USA TODAY/MMA Nation January 2012 Consensus Rankings: Lightweight

by Richard Wade on Jan 27, 2012 1:19 PM EST in MMA Rankings

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Frankie Edgar	400	UFC	1
2	Gilbert Melendez	376	Strikeforce	2
3	Gray Maynard	366	UFC	3
4	Ben Henderson	358	UFC	4
5	Shinya Aoki	315	DREAM	5
6	Jim Miller	311	UFC	7
7	Clay Guida	304	UFC	6
8	Nate Diaz	272	UFC	13
9	Michael Chandler	250	Bellator	9
10	Anthony Pettis	225	UFC	10
11	Eddie Alvarez	164	Bellator	11
12	Joe Lauzon	152	UFC	12
13	Donald Cerrone	149	UFC	8
14	Gleison Tibau	117	UFC	14
15	Melvin Guillard	115	UFC	15
16	Dennis Siver	91	UFC	16
17	Sean Sherk	85	UFC	17
18	Rafael dos Anjos	76	UFC	19
18	Matt Wiman	76	UFC	21
20	Evan Dunham	70	UFC	18
21	George Sotiropoulos	69	UFC	22
22	Josh Thomson	65	Strikeforce	23
22	Jorge Masvidal	65	Strikeforce	24
24	Mac Danzig	55	UFC	26
25	Brian Cobb	54	MaximumFC	26

#1 Frankie Edgar vs. #4 Ben Henderson at UFC 144

#12 Joe Lauzon vs. #10 Anthony Pettis at UFC 144

#20 Evan Dunham vs. Paul Sass at UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis

#21 George Sotiropoulos vs. Takanori Gomi at UFC 144

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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Goddamn Subo

Sherk’s had one fight in the past 3 years and he was gifted a decision. It’s time to let go.

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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 27, 2012 2:17 PM EST reply actions

Seriously.

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