USA TODAY/MMA Nation December 2011 Consensus Rankings: Light Heavyweight

by Richard Wade on Dec 29, 2011 7:00 PM EST in MMA Rankings

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Jon Jones	425	UFC	1
2	Dan Henderson	399	UFC	2
3	Rashad Evans	388	UFC	3
4	Mauricio Rua	377	UFC	4
5	Quinton Jackson	359	UFC	5
6	Lyoto Machida	346	UFC	6
7	Phil Davis	303	UFC	7
8	Forrest Griffin	293	UFC	8
9	Gegard Mousasi	211	Strikeforce	9
10	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	208	UFC	12
11	Muhammed Lawal	198	Strikeforce	11
12	Rafael Cavalcante	194	Strikeforce	10
13	Alexander Gustafsson	159	UFC	13
14	Thiago Silva	158	UFC	14
15	Rich Franklin	149	UFC	15
16	Ryan Bader	122	UFC	17
17	Tito Ortiz	108	UFC	16
18	Vladimir Matyushenko	96	UFC	18
19	Renato Sobral	79	Strikeforce	19
20	Stanislav Nedkov	70	UFC	20
21	Stephan Bonnar	67	UFC	21
21	Ryan Jimmo	67	UFC	22
23	Roger Gracie	65	Strikeforce	23
24	Brandon Vera	62	UFC	24
25	Luiz Cane	60	UFC	25

Upcoming Fights:

#3 Rashad Evans vs. #7 Phil Davis at UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis

#5 Quinton Jackson vs. #16 Ryan Bader at UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson

#11 Muhammed Lawal vs. Lorenz Larkin at Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine

#13 Alexander Gustafsson vs. #18 Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem

#21 Ryan Jimmo vs. Karlos Vemola at UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller

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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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand bader's ahead of ortiz

that was quick

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by Cory Braiterman on Dec 29, 2011 8:23 PM EST reply actions

I know it's pure MMA Math, but lets do it anyways.

Gustafsson > Hammil > Jardine = Mousasi.
And who has Feijao really beat? He deserves to be top 15, but it’s another example of people just loving to rank things that get televised rather than actually thinking about the accomplishments.

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by pdl on Dec 30, 2011 2:04 AM EST reply actions