HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds)

#1 Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Fedor Emelianenko

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

3. Mirko Cro Cop

4. Josh Barnett

5. Randy Couture

6. Gabriel Gonzaga

7. Tim Sylvia

8. Andrei Arlovski

9. Fabricio Werdum

10. Aleksander Emelianenko

MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings last updated on July 11, 2007


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)

#1 Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

2. Quinton Jackson

3. Chuck Liddell

4. Dan Henderson

5. Wanderlei Silva

6. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

7. Ricardo Arona

8. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

9. Tito Ortiz

10. Kazuhiro Nakamura


MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)

#1 Middleweight Fighter in the World: Anderson Silva

2. Matt Lindland

3. Paulo Filho

4. Rich Franklin

5. Dan Henderson

6. Denis Kang

7. Nathan Marquardt

8. Robbie Lawler

9. Kazuo Misaki

10. Frank Trigg


WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)

#1 Welterweight Fighter in the World: Matt Serra

2. Georges St. Pierre

3. Matt Hughes

4. Josh Koscheck

5. Karo Parisyan

6. Diego Sanchez

7. Jon Fitch

8. Jake Shields

9. Akira Kikuchi

10. Carlos Condit


LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160 pounds and lower)

#1 Lightweight Fighter in the World: Takanori Gomi

2. Hayato Sakurai

3. Gilbert Melendez

4. Tatsuya Kawajiri

5. Shinya Aoki

6. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro

7. Joachim Hansen

8. Sean Sherk

9. Mitsuhiro Ishida

10. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto

Wow they finally took Lindland off the top spot. I guess I agree with a lot of it, but I do think Sherk should be top 5, Melendez is the best LW out there but I’m not gonna argue with the #3 spot, Sergei is easily top 5 in my book so not seeing him in the top 10 is surprising, same with Machida.

They do show a lot of bias sometimes, Lindland and his mmaweekly buddies is the best example of it.

Also, where the **** is my boy Murilo Rua????

randy couture should be #2....big nog was almost out in his last fight......

randy couture should be #2....big nog was almost out in his last fight......Bar that brief 30 seconds where he was KD’d, he dominated the fight. Some of wins in the last 4 years include Ricco, CroCop, Heath, Barnett, Sergei and Werdum all of which were top 5 at one time or another. As much as I love and respect Randy, he only beat a Tim Sylvia who was riddled with major faults; Couture isn’t even in the same stratosphere as Minotauro, not now, not in his prime, not ever.

well hopefully after gonz couture will get his shot against EVERYONE's #1 fedor the great....im so hyped for that one.....come on natural!!!

It's funny how Gonzaga about kicks CroCops head off, but then can't get ranked ahead of him. I mean i like Mirko, but after you beat somebody you should be ranked ahead of that guy.

Exactly. Yet Serra gets #1 for beating a GSP when he wasn't even top 10.

randy couture should be #2....big nog was almost out in his last fight......

Wow?

Randy doesn't even deserve to be in top 10, yet being number 2.

If there was an overated fighter at this moment Randy should be the guy. I mean, I like Randy I have a lot of respect for him but rating him above Heavyweight who proved themselves again and again?

Randy comes out of retirement, beat Tim Sylvia and suddenly becomes top of heavyweight, no way! Let's wait like 2-3 more fights from him.

About Big Nog being almost out... Do you seriously put guys behind in ranking just because they almost get KO? If so, Randy should be way behind compared to Big NOG because Big Nog never been KO'ed while Randy has been sbmitted and KO'd in the past.

It's funny how Gonzaga about kicks CroCops head off, but then can't get ranked ahead of him. I mean i like Mirko, but after you beat somebody you should be ranked ahead of that guy.

Gonzaga's only "credible" defeat is agains tCro Cop..look at Cro Cop's resume

nuff said..

Gonzaga's only "credible" defeat is agains tCro Cop..look at Cro Cop's resume

nuff said..
True Mirko has the better resume, but as the saying goes aren't you only as good as your last fight.