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MMATorch Staff Rankings - May 2013
May 2, 2013 - 9:45:29 AM MMATorch Staff Rankings - May 2013

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POUND FOR POUND

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

Others Receiving Votes: Gilbert Melendez, Carlos Condit, Dan Henderson, Urijah Faber, Daniel Cormier, John Dodson, Ricardo Lamas, Chan Sung Jung, Vitor Belfort, Bibiano Fernandes, Eduardo Dantas, Michael Chandler


HEAVYWEIGHT

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

Others Receiving Votes: Cheick Kongo, Gabriel Gonzaga, Matt Mitrione, Stipe Miocic, Ben Rothwell, Ryan Martinez


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

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

Others Receiving Votes: James Te Huna, Emanuel Newton, Wanderlei Silva, Muhammed Lawal, Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante, Jimi Manuwa

MIDDLEWEIGHT

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

Others Receiving Votes: Alan Belcher, Roger Gracie, Rich Franklin, Tim Kennedy, Francis Carmont, Chris Camozzi, Rousimar Palhares, Doug Marshall


WELTERWEIGHT

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

Others Receiving Votes: Dong Hyun Kim, Mike Pyle, Matt Brown, Rick Story, Jake Shields, Gunnar Nelson


LIGHTWEIGHT

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

Others Receiving Votes: Diego Sanchez, Rick Hawn, Joe Lauzon, Jorge Masvidal, David Rickels, Evan Dunham, Jamie Varner, Myles Jury


FEATHERWEIGHT

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

Others Receiving Votes: Patricio Friere, Diego Brandao, Conor McGregor, Hacran Dias, Diego Nunes, Darren Elkins, Magomedrasul "Frodo" Khasbulaev, Akira Corassani


BANTAMWEIGHT

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

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


FLYWEIGHT

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

Others Receiving Votes: Tim Elliott, Sergio Pettis, Mamoru Yamaguchi, Alexis Vila, Atsushi Yamamoto



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Voting Panel: Jamie Penick, Rich Hansen, Brad Walker, Dan Moore, Frank Hyden, Alex Williams, Tony Becerra, CJ Tuttle, Matt Pelkey, Eric Hobaugh


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