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The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of August 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-tie Renan Barao
10-tie Lyoto Machida
12 Alexander Gustafsson
13 Anderson Silva
14 Frankie Edgar
15 Gilbert Melendez
Others receiving votes: Chad Mendes, Daniel Cormier, Vitor Belfort, Robbie Lawler
Heavyweight
1 Cain Velasquez
2 Junior dos Santos
3 Fabricio Werdum
4 Travis Browne
5 Antonio Silva
6 Josh Barnett
7 Alistair Overeem
8 Mark Hunt
9 Stipe Miocic
10 Frank Mir
11 Roy Nelson
12 Stefan Struve
13 Vitaly Minakov
14 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
15 Gabriel Gonzaga
Others receiving votes: Alexander Volkov, Andrei Arlovski, Cheick Kongo
Light Heavyweight
1 Jon Jones
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Anthony Johnson
5 Rashad Evans
6 Glover Teixeira
7 Phil Davis
8 Ryan Bader
9 Dan Henderson
10 Quinton Jackson
11 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
12 Emanuel Newton
13 Ovince St. Preux
14 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
15 Ilir Latifi
Others receiving votes: Jimi Manuwa, Thiago Silva
Middleweight
1 Chris Weidman
2 Anderson Silva
3 Lyoto Machida
4 Vitor Belfort
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 Nate Marquardt
Others receiving votes: Costa Philippou, Cung Le, Thales Leites
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 Nick Diaz
14 Tarec Saffiedine
15 Douglas Lima
1 Anthony Pettis
2 Benson Henderson
3 Gilbert Melendez
4 Eddie Alvarez
5 Khabib Nurmagomedov
6 Rafael dos Anjos
7 Donald Cerrone
8 Nate Diaz
9 Michael Chandler
10 Will Brooks
11 Bobby Green
12 Josh Thomson
13 Jim Miller
14 Myles Jury
15 Justin Gaethje
Others receiving votes: Rustam Khabilov, Michael Johnson, Jorge Masvidal
Featherweight
1 Jose Aldo
2 Chad Mendes
3 Frankie Edgar
4 Cub Swanson
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Pat Curran
7-tie Chan Sung Jung
7-tie Patricio Friere
7-tie Daniel Straus
10 Nik Lentz
11 Dustin Poirier
12 Dennis Bermudez
13 Dennis Siver
14 Conor McGregor
15 Jeremy Stephens
Others receiving votes: Charles Oliveira, Darren Elkins, Clay Guida, Shinya Aoki
Bantamweight
1 T.J. Dillashaw
2 Renan Barao
3 Urijah Faber
4 Michael McDonald
5 Raphael Assunção
6 Bibiano Fernandes
7 Takeya Mizugaki
8 Eduardo Dantas
9 Marlon Moraes
10 Iuri Alcantara
11 Johnny Eduardo
12 Joe Warren
13 Bryan Caraway
14 Marcos Galvao
15 Eddie Wineland
Others receiving votes: Alex Caceres, Yves Jabouin, Francisco Rivera, Aljamain Sterling
Flyweight
1 Demetrious Johnson
2 John Dodson
3 Joseph Benavidez
4 Ian McCall
5 Zach Makovsky
6 Ali Bagautinov
7 Jussier Formiga
8 John Moraga
9 John Lineker
10 Chris Cariaso
11 Kyoji Horiguchi
12 Patrick Holohan
13 Louis Smolka
14 Brad Pickett
15 Dustin Ortiz
Others receiving votes: Tim Elliott, Josh Sampo, Ray Borg, Scotty Jorgensen
Women's Bantamweight
1 Ronda Rousey
2 Alexis Davis
3 Sarah Kaufman
4 Cat Zingano
5 Sara McMann
6 Miesha Tate
7 Jessica Eye
8 Lauren Murphy
9 Jessica Andrade
10 Amanda Nunes
Others receiving votes: Rin Nakai, Liz Carmouche
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