Independent World MMA Rankings released for March 2010
by Jesse Holland on Mar 12, 2010 7:23 PM EST
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March 12, 2010: The March 2010 Independent World MMA Rankings have been released. These rankings are independent of any single MMA media outlet or sanctioning body, and are published on multiple web sites.
In addition to the numerous MMA web sites that publish the Independent World MMA Rankings, you can also access the rankings at any time by going to www.IndependentWorldMMARankings.com.
Some of the best and most knowledgeable MMA writers from across the MMA media landscape have come together to form one independent voting panel.
These voting panel members are, in alphabetical order: Zach Arnold (Fight Opinion); Nicholas Bailey (MMA Ratings); Jared Barnes (Freelance); Jordan Breen (Sherdog); Jim Genia (Full Contact Fighter, MMA Memories, and MMA Journalist Blog); Jesse Holland (MMA Mania); Robert Joyner (Freelance); Todd Martin (CBS Sportsline); Jim Murphy (The Savage Science); Zac Robinson (Sports by the Numbers MMA); Leland Roling (Bloody Elbow); Michael David Smith (AOL Fanhouse); Joshua Stein (MMA Opinion); Ivan Trembow (Freelance); and Dave Walsh (Head Kick Legend).
Note: Shane Carwin and Quinton Jackson are temporarily ineligible to be ranked, due to the fact that they have been inactive for over 12 full months, and will regain their eligibility the next time they fight.
March 2010 Independent World MMA Rankings
Ballots collected on March 9, 2010
Heavyweight Rankings (206 to 265 lbs.)
1. Fedor Emelianenko (31-1, 1 No Contest)
2. Brock Lesnar (4-1)
3. Frank Mir (13-4)
4. Cain Velasquez (8-0)
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-6-1, 1 No Contest)
6. Junior dos Santos (10-1)
7. Brett Rogers (10-1)
8. Alistair Overeem (32-11, 1 No Contest)
9. Fabricio Werdum (13-4-1)
10. Andrei Arlovski (15-7)
Light Heavyweight Rankings (186 to 205 lbs.)
1. Lyoto Machida (16-0)
2. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (18-4)
3. Rashad Evans (14-1-1)
4. Anderson Silva (25-4)
5. Gegard Mousasi (27-2-1)
6. Forrest Griffin (17-6)
7. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (18-3)
8. Dan Henderson (25-7)
9. Thiago Silva (14-2)
10. Vitor Belfort (19-8)
Middleweight Rankings (171 to 185 lbs.)
1. Anderson Silva (25-4)
2. Dan Henderson (25-7)
3. Chael Sonnen (24-10-1)
4. Vitor Belfort (19-8)
5. Nathan Marquardt (29-9-2)
6. Demian Maia (12-1)
7. Jake Shields (24-4-1)
8. Robbie Lawler (17-5, 1 No Contest)
9. Yushin Okami (23-5)
10. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (11-2, 1 No Contest)
Welterweight Rankings (156 to 170 lbs.)
1. Georges St. Pierre (19-2)
2. Jon Fitch (21-3, 1 No Contest)
3. Thiago Alves (16-6)
4. Josh Koscheck (14-4)
5. Paulo Thiago (13-1)
6. Dan Hardy (23-6)
7. Nick Diaz (21-7, 1 No Contest)
8. Matt Hughes (43-7)
9. Paul Daley (23-8-2)
10. Matt Serra (10-6)
Lightweight Rankings (146 to 155 lbs.)
1. B.J. Penn (15-5-1)
2. Shinya Aoki (23-4, 1 No Contest)
3. Eddie Alvarez (19-2)
4. Kenny Florian (12-4)
5. Tatsuya Kawajiri (26-5-2)
6. Gray Maynard (9-0, 1 No Contest)
7. Frankie Edgar (11-1)
8. Diego Sanchez (21-3)
9. Gilbert Melendez (17-2)
10. Joachim Hansen (19-8-1)
Featherweight Rankings (136 to 145 lbs.)
1. Jose Aldo (16-1)
2. Mike Brown (23-5)
3. Urijah Faber (23-3)
4. Hatsu Hioki (20-4-2)
5. Bibiano Fernandes (7-2)
6. Marlon Sandro (16-1)
7. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue (18-3)
8. Raphael Assuncao (14-2)
9. Manny Gamburyan (10-4)
10. Michihiro Omigawa (9-8-1)
Bantamweight Rankings (126 to 135 lbs.)
1. Dominick Cruz (15-1)
2. Brian Bowles (8-1)
3. Joseph Benavidez (12-1)
3. Miguel Torres (37-3)
5. Masakatsu Ueda (10-0-2)
6. Scott Jorgensen (9-3)
7. Takeya Mizugaki (12-4-2)
8. Damacio Page (15-4)
9. Wagnney Fabiano (13-2)
10. Akitoshi Tamura (14-8-2)
The Independent World MMA Rankings are tabulated on a monthly basis in each of the top seven weight classes of MMA, from heavyweight to bantamweight, with fighters receiving ten points for a first-place vote, nine points for a second-place vote, and so on.
The rankings are based purely on the votes of the members of the voting panel, with nobody's vote counting more than anybody else's vote, and no computerized voting.
The voters are instructed to vote primarily based on fighters' actual accomplishments in the cage/ring (the quality of opposition that they've actually beaten), not based on a broad, subjective perception of which fighters would theoretically win hypothetical match-ups.
Inactivity: Fighters who have not fought in the past 12 months are not eligible to be ranked, and will regain their eligibility the next time they fight.
Disciplinary Suspensions: Fighters who are currently serving disciplinary suspensions, or who have been denied a license for drug test or disciplinary reasons, are not eligible to be ranked.
Changing Weight Classes: When a fighter announces that he is leaving one weight class in order to fight in another weight class, the fighter is not eligible to be ranked in the new weight class until he has his first fight in the new weight class.
Catch Weight Fights: When fights are contested at weights that are in between the limits of the various weight classes, they are considered to be in the higher weight class. The weight limits for each weight class are listed at the top of the rankings for each weight class.
Special thanks to Eric Kamander, Zach Arnold, and Joshua Stein for their invaluable help with this project, and special thanks to Garrett Bailey for designing our logo.
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do these rankings just include north american orginisation rankings???
sf, ufc, and wec???
by freedomthrtyfve on Mar 12, 2010 8:09 PM EST reply actions
Aoki is on there, so no.
Also interesting that as much flack as Fedor gets for fighting “inferior competition”, SF has just as many top-10 HW’s as the UFC…just sayin’.
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." -Dr. Johnson
Before anyone feels the need to school me by attempting to prove that the UFC HW division is more stacked...
don’t waste your breath. I would rather see Fedor there as well. I just found that interesting as I don’t think the disparity between the talent pools is as great as many would like to believe.
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." -Dr. Johnson
agree............
hw tourney required……. a wamma heavyweight tourney, probably promoted by don king and bob arum,,,,,,, i’ll just go back to sleep….
by freedomthrtyfve on Mar 12, 2010 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
aoki is sf, he's fighting melendez, i think.......
by freedomthrtyfve on Mar 12, 2010 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
Well he's primarily DREAM, think he's only on a 1-fight contract with SF...
There are some other Japanese fighters up there that don’t fight in the states.
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." -Dr. Johnson
Well...
The lowest UFC fighter on that ranking is JDS and I very much think he would destroy every SF fighter on there except Fedor… Just sayin.
by Edgecrusher71 on Mar 14, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
seriously,,,, look at the list.......
i didn’t even look at it properly, and i immediately thought “my god”, all of these fighters fight in one location and under three promotions, where have these rankings come from? is there any bias in these rankings? when you read something and you immediately think there is something wrong, you tend to go with it, i may be proved wrong (and hopefully am), someone do a graph or something…….
by freedomthrtyfve on Mar 12, 2010 9:13 PM EST reply actions
i know they are from independant people etc etc
but do they know their arse from there elbow, …..and how much of the sport do they follow????
by freedomthrtyfve on Mar 12, 2010 9:16 PM EST reply actions
Who is missing?? There is a huge difference in the talent level between the national/inter-national organizations and the regionals.
And last I heard, only Zuffa, SF and Dream could claim to be national level promotions. Sure, you could conjecture that Joe Nobody who is 10-0 in the mid-atlantic region is awesome, but there are very few fighters out there that are not noticed by the nationals. Why do you think Bellator is signing guys that are 2-0? And why do you think guys like Elvis Sinosec can still get fights in the UFC? The talent pool is shallow and needs to be developed at the highest level for "other’ promotions to succeed.
The world is a dangerous place to live - not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don't do anything about it. - Albert Einstein
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