UFC Top 5 Rankings

[dj1470]

Heavyweight

1. Cain Velasquez
2. Brock Lesnar
3. Junior Dos Santos
4. Shane Carwin
5. Frank Mir

Light heavyweight

1. Mauricio Rua
2. Rashad Evans
3. Quinton Jackson
4. Lyoto Machida
5. Forrest Griffin

Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Nathan Marquardt
4. Demian Maia
5. Vitor Belfort

Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Jake Shields
4. Carlos Condit
5. Josh Koshcheck

Lightweight

1. Frankie Edgar
2. B.J. Penn
3. Gray Maynard
4. Kenny Florian
5. George Sotiropoulos

Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo
*no other rankings as yet

 

[kirmit129]

Heavyweight

1. Cain Velasquez
2. Brock Lesnar
3. Junior Dos Santos
4. Shane Carwin
5. Frank Mir

Light heavyweight

1. Mauricio Rua
2. Rashad Evans
3. Quinton Jackson
4. Lyoto Machida
5. Forrest Griffin

Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Nathan Marquardt
4. Demian Maia
5. Vitor Belfort

Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Jake Shields
4. Carlos Condit
5. Josh Koshcheck

Lightweight

1. Frankie Edgar
2. B.J. Penn
3. Gray Maynard
4. Kenny Florian
5. George Sotiropoulos

Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo
*no other rankings as yet

Are these your rankings or some "official rankings" that you found somewhere?

A few things seem wrong. Lesnar ranked #2 being of of them.

 

[The Oracle]

At welterweight although I like Condit I don't think he should be ranked ahead of Kampmann and Alves.

Ranking Sotiropoulos over Sherk and dunham I'm not so sure either.

Other than that everything looks plausible.

Maybe a top 5 MMA rankings would be interesting as well although Dana and the Zuffa Zombies would have a cow if anybody was mentioned outside of the UFC.

 

[The Oracle]

Are these your rankings or some "official rankings" that you found somewhere?

A few things seem wrong. Lesnar ranked #2 being of of them.

I'm not a Brock fan either but he did beat Mir and Carwin so he has to be up there and I'm not sure you can rank JDS ahead of him based on his wins over Nelson, Gonzaga, Cro-cop or Struve,

 

[Tao]

Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Nathan Marquardt4. Demian Maia
5. Vitor Belfort

Nat Marquardt?...he just got out worked by Okami(sp) and I think has lost his last 2 out of 3

 

[bowser]

Pointless and subjective, they already have MMA rankings by experts ie Sherdog. Forrest Griffin on the list? Vitor is better than 5th and poises the most threat to the title?

 

[Prof. Plum]

1. Mauricio Rua
2. Rashad Evans
3. Quinton Jackson
4. Lyoto Machida
5. Forrest Griffin

Is Griffin still fighting? He hasn't fought in over a year (Nov. 21, '09 win over Ortiz).

 

[dj1470]

These rankings are from the UFC itself via Mauricio Ranallo as of Nov 25.
So all of you can relax now I didn't just make them up. I mean please come on give your head a shake.

 

[Manji]

It makes sense that Lesnar is second on the list for Heavyweight as he was just HW Champion til Velasquez beat him....

I find it strange that Okami didn't make it to the top 5 list for Middleweight as he is a top contender and is the top contender next to Belfort (and maybe Sonnen)...

And Koscheck should be number 2 or 3 on the Welterweight list...
Alves should be ahead of Condit and Shields...

The Sherdog ranking list is a much better and complete list....

 

[Mervyn]

It makes sense that Lesnar is second on the list for Heavyweight as he was just HW Champion til Velasquez beat him....

Your serious ?

 

[Manji]

Your serious ?

Yes...

Like I said he was Heavyweight Champion until recently so he deserves to be at the Number 2 spot...He did beat Carwin and Mir...
If he loses he should be bumped down the list...

Who should be ahead of him?

Dos Santos? Not yet...
Mir and Carwin? He beat both of them...

 

[kirmit129]

I'm not a Brock fan either but he did beat Mir and Carwin so he has to be up there and I'm not sure you can rank JDS ahead of him based on his wins over Nelson, Gonzaga, Cro-cop or Struve,

Yes...

Like I said he was Heavyweight Champion until recently so he deserves to be at the Number 2 spot...He did beat Carwin and Mir...

Lyoto Machida was the last champion why isn't he #2? Anyway, Lesnar and Mir is 1-1. Don't forget that Mir made him tap. As for Carwin, Carwin beat himself. Carwin tired himself out by punching Lesnars' gloves. Who did he beat to get a title shot again? How did he become champion?... oh yeah by punching a 47 year old in the back of the head with a rabbit punch.

Lesnar got exposed his last fight and I don't think Dana is happy. What happened to all those talk about Fedor trying to avoid Lesnar and how Lesnar would kill Fedor in the Octogone? Fedor lost his last match for whatever reason. At least he did not bounce around the cage like an over inflated doll.

Anyway, I sure hope Lesnar will be given some top competition next and not some sacrificial lamb to try to revive the hype.

 

[Mervyn]

Yes...

Like I said he was Heavyweight Champion until recently so he deserves to be at the Number 2 spot...He did beat Carwin and Mir...
If he loses he should be bumped down the list...

Who should be ahead of him?

Dos Santos? Not yet...
Mir and Carwin? He beat both of them...

My apoligies I misread your post.

 

[The Oracle]

Lyoto Machida was the last champion why isn't he #2?.

Because he lost his last two fights.

Anyway, Lesnar and Mir is 1-1. Don't forget that Mir made him tap..

Maybe you shouldn't forget that if it wasn't for a really bad stand up by the ref Mir wouldn't have made it through the first takedown.

As for Carwin, Carwin beat himself. Carwin tired himself out by punching Lesnars' gloves.

Dude cardio is all part of the game

Who did he beat to get a title shot again? How did he become champion?... oh yeah by punching a 47 year old in the back of the head with a rabbit punch.

How do you puch somebody in the back of the head that is standing right in front of you?

. What happened to all those talk about Fedor trying to avoid Lesnar and how Lesnar would kill Fedor in the Octogone?

Fedor would beat Brock with relative ease

Anyway, I sure hope Lesnar will be given some top competition next and not some sacrificial lamb to try to revive the hype.

He was going to get Nelson but Nelson is on hold with the UFC because they are being sued by Roy Jones Jr. So word has it that it is going to be Mir-Lesnar 3, which likely means another Brock victory.

 

[dj1470]

Fedor would beat Brock with relative ease.

Ohhhhhhhh dude I like Fedor too but at this time I don't think so.
Like CroCop, Fedor has left any move to the UFC waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to late in his career.
Don't get me wrong I despise Brock Lesnar with all the fibers in my being but he would crush Fedor today.
Fedor 10 years ago? Now that would be a fight.

 

[The Oracle]

Ohhhhhhhh dude I like Fedor too but at this time I don't think so.
Like CroCop, Fedor has left any move to the UFC waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to late in his career.
Don't get me wrong I despise Brock Lesnar with all the fibers in my being but he would crush Fedor today.
Fedor 10 years ago? Now that would be a fight.

You could be right but think about this. How well does Brock react when he gets punched in the face? Also his air of invincibility has been shattered since his last fight and really his being ponded on in the Carwin fight. My guess is that his confidence isn't the same as before.

Fedor is only 34 and it's not like he has taken big Nogarian like punishment in his career. He is far from done. His management team is perplexing I admit and we will most likely never see him in the UFC. However in this dream scenario the only way Lesnar wins is if he gets the takedown and GnP's a stoppage. But everybody and the garbageman knows this so he will have to set up the takedown with strikes. And how do you think he will fare in a striking exchange with Fedor? Answer not well .

 

[GotGusto]

Ohhhhhhhh dude I like Fedor too but at this time I don't think so.
Like CroCop, Fedor has left any move to the UFC waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to late in his career.
Don't get me wrong I despise Brock Lesnar with all the fibers in my being but he would crush Fedor today.
Fedor 10 years ago? Now that would be a fight.

Fedor would still destroy Lesnar today. He punches hard and he only has to land one to floor Lesnar or make Lesnar turn tail before getting grounded and pounded into oblivion.

 

[Mervyn]

One could also argue that in his last fight Lesnar wasn't at %100 , he just came back from a illness after all.

I won't argue that cause I don't like the guy

 

[The Oracle]

One could also argue that in his last fight Lesnar wasn't at %100 , he just came back from a illness after all.

The Carwin fight was his first fight back. So no excuse. Cain is just better and showed it.

 

[kirmit129]

How do you puch somebody in the back of the head that is standing right in front of you?

By throwing a rabbit punch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToZQQkWBwRc

Check out at 3:51 of the clip.