UFC rankings/MMA rankings featured in USA Today for August 2011
by Geno Mrosko on Aug 25, 2011 7:02 PM EDT
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Why are MMA fans so cranky? Yep, it's that time of the month again.
Rankings!
Our partners in crime over at BloodyElbow.com have once again published their divisional rankings for mixed martial arts in the nation’s largest daily newspaper, USA Today, for the month of August 2011.
For those of you unfamiliar with the process, here’s how it works:
"The rankings, which will offer a definitive perspective of top MMA fighters across all weight-classes, will be released monthly and published in the Sports section of USA TODAY, online at USATODAY.com and on SB Nation’s MMA commentary and community blog, BloodyElbow.com … The USA TODAY/SB Nation Consensus MMA Rankings are compiled each month by Nate Wilcox and Richard Wade of BloodyElbow.com. The rankings utilize each of the top MMA rankings from multiple unique sources. A weighted-formula is applied to normalize and distill the various rankings into one consensus ranking per weight class."
To check out the latest USAT/SBN rankings click here. We’ve also listed their top 10 in each class after the jump for your convenience.
Heavyweight:
1. Cain Velasquez
2. Junior dos Santos
3. Alistair Overeem
4. Brock Lesnar
5. Antonio Silva
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Frank Mir
8. Shane Carwin
9. Josh Barnett
10. Brendan Schaub
Light heavyweight:
1. Jon Jones
2. Rashad Evans
3. Mauricio Rua
4. Quinton Jackson
5. Lyoto Machida
6. Forrest Griffin
7. Dan Henderson
8. Phil Davis
9. Gegard Mousasi
10. Rafael Cavalcante
Middleweight:
1. Anderson Silva
2. Yushin Okami
3. Chael Sonnen
4. Ronaldo Souza
5. Mark Munoz
6. Vitor Belfort
7. Brian Stann
8. Michael Bisping
9. Demian Maia
10. Nate Marquardt
Welterweight:
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Jake Shields
4. Nick Diaz
5. Carlos Condit
6. B.J. Penn
7. Josh Koscheck
8. Rick Story
9. Thiago Alves
10. Charlie Brenneman
Lightweight:
1. Frankie Edgar
2. Gray Maynard
3. Gilbert Melendez
4. Shinya Aoki
5. Eddie Alvarez
6. Clay Guida
7. Ben Henderson
8. Jim Miller
9. Melvin Guillard
10. Anthony Pettis
Featherweight:
1. Jose Aldo
2. Chad Mendes
3. Hatsu Hioki
4. Kenny Florian
5. Mark Hominick
6. Marlon Sandro
7. Diego Nunes
8. Tyson Griffin
9. Manny Gamburyan
10. Dustin Poirier
Bantamweight:
1. Dominick Cruz
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Brian Bowles
4. Urijah Faber
5. Demetrious Johnson
6. Scott Jorgensen
7. Miguel Torres
8. Brad Pickett
9. Takeya Mizugaki
10. Masakatsu Ueda
What do you think? Looking good on all fronts or are there a few issues with the consensus opinions here?
Share your ranking rants in the comments section below.
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probably because he has a better record than the guy below him
circa regna tonat
by sir.tickleberry on Aug 25, 2011 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
i know, idiots, he should be number 2 at least
circa regna tonat
by sir.tickleberry on Aug 25, 2011 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup, fricken shows that this is based on popularity not actually MMA accomplishments.
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by Edgecrusher71 on Aug 25, 2011 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
YESSS
fedors not in the top 10!!!
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by ItalianStallion54 on Aug 25, 2011 7:10 PM EDT reply actions
that doesn't mean
that brandan schuab belongs there either. And Charlie Brenneman? No, Rick Story, no.
I don’t think those guys belong there
Everything and anything is possible, or nothing
What about Diego Sanchez? I’d put him in over the guys at the bottom.
by SilverStarMMA on Aug 25, 2011 8:34 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
correction
ol brendon shcuab is on a winnig streak , unlike the can crusher who is on a 3 fight skid so i’d say he belongs there before fedor does
calling fedor a can crusher just asked for an argument from his fanboys
Not every fighter fights top competition every fight but to call everyone he’s a fought can is a gross insult.
I’m not even a huge Fedor fan and I am saying that. I don’t think either guy is top ten.
Everything and anything is possible, or nothing
People are going to FREAK
That schaub is but fedor isn’t. Really though schaub??? Ehhh I dunno about that one tuschner and cro cop wins don’t do it for me… I would have Nog still up there or something heck maybe even Kongo before schaub
by soupdz28 on Aug 25, 2011 7:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
exactly
welterweight I don’t like but I really don’t want Schaub there. He’s just not top ten yet.
I don’t know about Fedor belonging there or not but Schaub doesn’t
Everything and anything is possible, or nothing
He has been
Fedor doesn’t deserve to be top 10, but neither does Schaub. That’s my stance on the ranks. It doesn’t really matter what I think but… whatever
Everything and anything is possible, or nothing
I think Schaub is at that "almost" top ten spot.
Where one loss for the guy at number 10 means he would lose his spot to Schaub.
Nobody has named who they would rank above Schaub if it wasn't Fedor?
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and I don't even like Kongo
Not a huge fan of Nelson either
If Nog wins tomorrow then yeah, TOP 10 spot
Everything and anything is possible, or nothing
the only thing with schaub is...he won his last 3 fights actually
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by ItalianStallion54 on Aug 26, 2011 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Tito at 14!?!?!?
What a joke
Danago should be banned from mmamania
by COOLKALE91 on Aug 25, 2011 7:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Bisping should not be in that ranking, leben should be! I also question marquardt being in it too…
by The Free Stater on Aug 25, 2011 7:27 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
Glaring weaknesses
Schaub and Brenneman don’t deserve to be there. Both were KO’d not two fights ago and the who/how they won recently isn’t impressive.
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So that's how GSP should fight to be called an exciting fighter?
I’ll take a pass.
Shields never eyepokes his opponent, so why all of a sudden is he throwing eyepokes every round against a guy he knows he can’t takedown?? Highly suspicious.
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Schaub was ko'd two fights ago?
I must of missed that….
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Rua def Griffin by 3rd Rd TKO
Schaub def Big Nog by Unanimous Decision
Barboza def Pearson by Decision
Cane def Nedkov by Decision
by MMA Boss on Aug 25, 2011 9:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
you look at a win over Tuscherereerere and Gormley the way you want…. and I’ll go on believing that both those fights dont amount to shit. UFC wins yes, worth anything no.
At least not worth anything in his “im in line for a title shot” argument.
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by Bigger Zino on Aug 25, 2011 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
aoki is not top 5 material
I dnt care witch way u look at it he is not
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by 209stk on Aug 25, 2011 7:38 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
you sir, are a moron.
but i think that was established a long time ago before today.
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if aoki fought any top fighters in the ufc he would b murder worst then he did at dynamite
He got the best jits but that alone shouldnt rank him top 5 if thats the case might as well throw mia top 5 as we’ll
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by 209stk on Aug 25, 2011 11:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
* murderd
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by 209stk on Aug 25, 2011 11:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Who the F
Makes these cunt list I don’t know. They must now watch the fightd
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LOL
Normally I do say fuck. Not sure what happened last night. Was f’d up.
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I agree sir
same with Rick Story and Alves as of now. Welterweight is a mess right now
Everything and anything is possible, or nothing
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