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Compiling the rankings of twenty top mixed martial arts web sites, the USA TODAY / MMA Nation Consensus MMA Rankings present the top 25 fighters in MMA for the seven major weight classes. These world MMA rankings are the most accurate reflection of how the top fighters in MMA across all promotions like UFC, Strikeforce and ProElite are viewed by the experts who cover the sport.

Heavyweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted August 27, 2009

Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank
1 Fedor Emelianenko 100 M-1 Global/Strikeforce 1
2 Brock Lesnar 95 UFC 2
3 Frank Mir 87 UFC 4
4 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 85 UFC 5
5 Randy Couture 80 UFC 6
6 Josh Barnett 79 Affliction* 3
7 Shane Carwin 66 UFC 7
8 Andrei Arlovski 62 Strikeforce 9
9 Brett Rogers 62 Strikeforce 8
10 Alistair Overeem 59 Strikeforce/DREAM 10
11 Cain Velasquez 41 UFC 11
12 Fabricio Werdum 34 Strikeforce 14
13 Jeff Monson 34 Free Agent 12
14 Junior dos Santos 31 UFC 13
15 Mirko Filipovic 27 UFC 15
16 Tim Sylvia 23 Adrenaline 16
17 Cheick Kongo 23 UFC 17
18 Gabriel Gonzaga 21 UFC 21
19 Ben Rothwell 20 UFC 18
20 Roy Nelson 19 UFC 19
21 Antonio Silva 18 WVR 22
21 Aleksander Emelianenko 18 ProFC 22
23 Heath Herring 17 UFC 24
24 Paul Buentello 17 UFC 24
25 Marcio Cruz 17 Art of Fighting 26
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Analysis by Kid Nate

It was just announced that #1 Fedor Emelianenko will face #9 Brett Rogers this fall for Strikeforce. Not the dream Fedor vs Lesnar match we were all hoping for, but probably as good as we're going to get.

Disagree? Read more & discuss at Bloody Elbow »

About the Rankings

compiled by Kid Nate and Richard Wade of Bloody Elbow

Bloody ElbowBased 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. Show more »

Sources

Jeremy Botter, Heavy MMA
Fight Matrix
Jordan Breen, Sherdog
Jim Genia, Full Contact Fighter
Jesse Holland, MMA Mania
Kevin Iole, Yahoo!
Eric Kamander, MMA Ratings
MMA Playground
MMA Weekly
Leland Roling, Bloody Elbow
Matthew Roth, Head Kick Legend
Wojslaw Rysiewski, MMA Rocks
Michael David Smith, MMA Fighting
Derek Suboticki, Fightlinker
Luke Thomas, SB Nation