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MMA Torch Staff Rankings - April 2013
Apr 1, 2013 - 11:00:00 PM MMA Torch Staff Rankings - April 2013

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POUND FOR POUND

1 Anderson Silva
2 Jon Jones
3 Geirges St-Pierre
4 Jose Aldo
5 Ben Henderson
6 Demetrious Johnson
7 Renan Barao
8 Cain Velasquez
9 Anthony Pettis
10 Frankie Edgar
11 Johny Hendricks
12 Joseph Benavidez
13 Junior dos Santos
14 Gilbert Melendez
15 Carlos Condit

Others Receiving Votes: Pat Curran, Lyoto Machida, Dan Henderson, Urijah Faber, Eduardo Dantas, Vitor Belfort, Daniel Cormier, John Dodson, Ricardo Lamas, Chris Weidman


HEAVYWEIGHT

1 Cain Velasquez
2 Junior dos Santos
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Antonio Silva
5 Fabricio Werdum
6 Alistair Overeem
7 Frank Mir
8 Josh Barnett
9 Mark Hunt
10 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
11 Roy Nelson
12 Stefan Struve
13 Travis Browne
14 Gabriel Gonzaga
15 Cheick Kongo

Others Receiving Votes: Andrei Arlovski, Alexander Volkov, Peter Graham, Brendan Schaub, Damian Grabowski, Ryan Martinez, Ben Rothwell


LIGHT HAVYWEIGHT

1 Jon Jones
2 Lyoto Machida
3 Dan Henderson
4 Alexander Gustafsson
5 Rashad Evans
6 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
7 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
8 Glover Teixeira
9 Phil Davis
10 Gegard Mousasi
11 Ryan Bader
12 Forrest Griffin
13 Jame Te Huna
14 Anthony Johnson
15 Emanuel Newton

Others Receiving Votes: Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Wanderlei Silva, Vinny Magalhães, Brandon Vera


MIDDLEWEIGHT

1 Anderson Silva
2 Vitor Belfort
3 Chael Sonnen
4 Chris Weidman
5 Luke Rockhold
6 Yushin Okami
7 Michael Bisping
8 Costa Philippou
9 Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza
10 Tim Boetsch
11 Mark Munoz
12 Alan Belcher
13 Brian Stann
14 Alexander Shlemenko
15 Hector Lombard

Others Receiving Votes: Mamed Khalidov, Cung Le, Roger Gracie, Tim Kennedy


WELTERWEIGHT

1 Georges St-Pierre
2 Johny Hendricks
3 Carlos Condit
4 Jake Ellenberger
5 Demian Maia
6 Rory MacDonald
7 Nick Diaz
8 Martin Kampmann
9 Ben Askren
10 Jon Fitch
11 Tarec Saffiedine
12 Robbie Lawler
13 Tyron Woodley
14 Nate Marquardt
15 Josh Koscheck

Others Receiving Votes: Mike Pyle, Dong Hyun Kim, Jordan Mein, Gunnar Nelson, BJ Penn, Jake Shields, Ben Saunders, Patrick Cote


LIGHTWEIGHT

1 Benson Henderson
2 Anthony Pettis
3 Gilbert Melendez
4 Gray Maynard
5 Michael Chandler
6 Nate Diaz
7 Eddie Alvarez
8 TJ Grant
9 Jim Miller
10 Donald Cerrone
11 Rafael dos Anjos
12 Khabib Nurmagomedov
13 Shinya Aoki
14 Joe Lauzon
15 Diego Sanchez

Others Receiving Votes: Pat Healy, Josh Thomson, Evan Dunham, David Rickels, Saad Awad, Jamie Varner


FEATHERWEIGHT:

1 Jose Aldo
2 Pat Curran
3 Frankie Edgar
4 Chad Mendes
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Cub Swanson
7 Chan Sung Jung
8 Dennis Siver
9 Nik Lentz
10 Clay Guida
11 Eric Koch
12 Hatsu Hioki
13 Dustin Poirier
14 Daniel Straus
15 Darren Elkins

Others Receiving Votes: Tatsuya Kawajiri, Hacran Dias, Robert Peralta, Patricio "Pitbull" Friere, Diego Nunes, Diego Brandao, Bart Palaszewski


BANTAMWEIGHT

1 Renan Barao
2 Urijah Faber
3 Michael McDonald
4 Eddie Wineland
5 Bibiano Fernandes
6 Eduardo Dantas
7 Raphael Assunção
8 Brad Pickett
9 Marlon Moraes
10 Scott Jorgensen
11 Iuri Alcantara
12 Takeya Mizugaki
13 Marcos Galvao
14 Brian Bowles
15 Tyson Nam

Others Receiving Votes: Joe Warren, Mike Easton, TJ Dillashaw, Jimmie Rivera, Erik Perez, Ivan Menjivar, Bryan Caraway


FLYWEIGHT

1 Demetrious Johnson
2 Joseph Benavidez
3 John Dodson
4 John Moraga
5 Ian McCall
6 Josh Sampo
7 Jussier "Formiga Da Silva
8 Darren Uyenoyama
9 Chris Cariaso
10 Louis Gaudinot
11 John Lineker
12 Darrell Montague
13 Antonio Banuelos
14 Atsushi Yamamoto
15 Tim Elliott

Others Receiving Votes: Alexis Vila, Yasuhiro Urushitani



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Voting Panel: Jamie Penick, Rich Hansen, Brad Walker, Dan Moore, Frank Hyden, Alex Williams, LA Becerra, CJ Tuttle


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