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The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of June 1, 2014
Please note - Rankings were compiled before the UFC doubleheader events on May 31. Those fights will be taken into consideration for next month's rankings.
Pound For Pound
1 Jon Jones
2 Jose Aldo
3 Demetrious Johnson
4 Chris Weidman
5 Anthony Pettis
6 Cain Velasquez
7 TJ Dillashaw
8 Ben Henderson
9 Renan Barao
10 Johny Hendricks
11 Lyoto Machida
12 Frankie Edgar
13 Alexander Gustafsson
14 Anderson Silva
15 Gilbert Melendez
Others receiving votes: Chad Mendes, Daniel Cormier, Vitor Belfort, Urijah Faber
Heavyweight
1 Cain Velasquez
2 Junior dos Santos
3 Fabricio Werdum
4 Travis Browne
5 Antonio Silva
6 Josh Barnett
7 Alistair Overeem
8 Frank Mir
9 Stipe Miocic
10 Mark Hunt
11 Roy Nelson
12 Stefan Struve
13 Brendan Schaub
14 Vitaly Minakov
15 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Others receiving votes: Gabriel Gonzaga, Alexander Volkov
Light Heavyweight
1 Jon Jones
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Rashad Evans
4 Daniel Cormier
5 Anthony Johnson
6 Glover Teixeira
7 Phil Davis
8 Ryan Bader
9 Dan Henderson
10 Chael Sonnen
11 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
12 Quinton Jackson
13 Emanuel Newton
14 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
15 Jimi Manuwa
Others receiving votes: Thiago Silva
Middleweight
1 Chris Weidman
2 Anderson Silva
3 Vitor Belfort
4 Lyoto Machida
5 Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza
6 Luke Rockhold
7 Tim Kennedy
8 Yushin Okami
9 Gegard Mousasi
10 Michael Bisping
11 Mark Munoz
12 Francis Carmont
13 Yoel Romero
14 Costa Philippou
15 Thales Leites
Others receiving votes: Alexander Shlemenko, Cung Le, Alan Belcher
Welterweight
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Robbie Lawler
3 Tyron Woodley
4 Carlos Condit
5 Rory MacDonald
6 Ben Askren
7 Hector Lombard
8 Matt Brown
9 Jake Ellenberger
10 Jake Shields
11 Demian Maia
12 Dong Hyun Kim
13 Rousimar Palhares
14 Tarec Saffiedine
15 Douglas Lima
1 Anthony Pettis
2 Benson Henderson
3 Gilbert Melendez
4 Josh Thomson
5 Khabib Nurmagomedov
6 Eddie Alvarez
7 Nate Diaz
8 TJ Grant
9 Will Brooks
10 Jim Miller
11 Michael Chandler
12 Bobby Green
13 Rafael dos Anjos
14 Donald Cerrone
15 Rustam Khabilov
Others receiving votes: Pat Healy, Michael Johnson
Featherweight
1 Jose Aldo
2 Chad Mendes
3 Frankie Edgar
4 Cub Swanson
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Pat Curran
7 Nik Lentz
8 Patricio Friere
9 Daniel Straus
10 Chan Sung Jung
11 Dustin Poirier
12 Dennis Siver
13 Jeremy Stephens
14 Clay Guida
15 Darren Elkins
Others receiving votes: Shinya Aoki, Dennis Bermudez
Bantamweight
1 T.J. Dillashaw
2 Renan Barao
3 Urijah Faber
4 Michael McDonald
5 Raphael Assunção
6 Bibiano Fernandes
7 Eduardo Dantas
8 Marlon Moraes
9 Takeya Mizugaki
10 Iuri Alcantara
11 Joe Warren
12 Johnny Eduardo
13 Eddie Wineland
14 Marcos Galvao
15 Alex Caceres
Others receiving votes: Bryan Caraway, Mike Easton, Jimmie Rivera
Flyweight
1 Demetrious Johnson
2 Joseph Benavidez
3 John Dodson
4 Ian McCall
5 Zach Makovsky
6 John Moraga
7 Ali Bagautinov
8 Jussier Formiga
9 John Lineker
10 Josh Sampo
11 Chris Cariaso
12 Louis Smolka
13 Kyoji Horiguchi
14 Brad Pickett
15 Tim Elliott
Others receiving votes: Darren Uyenoyama, Alptekin Ozkilic, Louis Gaudinot
Women's Bantamweight
1 Ronda Rousey
2 Alexis Davis
3 Sara McMann
4 Sarah Kaufman
5 Cat Zingano
6 Jessica Eye
7 Miesha Tate
8 Lauren Murphy
9 Amanda Nunes
10 Jessica Andrade
Others receiving votes: Rin Nakai, Liz Carmouche
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