MMATorch Staff Rankings - October 2012

POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Anderson Silva (69)
2. Jon Jones (62)
3. Georges St-Pierre (58)
4. Jose Aldo (48)
5. Dominick Cruz (38)
6-tie. Junior dos Santos (26)
6-tie. Benson Henderson (2)
8. Carlos Condit (23)
9. Frankie Edgar (12)
10. Dan Henderson (11)

Others Receiving Votes: Renan Barao (5), Demetrious Johnson (4), Daniel Cormier (3)


HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Junior dos Santos (70)
2. Cain Velasquez (61)
3. Daniel Cormier (52)
4. Alistair Overeem (47)
5. Fabricio Werdum (42)
6. Frank Mir (32)
7. Josh Barnett (26)
8. Stefan Struve (13)
9. Shane Carwin (12)
10. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (11)

Others Receiving Votes: Travis Browne (9), Antonio Silva (7), Roy Nelson (1)


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Jon Jones (70)
2. Dan Henderson (62)
3. Rashad Evans (56)
4. Mauricio Rua (46)
5. Lyoto Machida (45)
6. Alexander Gustafsson (31)
7. Ryan Bader (20)
8. Phil Davis (17)
9. Forrest Griffin (12)
10. Glover Teixeira (6)

Others Receiving Votes: Gegard Mousasi (6), Quinton Jackson (5), Rafael Cavalcante (4), Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (2), Muhammad Lawal (2), Vinny Magalhaes (1)


MIDDLEWEIGHT
1. Anderson Silva (70)
2. Chael Sonnen (58)
3. Chris Weidman (56)
4. Michael Bisping (44)
5. Vitor Belfort (36)
6. Tim Boetsch (33)
7. Luke Rockhold (25)
8. Alan Belcher (23)
9. Yushin Okami (17)
10. Mark Munoz (11)

Others Receiving Votes: Brian Stann (5), Ronaldo Souza (4), Hector Lombard (2), Rich Franklin (1)


WELTERWEIGHT
1. Georges St-Pierre (70)
2. Carlos Condit (63)
3. Nick Diaz (54)
4. Johny Hendricks (47)
5. Martin Kampmann (36)
6. Nate Marquardt (32)
7. Jake Ellenberger (24)
8. Jon Fitch (18)
9. Rory MacDonald (14)
10. Josh Koscheck (12)

Others Receiving Votes: BJ Penn (6), Ben Askren (4), Demian Maia (2)


LIGHTWEIGHT
1. Benson Henderson (70)
2. Frankie Edgar (62)
3. Gilbert Melendez (49)
4. Nate Diaz (48)
5. Gray Maynard (46)
6. Michael Chandler (30)
7. Anthony Pettis (29)
8. Eddie Alvarez (19)
9. Jim Miller (13)
10. Donald Cerrone (11)

Others Receiving Votes: TJ Grant (3), Clay Guida (2), Pat Healy (2), Shinya Aoki (1)


FEATHERWEIGHT
1. Jose Aldo (70)
2. Pat Curran (53)
3. Chad Mendes (52)
4. Chan Sung Jung (47)
5. Erik Koch (31)
6. Ricardo Lamas (30)
7. Dennis Siver (27)
8. Hatsu Hioki (15)
9. Cub Swanson (13)
10. Dustin Poirier(9)

Others Receiving Votes: Tatsuya Kawajiri (8), Diego Nunes (7), Hacran Dias (6), Iuri Alcantara (5), Patricio Friere (5), Daniel Straus (4), Robert Peralta (2), Hiroyuki Takaya (1)


BANTAMWEIGHT
1. Dominick Cruz (70)
2. Renan Barao (63)
3. Urijah Faber (52)
4. Michael McDonald (47)
5. Brian Bowles (33)
6. Brad Pickett (30)
7. Bibiano Fernandes (29)
8. Eddie Wineland (19)
9. Tyson Nam (14)
10. Eduardo Dantas (11)

Others Receiving Votes: Miguel Torres (8), Yoshiro Maeda (3), Scott Jorgensen (3), Marcos Galvao (1), Marcos Galvao (1), Raphael Assuncao (1)


FLYWEIGHT
1. Demetrious Johnsn (70)
2. Joseph Benavidez (62)
3. Ian McCall (56)
4. Jussier da Silva (47)
5. John Dodson (39)
6. Chris Cariaso (33)
7. Yasuhiro Urushitani (25)
8. Josh Sampo (17)
9. John Moraga (12)
10. Louis Gaudinot (9)

Others Receiving Votes: Darrell Montague (7), Antonio Banuelos (3), Mamoru Yamaguchi (3), Mitsuhisa Sunabe (2)

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/Champs_Rankings_30/article_14584.shtml

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