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MMATorch Staff Rankings - January 2012
Jan 6, 2012 - 9:00:07 PM MMATorch Staff Rankings - January 2012

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POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Anderson Silva (80pts.)
2.(tie) Jon Jones (67)
2.(tie) Georges St. Pierre (67)
4. Dominick Cruz (51)
5. Frankie Edgar (49)
6. Jose Aldo (42)
7. Junior Dos Santos (26)
8. Dan Henderson (17)
9. Gilbert Melendez (16)
10. Nick Diaz (11)

Others Receiving Votes: Rashad Evans (3), Alistair Overeem (3), Urijah Faber (3), Gray Maynard (2), Cain Velasquez (2), Joseph Benavidez (1)


HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Junior Dos Santos (80)
2. Cain Velasquez (68)
3. Alistair Overeem (67)
4.(tie) Brock Lesnar (39)
4.(tie) Daniel Cormier (39)
6. Fabricio Werdum (37)
7. Frank Mir (36)
8. Shane Carwin (30)
9. Josh Barnett (28)
10. Antonio Silva (10)

Others Receiving Votes: Cheick Kongo (3), Fedor Emelianenko (2), Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (1)


LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Jon Jones (80)
2. Dan Henderson (68)
3. Rashad Evans (61)
4. Mauricio Rua (55)
5. Lyoto Machida (49)
6. Quinton Jackson (52)
7. Forrest Griffin (28)
8. Phil Davis (26)
9. Alexander Gustafsson (11)
10. Rafael Cavalcante (8)

Others Receiving Votes: Gegard Mousasi (5), Muhammed Lawal (3), Rich Franklin (2), Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (2)


MIDDLEWEIGHT

1. Anderson Silva (80)
2. Chael Sonnen (70)
3. Yushin Okami (63)
4. Mark Munoz (51)
5. Nate Marquardt (42)
6. Demian Maia (33)
7. Michael Bisping (27)
8. Vitor Belfort (20)
9. Brian Stann (19)
10. Luke Rockhold (13)

Others Receiving Votes: Hector Lombard (9), Alan Belcher (6), Ronaldo Souza (4), Chris Leben (2), Kyle Noke (1)


WELTERWEIGHT

1. Georges St. Pierre (80)
2. Nick Diaz (64)
3. Carlos Condit (57)
4. Jake Ellenberger (55)
5. Josh Koscheck (43)
6. Johny Hendricks (39)
7. Jon Fitch (35)
8. B.J. Penn (25)
9. Jake Shields (22)
10. Diego Sanchez (9)

Others Receiving Votes: Rory MacDonald (5), Anthony Johnson (4), Martin Kampmann (2)


LIGHTWEIGHT

1. Frankie Edgar (80)
2. Gray Maynard (64)
3. Gilbert Melendez (62)
4. Ben Henderson (54)
5. Shinya Aoki (37)
6. Clay Guida (34)
7. Jim Miller (31)
8. Anthony Pettis (21)
9. Michael Chandler (19)
10. Nate Diaz (17)

Others Receiving Votes: Eddie Alvarez (13), Melvin Guillard (5), Donald Cerrone (1)


FEATHERWEIGHT

1. Jose Aldo (80)
2. Chad Mendes (70)
3. Hatsu Hioki (61)
4. Pat Curran (42)
5. Erik Koch (35)
6. Diego Nunes (28)
7. Dustin Poirier (27)
8. Patricio Freire (21)
9. Chan Sung Jung (17)
10. Kenny Florian (16)

Others Receiving Votes: Tatsuya Kawajiri (12), Mark Hominick (7), Joe Warren (6), Manny Gamburyan (5), Darren Elkins (5), Michihiro Omigawa (4), Robert Peralta (2), Bart Palaszewski (2)


BANTAMWEIGHT

1. Dominick Cruz (80)
2. Urijah Faber (70)
3. Joseph Benavidez (66)
4. Demetrious Johnson (46)
5. Brian Bowles (42)
6. Miguel Torres (36)
7. Scott Jorgensen (32)
8. Renan Barao (24)
9. Bibiano Fernandes (14)
10. Michael McDonald (11)

Others Receiving Votes: Brad Pickett (8), Zach Makovsky (7), Takeya Mizugaki (2), Eduardo Dantas (2)

[Jon Jones art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]