Sunday, December 28, 2008

Final Rankings of 2008

Pound for Pound:
1. Fedor Emlianenko
2. Anderson Silva
3. Georges St. Pierre
4. BJ Penn
5. Miguel Torres
6. Rashad Evans
7. Lyoto Machida
8. Norifumi Yamamoto
9. Forrest Griffin
10. Quinton Jackson

Also receiving consideration: Shinya Aoki, Eddie Alvarez, Thiago Alves, Mike Brown, Urijah Faber, and Jon Fitch

Heavyweight:
1. Fedor Emlianenko
2. Andrei Arlovski
3. Josh Barnett
4. Brock Lesnar
5. Frank Mir
6. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
7. Gabriel Gonzaga
8. Tim Sylvia
9. Aleksander Emelianko
10. Junior Dos Santos

Also receiving consideration: Randy Couture, Alistair Overeem, Cain Velasquez, Ben Rothwell, and Fabricio Werdum

Light Heavyweight:
1. Rashad Evans
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Forrest Griffin
4. Quinton Jackson
5. Thiago Silva
6. Mauricio Rua
7. Chuck Liddell
8. Wanderlei Silva
9. Keith Jardine
10. Luis Cane

Also receiving consideration: Vladimir Matyushenko, Rich Franklin, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Dan Henderson, Renato Sobral, Tito Ortiz, and Steve Cantwell

Middleweight:
1. Anderson Silva
2. Yushin Okami
3. Robbie Lawlor
4. Gegard Mousasi
5. Nate Marquardt
6. Matt Lindland
7. Kazuo Misaki
8. Thales Leites
9. Chael Sonnen
10. Yoshihiro Akiyama

Also receiving consideration: Paulo Filho, Jorge Santiago, Michael Bisping, and Demain Maia

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

Also receiving consideration: Marcus Davis

Lightweight:
1. BJ Penn
2. Shinya Aoki
3. Eddie Alvarez
4. Joachim Hansen
5. Gesias Calvancante
6. Tatsuya Kawajiri
7. Takanori Gomi
8. Sean Sherk
9. Kenny Florian
10. Josh Thompson

Also receiving consideration: Mitsuhiro Ishida, Sergei Golyaev, Jamie Varner, Satoru Kitoaka, Caol Uno, Gray Maynard, and Gilbert Melendez

Featherweight:
1. Norifumi Yamamoto
2. Mike Brown
3. Urijah Faber
4. Leonard Garcia
5. Wagnney Fabiano
6. Hatsu Hioki
7. Jeff Curran
8. Tekeshi Inoue
9. Akitoshi Tamura
10. Masakazu Imanari

Also receiving consideration: Dokonjonosuke Mishima, Hideki Kadakowi, Rafael Assuncao, and Anotonio Carvalho,

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

That's it for 2008. See you in 2009! Until then,

Soccer kicks and head stomps...

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