USAT/SBN February 2011 MMA Consensus Rankings: Featherweight
| Rank | Fighter | % | Promotion | Last Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Aldo | 100 | UFC | 1 |
| 2 | Hatsu Hioki | 92 | WVR | 2 |
| 3 | Chad Mendes | 87 | UFC | 12 |
| 4 | Manny Gamburyan | 85 | UFC | 3 |
| 5 | Marlon Sandro | 71 | Bellator | 5 |
| 6 | Diego Nunes | 68 | UFC | 6 |
| 7 | Michihiro Omigawa | 67 | UFC | 4 |
| 8 | Mark Hominick | 63 | UFC | 9 |
| 9 | Hiroyuki Takaya | 59 | K-1 | 7 |
| 10 | Bibiano Fernandes | 57 | K-1 | 8 |
| 11 | Dustin Poirier | 49 | UFC | 10 |
| 12 | Joe Warren | 49 | Bellator | 11 |
| 13 | Josh Grispi | 35 | UFC | 13 |
| 14 | Rani Yahya | 33 | UFC | 17 |
| 15 | Kazuyuki Miyata | 28 | K-1 | 18 |
| 16 | Masanori Kanehara | 25 | WVR | 15 |
| 17 | Raphael Assuncao | 24 | UFC | 16 |
| 18 | Mike Brown | 23 | UFC | 14 |
| 18 | Yoshiro Maeda | 23 | WVR | 20 |
| 20 | Yuji Hoshino | 19 | WVR | 21 |
| 21 | LC Davis | 19 | UFC | 19 |
| 22 | Deividas Taurosevicius | 15 | Bellator | 24 |
| 23 | Leonard Garcia | 14 | UFC | 25 |
| 23 | Joachim Hansen | 14 | Superior Challenge | 22 |
| 25 | Koichiro Matsumoto | 13 | DEEP | 33 |
#1 Jose Aldo will make his UFC debut at UFC 129 as he defends his title against #8 Mark Hominick. The winner’s next challenge will most likely be the winner of UFC 131’s bout between #6 LW Kenny Florian and #6 Diego Nunes.
#7 Michihiro Omigawa was ground out by #3 Chad Mendes in his return to the Octagon at UFC 126.
#5 Marlon Sandro signed with Bellator as the mass exodus from Japan continues. #12 Joe Warren was Bellator’s top featherweight prior to Sandro’s signing.
#2 Hatsu Hioki owns a win over Sandro, but still has one fight left on his deal with Sengoku. His preferred US destination is reportedly the UFC.
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.
We are now moving to what JCS of Fight Matrix has described as assumed rankings in an attempt to rank fighters who move between weight classes. This has been the biggest problem with the consensus rankings and we believe this new methodology will rectify that.
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So they'll be pushing Mendes
after the Hominick fight…..could he grind out Jose for 5 rounds?
by Scribonius Curio on Feb 25, 2011 12:41 PM EST reply actions
Mendes can grind out anybody for five rounds. Whether Aldo can prevent him from doing so is the question.
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by Derek Suboticki on Feb 25, 2011 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
i'm glad
omigawa didn’t fall too far. i was very impressed by him against mendes (though, obviously, even more impressed with mendes).
omigawa’s next fight will be huge for him. two straight losses and he’ll be looking at cut down to bantamweight, practically.
Takaya
What does Kevin Iole have against Takaya?
Very frustrating to see Manny still ranked so high.
I understand how it happened, as Garcia and Brown were much more highly valued wins when he beat them, but urgh. I would pick pretty much everyone else in the top 10 to beat Manny.
BJJ > Sambo
by lowellthehammer on Feb 25, 2011 1:14 PM EST reply actions
Manny-Omigawa would probably be really fun.
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by Derek Suboticki on Feb 25, 2011 2:06 PM EST up reply actions
Props for being the only guy to give Takaya some love.
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His rankings make me figure most people on the board aren't following MMA outside of the UFC.
Iole ranks him at 24 while Bibi is top 10? Same logic goes for Holland. And Sherdog/Botter rank Warren, who has precisely 1 notable win out of 7 fights, but not Takaya?
BJJ > Sambo
by lowellthehammer on Feb 25, 2011 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
Holy shit - a compliment!
Thank you!
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by Derek Suboticki on Feb 25, 2011 6:50 PM EST up reply actions
Fist bump
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by Neil Manich on Feb 25, 2011 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
Could be alright.
Manny’s performance against Leonard was painful to watch, and I figure he’d try the same ‘lean on them against the fence’ strategy against Gomiawa. I don’t like his odds of success though.
BJJ > Sambo
by lowellthehammer on Feb 25, 2011 4:57 PM EST up reply actions

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