Ariel Helwani Releases His Top-10 Rankings

 











MALE POUND-FOR-POUND:
1. Anderson Silva (Brazil)
2. Georges St-Pierre (Canada)
3. Jon Jones (USA)
4. Jose Aldo (Brazil)
5. Frankie Edgar (USA)
6. Jon Fitch (USA)
7. Dominick Cruz (USA)
8. Cain Velasquez (USA)
9. Jake Shields (USA)
10. BJ Penn (USA)

FEMALE POUND-FOR-POUND:
1. Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos (10-1)
2. Zoila Gurgel (11-1)
3. Megumi Fujii (22-1)
4. Tara LaRosa (20-2)
5. Marloes Coenen (19-4)
6. Sarah Kaufman (13-1)
7. Miesha Tate (11-2)
8. Rosi Sexton (12-2)
9. Roxanne Modafferi (15-7)
10. Shayna Baszler (14-6)

HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Cain Velasquez (9-0)
2. Junior dos Santos (12-1)
3. Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1)
4. Brock Lesnar (5-2)
5. Alistair Overeem (34-11, 1 NC)
6. Antonio Silva (16-2)
7. Fedor Emelianenko (31-3, 1 NC)
8. Shane Carwin (12-1)
9. Frank Mir (15-5)
10. Roy Nelson (15-7)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Jon Jones – (13-1)
2. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (19-5)
3. Rashad Evans (15-1-1)
4. Quinton Jackson (32-8)
5. Lyoto Machida (17-2)
6. Forrest Griffin (18-6)
7. Dan Henderson (27-8)
8. Ryan Bader (12-1)
9. Phil Davis (9-0)
10. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (19-5)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
1. Anderson Silva (28-4)
2. Chael Sonnen (25-11-1)
3. Yushin Okami (26-5)
4. Nate Marquardt (31-10-2)
5. Demian Maia (14-2)
6. Michael Bisping (21-3)
7. Ronaldo Souza (14-2, 1 NC)
8. Vitor Belfort (19-9)
9. Brian Stann (11-3)
10. Alan Belcher (16-6)

WELTERWEIGHT
1. Georges St-Pierre (22-2)
2. Jon Fitch (23-3-1, 1 NC)
3. Jake Shields (26-5-1)
4. Nick Diaz (25-7, 1 ND)
5. Josh Koscheck (15-5)
6. Rick Story (13-3)
7. BJ Penn (16-7-2)
8. Carlos Condit (26-5)
9. Thiago Alves (18-9)
10. Jake Ellenberger (24-5)

LIGHTWEIGHT
1. Frankie Edgar (13-1-1)
2. Gray Maynard (10-0-1)
3. BJ Penn (16-7-1)
4. Gilbert Melendez (19-2)
5. Shinya Aoki (28-5, 1 NC)
6. Eddie Alvarez (22-2)
7. Jim Miller (20-2)
8. Kenny Florian (13-5)
9. Anthony Pettis (13-1)
10.  Dennis Siver (18-7)

FEATHERWEIGHT
1. Jose Aldo (19-1)
2. Hatsu Hioki (24-4-2)
3. Chad Mendes (10-0)
4. Diego Nunes (16-1)
5. Mark Hominick (20-9)
6. Manny Gamburyan (11-5)
7. Michihiro Omigawa (12-9-1)
8. Marlon Sandro (17-2)
9. Joe Warren (7-1)
10. Dustin Poirier (9-1)

BANTAMWEIGHT
1. Dominick Cruz (17-1)
2. Brian Bowles (9-1)
3. Joseph Benavidez (14-2)
4. Urijah Faber (25-4)
5. Demetrious Johnson (8-1)
6. Miguel Torres (39-3)
7. Scott Jorgensen (11-4)
8. Brad Pickett (20-5)
9. Eddie Wineland (17-7-1)
10. Renan Barao (26-1, 1 NC)