USAT/SBN April MMA Consensus Rankings

by Kid Nate on Apr 29, 2009 6:12 PM EDT in MMA Rankings

The April USA TODAY/Sports Blog Nation MMA Consensus Rankings are now live. Be sure and pick up a hard copy of USA TODAY tomorrow to see them in print.

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I assume you’re going to remove BJ Penn next month from the Light Weight rankings, since he wouldn’t have fought for a complete year in that division.

by AnonymousA on Apr 29, 2009 6:25 PM EDT reply actions

do we have to do this every month?

We just attempt to reflect the consensus of the MMA community so unless all the sites that we use to compile the rankings remove him from their lists, he’ll still be in full effect next month.

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by Kid Nate on Apr 29, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, when I said “you’re” I was speaking to every MMA website on the internet, not specifically just BE.

I should have been more clear about that.

by AnonymousA on Apr 29, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd say that having a scheduled fight...

should mean that the sites will not punish him…especially a scheduled fight against the #3 guy

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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 29, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Diego Sanchez over Kawajiri is a crime.

by AnonymousA on Apr 29, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions

again

We just attempt to reflect the consensus of the MMA community, so your beef is not with us. Kawajiri will have his chance to rise in the rankings pretty quick.

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by Kid Nate on Apr 29, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions

And this time I really didn’t make any specific claim against BE. Sorry, Kid Nate…it’s cool, dude.

Back on topic, I Sanchez over Kawajiri is ridiculous, when his only fight has come against Joe Stevenson in the division. Totally ridiculous.

by AnonymousA on Apr 29, 2009 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions

sorry to be defensive

these things involve a lot of last minute panic!

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by Kid Nate on Apr 29, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions

The rankings are awesome.

They both serve to inform people and bring about engaging MMA discussions. The exposure this gives MMA through USA Today is pretty cool.

Bloody Elbow easily does the best work of any MMA blog. You should be proud, dude.

by AnonymousA on Apr 29, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions

thanks much!

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by Kid Nate on Apr 29, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Have you ever considered doing a BE exclusive-style personal rankings? Maybe a meta-rankings of BE staff? I’d be interested in that.

by AnonymousA on Apr 29, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions

then it wont be called meta rankings..

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by Anton Tabuena on Apr 30, 2009 8:28 AM EDT up reply actions

This just shows the pointlessness of these rankings. A hybrid of results with personal interpretations of fighters leads to an inaccurate representation of both.

by bigweeze on Apr 29, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions

you're the one reading and commenting on them

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by Kid Nate on Apr 29, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Kawajiri over Gray Maynard is a bigger crime.

by Derek Suboticki on Apr 30, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Are these current through UFC 97?

I don’t see how Chuck could be Top-10 anymore after that.

Does Fedor tapping Aoki help or hurt either of their rankings? That was such an epic bout, after all…

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by Scott C. Broussard on Apr 29, 2009 6:28 PM EDT reply actions

it usually takes a while

for the impact of a major fight to be fully reflected in the rankings. I expect he’ll continue to drop for the next 90 days — at least.

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by Kid Nate on Apr 29, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Considering Fedor/Aoki wasn’t an MMA fight I wouldn’t expect it to hurt him in anyway. He’s still the best lightweight in MMA right now.

by AnonymousA on Apr 29, 2009 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m aware that Fedor/Aoki was, like my comment, a joke and should not be misconstrued as serious.

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by Scott C. Broussard on Apr 29, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Tim Sylvia is still in the top 10.

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by Ubernoober on Apr 29, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions

Which really just exemplifies the fact that there are such few genuine Heavyweight competitors.

by AnonymousA on Apr 29, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions

There are compeditors at HW, but they are just playing other sports.

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by Ubernoober on Apr 29, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Joe Stevenson doesn’t crack the top 25 anymore?

by donkeypunch on Apr 29, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions

Joe Stevenson doesn’t crack the Top 25, but Diego Sanchez, who’s only fight at LW has been against Stevenson, is somehow ranked #10…

Good going, MMA community.

by AnonymousA on Apr 29, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, he did beat Stevenson…

At least BE is objective about how they compile their rankings, but the’re still only as strong as the sources providing input.

by bigweeze on Apr 29, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions

A lot of that has to do with him being top 10 at welterweight prior to moving to 155.

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by Richard Wade on Apr 29, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions