Not much has changed since the last time I put together a list of the Top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in mixed martial arts. No one in my Top 5 -- Fedor Emelianenko, Anderson Silva, Georges St Pierre, Miguel Torres and Lyoto Machida -- has fought in the last month, and no one in my Top 10 has lost.But on the morning after two of my Top 10 -- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Shinya Aoki -- both won their fights, it's worth revisiting my rankings. The full list is below.
Top 10 Pound-For-Pound fighters in MMA
1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Anderson Silva
3. Georges St. Pierre
4. Miguel Torres
5. Lyoto Machida
6. Quinton Jackson
7. B.J. Penn
8. Rashad Evans
9. Mike Brown
10. Shinya Aoki
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-08-2009 @ 10:56AM
odurdh2k said...
i think dan henderson should be on this list
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3-08-2009 @ 3:17PM
Baby J Penn (PSN johnnynumber5) said...
Not a bad top 10 but mine would be a little different.
1. Fedor
2. A.Silva
3. G.S.P
4. Gregard Mousasi
5. B.J. Penn
6. Shinya Aoki
7. Rampage Jackson
8. Rashad Evans
9. Josh Barnett
10. Yushin Okami
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3-12-2009 @ 3:37PM
Eric said...
So you think that Yushin Okami is a better fighter than Torres, Brown, or Machida ... ? Are you watching the fights on a handheld B&W TV or something?
3-08-2009 @ 3:28PM
mike said...
Looks like we won't get to see another Top 10 fighter in action until April when Miguel Torres, Anderson Silva and Shinya Aoki are all in action.
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3-08-2009 @ 7:59PM
Frederick said...
this is what I got for today but it changes often I cant agree with myself from day to day
POUND FOR POUND (No Limit)
Georges St. Pierre
Anderson Silva
Fedor Emelianenko
Miguel Torres
Rashad Evans
Lyoto Machida
Frank Mir
BJ Penn
Rampage Jackson
Shinya Aoki
Mike Brown
Thiago Alves
Urijah Faber
Dan Henderson
Demian Maia
Nate Marquardt
Gegard Mousasi
Jon Fitch
Brock Lesnar
Josh Barnett
Antonio Rodrigo Noguera
Kenny Florian
Forest Griffin
Andrei Arlovski
Randy Couture
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3-09-2009 @ 1:51AM
Ernie said...
My top 10 is a little bit different:
1. Anderson Silva
2. Fedor Emelianenko
3. Georges St. Pierre
4. Miguel Torres
5. Urijah Faber
6. B.J. Penn
7. Rashad Evans
8. Kenny Florian
9. Quinton Jackson
10. Lyoto Machida
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3-09-2009 @ 11:17AM
ohwowlookout said...
BJ Penn should be ranked higher. If we're looking at P4P numbers, then BJ Penn is a 55'er now, only. And without a doubt the most devastating 55'er on the planet.
And I have trouble putting any 205'ers on this list. No 205'er has done anything to separate themselves from one another when it comes to the top tier fighters. Either that means the talent pool is unusually deep at 205, or it means that no one fighter is good enough to rise above standard competition. Until we get a dominant 205 name, I won't be adding any of those to my personal top 10 P4P list.
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3-09-2009 @ 1:47PM
Eric said...
Rampage is 5-1 in the UFC. He has KO victories over Wanderlei, Liddell, and Eastman. A dominate 5 round win over Henderson, and a close decision loss to Forrest Griffin.
BTW everybody - Personally, if your list doesn't have Fedor at the top - I stop reading.
3-10-2009 @ 12:08AM
mmaopinions said...
I think that it's time to have GSP and Anderson Silva fight each other. I realize there is a weight difference but dana eluded to GSP possibly moving up in weight to fight Anderson Silva. Maybe they can make that one of the fights for ufc 100.
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3-10-2009 @ 12:53PM
forddood said...
1.Fedor
2.Rashad Evans
you can mix and match the rest.
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3-11-2009 @ 1:40PM
Ted said...
Great top 5!
1. Fedor
2. A. Silva
3. J.S.P
4. M. Torres
4. L. Machida
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3-12-2009 @ 4:19PM
Spud said...
1. Anderson Silva
2. Fedor Emilianenko
3. GSP
4. Lyoto Machida
5. Rashad Evans
6. Quinton Jackson
7. BJ Penn
8. Torres
9. Minotauro Nogueira
10. Frank Mir
Thats for right now after UFC 96
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