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Torch Rankings: The Top 10 Light Heavyweights updated 1/11/09
Jan 11, 2009 - 9:24:20 PM
Torch Rankings: The Top 10 Light Heavyweights updated 1/11/09
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It's time for the first set of rankings for 2009, and we'll continue with the light heavyweight division. Following the eventful UFC 92 event to round out 2008, we've got a shift in the rankings with Rashad Evans assuming the number one spot after defeating Forrest Griffin for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. So without further adieu, the first rankings of 2009 for the light heavyweight division.

MMATorch Staff Rankings: The Light Heavyweights

1. Rashad Evans
2. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
3. Forrest Griffin
4. Lyoto Machida
5. Chuck Liddell
6. Keith Jardine
7. Wanderlei Silva
8. Thiago Silva
9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
10. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

Also receiving votes: Luis Cane, Vladimir Matyshenko, Renato "Babalu" Sobral, Rich Franklin, Anderson Silva.


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