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MMATorch Staff Rankings - August 2012
Aug 1, 2012 - 4:30:46 PM MMATorch Staff Rankings - August 2012

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In addition to MMATorch Staff and Contributors, Luca Fury of MMAOddsBreaker.com contributed to this month's rankings

POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Anderson Silva (79)
2. Jon Jones (71)
3. Georges St-Pierre (65)
4. Jose Aldo (56)
5. Dominick Cruz (47)
6. Benson Henderson (29)
7. Junior dos Santos (25)
8. Dan Henderson (19)
9. Carlos Condit (18)
10. Frankie Edgar (14)

Others Receiving Votes: Joseph Benavidez (9), Gilbert Melendez (4), Renan Barao (2), Chael Sonnen (1), Daniel Cormier (1)

HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Junior dos Santos (80)
2. Cain Velasquez (69)
3. Daniel Cormier (60)
4. Alistair Overeem (55)
5. Fabricio Werdum (49)
6. Frank Mir (38)
7. Josh Barnett (28)
8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (18)
9. Shane Carwin (17)
10. Antonio Silva (8)

Others Receiving Votes: Travis Browne (7), Stefan Struve (5), Roy Nelson (5), Mike Russow (1)


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Jon Jones (80)
2. Dan Henderson (69)
3. Rashad Evans (67)
4. Mauricio Rua (56)
5. Lyoto Machida (47)
6. Alexander Gustafsson (32)
7. Ryan Bader (25)
8. Phil Davis (20)
9. Forrest Griffin (13)
10. Gegard Mousasi (9)


Others Receiving Votes: Quinton Jackson (8), Rafael Cavalcante (6), Glover Teixeira (4), Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (4)


MIDDLEWEIGHT

1. Anderson Silva (80)
2. Chael Sonnen (68)
3. Chris Weidman (64)
4. Michael Bisping (46)
5. Vitor Belfort (37)
6. Tim Boetsch (36)
7. Alan Belcher (23)
8.(tie) Yushin Okami (22)
8.(tie) Mark Munoz (22)
8.(tie) Luke Rockhold (22)

Others Receiving Votes: Brian Stann (13), Rich Franklin (5), Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (2)


WELTERWEIGHT

1. Georges St-Pierre (80)
2. Carlos Condit (72)
3. Nick Diaz (60)
4. Johny Hendricks (55)
5. Martin Kampmann (43)
6.(tie) Jon Fitch (26)
6.(tie) Jake Ellenberger (26)
6.(tie) Nate Marquardt (26)
9. Josh Koscheck (17)
10. Rory MacDonald (13)

Others Receiving Votes: Jake Shields (10), B.J. Penn (7), Ben Askren (5)


LIGHTWEIGHT

1. Benson Henderson (80)
2. Frankie Edgar (71)
3. Gilbert Melendez (59)
4. Gray Maynard (53)
5. Nate Diaz (51)
6. Anthony Pettis (34)
7. Michael Chandler (29)
8. Jim Miller (21)
9. Eddie Alvarez (16)
10. Clay Guida (10)

Others Receiving Votes: Donald Cerrone (7), Pat Healy (4), Rick Hawn (3), Shinya Aoki (2)


FEATHERWEIGHT

1. Jose Aldo (80)
2.(tie) Pat Curran (62)
2.(tie) Chad Mendes (62)
4. Chan Sung Jung (45)
5. Ricardo Lamas (34)
6.(tie) Erik Koch (29)
6.(tie) Hatsu Hioki (29)
6.(tie) Dennis Siver (29)
9. Dustin Poirier (14)
10. Patricio Friere (12)

Others Receiving Votes: Diego Nunes (11), Daniel Straus (9), Tatsuya Kawajiri (7), Hacran Dias (6), Yuri Alcantara (5), Marlon Sandro (4), Charles Oliveira (2)


BANTAMWEIGHT

1. Dominick Cruz (80)
2. Renan Barao (72)
3. Urijah Faber (58)
4. Michael McDonald (54)
5. Brian Bowles (46)
6. Eduardo Dantas (31)
7. Bibiano Fernandes (25)
8. Brad Pickett (23)
9. Eddie Wineland (17)
10. Miguel Torres (12)

Others Receiving Votes: Luis Nogueira (9), Scott Jorgensen (7), Zach Makovsky (4), Antonio Banuelos (2)

[Ben Henderson art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]