BJ is nine out of ten? That list is officially bogus.

I wonder when they will put MMA on the sports ticker?

gsp is pound for pound the best looking fighter on the planet.
OH and he didn’t even mentioned quinton,suprising.
mmamania Urijah Faber is spelled that way not:Ur-eeh-jah Faybear…what’s up with that?

kazai your an idiot thats how the espn broadcaster pronounced his name, everyone knows thats not how you spell his name

It’s still awesome to see MMA on ESPN. I wish they would extend their coverage more, but any coverage is still good for MMA.

BJ #9 on p4p??? thats how much ESPN knows about MMA.

BJ should be in the top 4 easily, along with GSP, Silva, and Fedor. Rampage shouldn’t be #2.

GSP should be #1, I don’t want to take anything away from Silva he is really good but GSP deserves number 1 spot. #2 Silva.

GSP#1 GSP#1 GSP#1 GSP#1 GSP#1 GSP#1 GSP#1 GSP#1 GSP#1 GSP#1

Why is Fedor on the list? He hasn’t fought anyone legit in a year and half.

1. Anderson Silva
2. George ST Pierre
3. BJ Penn
4. Quniton Rampage
5. Emelianko

and the rest can keep fighting for a spot…

how the hell is Noguiera up there and not Couture!?

GSP needs to successfully defend the title at least a few times before I’m willing to rank him that high. And how the hell are Penn and Youriah Febert (Cajun spelling) that low? I’d like to see more MMA on ESPN, but only if the get some knowledgeable and credible people to discuss it. Otherwise it’s no different than me offering stock tips.

rampage 2° is a nonsense. minotauro shouldn’t be so high as well

Sherdog.com and MMAfigting.com always have P4P rankings…BJ Penn will move up (possibly top 5) once he beats Sherk. Fedor is lucky, he’s milked that ranking for a long time already.

i don’t think any heavyweight should ever be ranked higher than number 10 on a pound for pound list. i mean, scale big nogueria down to bj penn’s size. penn, sherk, jz, hughes, st pierre and karo (to name a few in that general area) would all beat him. some would make it look pretty easy, too. there are good talents at heavyweight- nog is easily one of the best heavies mma can offer, and easily one or two on the all time list but ONLY at heavyweight.

Anonymous got it exactly right

I would not take anything ESPN reports to be the final word.

ESPN stopped being a truly credible sports-only oriented source when it started shilling cellphones, producing reality shows and encouraging Stuart Scott to implement ebonics in his newscasting.

BTW (based on activity/quality wins)

1) Silva
2) BJ
3) GSP
4) Chuck
5) Fitch

I agree with their rankings. They certainly do a performance-based ranking rather than potential. On potential BJ is anywhere between 1-3 with GSP and Anderson. But to get there on a performance ranking he needs to beat Sherk convincingly and have someone like Rampage lose. I don’t see Rampage losing so I’m sorry but the closest BJ is gonna get until he has a rematch with GSP is the 4 slot.

That Faybear kid looks like a beast. Looks like someone I know…just can’t place the face?

I jumped over to Sherdog and confirmed that the list is their top 10 p-4-p list. Man, who the hell over at Sherdog came up with that list?

GSP is a gymnast infiltrating the fight game… yea and wut?! lol

1) GSP
2) Silva
3) BJ
4) Faber
5) Rampage

IMO

GSP is not number 1. Anderson Silva cleared out UFC’s Middleweight division while GSP has not fought Fitch, Alves, or Sanchez yet.

OJR – How could you possibly put Chuck in the top 5 instead of Rampage, who has KICKED HIS @$$ twice?

Pound for pound is rankings regardless of weight. BJ is a natural LW who use to fight WW and even LHWs and did pretty well against them. Hell he sent GSP to the hospital and GSP began to lay n pray his way to victory after the first round. When BJ beats Sherk he should be ranked higher than GSP

Ur-eeh-jah Faybear, hilariously pointed out Mania

gomi and yammamoto over b.j. is inaccurate. other than that sherdog is getting a little better. i still like fops list best. MANIA. when are you guys ever going back to having monthly rankings, yours was pretty accurate, at least ufc-wise, when you were ufcmania. i would like to see an mma version from ya’ll if you have the time. i wouldn’t mind a monthly QandA also if time permitted.

What a douche bag.

How are MMA fans suppose to take this seriously at all when the guy hosting it obviously has never followed the sport. He can’t even say Urijah’s name right. Versus plays WEC re-runs enough that the largest name in that company should be said right.

This list is bogus.

dude, Jon Anik (the announcer) also said “you’re only as good as your next fight.” i thought the saying was “you’re only as good as your LAST fight.” what kind of Bizarro World is this guy living in?

rampage shouldnt be on there he got lucky with chuck and couldnt even take out a true 185 guy that anderson did in round 2. let get some of wandei again

i would say
1. silva
2. GSP
3. rampage
4. penn
5. faber

Did anyone else notice the poster on the wall in the TUF gym on the new series.

It is (Left to Right):
GSP, Rampage, Forrest, Anderson Silva.

I’m trying to find the reasoning behind GSP being in the poster.

Rampage is one coach and the Light Heavy champ, Forrest is the other coach and the challenger, Anderson is the Middleweight champ but..@ the time of taping Serra was still Welterweight champ.
Was Dana just assuming that GSP would get the belt back?
Pretty disrespectful to Serra.

Im talking about in the long run, like when its all said and done:
1) BJ Penn
3)A.Silva (Could be #1 if it wasnt for his ground Game)
3)GSPHendo (The only guy left tha fights in more than one weight class)
5)Fedor (As a filler, who else could be on the list LoL But stop fight CANS you *ss!)

1. Anderson
2. GSP
3. Penn
4. Rampage

1. Silva
2. GSP
3. Nogueira
4. Rampage
5. Fedor
…

About Silva, i believe i don’t need to say much, his fights resume everything. GSP just ran into Matt Serra, that isn’t that badass, but is very good too.

Everyone that already has the chance to meet Nogueira knows that he can get killed, but won’t be defeated easily and will submit the opponent (he was defeated by Fedor twice, but if they fight today, Nogueira would easily win)…

My dream would be for GSP, BJ, Silva to fight each other in some catch weight (173lbs?). After all 3 have fought each other, base the P4P rankings based on each of the fights.

Then again, it might work out to something like this:

Silva beats GSP who beats BJ who beats Silva haha.

1. Anderson
2. GSP
3. Rampage
4. Penn
5. Randy

My ranking is in decending order in UFC.

1 Anderson Silva
2 Rampage
3 GSP
4 B J Penn
5 Chuck Liddell
6 Sherk
7 Big Nog
8 Hughs
9 Henderson
10 W. Silva

Knocking on the door is Fitch, Machida, Jardine and Mir.

With in 2 years I expect any of these guys could be in the top 10. Brock Lesnar, Vera, Danzig,

True P4P would be guys who could drop a division or go up a division and still do excellent.

Dan Henderson should be on that list I know I know the last two showing were a loss to LHW champ and MW champ but I think he is pound for pound up there with the best of them.

Dude got an iron chin and heavy hand. I was little disapointed with Silva fight and I thought Quinton had a major size advantage on him. I just like to give him recognition he deserves.

Go Hendo

Opinions one and all.

ESPN DOES NOT NO ANYTHING ABOUT MMA NOT EVEN CLOSE

There will always be several fighters severely out of place in these lists simply due to hype. Top p4p lists drum up excitement in discussion, but are otherwise pure crap.

I don’t think Quinton Jackson belongs in the top 5 and I don’t think Gomi belongs in the top ten. Maybe Gomi belonged prior to the ass whoopin’ he received from Diaz, but certainly not after. BJ might belong in the top 5, but there are too many questions he needs to answer before he earns that right. Fedor belongs in the number 1 or number 2 slot only if he sucks it up and fights a top ten heavyweight. Otherwise this list is pretty solid.

OJR I understand you saying Chuck has beaten the better competition, but he has been DOMINATED by Page. Plus, he has lost two of his last three fights, and his one win was against a guy who has now lost 3 straight – I know Wandy is a badass but it’s no secret he is on the downside of his career. Chuck should probably be around 8 or 9, but I cant see an objective way of thinking he is above Page RIGHT NOW. 1.5 years ago, sure, but this is a current list.

In my humble opinion … BJ is top 5, no doubt about it. Imagine BJ at LHW or HW. With his BJJ skills, striking, and flexibility, he would do damage to anybody. Think on it.

I know B.J. has a ton of fans, but there is no way in hell B.J. is any higher than 4. Anderson, GSP, and Fedor have to be 1-3 (in what order is hard to say). B.J. is a great fighter, but he has lost more than GSP and Fedor combined. Not to mention, one of those losses was to GSP. Anderson is also dominating in a fashion B.J. never has.

f GSP

That guy WildMan can kick all of their butts with one hand tied behind his back

I dont belive in these so called rankings because every mma fighter will meet his match style wise. Styles do make fights and also they make champions. BJ is my favorite fighter style wise. Thats what makes this sport SO DAMM COOL! You never Know what realy is going to happend. There is always someone out there that has another fighters number. Stats Don’t mean shit in mma,
why because at anytime some mediocre fighter CAN KO your favorite fighter. Some people think GSP is the P4P in the world but he got KO’d by someone who was’nt supposed to.
GSP HAS rebounded but he CAN get KO’d By your favorite fighter and that go’s for BJ, A.S., Fedor,or anybody, thats why we watch.

1/2 – St. Pierre/Anderson Silva
3 – B.J. Penn
4 – Rampage
5 – Sherk
6/7 – Rich Franklin/Dan Henderson
8 – Randy Couture
9/10 – Faber/Torres

Arlovski at his best could be on there and Nogeira could sneek on… maybe i’ll put fedor in there too, but all relatively untested

the list is “pound for pound” not best records or most markeatable etc and all that crap people think a “pound for pound” is. So there are only a select few that should even b mentioned in this category. So with that said, BJ is the top guy in this category followed by GSP then in no particular order fedor, silva, couture, henderson and probably machida.

how is Rampage #2 lol? This list is wack the only thing they got right was Anderson SIlva at #1 I’ll give them GSP at #3 also, BJ should be up there at least top 5…I dunno rankings are all screwed up.

Do they really not know how to say Urijah Faber, its not that hard.

Your right, my argument is not all that strong comparing Chucks and Pages laundry list of wins. A lot of that is because of our familiarity with UFC fighters as compared to Pride, where Page got most of his wins. Obviously this is just an opinion poll, so the debate could go on forever. I agree with you that he should be on the list, doesn’t seem like many other people are even on the same page as us on that.

Fedor should be #1 until he loses!

P4P Bj is way up at the top no matter what!

Round 4 Round, BJ Penn is top 2 Pound 4 Pound fighter in the world.

What is the Bj craze about? Looking at his record it is not that impressive. His last 4 fights he lost to 2 of the best in UFC and his 2 wins are over Stevenson and Pulver(That was tough) How in the world do you think he should be any higher on the list? Even if he somehow gets past Sherk he should not be considered in the top 5. It is easy to look at a winning record and think someone is good but also need to look at who they beat and who they lose to.

Where’d they get this donkey from???

If referring to me yes I have only been following the sport for 2 years which leaves me with only whats on paper but I have seen BJ’s last 4 fights and was not impressed. He is talented no doubt but seems to fold when it counts.

You’re all absolutely nuts if you think having MMA on ESPN is a bad thing. You’re sounding like a cliche over-protective fan if you think it can’t help the sport.

ESPN doing stuff like this is really cool, the guy needs improvement no doubt, but it’s crazy to think having ESPN talk about MMA is a bad thing.

Get off your high horse!

I disagree with that list, but Bj at 9 is just ridiculous. Did anyone notice Couture’s name was taken off completely? No one likes him anymore I guess (including me but he can still kick some ass)

Here’s mine, but Im expecting some of these rankings not to hold for long after the summer is over with.

1. GSP
2. Silva
3. Fedor
4. Penn
5. Gomi
6. Arlovski
7. Jackson
8. Faber
9. Couture
10. Liddell

oh couture’s gone!

1 Spider
2 GSP
3 Penn
4 Rampage
5 Nog
6 Faber
7 Sherk
8 Hendo
9 Chuck
10 Franklin

You know..Machida is really underated. This guy is not just a well rounded fighter, the guy is really smart and very fustrating(elusive) to his opponent.
I think if he fights Rampage, he might beat rampage, he needs to get past Tito Ortiz. Then his name can be included on this list.

i can’t believe he pronounced urijah’s name like that… wow.

I dont understand all the disrespect that Fedor recieves,I understand that he hasn’t beaten Couture or any other heavyweight except Nog but dont be fooled by his dominance evert time I hear of a fighter having a great ground game Fedor’s name comes up.He’s the only fighter out there right now that will be champion for the long haul.You put any man in any weight class in the ring with Fedor he would have evert belt I khow that sounds fucked up but thats what I want to see the best fighter to come around in a long time until some one beats him he number 1 in any rankings.People want excitement we have BJ Penn out there he’s beendestroyed more then once we have GSP same fucking thing we have Spider out there great fighter but due for a loss soon has 4 loses odds are it will be soon Then we have Fedor the best pound for pound fighter we have on the planet