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Compiling the rankings of twenty top mixed martial arts web sites, the 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.

Light Heavyweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted August 30, 2012

Rank Fighter Points Promotion Last Rank
1 Jon Jones 300 UFC 1
2 Dan Henderson 285 UFC 2
3 Rashad Evans 271 UFC 3
4 Lyoto Machida 263 UFC 5
5 Mauricio Rua 261 UFC 4
6 Phil Davis 222 UFC 6
7 Alexander Gustafsson 209 UFC 8
8 Ryan Bader 201 UFC 7
9 Quinton Jackson 170 UFC 9
10 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 154 UFC 10
11 Forrest Griffin 151 UFC 12
12 Gegard Mousasi 144 Strikeforce 11
13 Muhammed Lawal 103 Bellator 14
14 Rafael Cavalcante 100 Strikeforce 13
15 Glover Teixeira 79 UFC 18
16 Thiago Silva 75 UFC 15
17 Ryan Jimmo 71 UFC 17
18 James Te Huna 68 UFC 22
19 Vladimir Matyushenko 63 UFC 16
20 Renato Sobral 61 One FC 19
21 Stephan Bonnar 56 UFC 20
22 Brandon Vera 55 UFC 25
23 Stanislav Nedkov 50 UFC 21
24 Mike Kyle 48 Strikeforce 26
24 Attila Vegh 48 Bellator 29
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Analysis by Richard Wade

With #1 Jon Jones bout with #2 Dan Henderson scrapped we will instead be treated to Jones versus an unranked light heavyweight in Vitor Belfort.

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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