Rankings Talk (11-23-11)

[Leroy]

First edition on the new forum, I think. Been a wild month for MMA, and there have certainly been some changes in the ranks. Here's my take on the current Top 10, let me know your thoughts.

HW
1. Junior dos Santos
2. Cain Velasquez
3. Alistair Overeem
4. Brock Lesnar
5. Fabricio Werdum
6. Shane Carwin
7. Frank Mir
8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
9. Josh Barnett
10. Daniel Cormier
HM: Travis Browne, Fedor Emelianenko, Cheick Kongo, Roy Nelson, Brendan Schaub, Antonio Silva

205
1. Jon Jones
2. Rashad Evans
3. Dan Henderson
4. Quinton Jackson
5. Mauricio Rua
6. Lyoto Machida
7. Forrest Griffin
8. Phil Davis
9. Gegard Mousasi
10. Alexander Gustafsson
HM: Ryan Bader, Rafael Cavalcante, Rich Franklin, Mo Lawal, Vladimir Matyushenko, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

185
1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Yushin Okami
4. Mark Munoz
5. Demian Maia
6. Michael Bisping
7. Vitor Belfort
8. Brian Stann
9. Luke Rockhold
10. Ronaldo Souza
HM: Alan Belcher, Tim Kennedy, Chris Leben, Hector Lombard, Jason Miller, Rousimar Palhares

170
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Nick Diaz
3. Jon Fitch
4. Carlos Condit
5. Jake Ellenberger
6. Josh Koscheck
7. Jake Shields
8. Thiago Alves
9. Ben Askren
10. Tyron Woodley
HM: Charlie Brenneman, Paul Daley, Johny Hendricks, Martin Kampmann, Rory Macdonald, Diego Sanchez

155
1. Frank Edgar
2. Gilbert Melendez
3. Gray Maynard
4. Benson Henderson
5. Shinya Aoki
6. Clay Guida
7. Anthony Pettis
8. Jim Miller
9. Donald Cerrone
10. Michael Chandler
HM: Eddie Alvarez, Nate Diaz, Melvin Guillard, Joe Lauzon, Dennis Siver, Gleison Tibau

145
1. Jose Aldo
2. Chad Mendes
3. Hatsu Hioki
4. Kenny Florian
5. Diego Nunes
6. Mark Hominick
7. Dustin Poirier
8. Erik Koch
9. Pat Curran
10. Joe Warren
HM: Yuri Alcantara, Darren Elkins, Patricio Freire, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Ricardo Lamas, Rani Yahya

135
1. Dominick Cruz
2. Urijah Faber
3. Joseph Benavidez
4. Brian Bowles
5. Scott Jorgensen
6. Renan Barao
7. Demetrious Johnson
8. Brad Pickett
9. Miguel Torres
10. Michael McDonald
HM: Antonio Banuelos, Zach Makovsky, Ivan Menjivar, Takeya Mizugaki, Alexis Vila, Eddie Wineland

[Joe_Blast]

I want to see Aoki fight Edgar.

It'd be exciting to see if Aoki could throw up some miracle submission.

[mike421]

I like most of it.

I think I would put Shogun ahead of Rampage though.

I think I like Vitor over Maia and Bisping too.

I feel like Barnett should be higher, but he hasn't fought enough the last 3-4 years, so it is completely justified leaving him at #9. Guy doesn't lose much though. I think he would beat Mir, Nog, or Carwin right now.

[Chael Sonnin']

Middleweight rankings are obviously hosed there.

[brad]

Haha... Sonnin'. Next time go for the finish not the dec.