USA TODAY/MMA Nation January 2012 Consensus Rankings: Heavyweight

by Richard Wade on Jan 27, 2012 1:18 PM EST in MMA Rankings

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Junior dos Santos	400	UFC	1
2	Cain Velasquez	376	UFC	2
2	Alistair Overeem	376	UFC	3
4	Frank Mir	330	UFC	5
5	Fabricio Werdum	323	UFC	6
6	Shane Carwin	291	UFC	7
7	Daniel Cormier	289	Strikeforce	8
8	Josh Barnett	279	Strikeforce	9
9	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	274	UFC	10
10	Antonio Silva	214	UFC	11
11	Fedor Emelianenko	169	M-1 Global	12
12	Cheick Kongo	164	UFC	13
13	Brendan Schaub	142	UFC	15
14	Roy Nelson	133	UFC	14
15	Brock Lesnar	130	UFC	4
16	Sergei Kharitonov	101	Strikeforce	16
17	Travis Browne	100	UFC	17
18	Mike Russow	90	UFC	18
19	Cole Konrad	89	Bellator	19
20	Gabriel Gonzaga	71	UFC	26
21	Matt Mitrione	70	UFC	20
22	Stefan Struve	67	UFC	21
23	Mark Hunt	64	UFC	22
24	Dan Henderson	57	UFC	24
25	Dave Herman	55	UFC	25

Upcoming Fights:

#5 Fabricio Werdum vs. #14 Roy Nelson at UFC 143

#12 Cheick Kongo vs. #23 Mark Hunt at UFC 144

#18 Mike Russow vs. John Olav Einemo at UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis

#22 Stefan Struve vs. #25 Dave Herman at UFC on Fuel TV 1

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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If you had one day told me

that someone would rank Travis Browne ahead of Fedor and Lesnar, I’d have called the medics on the spot. I’m still pondering making the call.

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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 27, 2012 2:04 PM EST reply actions

I actually laughed out loud when I saw they ranked Browne 10th.

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