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Sunday, January 27, 2008

MMAnews power rankings

LIGHT WEIGHT DIVISION (155 LBS.)
1. B.J. Penn
2. Takanori Gomi
3. Gesias Calvancanti
4. Shinya Aoki
5. Mitsuhiro Ishida
6. Gilbert Melendez
7. Tatsuya Kawajiri
8. Sean Sherk
9. Vitor Ribeiro
10. Joachim Hansen

WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170 LBS.)
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Matt Serra
3. Matt Hughes
4. Hayato Sakurai
5. Jake Shields
6. Karo Parisyan
7. Jon Fitch
8. Josh Koscheck
9. Diego Sanchez
10. Marcus Davis

MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185 LBS.)
1. Anderson Silva
2. Paulo Filho
3. Dan Henderson
4. Matt Lindland
5. Rich Franklin
6. Yushin Okami
7. Robbie Lawler
8. Frank Trigg
9. Denis Kang
10. Frank Shamrock

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205 LBS.)
1. Quinton Jackson
2. Dan Henderson
3. Keith Jardine
4. Forrest Griffin
5. Chuck Liddell
6. Mauricio Rua
7. Wanderlei Silva
8. Lyoto Machida
9. Sokoudjou
10. Ricardo Arona

HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (up to 265 LBS.)
1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
3. Josh Barnett
4. Randy Couture
5. Tim Sylvia
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Andrei Arlovski
8. Gabriel Gonzaga
9. Mirko CroCop
10. Aleksander Emelianenko

POUND FOR POUND (No Limit)
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Fedor Emelianenko
3. Anderson Silva
4. Quinton Jackson
5. Dan Henderson
6. Randy Couture
7. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
8. B.J. Penn
9. Takanori Gomi
10. Urijah Faber

Who in the world came up with these? Sean Sherk is ranked #8 in the lightweight division yet was just the UFC lightweight champ.
Dan Henderson just lost to Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson and didn't drop down in rankings at all?
How is Jon Fitch ranked so low on the list as well? He's poised to get a shot soon if he keeps his winning streak going.
How is Cro Cop still in the top ten of the heavyweight division?
Last but not least, how in the world is BJ Penn ranked 8th in the best pound for pound fighter when he should be either first or second.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

These rankings must be from Hellen Keller. How is Keith Jardin and Forest Griffen ranked higher then The "Ice Man". Not to mention Chuck not even being on the best pound for pound list. I know he had two tough fights but the ass beating he gave out in his last fight, I think he proved he is still here!! Not to mention Jardin did nothing but run from Chuck in that last round.

Posted by R-O-B

Butch said...

Wouldn't you run against chuck?

Anonymous said...

Who the fuck came up with these pound for pound rankings? Do these retards follow the sport of MMA at all? Anderson Silva and Dan Henderson over Randy Couture and BJ Penn?.......Are you fuckin' kidding me? To whom it may concern........stick to badmitten and cricket!!!!!