As I'm sure all of you know, the biggest thing this side of the Myspace is Facebook.  Well there is an option where you can become a "fan" of a celebrity by going to their profile and adding yourself as a fan.  Well since I have a borderline obsession with MMA, I figured I would look at fighters profiles and see how many fans they have.  The results kind of suprised me:

Top 5

EDIT:  Kimbo Slice:  160,000+ fans

1. Anderson Silva: 27.616

2. Chuck Liddell: 23,519

3. Georges St. Pierre: 21,059 fans

4. Fedor Emelianenko 20, 218 fans

5. Forrest Griffin: 15,990 fans

Chuck and Forrest don't suprise me since they are kinda poster boys, and GSP is near Bret Hart levels of popularity in some parts of Canada from what I hear from my Mother Canuker friends.  Fedor does kind of surprise me , but you would be suprised how many of my casual MMA fan friends that actually knew about the last affliction but just didn't buy it.  Anderson Silva to be number one by that wide of a margin actually kinda shocked me, especially since guys like Matt Hughes, Rich Franklin, Rampage Jackson, and other profiles didn't even break the top 5 mark.  Mabye he's not as obscure to the general people as we think...

EDIT: Chris Nelson has brought to my attention the oversight of Kimbo Slice.  Well he does have over 160,000 fans on Facebook, but I don't feel he should count since his MMA career was entirely based on his Youtube fame, but nevertheless I shall put him on the list.  Still, for Anderson Silva to be over Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, and Forrest Griffin is interesting nonetheless.