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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 April 3rd, 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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11
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2
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Brock Lesnar
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11
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3
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Cain Velasquez
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9
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4
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Shane Carwin
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10
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5
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Junior dos Santos
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6
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6
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Frank Mir
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11
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7
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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
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11
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8
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Fabricio Werdum
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8
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9
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Josh Barnett
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11
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10
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Alistair Overeem
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11
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11
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Brett Rogers
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7
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12
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Andrei Arlovski
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7
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13
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Cheick Kongo
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7
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14
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Gabriel Gonzaga
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7
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15
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Roy Nelson
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-
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Dropped Out:
#15 Antonio Silva
Others Receiving Votes:
Antonio Silva
Mirko Filipovic
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LHW
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1
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Lyoto Machida
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11
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2
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Mauricio Rua
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11
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3
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Rashad Evans
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11
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4
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Quinton Jackson
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11
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5
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Anderson Silva
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8
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6
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Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
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11
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7
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Gegard Mousasi
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8
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8
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Forrest Griffin
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11
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9
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Jon Jones
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7
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10
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Thiago Silva
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7
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11
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Luis Cane
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7
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12
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Dan Henderson
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7
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13
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Ryan Bader
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2
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14
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Randy Couture
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4
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15
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Vladimir Matyushenko
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-
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Dropped Out:
#15 Brandon Vera
Others Receiving Votes:
Brandon Vera
Mo Lawal
Renato Sobral
Keith Jardine
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MW
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1
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Anderson Silva
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11
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2
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Chael Sonnen
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7
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3
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Nate Marquardt
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11
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4
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Dan Henderson
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11
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5
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Vitor Belfort
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11
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6
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Demian Maia
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7
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7
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Jake Shields
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6
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8
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Yoshihiro Akiyama
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11
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9
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Yushin Okami
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11
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10
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Robbie Lawler
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11
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11
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Jorge Santiago
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11
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12
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Wanderlei Silva
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2
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13
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Ronaldo Souza
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7
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14
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Hector Lombard
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7
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15
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Kazuo Misaki
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9
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Others Receiving Votes:
Michael Bisping
Rousimar Palhares
Mamed Khalidov
Nick Diaz
Melvin Manoef
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WW
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1
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Georges St. Pierre
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11
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2
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Jon Fitch
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11
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3
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Thiago Alves
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11
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4
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Josh Koscheck
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11
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5
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Paul Daley
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6
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6
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Nick Diaz
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7
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7
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Paulo Thiago
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2
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8
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Dan Hardy
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7
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9
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Martin Kampmann
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11
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10
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Carlos Condit
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11
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11
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Marius Zaromskis
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8
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12
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Mike Swick
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11
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13
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Jake Shields
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11
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14
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Matt Hughes
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11
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15
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Jay Hieron
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-
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Dropped Out:
#15 Anthony Johnson
Others Receiving Votes:
Anthony Johnson
Matt Serra
Ben Saunders
Jake Ellenberger
Dustin Hazelett
Dan Hornbuckle
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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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Tyson Griffin
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8
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9
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Gilbert Melendez
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6
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10
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Benson Henderson
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7
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11
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Diego Sanchez
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2
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12
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Sean Sherk
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10
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13
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George Sotiropoulos
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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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Jim Miller
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2
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Dropped Out:
#12 Joachim Hansen
(Changed Weight Class)
#15 Josh Thomson
Others Receiving Votes:
Josh Thomson
Kurt Pellegrino
Mizuto Hirota
Donald Cerrone
Joe Stevenson
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FW
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1
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Jose Aldo
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11
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2
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Mike Brown
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11
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3
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Urijah Faber
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11
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4
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Bibiano Fernandes
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7
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5
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Hatsu Hioki
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11
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6
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Takeshi Inoue
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11
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7
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Marlon Sandro
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7
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8
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Rafael Assuncao
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11
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9
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Masanori Kanehara
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7
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10
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Michihiro Omigawa
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4
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11
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Josh Grispi
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8
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12
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Leonard Garcia
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11
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13
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Joe Soto
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3
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14
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Manny Gamburyan
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4
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15
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L.C. Davis
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-
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Dropped Out:
#15 Mackens Semerzier
Others Receiving Votes:
Mackens Semerzier
Hiroyuki Takaya
Joe Warren
Deividas Taurosevicius
Joachim Hansen
Diego Nunes
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BW
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1
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Dominick Cruz
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8
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2
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Brian Bowles
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11
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3
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Joseph Benavidez
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11
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4
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Miguel Torres
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11
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5
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Damacio Page
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11
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6
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Takeya Mizugaki
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11
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7
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Masakatsu Ueda
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11
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8
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Scott Jorgensen
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3
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9
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Rani Yahya
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7
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10
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Koetsu Okazaki
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7
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11
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Akitoshi Tamura
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11
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12
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Masakazu Imanari
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4
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13
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Wagnney Fabiano
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2
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14
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Shuichiro Katsumura
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-
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15
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Jeff Curran
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7
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Dropped Out:
#14 Hiromasa Ogikubo
Others Receiving Votes:
Antonio Banuelos
Charlie Valencia
Atsushi Yamamoto
Cole Ecovedo
Yoshiro Maeda
Manny Tapia
Eduardo Dantas
Eddie Wineland
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