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Friday, September 17, 2010
The September 2010 Men's Independent World MMA Rankings have been released. These rankings are independent of any single MMA media outlet or sanctioning body, and are published on multiple MMA web sites, as well as www.IndependentWorldMMARankings.com. Some of the best and most knowledgeable MMA writers from across the MMA media landscape have come together to form an independent voting panel. These voting panel members are, in alphabetical order: Zach Arnold (Fight Opinion); Nicholas Bailey (MMA Ratings); Jared Barnes (Freelance); Jordan Breen (Sherdog); Jim Genia (Full Contact Fighter and MMA Journalist Blog); Jesse Holland (MMA Mania); Robert Joyner (Freelance); Todd Martin (Los Angeles Times and Sherdog); Jim Murphy (The Savage Science); Zac Robinson (Sports by the Numbers MMA); Leland Roling (Bloody Elbow); Michael David Smith (AOL Fanhouse); Joshua Stein (MMA Opinion); and Dave Walsh (Head Kick Legend). Note: Jake Shields, Jason Miller, and Paul Daley have each regained their eligibility to be ranked, because all of their disciplinary suspensions have expired. Note: Nick Diaz is still not eligible to be ranked because his disciplinary suspension does not expire until September 23 (which is because it did not begin until June 23). Note: Gilbert Melendez is still not eligible to be ranked because his disciplinary suspension does not expire until October 13 (which is because it did not begin until July 13). Note: Due to the fact that his recent fights have been in the middleweight division, Jake Shields is eligible to be ranked exclusively in the middleweight division until he makes his return to welterweight. However, several individual voters chose not to rank Shields at middleweight because of the fact that his return to the welterweight division is just one month away. September 2010 Men's Independent World MMA Rankings Ballots collected on September 14, 2010 Heavyweight Rankings (206 to 265 lbs.) 1. Brock Lesnar (5-1) 2. Fedor Emelianenko (31-2, 1 No Contest) 3. Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1) 4. Cain Velasquez (8-0) 5. Shane Carwin (12-1) 6. Junior dos Santos (12-1) 7. Alistair Overeem (33-11, 1 No Contest) 8. Frank Mir (13-5) 9. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-6-1, 1 No Contest) 10. Antonio Silva (14-2) Light Heavyweight Rankings (186 to 205 lbs.) 1. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (19-4) 2. Lyoto Machida (16-1) 3. Rashad Evans (15-1-1) 4. Quinton Jackson (30-8) 5. Forrest Griffin (17-6) 6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (19-3) 7. Jon Jones (11-1) 8. Thiago Silva (14-2) 9. Gegard Mousasi (29-3-1) 10. Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante (10-2) Middleweight Rankings (171 to 185 lbs.) 1. Anderson Silva (27-4) 2. Chael Sonnen (25-11-1) 3. Nathan Marquardt (30-9-2) 4. Vitor Belfort (19-8) 5. Demian Maia (13-2) 6. Jake Shields (25-4-1) 7. Dan Henderson (25-8) 8. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (13-2, 1 No Contest) 9. Yushin Okami (25-5) 10. Jorge Santiago (23-8) Welterweight Rankings (156 to 170 lbs.) 1. Georges St. Pierre (20-2) 2. Jon Fitch (23-3, 1 No Contest) 3. Josh Koscheck (15-4) 4. Thiago Alves (17-7) 5. Dan Hardy (23-7, 1 No Contest) 6. Martin Kampmann (17-3) 7. Matt Hughes (45-7) 8. Paulo Thiago (13-2) 9. Paul Daley (25-9-2) 10. John Hathaway (14-0) Lightweight Rankings (146 to 155 lbs.) 1. Frankie Edgar (13-1) 2. B.J. Penn (15-7-1) 3. Gray Maynard (10-0, 1 No Contest) 4. Eddie Alvarez (20-2) 5. Shinya Aoki (24-5, 1 No Contest) 6. Kenny Florian (13-5) 7. Tatsuya Kawajiri (26-6-2) 8. George Sotiropoulos (13-2) 9. Evan Dunham (11-0) 10. Ben Henderson (12-1) Featherweight Rankings (136 to 145 lbs.) 1. Jose Aldo (17-1) 2. Manny Gamburyan (11-4) 3. Urijah Faber (23-4) 4. Mike Brown (23-6) 5. Bibiano Fernandes (8-2) 6. Hatsu Hioki (22-4-2) 7. Marlon Sandro (17-1) 8. Josh Grispi (14-1) 9. Michihiro Omigawa (11-8-1) 10. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue (18-4) Bantamweight Rankings (126 to 135 lbs.) 1. Dominick Cruz (16-1) 2. Brian Bowles (8-1) 3. Joseph Benavidez (12-2) 4. Scott Jorgensen (11-3) 5. Miguel Torres (37-3) 6. Takeya Mizugaki (13-4-2) 7. Damacio Page (15-4) 8. Masakatsu Ueda (11-1-2) 9. Wagnney Fabiano (14-2) 10. Shuichiro Katsumura (11-7-3) The Men's Independent World MMA Rankings are tabulated on a monthly basis in each of the top seven weight classes of MMA, from heavyweight to bantamweight, with fighters receiving ten points for a first-place vote, nine points for a second-place vote, and so on. The rankings are based purely on the votes of the members of the voting panel, with nobody's vote counting more than anybody else's vote, and no computerized voting. The voters are instructed to vote primarily based on fighters' actual accomplishments in the cage/ring (the quality of opposition that they've actually beaten), not based on a broad, subjective perception of which fighters would theoretically win hypothetical match-ups. Inactivity: Fighters who have not fought in the past 12 months are not eligible to be ranked, and will regain their eligibility the next time they fight. Disciplinary Suspensions: Fighters who are currently serving disciplinary suspensions, or who have been denied a license for drug test or disciplinary reasons, are not eligible to be ranked. Changing Weight Classes: When a fighter announces that he is leaving one weight class in order to fight in another weight class, the fighter is not eligible to be ranked in the new weight class until his first fight in the new weight class has taken place. Catch Weight Fights: When fights are contested at weights that are in between the limits of the various weight classes, they are considered to be in the higher weight class. The weight limits for each weight class are listed at the top of the rankings for each weight class. Special thanks to Eric Kamander, Zach Arnold, and Joshua Stein for their invaluable help with this project, and special thanks to Garrett Bailey for designing our logo. Labels: Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Send your feedback, questions, or hate mail to ivan@ivansblog.com If you're looking for all of the content from my other site, Master Gamer, you can find it here. |