February Fighter Buzz Rankings: Fedor Back on Top

by GregS123 on Mar 8, 2010 2:32 PM EST

http://www.tapology.com/2010/03/february-mma-buzz-rankings-fedor-back-on-top/

Fedor Emelianenko inched above Brock Lesnar to become the most buzzed about MMA fighter in the month of February, returning to the spot that the Russian heavyweight last held in November. Emelianenko has increasingly become a source of intrigue and curiosity for casual MMA fans, as evidenced by his first-place ranking two months subsequent to his most recent bout. Cain Velasquez rose 52 spots to fifth in the buzz rankings after his breakout performance at UFC 110 in Australia. Also making a big move was UFC middleweight Chael Sonnen, who rose 65 spots to 16th after scoring a major upset against Nate Marquardt at UFC 109, and Demian Maia who rose 79 spots following his win over Dan Miller. 15 fighters fell from the top 50 list after having been there in January.

Tapology’s Buzz Rankings measure fan interest in individual MMA fighters based on online searches and pageviews for information about each athlete. The rankings are not a measure of a fighter’s skill or competitive standing within their division, but rather how much activity or “buzz” surrounds them (positive or negative).

Top 50 Overall Buzz Rankings for recent months:
- January 2010 (#1 Rank: Brock Lesnar)
- December 2009 (#1 Rank: Kimbo Slice)
- November 2009 (#1 Rank: Fedor Emelianenko)

February Rank	Fighter	January to February Change
1	Fedor Emelianenko	Up 1
2	Brock Lesnar	Down 1
3	Randy Couture	Up 5
4	Anderson Silva	No Change
5	Cain Velasquez	Up 52
6	Wanderlei Silva	Up 11
7	Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson	No Change
8	Herschel Walker	Down 3
9	Mark Coleman	Up 5
10	Quinton “Rampage” Jackson	Down 7
11	Bobby Lashley	Down 5
12	Frank Mir	Up 1
13	Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic	Up 14
14	Georges St. Pierre	Down 3
15	Chuck Liddell	Down 3
16	Chael Sonnen	Up 65
17	Lyoto Machida	Down 7
18	Tito Ortiz	Down 2
19	Demian Maia	Up 79
20	Ken Shamrock	Down 5
21	Michael Bisping	Up 32
22	Vitor Belfort	No Change
23	Forrest Griffin	Down 2
24	Keith Jardine	Up 32
25	Andrei Arlovski	Down 2
26	Shane Carwin	Up 6
27	BJ Penn	Down 9
28	Renzo Gracie	Up 14
29	Dan Henderson	Up 5
30	Alistair Overeem	Down 10
31	Mauricio “Shogun” Rua	Down 2
32	Rashad Evans	Down 23
33	Dan Hardy	Down 3
34	George Sotiropoulos	Up 91
35	Matt Hughes	Down 4
36	Nate Marquardt	Up 25
37	Bob Sapp	Down 2
38	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Up 52
39	Gina Carano	Down 11
40	Ryan Bader	Up 66
41	Matt Serra	Up 13
42	Paulo Thiago	Up 57
43	Tim Sylvia	Up 9
44	Nick Diaz	Down 18
45	Gegard Mousasi	Down 12
46	Fabricio Werdum	Down 2
47	Anthony Perosh	Up 578
48	Brandon Vera	Up 14
49	Rich Franklin	Up 2
50	Junior Dos Santos	Down 25

Dropped out of Top 50:
Roy Nelson (#51), Diego Sanchez (#54), Cung Le (#57), Josh Koscheck (#58), Jason Miller (#59), Takanori Gomi (#60), Wes Sims (#72), Thiago Silva (#73), Paul Daley (#77), Urijah Faber (#81), Shinya Aoki (#84), Frankie Edgar (#94), C.B. Dollaway (#103), Gilbert Yvel (#122), Gray Maynard (#140)

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I thjink Fedor has buzz because of his contract dispute not because of his fighting

by Loco Chewy on Mar 8, 2010 2:36 PM EST reply actions

probably some truth to that

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by GregS123 on Mar 8, 2010 3:06 PM EST up reply actions

It is part of Vadim and M1’s job though to keep him in the minds of the fans which I guess through all their nonsense they are doing

by Loco Chewy on Mar 8, 2010 5:20 PM EST up reply actions

The interest in Velasquez is pretty promising. I wonder if it would be worth the gamble to give him another fight quickly to keep him in the public’s eye rather than keep hiim on hold in case Carwin/Mir can’t face Lesnar in July.

Not that I condone facism or any ism for that matter. Isms are in my opinion, not good. A person shouldn't believe in an ism, he should believe in himself.

I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me". Good point there, after all he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. Wouldn't change the fact I have to bum rides off of people.

by Sam Cupitt on Mar 8, 2010 6:15 PM EST reply actions

i guess things will get a lot clearer once the gonzaga/dos santos and mir/carwin fights are done.

at that point hopefully we’ll know who gets the next shot at lesnar. it’s almost pointless to dream up the scenarios, but i think this would be cool:

- mir beats carwin and gets the next shot at lesnar. not that i’m psyched about mir/lesnar 3, but it would do huge business and be good for the sport

- dos santos beats gonzaga on versus, and then they set up dos santos to fight velasquez either as the main event of a future fight night, OR they make it the co-main event underneath the lesnar title fight

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by GregS123 on Mar 8, 2010 7:50 PM EST up reply actions

I find it pretty amazing what a single UFC fight can do for someone (Perosh), and what the announcement of a title fight does (Maia). That proves that the UFC creates a fighter more than the fighter does.

by Swordslasher on Mar 9, 2010 9:08 PM EST reply actions