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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.

Welterweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted July 30, 2009

Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank
1 Georges St. Pierre 100 UFC 1
2 Jon Fitch 94 UFC 3
3 Thiago Alves 92 UFC 2
4 Matt Hughes 77 UFC 5
5 Jake Shields 76 Strikeforce 4
6 Mike Swick 74 UFC 7
7 Martin Kampmann 73 UFC 6
8 Josh Koscheck 72 UFC 8
9 Carlos Condit 56 UFC 9
10 Paulo Thiago 45 UFC 10
11 Dan Hardy 41 UFC 12
12 Hayato Sakurai 31 DREAM 11
12 Karo Parisyan 31 UFC 13
14 Brock Larson 30 UFC 15
15 Nick Diaz 27 Strikeforce 18
16 Jay Hieron 25 Strikeforce 16
17 Marius Zaromskis 23 DREAM/Bellator NR
18 Dustin Hazelett 22 UFC 17
19 Marcus Davis 22 UFC 20
20 Chris Lytle 21 UFC 22
21 Nick Thompson 20 Strikeforce 14
22 Matt Serra 20 UFC 18
23 Yoshiyuki Yoshida 19 UFC 33
24 Brad Blackburn 19 UFC 27
25 Anthony Johnson 18 UFC 23
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Analysis by Kid Nate

MMA is a most fickle mistress. No sooner had #1 Georges St Pierre won a commanding decision victory over #3 (then #2) Thiago Alves then he faced a barrage of questions about when he would move up to face #1 middleweight Anderson Silva.

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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