USAT/SBN April 2011 MMA Consensus Rankings: Featherweight

by Richard Wade on Apr 29, 2011 2:42 PM EDT in MMA Rankings

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Jose Aldo	100	UFC	1
2	Hatsu Hioki	92	Shooto	2
3	Chad Mendes	90	UFC	3
4	Manny Gamburyan	83	UFC	4
5	Marlon Sandro	76	Bellator	5
6	Diego Nunes	70	UFC	7
7	Michihiro Omigawa	70	UFC	6
8	Mark Hominick	59	UFC	8
9	Dustin Poirier	50	UFC	12
10	Bibiano Fernandes	46	K-1	11
11	Joe Warren	43	Bellator	10
12	Hiroyuki Takaya	39	Strikeforce	9
13	Erik Koch	37	UFC	13
14	Josh Grispi	35	UFC	14
15	Rani Yahya	27	UFC	15
16	Kazuyuki Miyata	22	K-1	16
17	Masanori Kanehara	21	WVR	17
18	Mike Brown	20	UFC	19
18	Patricio Freire	20	Bellator	21
20	Yoshiro Maeda	19	WVR	18
21	Raphael Assuncao	19	UFC	20
22	Robert Peralta	18	Strikeforce	NR
23	Joachim Hansen	17	Superior Challenge	26
24	Kenny Florian	16	UFC	28
25	Takeshi Inoue	15	DREAM	34
25	L.C. Davis	15	UFC	25

#1 Jose Aldo is set to make his UFC debut this Saturday against #8 Mark Hominick at UFC 129. Whoever leaves with the belt will probably have to defend it against the winner of UFC 131's #24 Kenny Florian vs. #6 Diego Nunes.

UFC 131 will also feature #7 Michihiro Omigawa trying to bounce back against Darren Elkins and #9 Dustin Poirier vs. #15 Rani Yahya.

#2 Hatsu Hioki will take on unranked bantamweight Donald Sanchez on one of the best Japanese cards of the year on April 29.

#4 Manny Gamburyan who had to drop out of his last scheduled fight against #13 Erik Koch is now set to welcome Tyson Griffin to the featherweight division at UFC on Versus 4. That card will also feature Joe Stevenson's first featherweight fight against Javier Vazquez.

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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I’m a little shocked that Joe Warren is still so high after the Galvao fight

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

by Baby Wads on Apr 29, 2011 1:19 PM EDT reply actions

Such a shame

Hioki should be ringside sat night to get the next title shot

WAR peace

by DamnSevern on Apr 29, 2011 2:50 PM EDT reply actions

Hioki triangle choked Donald Sanchez in Shooto earlier today if anyone is interested.

http://unintelligentdefense.blogspot.com

by MattParker117 on Apr 29, 2011 2:52 PM EDT reply actions

K-Flo?

Somebody want to explain to me how Kenny is ranked in the top 25 before his debut at 145?

by john_richmond_martin on Apr 29, 2011 3:02 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Matt Roth.

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by Richard Wade on Apr 29, 2011 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions

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by Matthew Roth on Apr 29, 2011 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Im really uneducated about the 145ers… I’m really excited about learning about the division, and can’t wait to see how they deal with the 55ers who are dropping down…

by p123 on Apr 29, 2011 3:05 PM EDT reply actions