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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: 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
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