Fighters vote on this list. From MMAweekly.com

October Results
HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION - (210-265 lbs.)
1. Emelianeko Fedor - 96 Points (7 first place votes)
2. Mirko Cro Cop - 89 Points (2 first place votes)
3. Tim Sylvia - 80 Points (1 first place vote)
4. Minotauro Nogueira - 68 Points
5. Josh Barnett - 67 Points
6. Ricco Rodriguez- 40 Points
7. Andrei Arlovski - 27 Points
8. Gan McGee- 23 Points
9. Heath Herring - 18 Points
10. Pedro Rizzo - 15 Points


Others receiving votes - Frank Mir- (11), Vladimir Matyushenko (10) Mark Coleman (9), Justin Eilers (7), Cabbage Correira (5)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION - (205 lbs.)
1. Randy Couture - 100 Points (10 first place votes)
Tie - Chuck Liddell - 81 Points
Tie - Tito Ortiz - 81 Points
4. Vanderlei Silva - 80 Points
Tie - Vitor Belfort - 54 Points
Tie - Quinton Jackson- 54 Points
7. Ricardo Arona - 26 Points
8. Babalu Sobral - 19 Points
9. Jeremy Horn - 18 Points
TIE - Dan Henderson - 17 Points & Rich Franklin 17 Points

Others receiving votes - Murilo Rua (8), Kevin Randleman (8),


MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION - (185 lbs.)
1. Murilo Bustamante - 100 Points (10 first place votes)
2. Matt Lindland - 90 Points
3. Phil Baroni - 65 Points
4. Sakuraba - 44 Points
5. Niko Vitale - 37 Points
6. Anderson Silva - 29 Points
7. Jorge Rivera - 25 Points
8. Paulo Filho - 24 Points
9. Phillip Miller - 23 Points
10.Benji Radach- 21 Points


Others receiving votes - David Loiseau (18), Joe Doerksen (17), Dave Menne (16), Lee Murray (12), Pele (8), Tony Fryklund (5), Jermaine Andre (2)


WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION - (170 lbs.)
1. Matt Hughes - 100 Points (10 first place votes)
2. Sean Sherk - 83 Points
3. Carlos Newton - 78 Points
4. Pete Spratt - 50 Points
5. Jason Black - 45 Points
6. Robbie Lawler - 42 Points
7. Nathan Marquardt- 40 Points
8. Karo Parisyan - 22 Points
9. Jake Shields - 20 Points
10. Shonie Carter - 15 Points

Others receiving votes - Gil Castillo - (14) , Hayato Sakurai - (14) John Alesio (13), Nick Diaz (10), Dennis Hallman (7), Jeremy Jackson (5)

LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION - (155 lbs.)
1. BJ Penn- 92 Points (9 first place votes)
2. Takanori Gomi - 78 Points
3. Joaquin Hansen - 73 Points
4. Hermes Franca - 58 Points
5. Duane "Bang" Ludwig - 53 Points (1 first place vote)
6. Din Thomas - 44 Points
7. Genki Sudo - 37 Points
8. Shaolin Ribero - 35 Points
9. Caol Uno - 33 Points
10. Yves Edwards - 30 Points

Other receiving votes - Dokojonosuke Mishima- 13 Points, Jens Pulver - 13 (1 first place vote), Matt Serra - (10) Josh Thompson (9), Jason Maxwell (8) Jorge Gurgel - (2), Rich Clementi - (1)


Voters include:

Fighters - Phil Baroni, Chris Brennan, Jeff Curran, Dennis Hallman, Matt Lindland, Steve Berger, Evan Tanner, Sean Sherk, Din Thomas; Dan Henderson, Yves Edwards, Pete Spratt, Nathan Marquardt, Duane Ludwig and David Loiseau

Broadcasters - Eric Apple (King of the Cage), Randy Harris - (WTAN Sports), Jeff Osborne (Hook N Shoot & Shooto); Ryan Bennett (IFC and WEC), Monte Cox (Extreme Challenge), J.T. McCarthy (TKO)

I pretty much agree with these, except for the heavyweights, I would have CroCop dropped all the way down under Ricco.....

3. Joaquin Hansen - 73 Points
4. Hermes Franca - 58 Points
5. Duane "Bang" Ludwig - 53 Points (1 first place vote)
6. Din Thomas - 44 Points
7. Genki Sudo - 37 Points
8. Shaolin Ribero - 35 Points
9. Caol Uno - 33 Points
10. Yves Edwards - 30 Points


3. Carlos Newton - 78 Points


4. Vanderlei Silva - 80 Points
Tie - Vitor Belfort - 54 Points
Tie - Quinton Jackson- 54 Points
7. Ricardo Arona - 26 Points
8. Babalu Sobral - 19 Points
9. Jeremy Horn - 18 Points

No

Looks good to me.....

Nevermind, Jackson should be higher than Silva and Belfort.....

5. Duane "Bang" Ludwig - 53 Points (1 first place vote)

I bet Bang voted for himself......

Jackson is fine where he's at.

3. Carlos Newton ??

3. Joaquin Hansen - 73 Points ??
4. Hermes Franca - 58 Points??

Bandwagon

4. Vanderlei Silva - 80 Points
Tie - Vitor Belfort - 54 Points
Tie - Quinton Jackson- 54 Points

no respect for the champ

He dont deserve none......

Originally posted by kaps
He dont deserve none......

:cuss:

I was going to argue, but lets just leave it at that......

not bad

Originally posted by kaps
I was going to argue, but lets just leave it at that......

...how can you argue that he deserves no respect?...

How can the Pride LHW champion lose his only 2 fights with top ten LHW's and still be concidered #1?

I wonder where Sylvia's ranking will be once the UFC strips him of his title?

Screw the rankings, I don't care about that. Rank him 10 if you want they mean nothing, but why should he get no respect?

*to kaps, not mmafanman*