Bloody Elbow January 2013 Meta-Rankings: Middleweight

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Costa Philippou has jumped into the top 10 thanks to his brutal TKO of Tim Boetsch.

Our sources are cited at the bottom of this post.

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Anderson Silva	200	UFC	1
2	Chris Weidman	185	UFC	2
3	Vitor Belfort	183	UFC	5
4	Michael Bisping	157	UFC	3
5	Yushin Okami	148	UFC	9
6	Chael Sonnen	146	UFC	6
6	Luke Rockhold	146	Strikeforce	7
8	Mark Munoz	138	UFC	8
9	Constantinos Philippou	125	UFC	24
10	Hector Lombard	120	UFC	11
11	Ronaldo Souza	94	Strikeforce	14
12	Tim Boetsch	84	UFC	4
13	Brian Stann	83	UFC	12
14	Cung Le	66	UFC	15
15	Mamed Khalidov	64	KSW	17
16	Jake Shields	63	UFC	13
17	Alan Belcher	61	UFC	9
18	Rich Franklin	57	UFC	16
18	Roger Gracie	57	Strikeforce	19
20	Tim Kennedy	55	Strikeforce	18
21	Alexander Shlemenko	50	Bellator	21
22	Lorenz Larkin	41	Strikeforce	21
23	Ronny Markes	38	UFC	30
24	Maiquel Goncalves	37	Bellator	27
24	Derek Brunson	37	UFC	NR

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.