Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1Georges St. Pierre100UFC12Jon Fitch95UFC23Carlos Condit84UFC54Nick Diaz81UFC45Josh Koscheck80UFC76Jake Shields78UFC37B.J. Penn75UFC68Jake Ellenberger72UFC169Charlie Brenneman51UFC1010Rick Story50UFC811Thiago Alves48UFC912Diego Sanchez44UFC1113Rory MacDonald41UFC1414Martin Kampmann41UFC1215Anthony Johnson33UFC1516Paulo Thiago29UFC1817Ben Askren26Bellator1718Tyron Woodley25Strikeforce2119Jay Hieron25Bellator1920Johny Hendricks24UFC2021Brian Ebersole21UFC2422Matt Hughes21UFC1323John Hathaway20UFC2324Mike Pyle20UFC2625Dong Hyun Kim19UFC25
#9 Charlie Brenneman will try to prove his win over #10 Rick Story wasn't a fluke when he faces off against #15 Anthony Johnson at UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson this Saturday.
Even more importantly, unranked Ben Saunders will try to advance in the welterweight tournament when he takes on equally unranked Luis Santos at Bellator 53.
Unrelated to upcoming fights, does anyone know what drugs Bloody Elbow columnists Leland Roling and Matt Roth were on this month when they ranked Anthony Johnson and Diego Sanchez respectively as their #5 welterweights?
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.
