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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 00:25 |
 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. These are our World rankings as of March 5th, 2010.
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Rank
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Fighter
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Movement
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Consecutive Months in Top 15
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HW
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1
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Fedor Emelianenko
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10
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2
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Brock Lesnar
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10
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3
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Frank Mir
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10
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4
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Cain Velasquez
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8
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5
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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
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10
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6
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Junior dos Santos
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5
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7
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Shane Carwin
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9
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8
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Alistair Overeem
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10
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9
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Fabricio Werdum
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7
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10
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Josh Barnett
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10
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11
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Brett Rogers
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6
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12
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Andrei Arlovski
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6
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13
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Gabriel Gonzaga
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6
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14
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Cheick Kongo
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6
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15
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Antonio Silva
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2
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Others Receiving Votes:
Mirko Filipovic
Tim Sylvia
Ben Rothwell
Stefan Struve
Pat Barry
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LHW
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1
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Lyoto Machida
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10
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2
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Mauricio Rua
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10
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3
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Rashad Evans
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10
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4
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Quinton Jackson
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10
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5
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Anderson Silva
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7
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6
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Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
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10
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7
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Gegard Mousasi
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7
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8
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Forrest Griffin
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10
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9
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Thiago Silva
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6
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10
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Jon Jones
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6
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11
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Luis Cane
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6
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12
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Dan Henderson
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6
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13
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Randy Couture
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3
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14
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Ryan Bader
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-
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15
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Brandon Vera
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2
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Dropped Out:
#14 Keith Jardine
Others Receiving Votes:
Mo Lawal
Rich Franklin
Renato Sobral
Keith Jardine
Vladimir Matyushenko
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MW
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1
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Anderson Silva
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10
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2
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Chael Sonnen
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6
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3
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Nate Marquardt
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10
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4
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Dan Henderson
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10
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5
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Vitor Belfort
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10
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6
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Demian Maia
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6
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7
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Jake Shields
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5
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8
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Yoshihiro Akiyama
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10
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9
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Robbie Lawler
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10
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10
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Yushin Okami
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10
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11
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Jorge Santiago
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10
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12
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Ronaldo Souza
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6
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13
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Wanderlei Silva
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-
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14
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Hector Lombard
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6
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15
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Kazuo Misaki
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8
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Dropped Out:
#14 Michael Bisping
Others Receiving Votes:
Michael Bisping
Mamed Khalidov
Melvin Manoef
Nick Diaz
Paulo Filho
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WW
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1
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Georges St. Pierre
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10
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2
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Jon Fitch
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10
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3
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Thiago Alves
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10
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4
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Josh Koscheck
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10
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5
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Dan Hardy
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6
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6
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Paul Daley
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5
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7
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Nick Diaz
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6
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8
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Paulo Thiago
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-
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9
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Martin Kampmann
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10
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10
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Carlos Condit
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10
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11
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Marius Zaromskis
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7
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12
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Jake Shields
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10
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13
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Mike Swick
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10
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14
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Matt Hughes
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10
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15
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Anthony Johnson
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4
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Dropped Out:
#15 Dustin Hazelett
Others Receiving Votes:
Jay Hieron
Dustin Hazelett
Matt Serra
Dan Hornbuckle
Ben Saunders
Jake Ellenberger
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LW
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1
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BJ Penn
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10
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2
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Shinya Aoki
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10
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3
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Eddie Alvarez
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10
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4
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Gray Maynard
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9
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5
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Kenny Florian
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10
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Tatsuya Kawajiri
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10
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7
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Frankie Edgar
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9
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8
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Gilbert Melendez
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8
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9
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Tyson Griffin
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6
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10
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Diego Sanchez
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7
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11
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Benson Henderson
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2
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12
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Joachim Hansen
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10
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13
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Sean Sherk
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3
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14
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Gesias Cavalcante
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10
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15
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Josh Thomson
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2
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Others Receiving Votes:
George Sotiropoulos
Joe Stevenson
Mizuto Hirota
Donald Cerrone
Jim Miller
Kurt Pellegrino
Jamie Varner
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FW
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1
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Jose Aldo
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10
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2
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Mike Brown
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10
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3
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Urijah Faber
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10
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4
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Hatsu Hioki
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10
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5
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Bibiano Fernandes
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6
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6
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Takeshi Inoue
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10
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7
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Rafael Assuncao
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10
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8
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Marlon Sandro
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6
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9
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Masanori Kanehara
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6
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10
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Michihiro Omigawa
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3
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11
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Josh Grispi
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7
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12
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Leonard Garcia
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10
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13
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Manny Gamburyan
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3
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14
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Joe Soto
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2
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15
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Mackens Semerzier
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3
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Others Receiving Votes:
Deividas Taurosevicius
Joe Warren
Hiroyuki Takaya
L.C. Davis
Dokonjonosuke Mishima
Yuji Hoshino
Darren Oyenoyama
Diego Nunes
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BW
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1
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Brian Bowles
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10
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2
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Miguel Torres
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10
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3
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Masakatsu Ueda
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10
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4
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Dominick Cruz
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7
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5
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Damacio Page
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10
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6
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Takeya Mizugaki
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10
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7
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Joseph Benavidez
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10
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8
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Akitoshi Tamura
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10
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9
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Rani Yahya
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6
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10
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Scott Jorgensen
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2
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11
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Koetsu Okazaki
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6
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12
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Masakazu Imanari
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3
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13
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Jeff Curran
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6
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14
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Hiromasa Ogikubo
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6
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15
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Wagnney Fabiano
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-
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Dropped Out:
#15 Yoshiro Maeda
Others Receiving Votes:
Yoshiro Maeda
Antonio Banuelos
Atsushi Yamamoto
Charlie Valencia
Manny Tapia
Eduardo Dantas
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