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 Our rankings are contributed, discussed, and determined by a committee composed of our writers and knowledgable community members, ensuring that they accurately reflect our consensus views of divisional fighter standings.
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World Rankings
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HW |
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| 1 |
Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 |
Josh Barnett |
| 3 |
Frank Mir |
| 4 |
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 5 |
Brock Lesnar |
| 6 |
Randy Couture |
| 7 |
Alistair Overeem |
| 8 |
Andrei Arlovski |
| 9 |
Shane Carwin |
| 10 |
Cain Velasquez |
LHW |
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| 1 |
Lyoto Machida |
| 2 |
Quinton Jackson |
| 3 |
Rashad Evans |
| 4 |
Forrest Griffin |
| 5 |
Mauricio Rua |
| 6 |
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira |
| 7 |
Keith Jardine |
| 8 |
Renato Sobral |
| 9 |
Luis Cane |
| 10 |
Rich Franklin |
MW |
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| 1 |
Anderson Silva |
| 2 |
Nate Marquardt |
| 3 |
Yushin Okami |
| 4 |
Dan Henderson |
| 5 |
Jorge Santiago |
| 6 |
Robbie Lawler |
| 7 |
Demian Maia |
| 8 |
Vitor Belfort |
| 9 |
Yoshihiro Akiyama |
| 10 |
Kazuo Misaki |
WW |
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| 1 |
Georges St. Pierre |
| 2 |
Thiago Alves |
| 3 |
Jon Fitch |
| 4 |
Jake Shields |
| 5 |
Josh Koscheck |
| 6 |
Martin Kampmann |
| 7 |
Carlos Condit |
| 8 |
Mike Swick |
| 9 |
Matt Hughes |
| 10 |
Dustin Hazelett |
LW |
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| 1 |
BJ Penn |
| 2 |
Shinya Aoki |
| 3 |
Eddie Alvarez |
| 4 |
Tatsuya Kawajiri |
| 5 |
Joachim Hansen |
| 6 |
Kenny Florian |
| 7 |
Gesias Cavalcante |
| 8 |
Satoru Kitaoka |
| 9 |
Gray Maynard |
| 10 |
Frankie Edgar |
FW |
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| 1 |
Mike Brown |
| 2 |
Wagnney Fabiano |
| 3 |
Urijah Faber |
| 4 |
Hatsu Hioki |
| 5 |
Jose Aldo |
| 6 |
Takeshi Inoue |
| 7 |
Leonard Garcia |
| 8 |
Rafael Assuncao |
| 9 |
Dokonjonosuke Mishima |
| 10 |
Marlon Sandro |
BW |
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| 1 |
Miguel Torres |
| 2 |
Masakatsu Ueda |
| 3 |
Brian Bowles |
| 4 |
Takeya Mizugaki |
| 5 |
Joseph Benavidez |
| 6 |
Akitoshi Tamura |
| 7 |
Damacio Page |
| 8 |
Manny Tapia |
| 9 |
Joe Warren |
| 10 |
Koetsu Okazaki |
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UFC Rankings |
HW |
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| 1 |
Frank Mir |
| 2 |
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 3 |
Brock Lesnar |
| 4 |
Randy Couture |
| 5 |
Shane Carwin |
| 6 |
Cain Velasquez |
| 7 |
Cheick Kongo |
| 8 |
Gabriel Gonzaga |
| 9 |
Junior dos Santos |
| 10 |
Heath Herring |
LHW |
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| 1 |
Lyoto Machida |
| 2 |
Quinton Jackson |
| 3 |
Rashad Evans |
| 4 |
Forrest Griffin |
| 5 |
Mauricio Rua |
| 6 |
Keith Jardine |
| 7 |
Luis Cane |
| 8 |
Rich Franklin |
| 9 |
Thiago Silva |
| 10 |
Chuck Liddell |
MW |
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| 1 |
Anderson Silva |
| 2 |
Nate Marquardt |
| 3 |
Yushin Okami |
| 4 |
Dan Henderson |
| 5 |
Demian Maia |
| 6 |
Yoshihiro Akiyama |
| 7 |
Michael Bisping |
| 8 |
Thales Leites |
| 9 |
Patrick Cote |
| 10 |
Chael Sonnen |
WW |
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| 1 |
Georges St. Pierre |
| 2 |
Thiago Alves |
| 3 |
Jon Fitch |
| 4 |
Josh Koscheck |
| 5 |
Martin Kampmann |
| 6 |
Carlos Condit |
| 7 |
Mike Swick |
| 8 |
Matt Hughes |
| 9 |
Dustin Hazelett |
| 10 |
Brock Larson |
LW |
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| 1 |
BJ Penn |
| 2 |
Kenny Florian |
| 3 |
Gray Maynard |
| 4 |
Frankie Edgar |
| 5 |
Sean Sherk |
| 6 |
Tyson Griffin |
| 7 |
Diego Sanchez |
| 8 |
Clay Guida |
| 9 |
Joe Stevenson |
| 10 |
Caol Uno |
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Pound-for-Pound
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| 1 |
Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 |
Georges St. Pierre |
| 3 |
Anderson Silva |
| 4 |
Lyoto Machida |
| 5 |
Miguel Torres |
| 6 |
BJ Penn |
| 7 |
Mike Brown |
| 8 |
Shinya Aoki |
| 9 |
Thiago Alves |
| 10 |
Quinton Jackson |
<May 2009 Rankings
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