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The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of November 7, 2014. Our apologies for the lateness of this post. Rich Hansen's trip to Davenport to cover Invicta FC 9 caused a delay...
Pound For Pound
1 Jon Jones
2 Jose Aldo
3 Demetrious Johnson
4 Chris Weidman
5 Anthony Pettis
6 Cain Velasquez
7 Dominick Cruz
8 TJ Dillashaw
9 Johny Hendricks
10 Anderson Silva
11 Renan Barao
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 Mark Hunt
6 Josh Barnett
7 Stipe Miocic
8 Ben Rothwell
9 Andrei Arlovski
10 Antonio Silva
11 Alistair Overeem
12 Frank Mir
13 Gabriel Gonzaga
14 Roy Nelson
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 Phil Davis
6 Glover Teixeira
7 Ryan Bader
8 Dan Henderson
9 Emanuel Newton
10 Quinton Jackson
11 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
12 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
13 Jimi Manuwa
14 Ovince St. Preux
15-tie Liam McGeary
15-tie Jan Blachowitz
Others receiving votes: Muhammed Lawal, 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: Costas 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 Nick Diaz
12 Demian Maia
13 Tarec Saffiedine
14 Dong Hyun Kim
15 Douglas Lima
Others receiving votes: Rousimar Palhares, Jordan Mein, Rick Story
Lightweight
1 Anthony Pettis
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Gilbert Melendez
4 Rafael dos Anjos
5 Benson Henderson
6 Donald Cerrone
7 Eddie Alvarez
8 Nate Diaz
9 Bobby Green
10 Josh Thomson
11 Will Brooks
12 Michael Chandler
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 Jeremy Stephens
15 Darren Elkins
Others receiving votes: Charles Oliveira, Max Holloway, Clay Guida
Bantamweight
1 T.J. Dillashaw
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Renan Barao
4 Urijah Faber
5 Raphael Assunção
6 Michael McDonald
7 Bibiano Fernandes
8 Marlon Moraes
9 Joe Warren
10 Iuri Alcantara
11 Eduardo Dantas
12 Takeya Mizugaki
13 Johnny Eduardo
14 Eddie Wineland
15 Marcos Galvao
1 Demetrious Johnson
2 John Dodson
3 Joseph Benavidez
4 Ian McCall
5 Jussier Formiga
6 Zach Makovsky
7 John Moraga
8 John Lineker
9 Ali Bagautinov
10 Kyoji Horiguchi
11 Chris Cariaso
12 Wilson Reis
13 Brad Pickett
14 Dustin Ortiz
15 Tim Elliott
Others receiving votes: Louis Smolka, Chris Kelades
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
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