| Here
is the newest edition of the official MMAFighting.com Top
10 Fighter Rankings!
Our
top ten fighter rankings are released three times a year.
Voting ended November 30. These rankings reflect the period
of 06/16/2006 through 11/19/2006.
Discuss
the rankings here.
| #1
Heavyweight Fighter
Fedor Emelianenko |
206lbs+ |
| Ranking |
Points |
Previous |
|
1.
Fedor Emelianenko
2. Mirko Cro Cop
3. Josh Barnett
4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
5. Tim Sylvia
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Mark Hunt
8. Andrei Arlovski
9. Aleksander Emelianenko
10. Brandon Vera |
384
Points
314 Points
248 Points
235 Points
183 Points
155 Points
115 Points
100 Points
58 Points
45 Points
|
1
3
5
2
6
8
4
7
10
- |
Others
Receiving Votes: Sergei Kharitonov (16 Points)
| #1
Light Heavyweight Fighter
Chuck
Liddell |
188-205lbs |
| Ranking |
Points |
Previous |
|
1.
Chuck Liddell
2. Mauricio Shogun
3. Wanderlei Silva
4. Ricardo Arona
5. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
6. Quinton Jackson
7. Renato Sobral
8. Tito Ortiz
9. Kazuhiro Nakamura
10. Alistair Overeem |
346
Points
314 Points
296 Points
211 Points
202 Points
124 Points
123 Points
114 Points
50 Points
46 Points
|
2
1
3
4
5
7
6
8
9
- |
Others Receiving Votes: Forrest Griffin (17 Points),
Rashad Evans (10 Points)
| #1
Middleweight Fighter
Matt
Lindland |
176-187lbs |
| Ranking |
Points |
Previous |
|
1.
Matt Lindland
2. Paulo Filho
3. Anderson Silva
4. Kazuo Misaki
5. Rich Franklin
6. Dan Henderson
7. Denis Kang
8. Nathan Marquardt
9. Akihiro Gono
10. Yoshihiro Akiyama |
308
Points
306 Points
298 Points
194 Points
193 Points
187 Points
157 Points
98 Points
46 Points
17 Points
|
4
3
6
-
1
2
5
7
-
- |
Others
Receiving Votes: Jeremy Horn (16 Points), Mike Swick
(16 Points), Yushin Okami (4 Points)
| #1
Welterweight Fighter
Georges
St. Pierre |
162-175lbs |
| Ranking |
Points |
Previous |
|
| 1.
Georges St. Pierre
2. Matt Hughes
3. BJ Penn
4. Diego Sanchez
5. Karo Parisyan
6. Akira Kikuchi
7. Jon Fitch
8. Jake Shields
9. Nick Diaz
10. Kuniyoshi Hironaka |
384
Points
311 Points
241 Points
231 Points
185 Points
138 Points
133 Points
130 Points
48 Points
30 Points
|
2
1
3
8
4
7
-
9
-
10 |
Others
Receiving Votes: Josh Koscheck (25 Points), Joe Riggs
(11 Points), Jeff Joslin (4 Points)
| #1
Lightweight Fighter
Takanori
Gomi |
146-161lbs |
| Ranking |
Points |
Previous |
|
| 1.
Takanori Gomi
2. Tatsuya Kawajiri
3. Hayato Sakurai
4. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro
5. Joachim Hansen
6. Norifumi Yamamoto
7. Mitsuhiro Ishida
8. Sean Sherk
9. Marcus Aurelio
10. Gilbert Melendez |
384
Points
312 Points
229 Points
206 Points
194 Points
143 Points
136 Points
87 Points
45 Points
44 Points
|
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
-
8
- |
Others
Receving Votes: Koutetsu Boku (41 Points), Shinya Aoki
(19 Points), Gesias Calvancanti (6 Points), Spencer Fisher
(6 Points)
| #1
Featherweight Fighter
Takeshi
"Lion" Inoue |
136-145lbs |
| Ranking |
Points |
Previous |
|
| 1.
Takeshi Inoue
2. Urijah Faber
3. Masakazu Imanari
4. Hatsu Hioki
5. Antonio Carvalho
6. Jeff Curran
7. Rumina Sato
8. Akiyo Nishiura
9. Tenkei Fijimiya
10.Daiki Hata |
178
Points
136 Points
112 Points
108 Points
88 Points
82 Points
60 Points
38 Points
18 Points
15 Points
|
4
6
2
7
8
5
9
-
-
- |
Others
Receiving Vote: Joao Roque (13 Points), Rafael Assuncao
(5 Points)
| #1
Pound-4-Pound (FW-HW)
Fedor
Emelianenko |
|
| Ranking |
Points |
Previous |
|
| 1.
Fedor Emelianenko
2. Norifumi Yamamoto
3. Georges St. Pierre
4. Takanori Gomi
5. BJ Penn
6. Mauricio Shogun
7. Matt Hughes
8. Mirko Cro Cop
9. Chuck Liddell
10. Wanderlei Silva |
331
Points
247 Points
231 Points
191 Points
124 Points
108 Points
107 Points
71 Points
64 Points
60 Points
|
1
2
8
4
5
6
3
-
10
9 |
Others
Receiving Vote: Tatsuya Kawajiri (43 Points), Anderson
Silva (21 Points)
Final
International Tally
Which
countries have the best fighters? We tallied up the countries
with the most top ten fighters:
Final
International Tally
USA- 20
Japan- 18
Brazil- 11
Canada- 3
Russia- 2
Croatia- 1
New Zealand- 1
Belarus- 1
Korea- 1
Armenia- 1
Norway- 1
#
of Countries Represented- 11
UFC
vs PRIDE
S sorted by which major organization out of the two that
a ranked fighter fought in last.
PRIDE-
28
UFC- 18
Other- 14
*Keep
in mind also that these rankings only include Featherweight-Heavyweight
and does not(unfortunately) include the lowest weight divisions
of Bantamweight or Flyweight. The Women's division is also
not represented.
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4.0 - November 2004
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5.0 - March 2005
Version
6.0 - October 2005
Version
7.0 - February 2006
Version 8.0 - June 2006
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