USA TODAY/MMA Nation October 2011 Consensus Rankings: Lightweight
by Richard Wade on Oct 27, 2011 6:00 PM EDT
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| Rank | Fighter | % | Promotion | Last Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frankie Edgar | 100 | UFC | 1 |
| 2 | Gilbert Melendez | 94 | Strikeforce | 3 |
| 3 | Gray Maynard | 92 | UFC | 2 |
| 4 | Eddie Alvarez | 80 | Bellator | 5 |
| 4 | Ben Henderson | 80 | UFC | 6 |
| 6 | Shinya Aoki | 78 | 4 | |
| 7 | Clay Guida | 73 | UFC | 7 |
| 8 | Jim Miller | 69 | UFC | 8 |
| 9 | Anthony Pettis | 57 | UFC | 10 |
| 10 | Dennis Siver | 40 | UFC | 12 |
| 11 | Melvin Guillard | 37 | UFC | 9 |
| 12 | Nate Diaz | 32 | UFC | 14 |
| 13 | Donald Cerrone | 31 | UFC | 18 |
| 14 | B.J. Penn | 28 | UFC | 11 |
| 15 | Joe Lauzon | 27 | UFC | 32 |
| 16 | Sean Sherk | 25 | UFC | 13 |
| 17 | Evan Dunham | 24 | UFC | 17 |
| 18 | Rafael dos Anjos | 24 | UFC | 16 |
| 19 | Gleison Tibau | 22 | UFC | 19 |
| 20 | Matt Wiman | 19 | UFC | 24 |
| 21 | Jorge Masvidal | 18 | Strikeforce | 20 |
| 22 | Sam Stout | 17 | UFC | 21 |
| 23 | Josh Thomson | 16 | 22 | |
| 24 | Tatsuya Kawajiri | 16 | 15 | |
| 25 | Kenny Florian | 16 | UFC | 31 |
The SpikeTV portion of UFC 137 will feature a tremendous scrap between #10 Dennis Siver and #13 Donald Cerrone.
UFC 138 sports multiple welterweight bouts, but no ranked fighters.
UFC on Fox's undercard offers one of the better clashes of highly ranked lightweights available in #4 Ben Henderson vs. #7 Clay Guida.
Based on the premise that all MMA rankings are subjective but that it’s still useful and informative to know who the online MMA community as a whole ranks as the best fighters in MMA, we collect and average the rankings of the top MMA websites to produce our consensus rankings. We compile the top MMA rankings from each of our sources and award 25 points for a first place ranking, 16 for a 10th place ranking, 1 for a 25th place ranking. A formula is used to "normalize" the data so all fighters are awarded points from those lists that do not include a full 25 fighters. This formula ensures that each ranking site awards the same number of total points regardless of how many fighters they choose to rank. Each fighter’s total is divided by the number of possible points to determine their standing in the Consensus Rankings.
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lol Brian Cobb and Jorge Masvidal
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LOL at Iole not thinking Aoki is a top25 LW but Alvarez (who Aoki beat) is #3.
Subo on the Sherk manlove train
Leland…. I thought you liked achievement based ratings – How is J Lau not top 25 but Melvin is?
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by Cory Braiterman on Oct 27, 2011 7:20 PM EDT reply actions
I fucked up on J-Lau/Guillard as well, didn't adjust
And Sean Sherk’s current losses at LW are to BJ Penn and Frankie Edgar.
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
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by Derek Suboticki on Oct 27, 2011 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
He's also fought once in the past 29 months
and zero in the past 12. He’s also not booked for any upcoming fight.
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by Cory Braiterman on Oct 27, 2011 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
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