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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.

Light Heavyweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted June 24, 2009

Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank
1 Lyoto Machida 100 UFC 1
2 Quinton Jackson 94 UFC 3
3 Rashad Evans 93 UFC 2
4 Forrest Griffin 86 UFC 4
5 Mauricio Rua 84 UFC 5
6 Keith Jardine 67 UFC 6
7 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 62 Affliction 8
8 Luiz Cane 61 UFC 10
9 Renato Sobral 58 Strikeforce/Affliction 9
10 Rich Franklin 52 UFC 14
11 Dan Henderson 41 UFC 13
12 Wanderlei Silva 38 UFC 7
13 Thiago Silva 34 UFC 11
14 Chuck Liddell 34 UFC 11
15 Tito Ortiz 21 Unsigned 15
16 Vladimir Matyushenko 21 Free Agent 16
17 Matt Hamill 21 UFC 17
18 Mike Whitehead 20 Strikeforce 28
19 Brandon Vera 19 UFC 18
19 Krzysztof Soszynski 19 UFC 27
21 Jason Brilz 17 UFC 23
22 Muhammed Lawal 17 WVR 25
23 Mark Coleman 16 UFC 30
24 Jared Hamman 16 Strikeforce 24
25 Mamed Khalidov 16 Konfrontacja 30
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Analysis by Kid Nate

The collective MMA community has had a month to process the meaning of #1 Lyoto Machida's crushing win at UFC 98. Machida's dominance is sinking in with MMA pundits and consequently, former champ #3 Rashad Evans slides down a slot.

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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