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The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of February 4, 2015. Rankings were tabulated after UFC 183, but before Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz failed their respective drug tests.
New this month, MMA Torch has added rankings for the Women's Strawweight division, as well as expanding the Women's Bantamweight rankings to 15 fighters from the previous 10.
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 Anderson Silva
13 Anthony Johnson
14 Renan Barao
15 Johny Hendricks
Others receiving votes: Chad Mendes, 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 Josh Barnett
7 Stipe Miocic
8 Andrei Arlovski
9 Ben Rothwell
10 Antonio Silva
11 Alistair Overeem
12 Roy Nelson
13 Matt Mitrione
14 Vitaly Minakov
15 Frank Mir
Others receiving votes: Stefan Struve, Gabriel Gonzaga, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Light Heavyweight
1 Jon Jones
2 Anthony Johnson
3 Alexander Gustafsson
4 Daniel Cormier
5 Rashad Evans
6 Ryan Bader
7 Glover Teixeira
8 Phil Davis
9 Ovince St. Preux
10 Emanuel Newton
11 Quinton Jackson
12 Jimi Manuwa
13 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
14 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
15 Liam McGeary
Others receiving votes: Muhammed Lawal, Jan Blachowitz, Attila Vegh, Rafael Cavalcante
Middleweight
1 Chris Weidman
2 Lyoto Machida
3 Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza
4 Anderson Silva
5 Vitor Belfort
6 Luke Rockhold
7 Yoel Romero
8 Gegard Mousasi
9 Tim Kennedy
10 Thales Leites
11 Michael Bisping
12 CB Dollaway
13 Dave Branch
14 Costa Philippou
15 Nick Diaz
Others receiving votes: Mark Munoz, Dan Henderson, Brad Tavares, Yushin Okami
Welterweight
1 Robbie Lawler
2 Johny Hendricks
3 Rory MacDonald
4-tie Tyron Woodley
4-tie Hector Lombard
6 Carlos Condit
7 Ben Askren
8 Matt Brown
9 Jake Shields
10 Kelvin Gastelum
11 Demian Maia
12 Rousimar Palhares
13 Dong Hyun Kim
14 Tarec Saffiedine
15 Douglas Lima
1 Anthony Pettis
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Rafael dos Anjos
4 Donald Cerrone
5 Gilbert Melendez
6 Benson Henderson
7 Will Brooks
8 Eddie Alvarez
9 Edson Barboza
10 Josh Thomson
11 Bobby Green
12 Jim Miller
13 Michael Chandler
14 Nate Diaz
15 Myles Jury
Others receiving votes: Jorge Masvidal, Michael Johnson, Al Iaquinta
Featherweight
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Chad Mendes
4 Conor McGregor
5-tie Cub Swanson
5-tie Ricardo Lamas
7 Patricio Friere
8-tie Pat Curran
8-tie Nik Lentz
10 Dennis Bermudez
11 Daniel Straus
12 Charles Oliveira
13 Dustin Poirier
14 Dennis Siver
15 Jeremy Stephens
Others receiving votes: Max Holloway, Darren Elkins, Clay Guida, Hacran Dias
Bantamweight
1 T.J. Dillashaw
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Renan Barao
4 Urijah Faber
5 Raphael Assunção
6 Marlon Moraes
7 Michael McDonald
8 Bibiano Fernandes
9 Joe Warren
10 Iuri Alcantara
11 Takeya Mizugaki
12 Johnny Eduardo
13 Eduardo Dantas
14 Eddie Wineland
15 Bryan Caraway
Others receiving votes: Marcos Galvao, Francisco Rivera, Yves Jabouin, Alex Caceres, Rafael Silva, 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 Tim Elliott
14 Dustin Ortiz
15 Louis Smolka
Others receiving votes: Chico Camus, Chris Kelades, Brad Pickett
Others receiving votes: Livia Renata Souza, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Seo Hee Ham, Mizuki Inoue
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