Sherdog (http://www.sherdog.com/news/rankings/list)

As of November 30 2008

Heavyweight
1. Fedor Emelianenko (28-1, 1 NC)
2. Andrei Arlovski (14-5)
3. Josh Barnett (23-5)
4. Frank Mir (12-3)
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (31-5-1, 1 NC)
6. Brock Lesnar (3-1)
7. Randy Couture (16-9)
8. Tim Sylvia (24-5)
9. Ben Rothwell (29-6)
10. Alistair Overeem (29-11, 1 NC)

Light Heavyweight
1. Rashad Evans (13-0-1)
2. Forrest Griffin (16-5)
3. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (29-7)
4. Lyoto Machida (13-0)
5. Chuck Liddell (21-6)
6. Wanderlei Silva (32-9-1, 1 NC)
7. Keith Jardine (14-4-1)
8. Thiago Silva (13-0)
9. Luis Arthur Cane (9-1)
10. Vladimir Matyushenko (21-3)

Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva (23-4)
2. Rich Franklin (24-3, 1 NC)
3. Yushin Okami (23-4)
4. Gegard Mousasi (24-2-1)
5. Robbie Lawler (16-4, 1 NC)
6. Nate Marquardt (27-8-2)
7. Dan Henderson (23-7)
8. Jorge Santiago (20-7)
9. Thales Leites (14-1)
10. Chael Sonnen (21-9-1)

Welterweight
1. Georges St. Pierre (17-2)
2. Thiago Alves (16-3)
3. Jon Fitch (17-3, 1 NC)
4. Josh Koscheck (12-3)
5. Diego Sanchez (19-2)
6. Jake Shields (22-4-1)
7. Matt Hughes (42-7)
8. Matt Serra (9-5)
9. Karo Parisyan (18-5)
10. Carlos Condit (23-4)

Lightweight
1. B.J. Penn (13-4-1)
2. Shinya Aoki (18-3, 1 NC)
3. Eddie Alvarez (15-1)
4. Joachim Hansen (19-7-1)
5. Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante (14-2-1, 1 NC)
6. Sean Sherk (33-3-1)
7. Kenny Florian (11-3)
8. Satoru Kitaoka (24-8-9)
9. Josh Thomson (16-2, 1 NC)
10. Tatsuya Kawajiri (22-5-2)

Featherweight
1. Mike Thomas Brown (20-4)
2. Urijah Faber (21-2)
3. Leonard Garcia (12-3)
4. Wagnney Fabiano (11-1)
5. Dokonjonosuke Mishima (19-6-2)
6. Hatsu Hioki (17-3-2)
7. Jeff Curran (30-10-1)
8. Masakazu Imanari (15-6-1)
9. Takeshi Inoue (15-3)
10. Jose Aldo (12-1)

Bantamweight
1. Miguel Torres (35-1)
2. Masakatsu Ueda (8-0-2)
3. Brian Bowles (7-0)
4. Koetsu Okazaki (5-1-1)
5. Atsushi Yamamoto (12-5-1)
6. Marcos Galvao (6-2-1)
7. Takeya Mizugaki (11-2-2)
8. Manny Tapia (10-1-1)
9. Will Ribeiro (10-2)
10. Chase Beebe (11-3)


Flyweight
1. Shinichi Kojima (9-3-4)
2. Mamoru Yamaguchi (20-5-3)
3. Yuki Shoujou (8-4-2)
4. Yasuhiro Uru****ani (15-4-6)
5. Ryuichi Miki (7-2-3)


MMAWeekly (http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=7884&zoneid=2)

As of December 31 2008

HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds)
#1 Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Fedor Emelianenko
2. Josh Barnett
3. Frank Mir
4. Andrei Arlovski
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
6. Randy Couture
7. Tim Sylvia
8. Gabriel Gonzaga
9. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic
10. Brock Lesnar

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)
#1 Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Rashad Evans
2. Forrest Griffin
3. Quinton Jackson
4. Lyoto Machida
5. Chuck Liddell
6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
7. Keith Jardine
8. Wanderlei Silva
9. Rich Franklin
10. Thiago Silva

MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)
#1 Middleweight Fighter in the World: Anderson Silva
2. Robbie Lawler
3. Matt Lindland
4. Yushin Okami
5. Nathan Marquardt
6. Jorge Santiago
7. Dan Henderson
8. Gegard Mousasi
9. Kazuo Misaki
10. Yoshihiro Akiyama

WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)
#1 Welterweight Fighter in the World: Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Thiago Alves
4. Josh Koscheck
5. Jake Shields
6. Matt Hughes
7. Matt Serra
8. Diego Sanchez
9. Carlos Condit
10. Karo Parisyan

LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160-pound limit)
#1 Lightweight Fighter in the World: Shinya Aoki
2. B.J. Penn
3. Eddie Alvarez
4. Joachim Hansen
5. Tatsuya Kawajiri
6. Gesias "JZ" Calvancante
7. Kenny Florian
8. Mitsuhiro Ishida
9. Josh Thomson
10. Satoru Kitaoka

FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION (145 pound-limit)
#1 Featherweight Fighter in the World: Mike Brown
2. Urijah Faber
3. Wagnney Fabiano
4. Hatsu Hioki
5. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue
6. Akitoshi Tamura
7. Hideki Kadowaki
8. Jeff Curran
9. Rafael Assuncao
10. Leonard Garcia

BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION (135 pounds or less)
#1 Featherweight Fighter in the World: Miguel Torres
2. Brian Bowles
3. Masakatsu Ueda
4. Koetsu Okazaki
5. Marcos Galvao
6. Takeya Mizugaki
7. Will Ribeiro
8. Chase Beebe
9. Manny Tapia
10. Atsushi Yamamoto

WAMMA (http://www.gowamma.com/rankings.asp)

As of December 17 2008

Heavyweight
WAMMA Undisputed Heavyweight Champion
Fedor Emelianenko

1.Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
2.Andrei Arlovski
3.Josh Barnett
4.Brock Lesnar
5.Randy Couture
6.Tim Sylvia
7.Gabriel Gonzaga
8.Frank Mir
9.Fabricio Werdum
10.Alistair Overeem

Also Receiving Votes
Ben Rothwell
Aleksander Emelianenko
Mirko Filipovic
Cheick Kongo
Sergei Kharitonov
Junior dos Santos


Light Heavyweight
1.Forrest Griffin
2.Quinton Jackson
3.Lyoto Machida
4.Rashad Evans
5.Wanderlei Silva
6.Chuck Liddell
7.Thiago Silva
8.Keith Jardine
9.Rich Franklin
10.Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

Also Receiving Votes
Luiz Cane
Renato Sobral
Vladimir Matyushenko
Rameu Thierry Sokoudjou


Middleweight
1.Anderson Silva
2.Robbie Lawler
3.Dan Henderson
4.Yushin Okami
5.Nathan Marquardt
6.Gegard Mousasi
7.Matt Lindland
8.Kazuo Misaki
9.Paulo Filho
10.Michael Bisping

Also Receiving Votes
Demian Maia
Yoshihiro Akiyama
Thales Leites
Jorge Santiago
Chael Sonnen
Frank Trigg
Wilson Gouveia


Welterweight
1.Georges St. Pierre
2 (tie)Thiago Alves
2 (tie)Jon Fitch
4.Jake Shields
5.Josh Koscheck
6.Matt Hughes
7.Diego Sanchez
8.Carlos Condit
9.Matt Serra
10.Mike Swick

Also Receiving Votes
Karo Parisyan
Dustin Hazelett
Jay Hieron
Nick Thompson
Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Marcus Davis


Lightweight
WAMMA Undisputed Lightweight Champion
Shinya Aoki
1.B.J.Penn
2.Eddie Alvarez
3.Kenny Florian
4.Joachim Hansen
5.Sean Sherk
6.Takanori Gomi
7.Gesias Calvancante
8.Tatsuya Kawajiri
9.Josh Thomson
10.Gilbert Melendez

Also Receiving Votes
Tyson Griffin
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Frank Edgar
Nate Diaz
Roger Huerta
Joe Stevenson
Vitor Ribeiro
Satoru Kitaoka
Clay Guida


Featherweight
1.Mike Thomas Brown
2.Urijah Faber
3.Leonard Garcia
4.Norifumi Yamamoto
5.Wagnney Fabiano
6.Dokojonsuke Mishima
7.Hatsu Hioki
8.Jeff Curran
9.Akitoshi Tamura
10.Takeshi Inoue

Also Receiving Votes
Jens Pulver
Jose Aldo
Hideki Kadowaki
Antonio Carvalho
Josh Grispi
Yuji Hoshino
Rafael Assuncao
L.C. Davis
Kevin "Cub" Swanson

Bantamweight
1.Miguel Torres
2.Brian Bowles
3.Masakatsu Ueda
4.Marcos Galvao
5.Takeya Mizugaki
6.Koetsu Okazaki
7.Atsushi Yamamoto
8.Masakazu Imanari
9.Will Ribeiro
9.Chase Beebe

Also Receiving Votes
Joseph Benavidez

its amazing some of the differences between the organizations and how each fighter is ranked.

Thing is these aren't organizations, Sherdog and MMAWeekly are news websites and WAMMA is a wannabe WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO organization. UFC, DREAM whoever doesn't have anything to do with this.

I can't wait to see Alistair climb those rankings. He has no limits at Heavyweight.

I agree Bricks. Funny he's the only fighter I've ever thought would benefit more from moving up a weight class rather than moving down a weight class.

Now that he's not draining his body dry he looks like the fighter he is in the first 3 minutes of his matches prior to his heavyweight move, except he is sustaining it for an entire match.

To add to that, people always thought that Alistair's chin was made of glass. I've always believed the exact opposite. At 205, there was no way for people to expect him to take a shot while being drained like that. I think now that he is at his natural weight and isn't straining himself, that it improved his chin as well.

Plus I don't remember Alistair being unconscious in MMA, just TKO'd. Though I could be wrong.

I wouldn't go as far as to say that his chin has improved. True draining the body can weaken the man, but it's usually to the body where it affects them most and in the gas tank. I have only seen him put to sleep a la Evans/Liddell, Gonzaga/Crocop once against Bobby Hoffmann. He has been out before albeit for a few seconds, and when he came to he didn't know what happened such as the second Shogun and the fight against Chuck.

I will say this, Overeem is potentially the threat at HW that he was trying to be at LHW.

HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds)
#1 Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Fedor Emelianenko
2. Josh Barnett
3. Frank Mir
4. Andrei Arlovski
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
6. Randy Couture
7. Tim Sylvia
8. Gabriel Gonzaga
9. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic
10. Brock Lesnar

MMA Weekly is a joke.

I can't fathom for the life of me how they could have Frank Mir over Arlovski. Look at both fighters over the last 2 years, Arlovski hasn't had a loss since July 2006 with wins over Cruz, Werdum, Rothwell, O'Brien, Nelson. Mir on the other hand in the last 2 years got destroyed against Cruz and Vera.

Mir will get exposed really bad against Lesnar in the next fight unless Lesnar makes another rookie mistake which is possible. Mir is only where he is at by pure luck. Thats the truth, Nog looked awful and Lesnar was in his second pro fight making a dumb mistake. Mir was getting destroyed in that Lesnar fight and was very lucky the fight got stopped with the back to the head strikes.

Mir would get destroyed against Arlovski.


Also look at their LW ranking. Sean Sherk isn't top 10? WTF? Any bias towards Japanese fighters? Please let me see Sherk matched up with any of them

Overeem weighs 253 pounds!!! He looks even huger now, he's red hot but until he faces a HW from Affliction or UFC I cant rank him to high although he was whippin Cro Cop

To add to that, people always thought that Alistair's chin was made of glass. I've always believed the exact opposite. At 205, there was no way for people to expect him to take a shot while being drained like that. I think now that he is at his natural weight and isn't straining himself, that it improved his chin as well.

Plus I don't remember Alistair being unconscious in MMA, just TKO'd. Though I could be wrong.

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you are very wrong, and the man standing above him is the one with the real chin

He wasn't out cold in that fight, he just got overwhelmed and was fine. This is when he got KTFO good and proper
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Overeem weighs 253 pounds!!! He looks even huger now, he's red hot but until he faces a HW from Affliction or UFC I cant rank him to high although he was whippin Cro Cop

I agree. For the same reason i can't rate fedor at number 1 atm, since he's not under any contract and hasn't fought in the UFC or dream, or any tournament competition. Is he still able? He needs to go to the UFC. Win over Arlovsky and Lesnar certainly will erase any doubts! Go Fedor!

He wasn't out cold in that fight, he just got overwhelmed and was fine. This is when he got KTFO good and proper
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I can never watch that fight without LOL'ing at that haymaker, hahahahahhahahahahaha.

WAMMA rankings WTF they are horrible

WAMMA rankings WTF they are horrible

And on the surface they seem like they look to favour fighters of the American Orgs' as well.

Updated today.

I agree. For the same reason i can't rate fedor at number 1 atm, since he's not under any contract and hasn't fought in the UFC or dream, or any tournament competition. Is he still able? He needs to go to the UFC. Win over Arlovsky and Lesnar certainly will erase any doubts! Go Fedor!

Na Fedor is most def number one, Unlike Overeem whose biggest HW wins are Goodridge, Mark Hunt, and Paul Buentello, Fedor has beaten Noguiera twice, Tim Slyvia, Mirko Cro Cop, Mark Hunt, Mark Coleman (all while in their prime), he's fighting Arlovski, and really the only person he needs to face in my opinion is Barnett. Couture is VASTLY overrated due to his "likeable" persona, and the Mir-Lesnar rematch will see if those too really kicked their game up