The MMA News Top Ten Rankings

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The following rankings were compiled by the MMANews.com web team on Monday, November 10th, 2008. Any fights beyond that date are not taken into account in the below lists. Bold names indicate major title (UFC, Elite XC, Strikeforce, WEC, WAMMA, etc.) holders. Feel free to debate and argue with the MMANews.com team about their top 10 lists by clicking here.

LIGHT WEIGHT DIVISION (155 LBS.)

1. B.J. Penn
2. Shinya Aoki
3. Eddie Alvarez
4. Joachim Hansen
5. Gesias Calvancante
6. Takanori Gomi
7. Josh Thomson
8. Tatsuya Kawajiri
9. Vitor Ribeiro
10. Mitsuhiro Ishida


WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170 LBS.)

1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Thiago Alves
3. Jon Fitch
4. Jake Shields
5. Josh Koscheck
6. Diego Sanchez
7. Matt Hughes
8. Karo Parisyan
9. Carlos Condit
10. Hayato Sakurai


MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185 LBS.)

1. Anderson Silva
2. Dan Henderson
3. Rich Franklin
4. Yushin Okami
5. Gegard Mousasi
6. Kazuo Misaki
7. Nate Marquardt
8. Paulo Filho
9. Yoshihiro Akiyama
10. Robbie Lawler
 LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205 LBS.)

1. Forrest Griffin
2. Quinton Jackson
3. Lyoto Machida
4. Mauricio Rua
5. Wanderlei Silva
6. Rashad Evans
7. Chuck Liddell
8. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
9. Keith Jardine
10. Luiz Cane


HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (up to 265 LBS.)

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
3. Andrei Arlovski
4. Josh Barnett
5. Randy Couture
6. Tim Sylvia
7. Fabricio Werdum
8. Aleksander Emelianenko
9. Sergei Kharitonov
10. Gabriel Gonzaga


POUND FOR POUND (No Limit)

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Anderson Silva
3. Georges St. Pierre
4. B.J. Penn
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
6. Kid Yamamoto
7. Miguel Torres
8. Urijah Faber
9. Lyoto Machida
10. Dan Henderson

[bigmc]

On his game

George ST. Pierre is number one

[SinCitysmallGUY]

On his game

George ST. Pierre is number one

I hope BJ comes in on top of his game! However I dont think that will happen, I don't think BJ performs to well when he is this heavy.. However he has known about the fight and still has some time.. I would love to see him KO GSP!

[stone_cold_steve]

how machida is nr 9 in the p4p list and the only LH one there while he's only 3 in the LH list is beyond me.

Sylvia is ranked too high,.. should be 9 or 10

[SinCitysmallGUY]

how machida is nr 9 in the p4p list and the only LH one there while he's only 3 in the LH list is beyond me.

Sylvia is ranked too high,.. should be 9 or 10

Well you can't have the champ at #3 or the guy who lost the belt. I think that is the train of thought there.. I guess they think Machida is the new champ waiting on his turn.

[Decker]

I hope BJ comes in on top of his game! However I dont think that will happen, I don't think BJ performs to well when he is this heavy.. However he has known about the fight and still has some time.. I would love to see him KO GSP!

Unfortuately I think you're right.  I also have reservations about his conditioning at times.  That's a worry I just don't have with GSP.

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Unfortuately I think you're right.  I also have reservations about his conditioning at times.  That's a worry I just don't have with GSP.

Yeah I don't think GSP will have anything to worry about as this is his weight. BJ is adding pounds and needs to do it healthy and not just extra fat. That for a guy his size can be hard and we all know how BJ usually shows up with the extra weight. I just hope it is differant this time around.

[onlyme]

Yeah I don't think GSP will have anything to worry about as this is his weight. BJ is adding pounds and needs to do it healthy and not just extra fat. That for a guy his size can be hard and we all know how BJ usually shows up with the extra weight. I just hope it is differant this time around.

He looked great at his last fight  His trainer who has been workign with him (not sure if he still does) is Tony Aponte and he got BJ is great physical condition.