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[Thornton 19]

Maybe we can get this a sticky? I know there is a top 10 pound for pound but i figured we could do one for every weight class. For the start of every month.Here our mine.

Heavyweight

1.Fedor Emelianenko
2.Brock Lesnar
3.Frank Mir
4.Cain Velasquez
5.Junior Dos Santos
6.Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
7.Shane Carwin
8.Brett Rogers
9.Andrei Arlovski
10.Alistair Overeem

HM:Fabricio Werdum,Josh Barnett,Gabriel Gonzaga

Light Heavyweight

1.Lyoto Machida
2.Shogun Rua
3.Rashad Evans
4.Gegard Mousasi
5.Rampage Jackson
6.Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
7.Forrest Griffin
8.Thiago Silva
9.Luiz Arthur Cane
10.Randy Couture

HM:Ryan Bader,Rich Franklin

Middleweight

1.Anderson Silva
2.Dan Henderson
3.Vitor Belfort
4.Chael Sonnen
5.Nate Marquardt
6.Jake Shields
7.Demian Maia
8.Yushin Okami
9.Jorge Santiago
10.Yoshihiro Akiyama

HM: Robbie Lawler,Mamed Khalidov,Paulo Filho

Welterweight

1.Georges St.Pierre
2.Jon Fitch
3.Thiago Alves
4.Paulo Thiago
5.Josh Koscheck
6.Dan Hardy
7.Paul Daley
8.Nick Diaz
9.Martin Kampmann
10.Jay Hieron

HM: Dan Hornbuckle,Matt Hughes,Mike Swick

Lightweight

1.BJ Penn
2.Shinya Aoki
3.Eddie Alvarez
4.Kenny Florian
5.Tatsuya Kawajiri
6.Gray Maynard
7.Frank Edgar
8.Gilbert Melendez
9.Mizuto Hirota
10.Gesias Cavalcante

HM:Benson Henderson,Tyson Griffin,Jim Miller

Featherweight

1.Jose Aldo
2.Mike Brown
3.Urijah Faber
4.Hatsu Hioki
5.Bibiano Fernandes
6. Raphael Assuncao
7.Marlon Sandro
8.Manny Gamburyan
9.Takeshi Inoue
10.Josh Grispi

HM:Masanori Kanehara,Leonard Garcia,Joachim Hansen

Bantamweight

1.Dominick Cruz
2.Brian Bowles
3.Joseph Benavidez
4.Miguel Torres
5.Masakatsu Ueda
6.Scott Jorgensen
7.Takeya Mizugaki
8.Damacio Page
9.Rani Yahya
10.Wagnney Fabiano

HM:Eddie Wineland,Akitoshi Tamura,Brad Pickett.

[evulmievl]

Originally Posted by Thornton 19

Maybe we can get this a sticky? I know there is a top 10 pound for pound but i figured we could do one for every weight class. For the start of every month.Here our mine.

Heavyweight

1.Fedor Emelianenko
2.Brock Lesnar
3.Frank Mir
4.Cain Velasquez
5.Junior Dos Santos
6.Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
7.Shane Carwin
8.Brett Rogers
9.Andrei Arlovski
10.Alistair Overeem

HM:Fabricio Werdum,Josh Barnett,Gabriel Gonzaga

Light Heavyweight

1.Lyoto Machida
2.Shogun Rua
3.Rashad Evans
4.Gegard Mousasi
5.Rampage Jackson
6.Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
7.Forrest Griffin
8.Thiago Silva
9.Luiz Arthur Cane
10.Randy Couture

HM:Ryan Bader,Rich Franklin

Middleweight

1.Anderson Silva
2.Dan Henderson
3.Vitor Belfort
4.Chael Sonnen
5.Nate Marquardt
6.Jake Shields
7.Demian Maia
8.Yushin Okami
9.Jorge Santiago
10.Yoshihiro Akiyama

HM: Robbie Lawler,Mamed Khalidov,Paulo Filho

Welterweight

1.Georges St.Pierre
2.Jon Fitch
3.Thiago Alves
4.Paulo Thiago
5.Josh Koscheck
6.Dan Hardy
7.Paul Daley
8.Nick Diaz
9.Martin Kampmann
10.Jay Hieron

HM: Dan Hornbuckle,Matt Hughes,Mike Swick

Lightweight

1.BJ Penn
2.Shinya Aoki
3.Eddie Alvarez
4.Kenny Florian
5.Tatsuya Kawajiri
6.Gray Maynard
7.Frank Edgar
8.Gilbert Melendez
9.Mizuto Hirota
10.Gesias Cavalcante

HM:Benson Henderson,Tyson Griffin,Jim Miller

Featherweight

1.Jose Aldo
2.Mike Brown
3.Urijah Faber
4.Hatsu Hioki
5.Bibiano Fernandes
6. Raphael Assuncao
7.Marlon Sandro
8.Manny Gamburyan
9.Takeshi Inoue
10.Josh Grispi

HM:Masanori Kanehara,Leonard Garcia,Joachim Hansen

Bantamweight

1.Dominick Cruz
2.Brian Bowles
3.Joseph Benavidez
4.Miguel Torres
5.Masakatsu Ueda
6.Scott Jorgensen
7.Takeya Mizugaki
8.Damacio Page
9.Rani Yahya
10.Wagnney Fabiano

HM:Eddie Wineland,Akitoshi Tamura,Brad Pickett.

hey thornton, what would you think of a fight between rua and mousasi? to me that just looks and sounds like one hell of a fight. im such a fan of both i find it hard to even pick a winner.

[Cbjfanshelley45]

Couture at #10 in LHW is a joke!

[Thornton 19]

Originally Posted by Cbjfanshelley45

Couture at #10 in LHW is a joke!

Who would you put over him? Bader? Franklin? Babulu? Please tell who i would love to hear this. 205 outside the top 5 guys is weak. You do know Couture is 6-2 at that weight class only losing to a prime Chuck.

[Cbjfanshelley45]

Originally Posted by Thornton 19

Who would you put over him? Bader? Franklin? Babulu? Please tell who i would love to hear this. 205 outside the top 5 guys is weak. You do know Couture is 6-2 at that weight class only losing to a prime Chuck.

I didn't mean joke like he's overated! I would put him no worse than #4 as a LHW...It's a very solid list though! I've been out of the MMA loop for about 6 months now but I do think you did a decent job with it!

[Godly_goon]

Heavyweight

1.Fedor
2.Brock
3.Velasquez
4.Carwin
5.Mir
6.JDS
7.Overeem
8.Rogers
9.Big nog
10.Werdum

Light heavyweight

1.Gegard
2.Shogun Rua
3.Machida
4.Evans
5. Lil Nog
6. T silva
7.Rampage
8. Forrest gump i mean griffin
9. A silva (if he counts)
10. Jon Bones Jones

Middleweight

1. Anderson silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Marqaurdt
4. Henderson
5. Maia
6.Belfort
7.Shields
8. Lawler
9.Okami
10. cung le

Welterweight.

1.GSP
2.fitch
3.Alves
4.Kos
5.Paulo Thiago
6.Dan "soon to be dead" Hardy
7. Daley
8.hughes
9.Diaz
10.Zaromskis

Lightweight

1.Penn
2.Aoki
3. Eddie "Big fish lil pond" Alvarez
4.Maynard
5.Sanchez
6.Kawajiri
7.Kenflo
8.Edgar
9.Gomi
10.Guida


i know some questionable calls but hey just how i feel its hard to compare fighters when there in different organizations since there isnt many common opponents.. i truly believe gegard would destroy rua and Machida.. the guy is little fedor

[royjonesjr]

Heavyweight
1# Fedor Emelianeko: Clearly number one in the world it can't be argued till someone beats him I could see Brock giving him a run for his money in the next few years
2# Brock Lesnar
3# Cain Velasquez
4# Shane Carwin
5# Frank Mir
6# Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
7# Junior Dos Santos
8# Josh Barnett
9# Allstair Overeem
10# Gabriel Gonzaga
HM: Brett Rogers, Cheick Kongo, Werdum

Light Heavyweight
1# Mauricio Shogun Rua
2# Lyoto Machida
3# Rampage Jackson
4# Rashad Evans
5# Thiago Silva
6# Gegard Mousasi
7# Antonio Rogerio Nogueria
8# Luiz Cain
9# Brandon Vera
10# Forest Griffin
HM: Randy Couture, Jon Bones Jones, Tito Ortiz, Ryan Bader

1# Anderson Silva
2# Dan Hendersen
3# Vitor Belfort
4# Nate Marquardt
5# Jake Sheilds
6# Chael Sonnen
7# Wanderli Silva
8# Michael Bisping
9# Robbie Lawler
10# Demian Maia
HM Yoshihiro Akiyama, Alan Belcher, Denis Kang, Kazushi Sakuraba

Welterweight
1# George St Pierre
2# Thiago Alves
3# Josh Koscheck
4# John Fitch
5# Nick Diaz
6# Paulo Thaigo
7# Paul Daley
8# Anthony Johnson
9# Matt Hughes
10# Matt Serra
HM: Dan Hardy, Mike Swick, Carlos Condit, Jake Ellenberger

Lightweight

1#BJ Penn
2# Diego Sanchez
3# Gray Maynard
4# Shinya Aoki
5# Kenny Florian
6# Frank Edgar
7# Sean Sherk
8# Eddie Alvarez
9# Takanori Gomi
10# Roger Huerta
HM: Clay Guida, Joe Stevenson, George Sotirouplos

[Thornton 19]

Originally Posted by Cbjfanshelley45

I didn't mean joke like he's overated! I would put him no worse than #4 as a LHW...It's a very solid list though! I've been out of the MMA loop for about 6 months now but I do think you did a decent job with it!

My bad i thought you meant it the other way, its not often people have good things to say about randy.So i took it as he shouldn't be in the top 10. With one more win he might get a title shot.

[Thornton 19]

Originally Posted by evulmievl

hey thornton, what would you think of a fight between rua and mousasi? to me that just looks and sounds like one hell of a fight. im such a fan of both i find it hard to even pick a winner.

I'm a Rua guy always have been. Mousasi i think could be great but hasen't really beat anybody who i consider a top 10 fighter. If they fought right now tho Im taking Rua.

Originally Posted by Godly_goon

i know some questionable calls but hey just how i feel its hard to compare fighters when there in different organizations since there isnt many common opponents.. i truly believe gegard would destroy rua and Machida.. the guy is little fedor

I think the rankings will get a lot clearer in the next month or so, from March 21st to April 29th there are 14 events with a good amount of top guys fighting each other.

[The Crow]

I'm probably forgetting people, so this might be edited.

HW

Fedor Emelianenko
Brock Lesnar
Frank Mir
Junior Dos Santos
Cain Velzasquez
Shane Carwin
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria
Allistair Overeem
Josh Barnett
Brett Rogers

LHW

Lyoto Machida
Gegard Mousasi
Mauricio Rua
Antonio Rogerio Nogueria
Rashad Evans
Quinton Jackson
Jon Jones
Thiago Silva
Luiz Cane
Ryan Bader


MW

Anderson Silva
Vitor Belfort
Dan Henderson
Chael Sonnen
Nate Marquardt
Demian Maia
Jake Shields
Yushin Okami
Yoshihiro Akiyama
Alan Belcher

WW

Georges St. Pierre
Josh Koscheck
Jon Fitch
Thiago Alves
Paulo Thiago
Paul Daley
Dan Hardy
Nick Diaz
Anthony Johnson
Mike Swick

LW

BJ Penn
Kenny Florian
Diego Sanchez
Gray Maynard
Shinya Aoki
Frankie Edgar
Eddie Alvarez
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Tyson Griffin
Clay Guida

FW

Jose Aldo
Urijah Faber
Mike Brown
Bibiano Fernandes
Hatsu Hioki
Norifumi Yamamoto
Rafael Assuncao
Marlon Sandro
Manny Gamburyan
Leonard Garcia

BW

Dominick Cruz
Miguel Torres
Brian Bowles
Joseph Benavidez
Rani Yahya
Scott Jorgensen
Masakatsu Ueda
Takeya Mizugaki
Wagnney Fabiano
Charlie Valencia

[BGDDYKWL]

I'll only do the divisions I follow pretty closely as I'm not as interested in the lower weight classes. Also, I'm doing this more on who I think would beat who, rather than who has the better card.

Heavyweight

1. Brock Lesnar
2. Fedor Emelianenko
3. Frank Mir
4. Cain Velasquez
5. Junior Dos Santos
6. Alistair Overeem
7. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
8. Josh Barnett
9. Shane Carwin
10. Brett Rogers

Light Heavyweight

1. Shogun Rua
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Gegard Mousasi
4. Rampage Jackson
5. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
6. Rashad Evans
7. Jon Jones
8. Randy Couture
9. Ryan Bader
10. Thiago Silva

[Godly_goon]

Originally Posted by The Crow

I'm not going to make a list now, but Thorts yours was solid for the most part. The main points of disagreement I have is Jay Hieron making the WW list, and I think the Lightweight list is a little off. However, considering how many fighters there are out there, it's a solid list. I'll edit this post and have one up later.

I also don't agree with Cung Le making top 10 for whoever did that, but to each their own.

that would have been me.. i see him as the same as jon bones jones or marius zaromskis he is suck a weird striker and he can use it he has been dominant in every one of his fights and his kickboxing record (how ever kickboxing isnt mma) shows that this guy can fight... middleweight division is the weakest division in MMA In my opinion so i think he fits the 10th spot

[GODARDNYI]

i love that moast of u have 'lil nog at 5-6.. this guys gonna make waves in the UFC. its good to see hes finally getting the respect he lacked from the time off to the affliction crap. he will prob be 3 or 4 in that division by years end

[Godly_goon]

Originally Posted by GODARDNYI

i love that moast of u have 'lil nog at 5-6.. this guys gonna make waves in the UFC. its good to see hes finally getting the respect he lacked from the time off to the affliction crap. he will prob be 3 or 4 in that division by years end

i think he is honestly the future champ.. even tho there the same age big nog is out of his prime and little nog is just entering his if anyone thats new to the sport wants to see what big nog was like in his prime look at his little bro... right now honestly i think little nog would destroy big nog

[Thornton 19]

Pound four Pound:

1.Georges St.Pierre
2.Anderson Silva
3. Fedor Emelianenko
4.Jose Aldo
5.Lyoto Machida
6.Brock Lesnar
7.Dominick Cruz
8.Frankie Edgar
9.Bj Penn
10.Shogun Rua

HM: Rashad Evans,Jake Shields,John Fitch


Heavyweight

1.Fedor Emelianenko
2.Brock Lesnar
3.Shane Carwin
4.Cain Velasquez
5.Junior Dos Santos
6.Frank Mir
7.Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
8.Brett Rogers
9.Andrei Arlovski
10.Alistair Overeem

HM:Fabricio Werdum,Josh Barnett,Roy Nelson

Light Heavyweight

1.Lyoto Machida
2.Shogun Rua
3.Rashad Evans
4.Rampage Jackson
5.Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
6. Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal
7.Forrest Griffin
8.Thiago Silva
9.Gegard Mousasi
10.Randy Couture

HM:Ryan Bader,Rich Franklin,Cane,Jon Jones

Middleweight

1.Anderson Silva
2..Vitor Belfort
3.Chael Sonnen
4.Jake Shields
5.Dan Henderson
6.Nate Marquardt
7.Demian Maia
8.Yushin Okami
9.Jorge Santiago
10.Yoshihiro Akiyama

HM: Robbie Lawler,Mamed Khalidov,Paulo Filho

Welterweight

1.Georges St.Pierre
2.Jon Fitch
3.Thiago Alves
4.Paulo Thiago
5.Josh Koscheck
6.Dan Hardy
7.Paul Daley
8.Nick Diaz
9.Dan Hornbuckle
10.Jay Hieron

HM:Matt Hughes,Mike Swick,Martin Kampmann

Lightweight

1.Frank Edgar
2.BJ Penn
3.Eddie Alvarez
4.Kenny Florian
5.Gilbert Melendez
6.Gray Maynard
7.Shinya Aoki
8.Tatsuya Kawajiri
9.Mizuto Hirota
10.Ben Henderson

HM:Tyson Griffin,Jim Miller,Gesias Cavalcante

Featherweight

1.Jose Aldo
2.Manny Gamburyan
3.Mike Brown
4.Urijah Faber
5.Bibiano Fernandes
6. Raphael Assuncao
7.Marlon Sandro
8.Hatsu Hioki
9.Masanori Kanehara
10.Josh Grispi

HM:Takeshi Inoue,Leonard Garcia,Joachim Hansen

Bantamweight

1.Dominick Cruz
2.Brian Bowles
3.Joseph Benavidez
4.Miguel Torres
5.Scott Jorgensen
6.Takeya Mizugaki
7.Masakatsu Ueda
8.Damacio Page
9.Charlie Valencia
10.Wagnney Fabiano

HM:Eddie Wineland,Akitoshi Tamura,Brad Pickett.