Power Rankings

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Heavyweight (206-265 lbs)

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Josh Barnett
3. Frank Mir
4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
5. Brock Lesnar
6. Alistair Overeem
7. Randy Couture
8. Shane Carwin
9. Jeff Monson
10. Brett Rogers

Light Heavyweight (186-205 lbs)

1. Lyoto Machida
2. Quinton Jackson
3. Rashad Evans
4. Forrest Griffin
5. Mauricio Rua
6. Renato Sobral
7. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
8. Wandelei Silva
9. Thiago Silva
10. Keith Jardine

Middleweight (171-185 lbs)

1. Anderson Silva
2. Dan Henderson
3. Yushin Okami
4. Gegard Mousasi
5. Rich Franklin
6. Nate Marquardt
7. Jorge Santiago
8. Robbie Lawler
9. Demian Maia
10. Paulo Filho

Welterweight (156-170 lbs)

1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Thiago Alves
3. Jake Shields
4. Jon Fitch
5. Matt Hughes
6. Mike Swick
7. Josh Koscheck
8. Hayato Sakurai
9. Nick Thompson
10. Martin Kampmann

Lightweight (146-155 lbs)

1. BJ Penn
2. Shinya Aoki
3. Kenny Florian
4. Eddie Alvarez
5. Tatsuya Kawajiri
6. Joachim Hansen
7. Gesias Cavalcante
8. Satoru Kitaoka
9. Sean Sherk
10. Josh Thomson

Featherweight (136-145 lbs)

1. Mike Brown
2. Urijah Faber
3. Wagnney Fabiano
4. Jose Aldo
5. Hatsu Hioki
6. Marlon Sandro
7. Takeshi Inoue
8. Norifumi Yamamoto
9. Masakazu Imanari
10. Rafael Assuncao

Pound-for-Pound

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Georges St. Pierre
3. Anderson Silva
4. Lyoto Machida
5. Miguel Torres
6. BJ Penn
7. Urijah Faber
8. Thiago Alves
9. Mike Brown
10. Quinton Jackson

Referees

1. Herb Dean
2. "Big" John McCarthy
3. Yves Lavigne
4. Mario Yamasaki
5. Josh Rosenthal

Updated last on June 17, 2009