Others Receiving Votes: Josh Barnett (6), Roy Nelson (5), Sergei Kharitonov (1), Mike Russow (1), Cheick Kongo (1)
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Jon Jones (80)
2. Mauricio Rua (72)
3. (tie) Lyoto Machida (58)
3. (tie) Rashad Evans (58)
5. Quinton Jackson (52)
6. Dan Henderson (36)
7. Forrest Griffin (36)
8. Phil Davis (21)
9. Rafael Cavalcante (13)
10. Gegard Mousasi (8)
Others Receiving Votes: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (3), Muhammed Lawal (2), Tito Ortiz (1)
MIDDLEWEIGHT
1. Anderson Silva (80)
2. Chael Sonnen (69)
3. Yushin Okami (65)
4. (tie)Mark Munoz (41)
4. (tie) Ronaldo Souza (41)
6. Michael Bisping (40)
7. Brian Stann (38)
8. Demian Maia (28)
9. Hector Lombard (15)
10. Jorge Santiago (10)
Others Receiving Votes: Jason Miller (7), Chris Leben (5), Vitor Belfort (1)
WELTERWEIGHT
1. Georges St. Pierre (80)
2. Jon Fitch (70)
3. B.J. Penn (57)
4. Jake Shields (53)
5. Nick Diaz (47)
6. Josh Koscheck (40)
7. Carlos Condit (37)
8. Diego Sanchez (23)
9. Jake Ellenberger (12)
10. Rick Story (10)
Others Receiving Votes: Thiago Alves (6), Martin Kampmann (3), Ben Askren (1), Charlie Brenneman (1)
LIGHTWEIGHT
1. Frankie Edgar (80)
2. Gilbert Melendez (69)
3. Gray Maynard (67)
4. Eddie Alvarez (45)
5. Jim Miller (46)
6. Melvin Guillard (41)
7. Shinya Aoki (36)
8. Clay Guida (29)
9. Dennis Siver (14)
10. Anthony Pettis (13)
Others Receiving Votes: None
FEATHERWEIGHT
1. Jose Aldo (80)
2. Chad Mendes (65)
3. Mark Hominick (55)
4. Kenny Florian (54)
5. Hatsu Hioki (52)
6. Joe Warren (43)
7. Marlon Sandro (25)
8. Diego Nunes (19)
9. Erik Koch (15)
10. Patricio Freire (12)
Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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