Men’s Divisions
Heavyweight (265) – Light Heavyweight (205) – Middleweight (185) – Welterweight (170) – Lightweight (155) – Featherweight (145) – Bantamweight (135) – Flyweight (125)
Women’s Divisions
Women’s Featherweight (145) – Women’s Bantamweight (135) – Women’s Flyweight (125) – Women’s Strawweight (115)
| Rank | Fighter | OVR | UFC | Last 3 Fights | Next Fight | ||
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| 1 |  |  | Kamaru Usman | 17-1 | 12-0 | W-Jorge Masvidal (DEC) W-Colby Covington (TKO) W-Tyron Woodley (DEC) | Gilbert Burns 02/13/2021 |
| 2 |  | | Colby Covington | 16-2 | 11-2 | W-Tyron Woodley (TKO) L-Kamaru Usman (TKO) W-Robbie Lawler (DEC) | |
| 3 |  |  | Gilbert Burns | 19-3 | 12-3 | W-Tyron Woodley (DEC) W-Demian Maia (TKO) W-Gunnar Nelson (DEC) | Kamaru Usman 02/13/2021 |
| 4 |  | | Jorge Masvidal | 35-14 | 12-7 | L-Kamaru Usman (DEC) W-Nate Diaz (TKO) W-Ben Askren (KO) | |
| 5 |  | | Tyron Woodley | 19-6-1 | 9-5-1 | L-Colby Covington (TKO) L-Gilbert Burns (DEC) L-Kamaru Usman (DEC) | |
| 6 |  | | Nate Diaz | 20-12 | 15-10 | L-Jorge Masvidal (TKO) W-Anthony Pettis (DEC) L-Conor McGregor (DEC) | |
| 7 |  | | Anthony Pettis | 23-10 | 10-9 | W-Donald Cerrone (DEC) L-Diego Ferreira (SUB) L-Nate Diaz (DEC) | Alex Morono 12/19/2020 |
| 8 |  | | Stephen Thompson | 15-4-1 | 10-4-1 | W-Vicente Luque (DEC) L-Anthony Pettis (KO) L-Darren Till (DEC) | Geoff Neal 12/19/2020 |
| 9 |  | | Michael Chiesa | 17-4 | 10-4 | W-Rafael dos Anjos (DEC) W-Diego Sanchez (DEC) W-Carlos Condit (SUB) | |
| 10 |  | | Neil Magny | 24-7 | 17-6 | W-Robbie Lawler (DEC) W-Tony Martin (DEC) W-Li Jingliang (DEC) | |
| 11 |  | | Demian Maia | 28-10 | 22-10 | L-Gilbert Burns (TKO) W-Ben Askren (SUB) W-Tony Martin (DEC) | |
| 12 |  | | Vicente Luque | 19-7-1 | 12-3 | W-Randy Brown (KO) W-Niko Price (TKO) L-Stephen Thompson (DEC) | |
| 13 |  | | Geoff Neal | 13-2 | 5-0 | W-Mike Perry (TKO) W-Niko Price (TKO) W-Belal Muhammad (DEC) | Stephen Thompson 12/19/2020 |
| 14 |  |  | Gunnar Nelson | 17-5-1 | 8-5 | L-Gilbert Burns (DEC) L-Leon Edwards (DEC) W-Alex Oliveira (SUB) | |
| 15 |  | | Tony Martin | 17-6 | 9-6 | L-Neil Magny (DEC) W-Ramazan Emeev (DEC) L-Demian Maia (DEC) | |
| 16 |  | | Sean Brady | 13-0 | 3-0 | W-Christian Aguilera (SUB) W-Ismail Naurdiev (DEC) W-Court McGee (DEC) | |
| 17 |  | | Donald Cerrone | 36-15-1 | 22-12-1 | D-Niko Price (DEC) L-Anthony Pettis (DEC) L-Conor McGregor (TKO) | |
| 18 |  | | Niko Price | 15-4-1 | 7-4-1 | D-Donald Cerrone (DEC) L-Vicente Luque (TKO) W-James Vick (KO) | |
| 19 |  | | Robbie Lawler | 28-15 | 12-9 | L-Neil Magny (DEC) L-Colby Covington (DEC) L-Ben Askren (SUB) | |
| 20 |  | | James Krause | 29-8 | 10-4 | W-Claudio Silva (DEC) L-Trevin Giles (DEC) W-Sergio Moraes (KO) | |
| 21 |  |  | Muslim Salikhov | 17-2 | 4-1 | W-Elizeu Zaleski (DEC) W-Laureano Staropoli (DEC) W-Nordine Taleb (KO) | Santiago Ponzinibbio 01/16/2021 |
| 22 |  | | Belal Muhammad | 17-3 | 8-3 | W-Lyman Good (DEC) W-Takashi Sato (SUB) W-Curtis Millender (DEC) | Dhiego Lima 12/19/2020 |
| 23 |  |  | Jake Matthews | 17-4 | 10-4 | W-Diego Sanchez (DEC) W-Emil Meek (DEC) W-Rostem Akman (DEC) | |
| 24 |  |  | Li Jingliang | 17-6 | 9-4 | L-Neil Magny (DEC) W-Elizeu Zaleski (TKO) W-David Zawada (KO) | Dwight Grant 12/12/2020 |
| 25 |  | | Elizeu Zaleski | 22-7 | 8-3 | L-Muslim Salikhov (DEC) W-Alexey Kunchenko (DEC) L-Li Jingliang (TKO) | |
| 26 |  |  | Shavkat Rakhmonov | 13-0 | 1-0 | W-Alex Oliveira (SUB) W-Tiago Lacerda (TKO) W-Danila Prikaza (TKO) | |
| 27 |  | | Carlos Condit | 31-13 | 8-9 | W-Court McGee (DEC) L-Michael Chiesa (SUB) L-Alex Oliveira (SUB) | Matt Brown 01/30/2021 |
| 28 |  |  | Nicolas Dalby | 19-4-1 | 3-3-1 | W-Daniel Rodriguez (DEC) L-Jesse Ronson (SUB) W-Alex Oliveira (DEC) | |
| 29 |  | | Daniel Rodriguez | 13-2 | 3-1 | L-Nicholas Dalby (DEC) W-Dwight Grant (KO) W-Gabriel Green (DEC) | |
| 30 |  | | Tim Means | 31-12-1 | 13-8 | W-Mike Perry (DEC) W-Laureano Staropoli (DEC) L-Daniel Rodriguez (SUB) | |
| 31 |  | | Mike Perry | 14-7 | 7-7 | L-Tim Means (DEC) W-Mickey Gall (DEC) L-Geoff Neal (TKO) | |
| 32 |  | | Miguel Baeza | 10-0 | 3-0 | W-Takashi Sato (SUB) W-Matt Brown (TKO) W-Hector Aldana (TKO) | |
| 33 |  |  | Ramazan Emeev | 19-4 | 4-1 | W-Niklas Stolze (DEC) L-Tony Martin (DEC) W-Stefan Sekulic (DEC) | |
| 34 |  | | Alex Oliveira | 22-9-1 | 11-7 | L-Shavkat Rakhmonov (SUB) W-Peter Sobotta (DEC) W-Max Griffin (DEC) | |
| 35 |  | | Alexey Kunchenko | 20-2 | 2-2 | L-Elizeu Zaleski (DEC) L-Gilbert Burns (DEC) W-Yushin Okami (DEC) | |
| 36 |  |  | Khamzat Chimaev | 9-0 | 3-0 | W-Gerald Meerschaert (KO) W-Rhys McKee (TKO) W-John Phillips (SUB) | |
| 37 |  | | Claudio Silva | 14-2 | 5-1 | L-James Krause (DEC) W-Cole Williams (SUB) W-Danny Roberts (SUB) | |
| 38 |  |  | Randy Brown | 12-4 | 6-4 | L-Vicente Luque (KO) W-Warlley Alves (SUB) W-Bryan Barberena (TKO) | |
| 39 |  | | Matt Brown | 22-17 | 15-11 | L-Miguel Baeza (TKO) W-Ben Saunders (KO) W-Diego Sanchez (KO) | Carlos Condit 01/30/2021 |
| 40 |  | | Dhiego Lima | 15-7 | 4-5 | W-Luke Jumeau (DEC) W-Court McGee (DEC) W-Chad Laprise (KO) | Belal Muhammad 12/19/2020 |
| 41 |  | | Lyman Good | 21-6 | 3-3 | L-Belal Muhammad (DEC) W-Chance Rencountre (TKO) L-Demian Maia (SUB) | |
| 42 |  | | Kalinn Williams | 11-1 | 2-0 | W-Abdul Razak Alhassan (KO) W-Alex Morono (KO) W-Jeremie Holloway (DEC) | Michel Pereira 12/19/2020 |
| 43 |  | | Bryan Barberena | 15-7 | 6-5 | W-Anthony Ivy (DEC) L-Randy Brown (TKO) L-Vicente Luque (TKO) | |
| 44 |  | | Warlley Alves | 13-4 | 7-4 | L-Randy Brown (SUB) W-Sergio Moraes (KO) L-James Krause (KO) | Christian Aguilera 01/16/2021 |
| 45 |  | | Alex Morono | 18-6 | 7-3 | W-Rhys McKee (DEC) L-Kalinn Williams (KO) W-Max Griffin (DEC) | Anthony Pettis 12/19/2020 |
| 46 |  | | Max Griffin | 16-8 | 4-6 | W-Ramiz Brahimaj (TKO) L-Alex Oliveira (DEC) L-Alex Morono (DEC) | Kenan Song 03/20/2021 |
| 47 |  | | Dwight Grant | 10-3 | 2-2 | L-Daniel Rodriguez (KO) W-Alan Jouban (DEC) W-Carlo Pedersoli (TKO) | Li Jingliang 12/12/2020 |
| 48 |  | | Alan Jouban | 17-7 | 8-5 | W-Jared Gooden (DEC) L-Dwight Grant (DEC) W-Ben Saunders (KO) | |
| 49 |  |  | Laureano Staropoli | 9-3 | 2-2 | L-Tim Means (DEC) L-Muslim Salikhov (DEC) W-Thiago Alves (DEC) | |
| 50 |  |  | Mounir Lazzez | 10-1 | 1-0 | W-Abdul Razak Alhassan (DEC) W-Arber Murati (TKO) W-Sasha Palatnikov (TKO) | |
| 51 |  |  | Tristan Connelly | 14-6 | 1-0 | W-Michel Pereira (DEC) W-D'Juan Owens (TKO) W-Zach Juusola (SUB) | |
| 52 |  | | Michel Pereira | 23-11 | 2-2 | W-Zelim Imadaev (SUB) L-Diego Sanchez (DQ) L-Tristan Connelly (DEC) | Kalinn Williams 12/19/2020 |
| 53 |  |  | Takashi Sato | 16-4 | 2-2 | L-Miguel Baeza (SUB) W-Jason Witt (TKO) L-Belal Muhammad (SUB) | |
| 54 |  |  | Abdul Razak Alhassan | 10-3 | 4-3 | L-Kalinn Williams (KO) L-Mounir Lazzez (DEC) W-Niko Price (KO) | |
| 55 |  | | Court McGee | 19-10 | 8-9 | L-Carlos Condit (DEC) L-Sean Brady (DEC) L-Dhiego Lima (DEC) | |
| 56 |  | | Erik Koch | 16-6 | 5-5 | W-Kyle Stewart (DEC) L-Bobby Green (DEC) L-Clay Guida (DEC) | |
| 57 |  |  | Danny Roberts | 17-5 | 6-4 | W-Zelim Imadaev (KO) L-Michel Pereira (KO) L-Claudio Silva (SUB) | |
| 58 |  |  | David Zawada | 17-5 | 1-2 | W-Abubakar Nurmagomedov (SUB) L-Li Jingliang (KO) L-Danny Roberts (DEC) | |
| 59 |  | | Kenan Song | 15-4 | 4-1 | W-Callan Potter (KO) W-Derrick Krantz (DEC) L-Alex Morono (DEC) | Max Griffin 03/20/2021 |
| 60 |  | | Diego Sanchez | 30-13 | 19-13 | L-Jake Matthews (DEC) W-Michel Pereira (DQ) L-Michael Chiesa (DEC) | |
| 61 |  |  | Siyar Bahadurzada | 24-8-1 | 4-4 | L-Ismail Naurdiev (DEC) L-Curtis Millender (DEC) W-Luan Chagas (KO) | |
| 62 |  |  | Emil Meek | 9-5-1 | 1-3 | L-Jake Matthews (DEC) L-Bartosz Fabinski (DEC) L-Kamaru Usman (DEC) | |
| 63 |  | | Christian Aguilera | 14-7 | 1-1 | L-Sean Brady (SUB) W-Anthony Ivy (TKO) W-Glaucio Eliziario (DEC) | Warlley Alves 01/16/2021 |
| 64 |  | | Mickey Gall | 6-3 | 5-3 | L-Mike Perry (DEC) W-Salim Touahri (DEC) L-Diego Sanchez (TKO) | |
| 65 |  | | Jason Witt | 18-6 | 1-1 | W-Cole Williams (SUB) L-Takashi Sato (TKO) W-Zak Bucia (DEC) | |
| 66 |  | | Abubakar Nurmagomedov | 15-3-1 | 0-1 | L-David Zawada (SUB) D-Bojan Velickovic (DEC) W-Jonatan Westin (DEC) | |
| 67 |  | | Matt Semelsberger | 7-2 | 1-0 | W-Carlton Minus (DEC) W-Richard Patishnock (KO) W-Kristopher Gratalo (TKO) | |
| 68 |  | | Jared Gooden | 17-5 | 0-1 | L-Alan Jouban (DEC) W-Trent McCown (TKO) W-Jay Jackson (SUB) | |
| 69 |  | | Sergey Khandozhko | 26-6-1 | 1-1 | L-Rustam Khabilov (DEC) W-Rostem Akman (DEC) W-Adriano Rodrigues (KO) | |
| 70 |  | | Ramiz Brahimaj | 8-3 | 0-1 | L-Max Griffin (TKO) W-Carlos Martinez (SUB) L-Justin Patterson (DEC) | |
| 71 |  | Sasha Palatnikov | 6-2 | 1-0 | W-Louis Cosce (TKO) W-Paulo Henrique (TKO) L-Mounir Lazzez (TKO) | ||
| 72 |  | | Gabriel Green | 9-3 | 0-1 | L-Daniel Rodriguez (DEC) W-Richard LeRoy (KO) W-Javier Garcia (SUB) | Phil Rowe 02/13/2021 |
| 73 |  | | Louis Cosce | 7-1 | 0-1 | L-Sasha Palanikov (TKO) W-Victor Reyna (TKO) W-Art Hernandez (KO) | |
| 74 |  |  | Rhys McKee | 10-4-1 | 0-2 | L-Alex Morono (DEC) L-Khamzat Chimaev (TKO) W-Hakon Foss (TKO) | |
| 75 |  |  | Niklas Stolze | 12-4 | 0-1 | L-Ramazan Emeev (DEC) W-Omar Santana (DEC) W-Christian Draxler (TKO) | |
| 76 |  | | Carlton Minus | 10-2 | 0-1 | L-Matthew Semelsberger (DEC) W-Schon Ellis (DEC) L-Rick Story (SUB) | Rick Glenn 12/19/2020 |
| 77 |  | | Anthony Ivy | 8-4 | 0-2 | L-Bryan Barberena (DEC) L-Christian Aguilera (TKO) W-Willis Black (KO) | |
| 78 |  | | Cole Williams | 11-3 | 0-2 | L-Jason Witt (SUB) L-Claudio Silva (SUB) W-Charlie Brown (DEC) | |
| Ineligible for Rankings * Suspension * Inactivity>15 months * Moving Divisions * Yet to debut | |||||||
 | | Leon Edwards | 18-3 | 10-2 | W-Rafael dos Anjos (DEC) W-Gunnar Nelson (DEC) W-Donald Cerrone (DEC) | ||
 |  | Conor McGregor | 22-4 | 10-2 | W-Donald Cerrone (TKO) L-Khabib Nurmagomedov (SUB) W-Eddie Alvarez (TKO) | Dustin Poirier 01/23/2021 |
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 | | Santiago Ponzinibbio | 27-3 | 9-2 | W-Neil Magny (KO) W-Mike Perry (DEC) W-Gunnar Nelson (KO) | Muslim Salikhov 01/16/2021 |
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 |  | Dong Hyun Kim | 22-4-1 | 13-4 | L-Colby Covington (DEC) W-Tarec Saffiedine (DEC) W-Dominic Waters (TKO) | ||
 | | Michel Prazeres | 26-3 | 10-3 | L-Ismail Naurdiev (DEC) W-Bartosz Fabinski (SUB) W-Zak Cummings (DEC) | ||
 | | Jesse Ronson | 22-10 | 1-3 | W-Nicolas Dalby (SUB) W-Troy Lamson (SUB) L-Nikolay Aleksakhin (TKO) | ||
 | | Chad Laprise | 13-4 | 6-4 | L-Dhiego Lima (KO) L-Vicente Luque (KO) W-Galore Bofando (TKO) | ||
 | | Alberto Mina | 13-1 | 3-1 | L-Ramazan Emeev (DEC) W-Mike Pyle (KO) W-Yoshihiro Akiyama (DEC) | ||
 | | Bradley Scott | 11-6 | 3-5 | L-Carlo Pedersoli (DEC) L-Jack Hermansson (TKO) W-Scott Askham (DEC) | ||
 | | Luan Chagas | 15-3-1 | 1-2-1 | L-Siyar Bahadurzada (KO) W-Jim Wallhead (SUB) L-Erick Silva (SUB) | ||
 |  | Uros Jurisic | 10-0 | 0-0 | W-Shota Gvasalia (TKO) W-Jose Caceres (SUB) W-Michael Cora (DEC) | ||
 | | Phil Rowe | 7-2 | 0-0 | W-Leon Shahbazyan (TKO) W-Matt McKeon (SUB) W-Andrew Hellner (SUB) | Gabriel Green 02/13/2021 |
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 | | Sheldon Westcott | 9-3-1 | 1-2 | W-Edgar Garcia (TKO) L-Pawel Pawlak (DEC) L-Elias Theodorou (TKO) | ||
 | | Orion Cosce | 7-0 | 0-0 | W-Matt Dixon (TKO) W-Wally Wester (KO) W-Daniel McWilliams (SUB) | ||
| Calen Born | 7-1 | 0-0 | W-Craig Fairley (SUB) L-Austin Jones (DEC) W-Kassius Kayne (DEC) | |||
 | | Brian Camozzi | 7-5 | 0-3 | L-Geoff Neal (SUB) L-Chad Laprise (TKO) L-Randy Brown (TKO) | ||
 | | Alex Reyes | 13-3 | 0-1 | L-Mike Perry (KO) W-Gil Guardado (KO) W-Thomas Noel (SUB) | ||
| Jeremiah Wells | 8-2-1 | 0-0 | W-Marco Smallman (SUB) W-Mumia Abu Dey-Ali (KO) L-Vinicius de Jesus (DEC) | |||
 | Ignacio Bahamondes | 11-3 | 0-0 | W-Edson Gomez (KO) W-Chris Brown (DEC) L-Salvador Becerra (DEC) | |||
 |  | Stefan Sekulic | 12-3 | 0-1 | L-Ramazan Emeev (DEC) W-Givago Francisco SUB) W-Ivica Truscek (SUB) | ||
 | | Pascal Krauss | 11-2 | 2-2 | L-Hyun Gyu Lim (TKO) W-Mike Stumpf (DEC) L-John Hathaway (DEC) | ||
 | | Mike Jackson | 1-1 | 1-1 | W-Phil Brooks (DEC) L-Mickey Gall (SUB) | ||
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Where are Leon Edward’s and Santiago Ponzinhibio in the welterweight rankings?
Both were removed from the rankings due to inactivity. Fighters are ineligible after 15 months of inactivity. FightMatrix is 450 days, while the UFC is supposed to be 12 months, but they rarely uphold that. At the bottom of each rankings page, I do list the fighters currently ineligible due to suspension, inactivity.
As of today, Leon Edwards technically hasn’t fought for more than 15 months. According to your site’s system doesn’t that mean he should be ineligible for rankings? Or are you making the timeframe a bit longer than usual due to covid? (I am just curious, not hating)
Hi friends, a couple quick notes to help you out here:
1) The 2nd “Abubakar Nurmagomedov” on this list (#67) is actually Gabriel Green
2) Zelim Imadaev has been released
3) James Vick has been released
4) Jeremiah Wells is missing a photo
Thank you for #1, now fixed!
Hey Rustam Khabilov recently retired, might wanna take him off the rankings when you have the opportunity.
Hello, Khabilov was removed from the UFC rankings, but remains in the World Rankings as he signed with Bellator. Thank you for your comment.
on what planet is conor ranked above leon edwards at WW?
Man you missing Santiago Ponzinibbio that ranking is messed up as well . Do more research.
The reason he is missing is he has not fought in over 15 months, which is a requirement to be ranked. Ponzinibbio’s last fight was on 11/17/2018.
Conor In the top 5 for taking out 15 or whatever cerrone wtf is this I used to have a lot of respect
For this ranking site but come on that is illegitimate as fuck
Zaleski is 7-1 in the UFC, How come he’s fighting a NR fighter?
My Guess is that the higher ranked fighters are turning down fights against him. Zaleski deserves a big fight at this point.
Best rankings….. Thanks for updating
to bad for rory, the guy he handled so easily is now the champ and he is with bellator. rory total domination over woodley
cm punk is higher then nick diaz hehe
They update it after every UFC event (at least). Be cool.
I think that Riddle (and Rivera at Bantamweight) should be out of the rankings until they fight next even though their suspension is over.
It looks to me like Riddle’s last win over Clements is taken into consideration, if it’s a NC it should be treated as such.
Just my opinion, keep suspended fighters non-ranked until they fight next.
Hmm, good point. I did remove Diaz, Shields, Leben, and Overeem, but those were longer suspensions.
Good win for Mike Pierce, i thought Simpson’ corner could have done better to settle him down between rounds,tell him to reset and do same again,not get sloppy,but Mike Pierce is definately a gate keeper, the only guys he lost too are top guys.I hope i’m not wrong about Silva though and he’s only a couple big wins away from a title shot.
I still think Pierce should cut down to 155. It is obvious that he is carrying some extra weight around the midsection and his lack of height and reach does not help him one bit. I’m not sure if I’m ready to label Pierce a gatekeeper at this point. He’d have a decent shot at avenging his losses to Koscheck or Fitch if they were to face off again. Should of, could of though, and you are right, at this point Pierce is sitting on the outside of the top contenders list.
As for silva, if he beats Fitch, it’s going to be a race between him and Rory MacDonald to see which prospect claims a title shot first. Considering GSP is still welterweight champion, we will likely see Silva claim that future shot if he can win his next couple of fights.
I may have been wrong about Silva, but i wasn’t wrong about Fitch i’ve always had him top 3 in my rankings. should look at moving Silva down now to around 15 maybe you think? and Demian Maia up. i have Maia at 11 but my rankings look a lot different to yours,i have Fitch and Koscheck higher and Condit and Kampmann lower and of course i still have Diaz and Penn in my top ten.
Maia got a nice boost in the rankings and will hopefully face off with Fitch next. As for Erick Silva, he put on a good performance and his stock did not drop much. I still have him ranked behind a solid grappler like Pierce, but ahead of Story, Alves, Akiyama, Kim, all of whom are struggling or coming off losses themselves.
I do find some merit behind your Fitch and Koscheck ranked above Condit and Kampmann statement. It all had to do with timing. Fitch and Kos were struggling with injuries and recent losses, while Condit and Kampmann struck while the iron was hot. Do I think Fitch would beat Condit? It would be a great fight that I would be slightly leaning towards Fitch to grind out.
Erick Silva could be ranked higher and Mike Pierce lower.
I agree, Silva is a future star. If he can get past Fitch, Silva should skyrocket into the Top 5. Pierce’s only losses in recent years have been close decisions to Fitch, Hendricks, and Koscheck. Pierce below Thiago Silva or Rick Story could be debated, but Story is still trying to bounce from his loss to Brenneman. Dong Hyun Kim, Aaron Simpson, Akiyama, etc. could all leapfrog Pierce with a signature win, but the entire welterweight division has been in neutral for the last few months.
Dude, your rankings are awesome and realistic, some people don’t understand that fighter rankings aren’t just “who I think is better, there’s a lot of “who beat who” other stuff coming into consideration.
Don’t pay attention to any of the haters, people who have a problem with your rankings should try maintaining their own ranking lists and see if they can do a better job.
No one is forcing them to use yours.
Thank you, I appreciate the respectful comments.
Kampmann should be ahead of Koscheck, easily.
Brenneman 8? lol
I moved Brenneman down this week, feeling that Diego Sanchez and Martin Kampmann deserve a bump up comparing their recent fight history with Brenneman, Story, Alves, etc. Brenneman may not have won pretty, but he won and knocked off one of the fastest rising stars in the 170-pound division.
None of the above comments make sense, i think the rankings here are almost a hundred percent right, Kampmann is not ahead of Koshchek, Brenneman deserves to be at where it is, and why would anyone care about the 25th place and under? your lame
To be fare, the comments ARE from 2011 🙂