My Updated MMA Rankings

There are alot of different sets of rankings, alot of different sets of criteria. My personal views are based on the numbers, to a certain extent, but I also look at things like who each fighter has fought and the quality of that performance. For me, belts are secondary, what's most important is that the fighter has fought top tier competition with some success and displayed multiple impressive performances in the upper echelon of MMA.

Heavyweight (265 - 206 pounds)

1) Fedor Emelianenko (26-1-0)

2) Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic (22-5-2)

3) Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira (30-4-1)

4) Josh "The Baby-Faced Assassin" Barnett (20-5-0)

5) Mark Hunt (5-3-0)

6) Randy "The Natural" Couture (15-8-0)

7) Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski (11-5-0)

8) Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga (8-1-0)

9) Aleksander Emelianenko (11-3-0)

10) Tim "The Maine-iac" Sylvia (23-3-0)

Lightheavyweight (205 186 pounds)

1) Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (16-2-0)

2) "Dangerous" Dan Henderson (22-5-0)

3) Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva (31-7-1)

4) Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (27-6-0)

5) Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell (20-4-0)

6) Rameau Thierry "The African Assassin" Sokoudjou (4-1-0)

7) Antonio Rogerio "Minotoro" Nogueira (12-3-0)

8) Ricardo Arona (13-5-0)

9) Kazuhiro Nakamura (11-6-0)

10) Ryoto "Lyoto" Machida (10-0-0)

Middleweight (185 - 171 pounds)

1) Matt "The Law" Lindland (20-5-0)

2) "Dangerous" Dan Henderson (22-5-0)

3) Paulo Filho (15-0-0)

4) Denis Kang (27-8-1)

5) "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler (14-4-0)

6) Kazuo "The Grabaka Hitman" Misaki (18-8-2)

7) Frank "Twinkle Toes" Trigg (15-6-0)

8) Anderson "The Spider" Silva (19-4-0)

9) Murilo "Ninja" Rua (14-7-1)

10) Frank Shamrock (22-8-1)

Welterweight (170 - 156 pounds)

1) Georges "Rush" St. Pierre (13-2-0)

2) Matt Hughes (41-5-0)

3) B.J. "The Prodigy" Penn (11-4-1)

4) Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk (32-2-1)

5) Matt "The Terra" Serra (9-4-0)

6) Karo "The Heat" Parisyan (17-4-0)

7) Jon Fitch (14-2-0)

8) Josh "Kos" Koscheck (9-1-0)

9) Diego "The Nightmare" Sanchez (17-1-0)

10) Hayato "Mach" Sakurai (30-7-2)

Lightweight (155 pounds and below)

1) B.J. "The Prodigy" Penn (11-4-1)

2) Takanori "The Fireball Kid" Gomi (27-3-0)

3) Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen (15-5-1)

4) Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto (15-1-0)

5) Genki "The Noe-Samurai" Sudo (15-5-1)

6) Hayato "Mach" Sakurai (30-7-2)

7) Shinya "Tobikan Judan" Aoki (11-2-0)

8) Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk (32-2-1)

9) Hermes Franca (18-6-0)

10) Nick Diaz (14-6-0)