Bloody Elbow October 2012 Meta-Rankings: Middleweight

Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE

Anderson Silva is still the undisputed #1 middleweight on the planet.

Our sources are cited in the chart at the bottom of this post.

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Anderson Silva	150	UFC	1
2	Chris Weidman	140	UFC	2
3	Michael Bisping	129	UFC	4
4	Chael Sonnen	127	UFC	3
5	Tim Boetsch	123	UFC	5
6	Luke Rockhold	120	Strikeforce	6
7	Mark Munoz	106	UFC	7
8	Yushin Okami	97	UFC	8
8	Alan Belcher	97	UFC	9
10	Brian Stann	77	UFC	11
11	Jake Shields	74	UFC	12
12	Ronaldo Souza	73	Strikeforce	10
13	Rich Franklin	69	UFC	14
14	Hector Lombard	67	UFC	13
15	Mamed Khalidov	56	KSW	17
16	Tim Kennedy	54	Strikeforce	15
17	Chris Leben	51	UFC	16
18	Roger Gracie	50	Strikeforce	24
19	Alexander Shlemenko	46	League S-70	20
20	Jorge Santiago	45	Titan Fighting	21
21	Wanderlei Silva	44	UFC	19
22	Rousimar Palhares	43	UFC	18
22	Lorenz Larkin	43	Strikeforce	22
24	Constantinos Philippou	41	UFC	23
25	Robbie Lawler	37	Strikeforce	27

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.