Power Rankings 4-25-08

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Heavyweight (Over 205 lbs)

  1. Fedor Emelianenko
  2. Randy Couture
  3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
  4. Andrei Arlovski
  5. Tim Sylvia
  6. Fabricio Werdum
  7. Ben Rothwell
  8. Mirko Filipovic
  9. Josh Barnett
  10. Aleksander Emelianenko

Light Heavyweight (186-205 lbs)

  1. Quinton Jackson
  2. Lyoto Machida
  3. Chuck Liddell
  4. Forrest Griffin
  5. Keith Jardine
  6. Mauricio Rua
  7. Thiago Silva
  8. Vladimir Matyushenko
  9. Wanderlei Silva
  10. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

Middleweight (171-185 lbs)

  1. Anderson Silva
  2. Paulo Filho
  3. Rich Franklin
  4. Kazuo Misaki
  5. Yushin Okami
  6. Dan Henderson
  7. Robbie Lawler
  8. Denis Kang
  9. Frank Trigg
  10. Matt Lindland

Welterweight (156-170 lbs)

  1. Georges St. Pierre
  2. Jon Fitch
  3. Matt Hughes
  4. Jake Shields
  5. Hayato Sakurai
  6. Josh Koscheck
  7. Diego Sanchez
  8. (tie) Carlos Condit, Nick Thompson
  9. Matt Serra
  10. Thiago Alves

Lightweight (146-155 lbs)

  1. Gesias Calvancanti
  2. B.J. Penn
  3. Takanori Gomi
  4. Sean Sherk
  5. Vitor Ribeiro
  6. Mitsuhiro Ishida
  7. Gilbert Melendez
  8. Tatsuya Kawajiri
  9. Joachim Hansen
  10. (tie)Roger Huerta, Kenny Florian

Featherweight (136-145 lbs)

  1. Urijah Faber
  2. Norifumi Yamamoto
  3. Masakazu Imanari
  4. Takeshi Inoue
  5. Hideki Kadowaki

Pound-for-Pound

  1. Anderson Silva
  2. Georges St. Pierre
  3. Fedor Emelianenko
  4. B.J. Penn
  5. Urijah Faber
  6. Gesias Calvancante
  7. Quinton Jackson
  8. Randy Couture
  9. Lyoto Machida
  10. Norifumi Yamamoto

Updated on April 25, 2008
See previous rankings (published March 31, 2008)

7 COMMENTS to “Power Rankings 4-25-08”

  1. Briankh3 Says:

    How is Andrei Arlovski rated above Tim Sylvia? Dan Henderson under Okami?

  2. Jordan Says:

    I agree, I don’t see why Arlovski is so high. I don’t think so highly of Calvancante to put him at #6 P4P either . . . but, it’s rankings, and no one will ever completely agree.

  3. Your moms favorite MMA star Says:

    what about jardine above wanderlei… thats crazy talk. but i guess we’ll find out may 24th

  4. The Truth Says:

    Fedor Emelianenko is pound for pound the greatest fighter (regardless of his heavy stature) because he’s never been defeated …. *Sigh* fix please.

  5. Zackary Adams Says:

    NO Marcus Davis in the 170lb rankings? Well after he knocks out Swick, you’ll have to rep him!

  6. skidding Says:

    The lightweights is a stacked division, but I don’t understand why Shinya Aoki is not on the top 10 lightweight list.

  7. tim sylvia's pussy Says:

    update this shit!

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