Power Rankings
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Heavyweight (Over 205 lbs)
- Fedor Emelianenko
- Randy Couture
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
- Andrei Arlovski
- Tim Sylvia
- Fabricio Werdum
- Ben Rothwell
- Mirko Filipovic
- Josh Barnett
- Aleksander Emelianenko
Light Heavyweight (186-205 lbs)
- Quinton Jackson
- Lyoto Machida
- Chuck Liddell
- Forrest Griffin
- Keith Jardine
- Mauricio Rua
- Thiago Silva
- Vladimir Matyushenko
- Wanderlei Silva
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Middleweight (171-185 lbs)
- Anderson Silva
- Rich Franklin
- Paulo Filho
- Kazuo Misaki
- Dan Henderson
- Yushin Okami
- Robbie Lawler
- Frank Trigg
- Jason Miller
- Matt Lindland
Welterweight (156-170 lbs)
- Georges St. Pierre
- Jon Fitch
- Matt Hughes
- Jake Shields
- Hayato Sakurai
- Josh Koscheck
- Diego Sanchez
- (tie) Carlos Condit, Nick Thompson
- Matt Serra
- Thiago Alves
Lightweight (146-155 lbs)
- B.J. Penn
- Takanori Gomi
- Sean Sherk
- Shinya Aoki
- Gesias Calvancanti
- Mitsuhiro Ishida
- Gilbert Melendez
- Tatsuya Kawajiri
- Vitor Ribeiro
- (tie)Roger Huerta, Kenny Florian
Featherweight (136-145 lbs)
- Urijah Faber
- Norifumi Yamamoto
- Masakazu Imanari
- Takeshi Inoue
- Hideki Kadowaki
Pound-for-Pound
- Anderson Silva
- Georges St. Pierre
- Fedor Emelianenko
- B.J. Penn
- Urijah Faber
- Quinton Jackson
- Randy Couture
- Lyoto Machida
- Norifumi Yamamoto
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Updated on May 1, 2008
See previous rankings (published April 25, 2008)












