MMA Fighter Rankings For April

Alright everyone it's that time again. Time to hear all the rants and raves about how stupid my rankings are. So here they are in all their splendor. Rant away!

HW (265)

1. Fedor Emlianenko
2. Frank Mir
3. Brock Lesnar
4. Josh Barnett
5. Andrei Arlovski
6. Alistair Overeem
7. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
8. Randy Couture
9. Tim Sylvia
10. Shane Carwin

Also receiving consideration: Fabricio Werdum, Gabriel Gonzaga, and Ben Rothwell

LHW (205)

1. Rashad Evans
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Forrest Griffin
4. Quinton Jackson
5. Renato Sobral
6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
7. Luis Cane
8. Mauricio Rua
9. Thiago Silva
10. Rich Franklin

Also receiving consideration: Wanderlei Silva, Chuck Liddell, Keith Jardine, and Tito Ortiz

MW (185)

1. Anderson Silva
2. Gegard Mousasi
3. Dan Henderson
4. Nate Marquardt
5. Demian Maia
6. Yushin Okami
7. Vitor Belfort
8. Robbie Lawler
9. Jorge Santiago
10. Yoshihiro Akiyama

Also receiving consideration: Thales Leites, Mike Bisping, and Kazuo Misaki

WW (170)

1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Thiago Alves
3. Jon Fitch
4. Carlos Condit
5. Mike Swick
6. Jake Shields
7. Marcus Davis
8. Jay Hieron
9. Matt Serra
10. Frank Trigg

Also receiving consideration: Karo Parisyan, Paulo Thiago, Josh Koscheck, Matt Hughes, Nick Thompson, and Dustin Hazelett

LW (155)

1. BJ Penn
2. Shinya Aoki
3. Eddie Alvarez
4. Joachim Hansen
5. Kenny Florian
6. Gesias Calvancante
7. Tatsuya Kawajiri
8. Josh Thomson
9. Gray Maynard
10. Sean Sherk

Also receiving consideration: Satoru Kitaoka, Caol Uno, Diego Sanchez, Matsuhiro Ishida, and Tyson Griffin

FW (145)

1. Mike Brown
2. Norifumi Yamamoto
3. Urijah Faber
4. Wagnney Fabiano
5. Leonard Garcia
6. Jeff Curran
7. Jose Aldo
8. Hatsu Hioki
9. Takeshi Inoue
10. Akitoshi Tamura

Also receiving consideration: Dokonjonosuke Mishima, Masakazu Imanari, Rafael Assuncao, and Hideki Kadakowi

BW (135)

1. Miguel Torres
2. Brian Bowles
3. Masakatsu Ueda
4. Koetsu Okazaki
5. Takeya Mizugaki
6. Marcos Galvao
7. Will Ribeiro
8. Chasee Beebe
9. Manny Tapia
10. Joseph Benavidez

Also receiving consideration: Damacio Page and Atsushi Yamamoto

And now for the coup de gras my P4P list

1. Anderson Silva
2. Georges St. Pierre
3. Fedor Emelianenko
4. Miguel Torres
5. BJ Penn
6. Rashad Evans
7. Lyoto Machida
8. Thiago Alves
9. Forrest Griffin
10. Quinton Jackson

Also receiving consideration: Shinya Aoki, Urijah Faber, and Mike Brown

Alright folks that's all for now. Stay tuned for my UFN 18 preview coming soon. Also get excited for when the WEC starts their flyweight division as I'll be tacking that on to my monthly rankings as well. Until then,

Soccer kicks and head stomps...