MMA Torch Staff Rankings - March 2013

Beginning this month, the MMA Torch Staff Rankings will be 15 fighters deep in each division from heavyweight through bantamweight.

Also different, any fighter who has not fought in fifteen consecutive months, and does not currently have a bout officially signed is ineligible to be ranked. A partial list includes Dominick Cruz, Shane Carwin, and Brian Bowles.


POUND FOR POUND

1. Anderson Silva (135)
2. Georges St-Pierre (122)
3. Jon Jones (121)
4. Jose Aldo (108)
5. Ben Henderson (97)
6. Demetrious Johnson (80)
7. Renan Barao (71)
8. Cain Velasquez (69)
9. Frankie Edgar (41)
10. Joseph Benavidez (33)
11. Anthony Pettis (29)
12. Carlos Condit (27)
13. Junior Dos Santos (26)
14. Lyoto Machida (20)
15. Pat Curran (16)

Others Receiving Votes: Gilbert Melendez (13), Urijah Faber (12), Johny Hendricks (11), Dan Henderson (10), Nick Diaz (8), Daniel Cormier (8), John Dodson (5), Michael Chandler (5), Vitor Belfort (4), Eddie Alvarez (4), Eduardo Dantas (3), Ben Askren (2)


HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Cain Velasquez (135)
2. Junior Dos Santos (123)
3. Daniel Cormier (118)
4. Antonio Bigfoot Silva (106)
5. Fabricio Werdum (99)
6. Alistair Overeem (91)
7. Frank Mir (78)
8. Josh Barnett (70)
9. Antonio "Rodrigo" Nogueira (62)
10. Stefan Struve (54)
11. Roy Nelson (49)
12. Mark Hunt (28)
13. Travis Browne (24)
14. GabrielGonzaga (22)
15. Cheick Kongo (8)

Others Receiving Votes: Brendan Schaub (5), Ben Rothwell (4), Alexander Volkov (3), Todd Duffee (1)


LIGHT HAVYWEIGHT

1. Jon Jones (135)
2. Lyoto Machida (126)
3. Alexander Gustafsson (108)
4. Dan Henderson (100)
5. Rashad Evans (89)
6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (84)
7. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (79)
8. Glover Teixeira (71)
9. Phil Davis (67)
10. Ryan Bader (62)
11. Gegard Mousasi (49)
12. Forrest Griffin (33)
13. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (26)
14. James Te Huna (18)
15. Anthony Johnson (8)

Others Receiving Votes: Emanuel Newton (7), Brandon Vera (5), Vinny Magalhães (4), Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante (3), Jimi Manuwa (3), Attila Vegh (2), Muhammed Lawal (1)


MIDDLEWEIGHT

1. Anderson Silva (135)
2. Vitor Belfort (118)
3. Chael Sonnen (114)
4. Chris Weidman (111)
5. Luke Rockhold (88)
6. Yushin Okami (80)
7. Michael Bisping (72)
8. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (66)
9. Costa Philippou (61)
10. Hector Lombard (53)
11. Mark Munoz (44)
12. Tim Boetsch (36)
13. Brian Stann (32)
14. Alan Belcher (22)
15. Alexander Shlemenko (18)

Others Receiving Votes: Cung Le (9), Mamed Khalidov (7), Tim Kennedy (6), Rich Franklin (5), Roger Gracie (2), Rousimar Palhares (1)


WELTERWEIGHT

1. Georges St-Pierre (135)
2. Johny Hendricks (121)
3. Carlos Condit (118)
4. Nick Diaz (107)
5. Demian Maia (95)
6. Rory MacDonald (87)
7. Jake Ellenberger (67)
8. Ben Askren (58)
9. Martin Kampmann (56)
10. Jon Fitch (52)
11. Tarec Saffiedine (49)
12. Nate Marquardt (42)
13. Robbie Lawler (33)
14. Tyron Woodley (19)
15. Josh Koscheck (15)

Others Receiving Votes: Jake Shields (9), Mike Pyle (6), Siyar Bahadurzada (6), Gunnar Nelson (4), Dong Hyun Kim (1)


LIGHTWEIGHT

1. Benson Henderson (134)
2. Anthony Pettis (118)
3. Gilbert Melendez (117)
4. Gray Maynard (104)
5. Michael Chandler (99)
6. Nate Diaz (93)
7. Eddie Alvarez (84)
8. Jim Miller (73)
9. TJ Grant (65)
10. Donald Cerrone (46)
11. Rafael dos Anjos (39)
12. Khabib Nurmagomedov (31)
13. Shinya Aoki (28)
14. Pat Healy (16)
15. Joe Lauzon (14)

Others Receiving Votes: Josh Thomson (12), Evan Dunham (5), Matt Wiman (1), Jamie Varner (1)


FEATHERWEIGHT:

1. Jose Aldo (135)
2. Pat Curran (112)
3. Frankie Edgar (105)
4. Chad Mendes (101)
5. Ricardo Lamas (100)
6. Cub Swanson (85)
7. Chan Sung Jung (85)
8. Dennis Siver (75)
9. Nik Lentz (47))
10. Clay Guida (41)
11. Eric Koch (37)
12. Hatsu Hioki (35)
13. Daniel Straus(25)
14. Tatsuya Kawajiri (24)
15. Dustin Poirier(22)

Others Receiving Votes: Patricio "Pitbull" Friere (18), Robert Peralta (13), Hacran Dias (10), Diego Nunes (9), Bart Palaszewski (1)


BANTAMWEIGHT

1. Renan Barao (135)
2. Urijah Faber (123)
3. Michael McDonald (102)
4. Eddie Wineland (99)
5. Eduardo Dantas (96)
6. Bibiano Fernandes (94)
7. Raphael Assunção (76)
8. Brad Pickett (69)
9. Tyson Nam (68)
10. Iuri Alcantara (48)
11. Scott Jorgensen (39)
12. Marcos Galvao (36)
13. Takeya Mizugaki (30)
14. Joe Warren (16)
15. Mike Easton (14)

Others Receiving Votes: Ivan Menjivar (9), Jimmie Rivera (9),
Travis Marx (6), Erik Perez (4), Bryan Caraway (4), Miguel Torres (2),
Dustin Kimura (1)


FLYWEIGHT

1. Demetrious Johnson (90)
2. Joseph Benavidez (81)
3. John Dodson (69)
4. Ian McCall (56)
5. John Moraga (52)
6. Josh Sampo (35)
7. Jussier "Formiga Da Silva (23)
8. Darren Uyenoyama (15)
9. Louis Gaudinot (14)
10. Chris Cariaso (13)
11. Yasuhiro Urushitani (12)
12. Alexis Vila (10)
13. John Lineker (9)
14. Antonio Banuelos (5)
15. Darrell Montague (4)

Others Receiving Votes: Mamoru Yamaguchi (3), Atsushi Yamamoto (2), Tim Elliott (2)


Discuss these rankings on the MMA Torch Forum.


Voting Panel: Jamie Penick, Rich Hansen, Alvin Carter, Brad Walker, Dan Moore, Frank Hyden, Eric Hobaugh, Matt Pelkey, Alex Williams


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