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MMATorch Staff Rankings - March 2015
Mar 5, 2015 - 10:30:20 AM MMATorch Staff Rankings - March 2015

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The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of March 4, 2015. Due to inactivity, Rashad Evans has been dropped. Also, Ben Henderson is being treated as a welterweight since that's where he has fought most recently and has not announced plans for his next fight.


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 Frankie Edgar
10 Lyoto Machida
11 Robbie Lawler
12 Anthony Johnson
13 Renan Barao
14 Chad Mendes
15 Johny Hendricks

Others receiving votes: Alexander Gustafsson, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Daniel Cormier, Vitor Belfort, Fabricio Werdum


Heavyweight

1 Cain Velasquez
2 Fabricio Werdum
3 Junior dos Santos
4 Travis Browne
5 Mark Hunt
6-tie Josh Barnett
6-tie Stipe Miocic
8 Andrei Arlovski
9 Ben Rothwell
10 Alistair Overeem
11 Roy Nelson
12 Frank Mir
13 Matt Mitrione
14 Vitaly Minakov
15 Antonio Silva

Others receiving votes: Stefan Struve, Gabriel Gonzaga, Alexander Volkov


Light Heavyweight
1 Jon Jones
2 Anthony Johnson
3 Alexander Gustafsson
4 Daniel Cormier
5 Ryan Bader
6 Glover Teixeira
7 Phil Davis
8 Ovince St. Preux
9 Quinton Jackson
10 Liam McGeary
11 Emanuel Newton
12 Jimi Manuwa
13 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
14 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
15 Jan Blachowitz

Others receiving votes: Muhammed Lawal, Attila Vegh, Ryan Jimmo


Middleweight

1 Chris Weidman
2 Lyoto Machida
3 Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza
4 Vitor Belfort
5 Luke Rockhold
6 Anderson Silva
7 Yoel Romero
8 Gegard Mousasi
9 Tim Kennedy
10 Thales Leites
11 Michael Bisping
12-tie CB Dollaway
12-tie Dave Branch
14 Costa Philippou
15 Nick Diaz

Others receiving votes: Dan Henderson, Brad Tavares, Roan Carneiro, Yushin Okami


Welterweight

1 Robbie Lawler
2 Johny Hendricks
3 Rory MacDonald
4 Tyron Woodley
5 Hector Lombard
6 Carlos Condit
7 Ben Askren
8 Matt Brown
9 Jake Shields
10 Benson Henderson
11 Kelvin Gastelum
12 Demian Maia
13 Rousimar Palhares
14 Dong Hyun Kim
15 Jake Ellenberger

Others receiving votes: Tarec Saffiedine, Douglas Lima


Lightweight

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

Others receiving votes: Nathan Diaz, Jorge Masvidal


Featherweight

1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Chad Mendes
4 Conor McGregor
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Cub Swanson
7 Patricio Friere
8 Nik Lentz
9 Daniel Weichel
10 Dennis Bermudez
11 Dustin Poirier
12 Charles Oliveira
13 Pat Curran
14 Daniel Straus
15 Max Holloway

Others receiving votes: Dennis Siver, Jeremy Stephens


Bantamweight

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

Others receiving votes: Francisco Rivera, Frankie Saenz, Iuri Alcantara, Rafael Silva, Alex Caceres, Erik Perez


Flyweight

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

Others receiving votes: Ray Borg, Brad Pickett


Women's Bantamweight

1 Ronda Rousey
2 Sarah Kaufman
3-tie Alexis Davis
3-tie Miesha Tate
3-tie Cat Zingano
6 Sara McMann
7 Jessica Eye
8 Marion Reneau
9 Holly Holm
10 Bethe Correira
11 Lauren Murphy
12 Liz Carmouche
13 Amanda Nunes
14 Jessica Andrade
15 Julianna Pena

Others receiving votes: Tonya Evinger, Raquel Pennington, Leslie Smith


Women's Strawweight

1 Carla Esparza
2 Jessica Aguillar
3 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
4 Calaudia Gadelha
5 Jessica Penne
6 Rose Namajunas
7 Joanne Calderwood
8 Randa Markos
9 Tecia Torres
10 Katja Kankaanpaa
11 Kalindra Faria
12 Aisling Daly
13 Felice Herrig
14 Paige Van Zant
15 Justine Kish

Others receiving votes: Livia Renata Souza, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Alexa Grasso


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