USAT/SBN July 2011 MMA Consensus Rankings: Featherweight

by Richard Wade on Jul 29, 2011 4:43 PM EDT in MMA Rankings

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Jose Aldo	100	UFC	1
2	Hatsu Hioki	92	UFC	2
3	Chad Mendes	91	UFC	3
4	Kenny Florian	77	UFC	4
5	Marlon Sandro	75	Bellator	6
6	Mark Hominick	63	UFC	7
7	Manny Gamburyan	62	UFC	5
8	Diego Nunes	59	UFC	8
9	Tyson Griffin	52	UFC	16
10	Dustin Poirier	50	UFC	9
11	Joe Warren	49	Bellator	10
12	Bibiano Fernandes	36	K-1	11
13	Hiroyuki Takaya	34	DREAM	15
14	Michihiro Omigawa	33	UFC	12
15	Erik Koch	30	UFC	13
16	Patricio Freire	29	Bellator	14
17	Rani Yahya	24	UFC	17
18	Darren Elkins	22	UFC	19
19	Pat Curran	20	Bellator	25
20	Kazuyuki Miyata	17	DREAM	20
21	Robert Peralta	17	Strikeforce	21
22	Masanori Kanehara	17	Battle of Moscow	18
23	Takeshi Inoue	16	DREAM	30
24	Mike Brown	16	UFC	22
25	Raphael Assuncao	14	UFC	27

The UFC 136 co-main event will see #1 Jose Aldo defend his UFC belt for the second time as he faces arguably the toughest test of his career in #4 Kenny Florian.

Newly signed #2 Hatsu Hioki will attempt to position himself for a shot at the winner of Aldo/Florian when he makes his Octagon debut at UFC 137 against George Roop. That fight card will also see #9 Tyson Griffin try to build on his successful featherweight debut against Bart Palaszewski.

#3 Chad Mendes will take on #17 Rani Yahya at UFC 133 to remain on the short list of contenders for Aldo's belt.

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 hate that Kenny Florian went straight to number 4 for beating the guy that was number 8 last month. At least Dallas and Derek had the good sense (Derek? What?) to rank him accordingly.

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by Tim Burke on Jul 28, 2011 7:09 PM EDT reply actions

Thank you for that

I think he’s crazily overrated.

Of course, I don’t think Jacare has ever beaten a top 8 fighter, and you like him at 4 above Munoz (which is lunacy), but it’s whatevs. :D

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by Derek Suboticki on Jul 28, 2011 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I would personally have Nate above both of them in 4, Munoz in 5 and Jacare in 6.

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by Tim Burke on Jul 28, 2011 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks Tim B

And for as opposing as Subo and I are on everything, it looks like we have similar ranking tastes.

Great lists all around, sir.

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by Dallas Winston on Jul 29, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions

why are you so hard on kenny?

does being top 10 in a deeper weight class not count for anything?

seems a bit overrated to me too, but not by much. if nunes is #8, then he can only be one or two spots too high.

by Clifford J on Jul 29, 2011 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions

i meant to say

“#4 seems a bit overrated to me”

not sure why it turned into a numbered list.

for the record, I would have kenny ahead of gambruyan, so #6 at least. i don’t have a problem with him being either ahead or beind of sandro or hominick. it’s all pretty close.

by Clifford J on Jul 29, 2011 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions

They finally posted odds for Aldo vs. Florian

Aldo -275
Florian +235

Does that sound about right for the ranking Florian is getting?

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by Scabby Knuckle on Jul 29, 2011 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions

yes

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by Cory Braiterman on Jul 29, 2011 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Who is Madmen

and why does he hate Hominick?

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by Cory Braiterman on Jul 28, 2011 10:55 PM EDT reply actions

Me. And I’m a big fan of Hominick. Never compared my rankings alongside all the others before. I’m surprised he’s ranked that high. He’s lost to #17 Yahya and #29 Grispi and has only beaten #27 Roop and #37 Leonard Garcia. I can see how #5 is a fair ranking based on Hominick’s talent, though, even though I use a more results-based formula.

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by MMAmadman on Jul 29, 2011 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions

interesting points

i love hominick, but i hear what you’re saying. he’s getting a lot of mileage out of a performance that was, at the end of a day, a pretty brutal and one sided loss.

by Clifford J on Jul 29, 2011 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions

1. Aldo, 2. Hioki, 3. Mendes, 4. Sandro, 5. Florian, 6. Porier, 7. Nunes, 8. Yahya, 9. Kock, 10. Griffin

by Spider_Vemon on Jul 29, 2011 2:07 PM EDT reply actions

Anyone think Curran can be top 10 after his fight with Sandro?

by Spider_Vemon on Jul 29, 2011 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions

UFC title shots do wonders for a fighter’s ranking, regardless of merit. It shouldn’t, but it does.

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by Jack.Barrington on Jul 29, 2011 4:50 PM EDT reply actions

Florian is ranked way too high on the list in my opinion. He hasn’t accomplished much at FW to deserve such a ranking. That’s ranking simply based on pedigree.

by Johnnynumber5 on Jul 29, 2011 5:02 PM EDT reply actions

I don't have him that high, but ...

It’s hard to ignore a guy’s history of being a perennial top 5 LW for half a decade.

by Dallas Winston on Jul 29, 2011 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions

The uproar over Kenny amazes me

When Tyson is unranked at LW and top 10 at FW.

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