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MMATorch Staff Rankings - December 2014
Dec 7, 2014 - 2:35:22 PM MMATorch Staff Rankings - December 2014

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The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of December 5, 2014. Rankings were tabulated before the recent UFC 181 PPV event.


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-tie Junior dos Santos
2-tie Fabricio Werdum
4 Travis Browne
5 Josh Barnett
6 Mark Hunt
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 Phil Davis
5 Glover Teixeira
6 Rashad Evans
7 Ryan Bader
8 Dan Henderson
9 Emanuel Newton
10 Quinton Jackson
11 Ovince St. Preux
12 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
13 Jimi Manuwa
14 Liam McGeary
15 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

Others receiving votes: Jan Blachowitz, Muhammed Lawal, Rafael Cavalcante, Ryan Jimmo


Middleweight

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

Others receiving votes: Costas Philippou, Brandon Halsey, Tim Boetsch, Yushin Okami


Welterweight

1 Johny Hendricks
2 Robbie Lawler
3 Rory MacDonald
4 Tyron Woodley
5-tie Carlos Condit
5-tie Hector Lombard
7 Ben Askren
8 Kelvin Gastelum
9 Matt Brown
10 Jake Shields
11 Demian Maia
12 Nick Diaz
13 Tarec Saffiedine
14 Jake Ellenberger
15 Dong Hyun Kim

Others receiving votes: Douglas Lima, Rousimar Palhares, Jordan Mein, Rick Story


Lightweight

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

Others receiving votes: Jorge Masvidal


Featherweight

1 Jose Aldo
2-tie Chad Mendes
2-tie Frankie Edgar
4 Cub Swanson
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Patricio Friere
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

Others receiving votes: Bryan Caraway, Yves Jabouin


Flyweight

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

Others receiving votes: Chico Camus, Chris Kelades, Brad Pickett


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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