Others Receiving Votes: Cole Konrad (3), Fedor Emelianenko (2), Cheick Kongo (2), Sergei Kharitonov (2)
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Jon Jones (70)
2. Mauricio Rua (62)
3. Lyoto Machida (50)
4. Rashad Evans (48)
5. Quinton Jackson (45)
6. Dan Henderson (40)
7. Forrest Griffin (28)
8. Phil Davis (19)
9. Rafael Cavalcante (11)
10. Gegard Mousasi (8)
Others Receiving Votes: Muhammed Lawal (2), Rich Franklin (1), Tito Ortiz (1)
MIDDLEWEIGHT
1. Anderson Silva (70)
2. Chael Sonnen (59)
3. Yushin Okami (58)
4. Nate Marquardt (42)
5. Michael Bisping (32)
6. Brian Stann (31)
7. Ronaldo Souza (30)
8. Mark Munoz (28)
9. Demian Maia (15)
10. Hector Lombard (9)
Others Receiving Votes: Jason Miller (7), Jorge Santiago (4)
WELTERWEIGHT
1. Georges St. Pierre (70)
2. Jon Fitch (61)
3. B.J. Penn (50)
4. Jake Shields (49)
5. Nick Diaz (47)
6. Josh Koscheck (32)
7. Carlos Kondit (31)
8. Diego Sanchez (20)
9. Rick Story (11)
10. Jake Ellenberger (9)
Others Receiving Votes: Martin Kampmann (3), Charlie Brenneman(1), Ben Askren (1)
LIGHTWEIGHT
1. Frankie Edgar (70)
2. Gilbert Melendez (61)
3. Gray Maynard (58)
4. Jim Miller (43)
5. Eddie Alvarez (41)
6. Melvin Guillard (34)
7. Shinya Aoki (31)
8. Clay Guida (23)
9. Denis Siver (12)
10. Anthony Pettis (11)
Others Receiving Votes: Sean Sherk (1)
FEATHERWEIGHT
1. Jose Aldo (70)
2. Chad Mendes (57)
3. Mark Hominick (50)
4. Kenny Florian (47)
5. Hatsu Hioki (43)
6. Joe Warren (37)
7. Marlon Sandro (26)
8. Diego Nunes (19)
9. Erik Koch (14)
10. Patricio Freire (9)
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