We did the first installment of our very own Maniac Rankings of MMA Fighters. Now alot has changed 4 months after we publish those rankings. It's time to update them.
Last time, 27 people emailed me their preferences for fighters and how they rank them in their respective divisions. Here they are:
- OJR, the bronze skinned and big chested Maniac from Chicago
- Jaywolf1, the guy that hates Dana White and is PRIDE and ONE FC's spokesperson
- scarnon, representing the country that convicts built down under
- Vetr, representing the lurkers
- dlocc, our Mexican MMA aficionado
- Shivan Tiger, our beer expert
- kg12, our most consistent money pooler so far
- tap snap or bons, representing the free pool and UK and Ireland
- Two_Words, one of the most-sought after Maniacs for his expert opinions
- SanabriaMan, Batman himself
- Californication, OG at it's finest
- A.K, our kick-ass fighter
- pabloXL, our Hollywood Maniac
- Cory Braiterman, our beloved writer from Gal's Guide to MMA
- detroit_fan, representing the Motor City
- IGaveDenverColorodo, from the Rockies
- MMA Boss, doing it like a boss
- scott1, long time Maniac
- Phasebook, I must have a say here definitely. lol
- UKBlitzKrieg, currently lurking honoring a one month no posting bet
- ricky dooby, one of the originators of this idea and the great finger fighter
- Oilcheck, representing the gay and lesbian community
- donkeypunch81, one of the original creators of this idea
- Pride, the youngest Maniac
- wooly shambler, giving us the woooly wooly wooly
- Jonnyboy6969, the most active Maniac so far that I have seen this year.
- P-Dub, one of the regulars, or OG?
Just to review the previous rankings done last February 12, 2013
The RANKINGS:
Maniac Rank | Points | MMA fighter | Highest Rankings Received |
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1 | 268 | Cain Velasquez | received 25 1st place votes |
2 | 243 | Junior Dos Santos | received 1 1st place vote |
3 | 204 | Daniel Cormier | received 1 1st place vote |
4 | 168 | Fabricio Werdum | 3rd place |
5 | 159 | Big Foot Silva | 3rd place |
6 | 110 | Alistair Overeem | 5th place |
7 | 104 | Frank Mir | 4th place |
8 | 70 | Josh Barnett | 4th place |
9 | 50 | Stefan Struve | 3rd place |
10 | 40 | Big Nog Noguiera | 7th place |
Maniac Rank | Points | MMA fighter | Highest Rankings Received |
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1 | 270 | Bones Jones | received 27 1st place votes |
2 | 223 | Dan Henderson | 2nd place |
3 | 207 | Lyoto Machida | 2nd place |
4 | 198 | Alex Gustaffson | 2nd place |
5 | 123 | Glover Texeira | 3rd place |
6 | 103 | Shogun Rua | 3rd place |
7 | 102 | Rashad Evans | 4th place |
8 | 95 | Lil Nog Noguiera | 3rd place |
9 | 80 | Phil Davis | 5th place |
10 | 30 | Ryan Bader | 6th place |
Maniac Rank | Points | MMA fighter | Highest Rankings Received |
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1 | 270 | Anderson Silva | received 27 1st place votes |
2 | 215 | Chris Weidman | 2nd place |
3 | 207 | Vitor Belfort | 2nd place |
4 | 136 | Yushin Okami | 3rd place |
5 | 127 | Michael Bisping | 4th place |
6 | 112 | Luke Rockhold | 3rd place |
7 | 111 | Hector Lombard | 3rd place |
8 | 89 | Chael Sonnen | 2nd place |
9 | 64 | Costa Philippou | 4th place |
10 | 26 | Allan Belcher |
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Maniac Rank | Points | MMA fighter | Highest Rankings Received |
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1 | 270 | Georges St.Pierre | received 27 1st place votes |
2 | 226 | Johnny Hendricks | 2nd place |
3 | 198 | Carlos Condit | 2nd place |
4 | 169 | Demian Maia | 2nd place |
5 | 146 | Nick Diaz | 2nd place |
6 | 143 | Rory MacDonald | 2nd place |
7 | 82 | John Fitch | 4th place |
8 | 63 | Jake Ellenberger | 5th place |
9 | 55 | Martin Kampmann | 6th place |
10 | 49 | Josh Koscheck | 4th place |
Maniac Rank | Points | MMA fighter | Highest Rankings Received |
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1 | 270 | Benson Henderson | received 27 1st place votes |
2 | 214 | Anthony Pettis | received 1 1st place vote |
3 | 164 | Nate Diaz | 2nd place |
4 | 159 | Gray Maynard | 2nd place |
5 | 157 | Gilbert Melendez | 2nd place |
6 | 109 | Michael Chandler | 2nd place |
7 | 108 | Jim Miller | 4th place |
8 | 85 | Eddie Alvarez | 3rd place |
9 | 53 | Donald Cerrone | 5th place |
10 | 36 | TJ Grant | 6th place |
Maniac Rank | Points | MMA fighter | Highest Rankings Received |
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1 | 250 | Jose Aldo Jr. | received 25 1st place votes |
2 | 195 | Ricardo Lamas | 2nd place |
3 | 185 | Frankie Edgar | 2nd place |
4 | 176 | Chad Mendes | 2nd place |
5 | 145 | Korean Zombie | 2nd place |
6 | 91 | Pat Curran | 2nd place |
7 | 85 | Cub Swanson | 3rd place |
8 | 74 | Dennis Siver | 4th place |
9 | 59 | Dustin Poirier | 5th place |
10 | 43 | Clay Guida | 4th place |
Maniac Rank | Points | MMA fighter | Highest Rankings Received |
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1 | 216 | Renan Barao | received 9 1st place votes |
2 | 187 | Urijah Faber | 2nd place |
3 | 185 | Dominick Cruz | received 14 1st place vote |
4 | 167 | Mayday MacDonald | 2nd place |
5 | 135 | Eddie Wineland | 3rd place |
6 | 74 | Bibiano Fernandes | 2nd place |
7 | 72 | Brad Pickett | 5th place |
8 | 59 | Brian Bowles | 3rd place |
9 | 56 | Raphael Assuncao | 5th place |
10 | 41 | Scott Jorgensen | 6th place |
Maniac Rank | Points | MMA fighter | Highest Rankings Received |
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1 | 170 | Mighty Mouse Johnson | received 17 1st place votes |
2 | 151 | Joseph Benavidez | 2nd place |
3 | 135 | John Dodson | 2nd place |
4 | 110 | Ian McCall | 3rd place |
5 | 95 | John Moraga | 4th place |
6 | 56 | Jussier Da Silva | 5th place |
7 | 34 | Louis Gaudinot | 6th place |
8 | 31 | John Lineker | 6th place |
9 | 30 | Chris Cariaso | 7th place |
10 | 22 | Darren Uyenayoma | 6th place |
Now, let's go to the main goal of this fan post. We are running the second installment of our own Maniac MMA rankings. Again as a reminder, this is not a compilation of the whims and caprices of Geno, Jesse, Tommy, Brian or the other staff but rather as the Maniacs' voice and knowledge of how fighters should be ranked. This is not perfect but as long as it's Mania's own, I took pride in doing them.
Now the RULES:
- We will rank from Heavyweight to Women's division (Women's division in GENERAL))
- Pound-for-pound included
- Chael Sonnen is LHW, Vitor is MW, Frankie Edgar is FW and Anthony Pettis should be ranked as LW
- This is an MMA rankings and not a UFC rankings so non-UFC fighters are welcome
- This is a simple rankings game. Top 1 in your list gets 10 points while your top 10 gets 1 points.
- OJR made a good point last time when he ranked Pettis and Ben as both 1, you can do that as it is your rankings anyway. If they are both 1, then they both get 10 points. As simple as that.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
- Email me your top 10 rankings: prudang@yahoo.com
- All Maniacs are welcome to email me but we prefer if they are here long enough or at least they have more than 500 comments. On another note, we might have reservations if your name is either Levi or Jorge.
- Deadline is June 15, 2013
Let's Roll and I hope we get more than 27 people for this second installment. Twitter buddies please advertise as well to our Maniac friends on Twitterverse. Cheers and keep the emails coming.