USAT/SBN April 2011 MMA Consensus Rankings: Welterweight

by Richard Wade on Apr 29, 2011 12:41 PM EDT in MMA Rankings

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Georges St. Pierre	100	UFC	1
2	Jon Fitch	95	UFC	2
3	Jake Shields	89	UFC	3
4	Thiago Alves	85	UFC	4
5	Josh Koscheck	84	UFC	5
6	Nick Diaz	79	Strikeforce	6
7	B.J. Penn	77	UFC	7
8	Carlos Condit	69	UFC	8
9	Diego Sanchez	59	UFC	9
10	Paul Daley	50	Strikeforce	10
11	Martin Kampmann	47	UFC	12
12	Matt Hughes	40	UFC	11
13	Anthony Johnson	34	UFC	13
14	Mike Pyle	31	UFC	14
14	Jay Hieron	31	Bellator	15
16	Ben Askren	27	Bellator	16
17	Paulo Thiago	27	UFC	17
18	Dong Hyun Kim	25	UFC	18
19	John Hathaway	24	UFC	19
20	Dan Hardy	23	UFC	20
20	Jake Ellenberger	23	UFC	26
22	Chris Lytle	22	UFC	21
23	Rick Story	21	UFC	22
24	Siyar Bahadurzada	20	Ultimate Glory	23
25	Mike Pierce	19	UFC	25

#1 Georges St. Pierre will defend his title this Saturday at UFC 129 against #3 Jake Shields. Any hope of a super fight with Anderson Silva requires a GSP victory here.

The following numbered UFC, UFC 130, will feature a clash of styles when #4 Thiago Alves takes on the criminally underrated #23 Rick Story.

#8 Carlos Condit will take a step up in competition from Dan Hardy at UFC 132 where he's slated to do battle with #18 Dong Hyun Kim.

It was reported this morning that #9 Diego Sanchez will finally get to face #12 Matt Hughes in a fight he's wanted for years now.

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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Looks about right to me.
Oh man I wants a fight with BJ and NIck Diaz. Who’s with me?

Those two would put on an epic epic fight. Oh man I’m salivating.

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by Dooda on Apr 29, 2011 12:59 PM EDT reply actions

yeah

I want to see that one too. also Diaz vs Condit.

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by Nate Wilcox on Apr 29, 2011 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Both of those fights would be great.

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by Richard Wade on Apr 29, 2011 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions

BJ vs Condit

Learn JiuJitsu, it's fun.

by RolloTomasi on Apr 29, 2011 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions

And Condit vs Diaz wins fight of the year before it even happens.

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by Dooda on Apr 29, 2011 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Ellenberger shot up 6 places

for his impressive performance in training?

"I knew I hurt him cause when I throw the elbow he went ugghh" - GSP

by Baby Wads on Apr 29, 2011 1:07 PM EDT reply actions

Changes to the panel create movement especially near the bottom of the rankings.

Bolts from the Blue // "I eat cereal out of a giant novelty wine glass because it makes me feel fancy." - Britney Wade
Bloody Elbow // "Everybody underestimates the kick in the groin." - Bas Rutten

by Richard Wade on Apr 29, 2011 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I like that Daley lost and his overall ranking doesn't change.

I can’t help but notice that the individual panelists rankings reflect his loss, but subo’s rankings are missing. Without his complete exclusion of Daley from a top 25 list (preventing him form even getting the 5.7 normalized points for being excluded from a top 10 list) it levels out and accurately reflects the rankings. If subo were to replace MMA Playground, who have Daley unranked in a top 10 list, then Daley’s point total would drop

Please correct me if this analysis is incorrect.

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by pdl on Apr 29, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Also, you don't necessarily drop for losing a fight you were supposed to lose.

Bolts from the Blue // "I eat cereal out of a giant novelty wine glass because it makes me feel fancy." - Britney Wade
Bloody Elbow // "Everybody underestimates the kick in the groin." - Bas Rutten

by Richard Wade on Apr 29, 2011 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions

10X more excited to see Diaz/GSP after the Daley fight. Sucks that the UFC won’t bring any SF fighters over. If Condit beat Kim have Condit/Diaz for the next WW title shot..

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by MSEMCEE on Apr 29, 2011 1:15 PM EDT reply actions