WAMMA Rankings
I had to fill out my WAMMA Rankings today, so here's how I currently see the world MMA picture. Just a quick heads-up, we aren't allowed to rank fighters who have been off for more than a year (Randy Couture) and we can only rank fighters in the last weight class they fought in unless they hold a title in another class (so Rich Franklin can only be ranked as a light heavyweight, Anderson Silva can be ranked at both middleweight and light heavyweight).
Heavyweight
1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Josh Barnett
3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
4. Andrei Arvloski
5. Frank Mir
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Tim Slyvia
8. Brock Lesnar
9. Gabriel Gonzaga
10. Mirko Cro Cop
Light Heavyweight
1. Forrest Griffin
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Rampage Jackson
4. Rashad Evans
5. Wanderlei Silva
6. Anderson Silva
7. Rich Franklin
8. Chuck Liddell
9. Keith Jardine
10. Brandon Vera
Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva
2. Paulo Filho
3. Nathan Marquardt
4. Robbie Lawler
5. Dan Henderson
6. Kazuo Misaki
7. Yushin Okami
8. Matt Lindland
9. Gegard Mourassi
10. Frank Trigg
Welterweight
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Josh Koscheck
4. Thiago Alves
5. Jake Shields
6. Carlos Condit
7. Diego Sanchez
8. Matt Serra
9. Karo "The Heat" Parysian
10. Matt Hughes
Lightweight
1. BJ Penn
2. Eddie Alverez
3. Shinya Aoki
4. Takanori Gomi
5. Joachim Hansen
6. JZ Calvancante
7. Josh Thomson
8. Kawajari
9. Kenny Florian
10. Mitshuiro Ishida
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Comments
Mark,
Interested to see your take on the top 5 pound for pound.
Thanks
Posted by: Garrett | October 15, 2008 4:45 PM
Garrett-
I would go
Anderson Silva
Georges St. Pierre
Fedor Emelianenko
BJ Penn
Urijah Faber
Posted by: Mark Chalifoux | October 16, 2008 10:32 AM
I think the top 5 have to be Fedor, Silva, St. Pierre, Penn, and Faber. You didn't ask me but I'd say....
1a. Fedor
1b. Silva
3. Penn (when motivated, which he seems to be right now)
4. St. Pierre
5. Faber
Posted by: Corey | October 16, 2008 11:53 AM
Thanks guys, both set of picks would be my 5, maybe a slightly different order. Here's a question for anyone. Fedor is an amazing fighter, whom I've seen only limited action from. Do you think less of him as a fighter not to fight in the UFC or jump at a chance to fight, say a Randy Coture?
Posted by: Garrett | October 16, 2008 3:46 PM