Sunday, November 9, 2008

Revised Rankings

Okay folks a lot of stuff has gone down in recent weeks which has prompted me to revise these rankings a little quicker than usual. Also, I have decided to expand my rankings to ten deep giving you more coverage than ever before.

Pound for Pound:

1. Fedor Emlianenko
2. Anderson Silva
3. Georges St. Pierre
4. BJ Penn
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
6. Miguel Torres
7. Forrest Griffin
8. Urijah Faber (falls 3 spots after his loss to Mike Brown)
9. Lyoto Machida
10. Shinya Aoki

Also receiving consideration: Norifumi Yamamoto, Rashad Evans, Quinton Jackson, Eddie Alvarez, Thiago Alves, Dan Henderson, and Jon Fitch

Heavyweight:
1. Fedor Emlianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogeuira
3. Andrei Arlovski
4. Josh Barnett
5. Randy Couture
6. Tim Sylvia
7. Gabriel Gonzaga
8. Aleksander Emelianenko
9. Junior Dos Santos
10. Fabricio Werdum
Also receiving consideration: Allistair Overeem and Ben Rothwell

Light Heavyweight:
1. Forrest Griffin
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Rashad Evans
4. Quinton Jackson
5. Thiago Silva
6. Wanderlei Silva
7. Keith Jardine
8. Mauricio Rua
9. Chuck Liddell
10. Vladimir Matyushenko
Also receiving consideration: Luis Cane, Rich Franklin, and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

Middleweight:
1. Anderson Silva
2. Robbie Lawlor
3. Yushin Okami
4. Nate Marquardt
5. Gegard Mousasi
6. Matt Lindland
7. Dan Henderson
8. Paulo Filho (drops 6 spots after a perplexing loss to Chael Sonnen)
9. Frank Trigg
10. Kazuo Misaki
Also receiving consideration: Thales Leites, Chael Sonnen, and Yoshihiro Akiyama

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

Lightweight:
1. BJ Penn
2. Shinya Aoki
3. Eddie Alvarez
4. Joachim Hansen
5. Gesias Calvancante
6. Tatsuya Kawajiri
7. Takanori Gomi (drops 3 spots after a dissapointing loss)
8. Sean Sherk
9. Josh Thompson
10. Mitsuhiro Ishida
Also receving consideration: Gilbert Melendez, Vitor Ribeiro, Joe Stevenson

Featherweight:
1. Urijah Faber (keeps the top spot even with the unlucky loss to Mike Brown)
2. Norifumi Yamamoto
3. Mike Brown
4. Leonard Garcia
5. Akitoshi Tamura
6. Hatsu Hioki
7. Jeff Curran
8. Takeshi Inoue
9. Wagnney Fabiano
10. Masakazu Imanari
Also receiving consideration: Dokonjonosuke Mishima, Hideki Kadakowi, Rafael Assuncao, and Antonio Carvalho

Bantamweight:
1. Miguel Torres
2. Masakatsu Ueda
3. Brian Bowles
4. Koetsu Okazaki
5. Marcos Galvao
6. Takeya Mizugaki
7. Manny Tapia
8. Atsushi Yamamoto
9. Will Ribeiro
10. Chase Beebe

That's all for now folks. Until next time,

Soccer kicks and head stomps...

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