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The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of July 1, 2014
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 Johny Hendricks
10 Renan Barao
11 Lyoto Machida
12 Alexander Gustafsson
13 Anderson Silva
14 Frankie Edgar
15 Gilbert Melendez
Others receiving votes: Daniel Cormier, Chad Mendes, Vitor Belfort
Heavyweight
1 Cain Velasquez
2 Junior dos Santos
3 Fabricio Werdum
4 Travis Browne
5 Josh Barnett
6 Antonio Silva
7 Alistair Overeem
8 Stipe Miocic
9 Frank Mir
10 Mark Hunt
11 Roy Nelson
12 Stefan Struve
13 Vitaly Minakov
14 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
15 Gabriel Gonzaga
Others receiving votes: Alexander Volkov, Andrei Arlovski
Light Heavyweight
1 Jon Jones
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Rashad Evans
5 Anthony Johnson
6 Glover Teixeira
7 Phil Davis
8 Ryan Bader
9 Dan Henderson
10 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
11 Quinton Jackson
12 Emanuel Newton
13 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
14 Ovince St. Preux
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 Gegard Mousasi
8 Tim Kennedy
9 Yushin Okami
10 Michael Bisping
11 Yoel Romero
12 CB Dollaway
13 Alexander Shlemenko
14 Mark Munoz
15 Costa Philippou
Others receiving votes: Mate Marquardt, Thales Leites, Cung Le, Francis Carmont
Welterweight
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Robbie Lawler
3 Rory MacDonald
4 Tyron Woodley
5 Carlos Condit
6 Hector Lombard
7 Ben Askren
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 Khabib Nurmagomedov
5 Josh Thomson
6 Eddie Alvarez
7 Nate Diaz
8 TJ Grant
9 Jim Miller
10 Will Brooks
11 Rafael dos Anjos
12 Michael Chandler
13 Bobby Green
14 Donald Cerrone
15 Rustam Khabilov
Others receiving votes: Pat Healy, Michael Johnson, Myles Jury
Featherweight
1 Jose Aldo
2 Chad Mendes
3 Frankie Edgar
4 Cub Swanson
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Pat Curran
7 Patricio Friere
8 Nik Lentz
9 Daniel Straus
10 Chan Sung Jung
11 Dustin Poirier
12 Dennis Siver
13 Jeremy Stephens
14 Dennis Bermudez
15 Charles Oliveira
Others receiving votes: Shinya Aoki, Darren Elkins, Shinya Aoki, Rick Glenn
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 Marcos Galvao
14 Bryan Caraway
15 Eddie Wineland
Others receiving votes: Alex Caceres, Yves Jabouin, Francisco Rivera
Flyweight
1 Demetrious Johnson
2 Joseph Benavidez
3 John Dodson
4 Ian McCall
5 Zach Makovsky
6 Ali Bagautinov
7 John Moraga
8 Jussier Formiga
9 John Lineker
10 Josh Sampo
11 Chris Cariaso
12 Brad Pickett
13 Louis Smolka
14 Kyoji Horiguchi
15 Tim Elliott
Others receiving votes: Alptekin Ozkilic, Louis Gaudinot, Dustin Ortiz
Women's Bantamweight
1 Ronda Rousey
2 Alexis Davis
3 Sarah Kaufman
4 Sara McMann
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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