alt=’120×1203.jpg’ />Well, the MMA HQ Top Ten Rankings site finally launched this past week and I want to thank all of you who signed up during the first few days. I opened the site up to a few of you to help get the site going and iron out the kinks and everything went well.
The voting period for this first week was a little different than normal but we still had some solid rankings. Over 180 votes were cast and overall the rankings look excellent. The next voting period will start tomorrow morning and last all week. Then the voting will lock next Sunday and those rankings will stand for a full week, so don’t forget to vote again this week. It’s easy to use the same rankings you made last week as you will see your previous rankings on the voting page.
So, without further ado, here are the very first “official” MMA Top Ten Rankings as voted on by you, the MMA fan base.
HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Fedor Emelianenko - 391 pts
2. Randy Couture - 321 pts
3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - 319 pts
4. Josh Barnett - 268 pts
5. Gabriel Gonzaga - 180 pts
6. Andrei Arlovski - 163 pts
7. Tim Sylvia - 149 pts
8. Brandon Vera - 115 pts
9. Mirko Filipovic - 108 pts
10. Cheick Kongo - 71 pts
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Quinton Jackson - 375 pts
2. Dan Henderson - 294 pts
3. Mauricio Rua - 245 pts
4. Wanderlei Silva - 238 pts
5. Forrest Griffin - 196 pts
6. Thierry Sokoudjou - 177 pts
7. Chuck Liddell - 163 pts
8. Keith Jardine - 127 pts
9. Ryoto Machida - 119 pts
10. Ricardo Arona - 71 pts
MIDDLEWEIGHT
1. Anderson Silva - 350 pts
2. Dan Henderson - 309 pts
3. Paulo Filho - 255 pts
4. Rich Franklin - 226 pts
5. Denis Kang - 191 pts
6. Matt Lindland - 184 pts
7. Robbie Lawler - 143 pts
8. Yushin Okami - 113 pts
9. Nathan Marquardt - 70 pts
10. Jason Miller - 45 pts
WELTERWEIGHT
1. Georges St. Pierre - 356 pts
2. Matt Hughes - 305 pts
3. Matt Serra - 301 pts
4. Jon Fitch - 238 pts
5. Karo Parisyan - 203 pts
6. Josh Koscheck - 159 pts
7. Diego Sanchez - 117 pts
8. Nick Diaz - 109 pts
9. Jake Shields - 106 pts
10. Carlos Condit - 61 pts
LIGHTWEIGHT
1. BJ Penn - 331 pts
2. Takanori Gomi - 289 pts
3. Gilbert Melendez - 241 pts
4. Sean Sherk - 218 pts
5. Gesias Cavalcante - 157 pts
6. Joe Stevenson - 146 pts
7. Hayato Sakurai - 134 pts
8. Nick Diaz - 116 pts
9. Kenny Florian - 103 pts
10. Vitor Ribeiro - 67 pts
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