MMAWeekly.com’s divisional rankings

by Luke Judge on Saturday, July 31st, 2010 | No Comments

The latest MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings were released on Wednesday, July 7. This system ranks the top 10 fighters from all across the world in each of the seven most widely accepted weight classes.

Taken into consideration are a fighter’s performance in addition to his win-loss record, head-to-head and common opponents, difficulty of opponents, and numerous other factors in what is the most comprehensive rankings system in the sport.

Fighters who are currently serving drug-related suspensions are not eligible for top 10 consideration until they have fought one time after the completion of their suspension.

Fighters must also have competed within the past 12 months in order to be eligible for top 10 consideration unless they have a bout scheduled within a reasonable time frame.

HEAVYWEIGHT (over 205 pounds)

1. Brock Lesnar 2. Fabricio Werdum 3. Fedor Emelianenko 4. Cain Velasquez 5. Junior Dos Santos 6. Shane Carwin 7. Alistair Overeem 8. Frank Mir 9. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 10. Brett Rogers

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (205-pound limit)

1. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua 2. Lyoto Machida 3. Rashad Evans 4. Quinton Jackson 5. Anderson Silva 6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 7. Forrest Griffin 8. Jon Jones 9. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal 10. Gegard Mousasi

MIDDLEWEIGHT (185-pound limit)

1. Anderson Silva 2. Chael Sonnen 3. Jake Shields 4. Nathan Marquardt 5. Demian Maia 6. Dan Henderson 7. Robbie Lawler 8. Jorge Santiago 9. Yushin Okami 10. Ronaldo “Jacare” de Souza

WELTERWEIGHT (170-pound limit) 1. Georges St. Pierre 2. Jon Fitch 3. Thiago Alves 4. Josh Koscheck 5. Paul Daley 6. Nick Diaz 7. Martin Kampmann 8. Paulo Thiago 9. Matt Hughes 10. Dan Hardy

LIGHTWEIGHT (160-pound limit)

1. Frankie Edgar 2. B.J. Penn 3. Gilbert Melendez 4. Shinya Aoki 5. Kenny Florian 6. Eddie Alvarez 7. Tatsuya Kawajiri 8. Gray Maynard 9. Ben Henderson 10. Jim Miller

FEATHERWEIGHT (145 pound-limit) 1. Jose Aldo 2. Manny Gamburyan 3. Mike Brown 4. Urijah Faber 5. Josh Grispi 6. Marlon Sandro 7. Diego Nunes 8. Raphael Assuncao 9. Hatsu Hioki 10. “Lion” Takeshi Inoue

BANTAMWEIGHT (135 pounds or less)

1. Dominick Cruz 2. Brian Bowles 3. Joseph Benavidez 4. Miguel Torres 5. Scott Jorgensen 6. Damacio Page 7. Takeya Mizugaki 8. Brad Pickett 9. Masakatsu Ueda 10. Charlie Valencia

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    Updated Jul 7, 2:10 pm EDT

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