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MMATorch Staff Rankings - October 2014
Oct 6, 2014 - 9:45:00 AM MMATorch Staff Rankings - October 2014

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The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of October 1, 2014. Rankings were compiled before the Bellator and UFC fights of October 3 and October 4.

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 Renan Barao
9 Johny Hendricks
10 Dominick Cruz
11 Anderson Silva
12 Frankie Edgar
13 Gilbert Melendez
14 Lyoto Machida
15 Alexander Gustafsson

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 Josh Barnett
6 Mark Hunt
7 Stipe Miocic
8 Andrei Arlovski
9 Ben Rothwell
10 Antonio Silva
11 Alistair Overeem
12 Frank Mir
13 Roy Nelson
14 Gabriel Gonzaga
15 Stefan Struve

Others receiving votes: Vitaly Minakov, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira


Light Heavyweight

1 Jon Jones
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Rashad Evans
5 Glover Teixeira
6 Phil Davis
7 Ryan Bader
8 Dan Henderson
9 Quinton Jackson
10 Emanuel Newton
11 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
12 Ovince St. Preux
13 Jimi Manuwa
14 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
15 Muhammed Lawal

Others receiving votes: Liam McGeary, Rafael Cavalcante


Middleweight

1 Chris Weidman
2 Anderson Silva
3 Lyoto Machida
4 Vitor Belfort
5 Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza
6 Luke Rockhold
7 Yoel Romero
8 Gegard Mousasi
9 Tim Kennedy
10 Yushin Okami
11 Michael Bisping
12 CB Dollaway
13 Thales Leites
14 Nate Marquardt
15 Mark Munoz

Others receiving votes: Costa Philippou, Brandon Halsey, Tim Boetsch


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-tie Dong Hyun Kim
13-tie Tarec Saffiedine
15 Douglas Lima

Others receiving votes: Rousimar Palhares, Jordan Mein


Lightweight

1 Anthony Pettis
2-tie Gilbert Melendez
2-tie Khabib Nurmagomedov
4 Rafael dos Anjos
5 Benson Henderson
6 Donald Cerrone
7 Eddie Alvarez
8 Nate Diaz
9 Will Brooks
10 Michael Chandler
11 Bobby Green
12 Josh Thomson
13 Jim Miller
14 Myles Jury
15 Jorge Masvidal

Others receiving votes: Michael Johnson, Justin Gaethje, Rustam Khabilov


Featherweight

1 Jose Aldo
2 Chad Mendes
3 Frankie Edgar
4 Cub Swanson
5 Patricio Friere
6 Ricardo Lamas
7 Conor McGregor
8 Pat Curran
9 Nik Lentz
10 Daniel Straus
11 Dennis Siver
12 Dustin Poirier
13 Dennis Bermudez
14 Chan Sung Jung
15 Jeremy Stephens

Others receiving votes: Darren Elkins, Charles Oliveira, Clay Guida,


Bantamweight

1 T.J. Dillashaw
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Renan Barao
4 Urijah Faber
5 Michael McDonald
6 Raphael Assunção
7 Eduardo Dantas
8-tie Bibiano Fernandes
8-tie Marlon Moraes
10 Iuri Alcantara
11 Takeya Mizugaki
12 Johnny Eduardo
13 Joe Warren
14 Bryan Caraway
15-tie Eddie Wineland
15-tie Marcos Galvao

Others receiving votes: Yves Jabouin


Flyweight

1 Demetrious Johnson
2 John Dodson
3 Joseph Benavidez
4 Ian McCall
5 Jussier Formiga
6 John Moraga
7 Zach Makovsky
8 Ali Bagautinov
9 John Lineker
10 Kyoji Horiguchi
11 Chris Cariaso
12 Dustin Ortiz
13 Brad Pickett
14-tie Tim Elliott
14-tie Louis Smolka

Others receiving votes: Patrick Holohan, Josh Sampo


Women's Bantamweight

1 Ronda Rousey
2 Cat Zingano
3 Alexis Davis
4 Sarah Kaufman
5 Sara McMann
6 Miesha Tate
7 Jessica Eye
8 Jessica Andrade
9 Amanda Nunes
10 Bethe Correira

Others receiving votes: Lauren Murphy, Liz Carmouche



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