9. Akira Kikuchi

10. Nick Diaz

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LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160 pounds and lower)

1. Takanori Gomi

2. Hayato Sakurai

3. Tatsuya Kawajiri

4. Joachim Hansen

5. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto

6. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro

7. Marcus Aurelio

8. Mitsuhiro Ishida

9. Gilbert Melendez

10. Genki Sudo


Boone when are you going to update your rankings?

[Bran]

i think big tim would go incredible hulk and tear down a wall or something if he saw he was #5.

[Boo]

Maybe this is a stupid question, but why is Nogueira listed under HW and LHW?

[Minotauro]

Originally Posted by Boo

Maybe this is a stupid question, but why is Nogueira listed under HW and LHW?

Twin brothers.

Rogerio is LHW

Rodrigo is HW

[NinjaShogunRua]

Originally Posted by Boo

Maybe this is a stupid question, but why is Nogueira listed under HW and LHW?

It's not a stupid question, just a n00b question. It's because they are twin brothers. One is Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira aka Minotauro aka Nog aka Big Nog, the other is Antonio Rogerio Nogueira aka Minotoro aka Lil Nog. Big Nog is a HW, Lil Nog is a LHW.

[NinjaShogunRua]

About the original post...I agree with most of the rankings. I don't like how they have Misaki rated higher than Marquardt though. Marquardt has beaten Misaki twice. Also, I think Filho should be rated higher than Anderson Silva. Silva didn't do shit in PRIDE and he goes over and beats Chris Leben and all of a sudden he is the #3 MW in the world? BS. Filho is undefeated and pretty much dominated most of his matches. He should be #2 or #3 MW.

[gracie jui-jitsu guy]

I'm a big Filho fan but I think I may have to give the nod to Dennis Kang for the #3 spot. The guy seems unstoppable right now. I'm glad to see Nick Diaz back in the ww top ten, I always felt he won that fight with Dana's golden boy Diego. I think its only a matter of time before Gilbert Melendez gets a much higher ranking. He's just recenty moved up from 145 but I think he'll adjust well to 155-160 and is the most viable threat right now to Gomi's title. Give him a few fights to fully adjust to that wieght and look out. Oh, and Anderson Silva at #3 MW? Yeah that is bull. I don't know if I would even rank him in my top ten.

[dannyjames]

Oh, and Anderson Silva at #3 MW? Yeah that is bull. I don't know if I would even rank him in my top ten.[/QUOTE]

Based on what?

[gracie jui-jitsu guy]

Based on that I think david terell and evan tanner could beat him but they aren't even ranked in that list. Silva's a great stiker but he didn't exactly make waves when he was in pride. I think that was really his chance to shine and he had a mediocre run there. Now if he beats Rich Franklin then I will most certainly change my mind about him. Beating Chris Leben doesn't mean that much to me.

[gracie jui-jitsu guy]

I wouldn't put Amar Suloev in there either for the same reason. Tanner and Terell could both beat him as well.