MMA News Top 10 Rankings – Who’s the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter?

The following rankings were compiled by the MMANews.com web team on Monday, July 14, 2008. There are some “interesting” choices here. Particularly interested in the “Pound for Pound” category. Who would be your Top 10?

Source: MMA News

LIGHT WEIGHT DIVISION (155 LBS.)

1. B.J. Penn
2. Takanori Gomi
3. Shinya Aoki
4. Gesias Calvancanti
5. Tatsuya Kawajiri
6. Sean Sherk
7. Caol Uno
8. Mitsuhiro Ishida
9. Josh Thomson
10. Gilbert Melendez

WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170 LBS.)

1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Thiago Alves
4. Matt Hughes
5. Jake Shields
6. Josh Koscheck
7. Diego Sanchez
8. Karo Parisyan
9. Matt Serra
10. Carlos Condit

MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185 LBS.)

1. Anderson Silva
2. Paulo Filho
3. Dan Henderson
4. Matt Lindland
5. Rich Franklin
6. Yushin Okami
7. Robbie Lawler
8. Frank Trigg
9. Nate Marquardt
10. Kazuo Misaki

 LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205 LBS.)

1. Forrest Griffin
2. Quinton Jackson
3. Dan Henderson
4. Lyoto Machida
5. Chuck Liddell
6. Mauricio Rua
7. Wanderlei Silva
8. Keith Jardine
9. Sokoudjou
10. Rashad Evans

HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (up to 265 LBS.)

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
3. Josh Barnett
4. Randy Couture
5. Tim Sylvia
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Andrei Arlovski
8. Gabriel Gonzaga
9. Mirko CroCop
10. Aleksander Emelianenko

POUND FOR POUND (No Limit)

1. Anderson Silva
2. Georges St. Pierre
3. Fedor Emelianenko
4. Quinton Jackson
5. B.J. Penn
6. Randy Couture
7. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
8. Takanori Gomi
9. Urijah Faber
10. Kid Yamamoto

Author: Shane .
Categories: * MMA NEWS, ~ WORLD MMA .
July 16th, 2008 .

6 Comments

  1. Comment by Derek IRELAND on July 16, 2008 17:01

    I have a problem with Frank Trigg being in any top ten list. Seriously. He can’t defend a rear naked choke!! Ha.

    I would of put Kenny Florian in the top ten lightweights but I guess his up coming fight with Roger Huerta will make or break his top ten status.

  2. Comment by cathal IRELAND on July 16, 2008 18:09

    B.J is better than Rampage. Kid and Faber should be higher. And how anyone leaves Miguel Torres out of a ‘pound 4 pound’ list is beyond me!!

  3. Comment by Paddy IRELAND on July 17, 2008 01:23

    i cant see how Matt Hughes is so high on the list…4th best Welterweight pound for pound fighter..dont think so!

  4. Comment by jonny IRELAND on July 17, 2008 10:35

    My main prob is that I am no where on that list?! I mean wtf….someone call my agent!

  5. Comment by Shane IRELAND on July 18, 2008 12:59

    Your agent has been buried in the same early grave as your hairstylist…

  6. Comment by davymcc IRELAND on July 28, 2009 13:38

    haha! burn! lol

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