Champs & Rankings
MMATorch Staff Rankings - May 2012
May 8, 2012 - 12:40:01 PM MMATorch Staff Rankings - May 2012

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HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Junior dos Santos (90)
2. Cain Velasquez (77)
3. Frank Mir (58)
4. Fabricio Werdum (56)
5. Alistair Overeem (51)
6. Daniel Cormier (47)
7. Josh Barnett (42)
8. Shane Carwin (32)
9. Antonio Silva (24)
10. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (11)

Others Receiving Votes: Stefan Struve (4), Fedor Emelianenko (3), Travis Browne (3), Mark Hunt (1)


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Jon Jones (90)
2. Dan Henderson (79)
3. Rashad Evans (74)
4. Mauricio Rua (59)
5. Lyoto Machida (58)
6. Alexander Gustafsson (32)
7. Ryan Bader (31)
8. Phil Davis (22)
9. Forrest Griffin (18)
10. Gegard Mousasi (15)


Others Receiving Votes: Quinton Jackson (14), Rafael Cavalcante (3)

MIDDLEWEIGHT

1. Anderson Silva (90)
2. Chael Sonnen (80)
3. Mark Munoz (57)
4. Vitor Belfort (50)
5. Michael Bisping (49)
6. Yushin Okami (39)
7. Luke Rockhold (25)
8. Hector Lombard (23)
9. Nate Marquardt (22)
10. Alan Belcher (18)

Others Receiving Votes: Chris Weidman (14), Tim Boetsch (11), Brian Stann (8), Ronaldo Souza (5), Demian Maia (3)


WELTERWEIGHT

1. Georges St-Pierre (90)
2. Carlos Condit (81)
3. Jake Ellenberger (62)
4. Nick Diaz (60)
5. Johny Hendricks (59)
6. Josh Koscheck (33)
7. Jon Fitch (30)
8. Jake Shields (22)
9. Rory MacDonald (20)
9. B.J. Penn (14)

Others Receiving Votes: Martin Kampmann (13), Ben Askren (6), Diego Sanchez (4), Thiago Alves (1)


LIGHTWEIGHT

1. Benson Henderson (90)
2. Frankie Edgar (78)
3. Gilbert Melendez (68)
4. Nate Diaz (61)
5. Gray Maynard (59)
6. Anthony Pettis (37)
7. Michael Chandler (30)
8.(tie) Eddie Alvarez (24)
8.(tie) Clay Guida (24)
10. Jim Miller (21)

Others Receiving Votes: Pat Healy (1), Shinya Aoki (1), Donald Cerrone (1)


FEATHERWEIGHT

1. Jose Aldo (90)
2. Hatsu Hioki (69)
3. Pat Curran (67)
4. Chad Mendes (66)
5. Dustin Poirier (36)
6. Kenny Florian (35)
7. Eric Koch (30)
8. Dennis Siver (29)
9. Chan Sung Jung (14)
10.(tie) Patricio Friere (12)
10.(tie) Marlon Sandro (12)
10.(tie) Yuri Alcantara (12)

Others Receiving Votes: Tatsuya Kawajiri (9), Hiroyuki Takaya (7), Diego Nunes (5), Robert Peralta (2), Charles Oliveira (1),


BANTAMWEIGHT

1. Dominick Cruz (90)
2. Urijah Faber (80)
3. Renan Barao (63)
4. Michael McDonald (60)
5. Brian Bowles (52)
6. Bibiano Fernandes (31)
7. Eduardo Dantas (30)
8. Scott Jorgensen (28)
9. Miguel Torres (22)
10. Brad Pickett (18)

Others Receiving Votes: Zach Makovsky (6), Marcos Galvao (4), Antonio Banuelos (4), Mike Easton (3), Luis Nogueira (3), Yusup Saadulaev (1)

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

Rankings notes: Alistair Overeem was eligible for ranking as he's not under suspension, though voters were given the option not to rank him as he has been denied a license and will be out until the end of the year. Additionally, we will begin ranking flyweights once a UFC Champion is crowned in the division.