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May 1, 2015 - 9:30:00 AM
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The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of May 1, 2015. Jon Jones remains eligible for ranking despite his suspension.


Pound For Pound

1 Jon Jones
2 Jose Aldo
3 Demetrious Johnson
4 Chris Weidman
5 Cain Velasquez
6 Dominick Cruz
7 TJ Dillashaw
8 Frankie Edgar
9 Rafael dos Anjos
10 Robbie Lawler
11 Luke Rockhold
12 Anthony Johnson
13 Renan Barao
14 Khabib Nurmagomedov
15 Johny Hendricks

Others receiving votes: Anthony Pettis, Chad Mendes, Vitor Belfort, Alexander Gustafsson


Heavyweight

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

Others receiving votes: Mirko Cro Cop


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 Jimi Manuwa
12 Emanuel Newton
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 Luke Rockhold
3 Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza
4 Vitor Belfort
5 Lyoto Machida
6 Anderson Silva
7 Yoel Romero
8 Gegard Mousasi
9 Tim Kennedy
10 Thales Leites
11 Michael Bisping
12 Dave Branch
13 CB Dollaway
14 Costa Philippou
15 Brad Tavares

Others receiving votes: Roan Carneiro, Dan Henderson, Nick Diaz, 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 Benson Henderson
9 Matt Brown
10 Jake Shields
11 Kelvin Gastelum
12 Demian Maia
13 Rousimar Palhares
14 Dong Hyun Kim
15 Tarec Saffiedine

Others receiving votes: Jake Ellenberger, Douglas Lima


Lightweight

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

Others receiving votes: Al Iaquinta, Jorge Masvidal, Dustin Poirier


Featherweight

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

Others receiving votes: Dennis Siver


Bantamweight

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

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


Flyweight

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

Others receiving votes: Tim Elliott, Chico Camus, Ray Borg


Women's Bantamweight

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

Others receiving votes: Tonya Evinger, Raquel Pennington


Women's Strawweight

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

Others receiving votes: Justine Kish, Felice Herrig, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Alexa Grasso


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