Mauricio Rua sits at the top of the UFC 205 lb. division. With his destruction of Lyoto Machida, he proved he is at the top of his game. Unfortunately, he will likely be sidelined until Spring 2011.
Here are the current top ten heavyweight fighters in the UFC as determined by ProMMAnow.com. Numbers 1-6 are fairly straightforward, but it gets a bit tricky on 7-10. See what you think.
Who is the world’s number one heavyweight MMA fighter? With Fabricio Werdum’s quick defeat of Fedor Emelianenko, the entire heavyweight division has been turned on it’s head.
Since the last time we did this, ProMMAnow.com’s changed a bit. That’s right… we started exercising regularly, got a little lipo, and threw in a boob job for good measure. So, now that we have some new-found confidence (albeit phony over-compensation for our daddy issues), we figured it was about time to unveil our latest [...]
Shane Carwin has turned the tables. Not only on the UFC’s heavyweight division, but now on MMA itself.
Carwin’s philosophy is that MMA fighters are always ranked by journalists, now the journalists will be ranked by the fighter.
Carwin says on his most recent blog post,
In MMA we are ranked by the journalist around us. This is [...]
Welcome to the new (not so much improved, really, because, well… they ARE new) ProMMA.info fighter rankings. These rankings are compiled by me, Mike Menninger, MMA genius, card-carrying member of the ANA (Anti-Nuthugger Alliance), defender of horrendous sweaters worn by athletes of whom I am afraid, and co-host of The Cageside Beat radio show. (Please [...]
The PROMMA.INFO writers poll is a compilation of all the website’s writers. These rankings represent the collective view of all our staff.
Lightweight
1. BJ Penn – UFC Champion
Last Fight
After his loss to Georges St. Pierre many MMA pundits were questioning BJ Penn’s superiority. However, Penn came through in a big way against Kenny Florian, as [...]
Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva - UFC Champion
Last Fight
After UFC 97 the popular sentiment was that Anderson Silva needed a challenge. It was decided that challenge would come from Forrest Griffin. In the end, Silva dispatched the TUF 1 champion in true pound-for-pound form.
Next Fight
Anderson Silva will sit out the rest of 2009 with an elbow [...]
The PROMMA.INFO writers poll is a compilation of all the website’s writers. These rankings represent the collective view of all our staff.
Light Heavyweight
1. Lyoto Machida – UFC Champion
Last Fight
The Karate master opened the “Machida Era” with a brilliant second round victory over Rashad Evans. Despite being in one of the UFC’s most competitive divisions, many think [...]
The PROMMA.INFO writers poll is a compilation of all the website’s writers. These rankings represent the collective view of all our staff.
Heavyweight
1. Fedor Emelianenko – WAMMA Champion
Last Fight
The world’s number one fighter seemed to be on the ropes against Andre Arlovski, but Fedor Emelianenko quickly turned the tide and highlight reel knocked out his Belarussian [...]
THE INFO returned to the airwaves after a week off with Strikeforce Middleweight Eric Lawson and last minute guest, Sherdog.com and Fight! Magazine’s Danny Acosta. Matt De La Rosa and “Fast Eddie” Constantine went over their new Bay Area rankings, spotlighting the Middleweight and Welterweight classes. Lawson talked about his recent win over Waylon Kennell [...]
PRO MMA (promma.info) received the following press release from the WEC today regarding UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir’s opinion of WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres as the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world. For those who have heard Mir commentate one of Torres’ fights, his opinion of the WEC champ was most likely [...]
Elite XC did a lot of things wrong. The list of failures has been chronicled so many times that even interviews with wannabes like $kala seem pointless and unwanted now. However, the now deceased promotion did do one thing right. They stepped forward and promoted women’s MMA like no other show had [...]
PRO MMA (promma.info) was notified earlier this week from the World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts of their first-ever rankings for female mixed martial artists. As female mixed martial arts gains more notoriety and popularity, the more important the rankings become. Also, the fact that Zuffa and the UFC do not have female fighters, means [...]
Damacio Page (11-4) walked into the cage against #7 ranked Bantamweight Marcos Galvao (6-3-1) at WEC 39 with a look of purpose. In just 18 seconds of the fight the purpose was carried out. Page stunned Galvao with a right hand and never let up punishing him with hard punches to earn a quick knockout [...]
Oh man, one cool thing about this sport is there is ALWAYS something going on. It’s almost like a soap opera at times. Fedor Emelianenko’s management company, M-1 released a statement on Tuesday claiming the long-talked about fight between Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko has now “lost its luster” due to Randy losing to [...]
Chuck Liddell was recently in Canada at Xtreme Couture in Toronto. Our friends over at MMATraining.com spoke with the Iceman about several things including a potential fight with Anderson Silva and his opinion on who the best pound for pound fighter in the world is among other things. Enjoy.
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