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The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of August 31, 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 Johny Hendricks
9 Renan Barao
10 Lyoto Machida
11 Anderson Silva
12 Frankie Edgar
13 Alexander Gustafsson
14 Gilbert Melendez
15 Chad Mendes
Others receiving votes: Chad Mendes, Daniel Cormier, Vitor Belfort, Robbie Lawler, Khabib Nurmagomedov
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 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
11 Quinton Jackson
12 Emanuel Newton
13 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
14 Ovince St. Preux
15 Jimi Manuwa
Others receiving votes: Ilir Latifi, 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 Thales Leites
15 Mark Munoz
Others receiving votes: Nate Marquardt, Costa Philippou
Welterweight
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Robbie Lawler
3 Rory MacDonald
4 Tyron Woodley
5 Carlos Condit
6 Hector Lombard
7 Ben Askren
8 Jake Ellenberger
9 Matt Brown
10 Jake Shields
11 Demian Maia
12 Nick Diaz
13 Dong Hyun Kim
14 Tarec Saffiedine
15 Douglas Lima
Others receiving votes: Rousimar Palhares, Jordan Mein
Lightweight
1 Anthony Pettis
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Rafael dos Anjos
4 Gilbert Melendez
5 Benson Henderson
6 Eddie Alvarez
7 Will Brooks
8 Donald Cerrone
9 Nate Diaz
10 Michael Chandler
11 Bobby Green
12 Josh Thomson
13 Jim Miller
14 Justin Gaethje
15 Myles Jury
Others receiving votes: Rustam Khabilov, Michael Johnson, Jorge Masvidal, Ross Pearson
Featherweight
1 Jose Aldo
2 Chad Mendes
3 Frankie Edgar
4 Cub Swanson
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Pat Curran
7 Patricio Friere
8 Daniel Straus
9-tie Nik Lentz
9-tie Dustin Poirier
11 Chan Sung Jung
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 Jussier Formiga
6 Ali Bagautinov
7 Zach Makovsky
8 John Moraga
9 John Lineker
10 Chris Cariaso
11 Kyoji Horiguchi
12 Brad Pickett
13 Louis Smolka
14-tie Patrick Holohan
14-tie Dustin Ortiz
Others receiving votes: Tim Elliott, Josh Sampo, 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 Jessica Andrade
9 Amanda Nunes
10 Lauren Murphy
Others receiving votes: Rin Nakai, Liz Carmouche
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