WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT RANKINGS

(January 2011 – 170-185lbs)
by shanoknowsmma


WORLD CHAMPION (Linear):

Anderson Silva http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 27-4
185lbs 6′2″ (Muay Thai Dream Team)

UFC CHAMP: Anderson Silva
SVS CHAMP: Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza
BFC CHAMP: Hector Lombard
FEG CHAMP: -vacant-
SRC CHAMP: Jorge Santiago
KOP CHAMP: Yuki Kondo
GCM CHAMP: -vacant-
ISC CHAMP: Siyar Bahadurzada

TOP TEN CONTENDERS
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1. Chael Sonnen http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 25-11-1
185lbs 6′1″ (Team Quest)

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2. Dan Henderson http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 26-8
185-205lbs 6′1″ (Team Quest)

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3. Vitor Belfort http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 19-8
185lbs 6′0″ (Xtreme Couture)

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4. Rich Franklin http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 28-5 (1 NC)
185lbs 6′1″ (Team Extreme)

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5. Demian Maia http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 14-2
185lbs 6′0″ (Wand Fight Team)

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6.
Yushin Okami http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/JAPA0001.GIF 26-5
185lbs 6′2″ (Wajutsu Keishukai Tokyo)

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7. Nathan Marquardt http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 30-10-2
185lbs (Jackson’s Submission Fighting)

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/fighter/20100719043700_DesignzFuzion_10350.JPG
8. Paulo Filho http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 21-2-1
185lbs 5′8″ (Grappling Fight Team)
(“Pezao” fight was at 205lbs)

http://www.mma-core.com/images/fighters/full/Ronaldo_Souza_101557.jpg
9. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 14-2 (1 NC)
185lbs 6′0″ (XGym)

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10. Jorge Santiago http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 23-8
185lbs 6′1″ (American Top Team)


 TOP UNRANKED FIGHTERS AND PROSPECTS
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Mamed Khalidov http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/RUSS0001.GIF 21-4-2
181lbs 6′0″ (Arrachion MMA Olsztyn/KSW Team)

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Jason “Mayhem” Miller http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 24-7 (1 NC)
185lbs 6′0″ (Team Mayhem Miller)

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Tim Kennedy http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 12-3
185lbs 5′11″ (The Pit)

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Hector Lombard http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/CUBA0001.GIF 27-2-1 (1 NC)
185lbs 5′9″ (American Top Team)

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Alexander Shlemenko http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/RUSS0001.GIF 30-5
185lbs 5′11″ (RusFighters Sport Club)

 
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Bryan Baker http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 14-2
185lbs 6′3″ (Team Wildman Vale Tudo)

http://www.fiveknuckles.com/assets/images/fighters/eric-schambari.jpg
Eric Schambari http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF
14-2
184lbs 6′0″ (Marc Laimon’s Cobra Kai)

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Luke Rockhold http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 7-1
185lbs 6′3″ (American Kickboxing Academy)

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Andrei Semenov http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/RUSS0001.GIF 29-9-2
185lbs 6′0″ (Red Devil Sports Club)

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/fighter/20100719044429_taylor.JPG
Jesse “JT Money” Taylor http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF
17-6
185lbs 6′1″ (Team Quest)

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Tom “Kong” Watson
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182lbs 6′0″ (Gorilla Academy)

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Matt Horwich http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF
27-17-1 (Record)
185lbs 5′11″ (Legends MMA)

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Thales Leites http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 18-4
185lbs 6′1″ (Nova Uniao)

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Robbie Lawler http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 18-6 (1 NC)
185lbs (HIT Squad)

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Melvin Manhoef http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/NETH0001.GIF 24-8-1
183lbs 5′8″ (Mike’s Gym)

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Kazuo Misaki http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/JAPA0001.GIF 23-11-2 (1 NC)
182lbs (Team Grabaka)

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Dan Miller http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 13-4 (1 NC)
185lbs 6′0″ (AMA Fight Club)

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Yoshihiro Akiyama http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/JAPA0001.GIF 13-3 (2 NC)
185lbs 5′10″ (Team Cloud)

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Mark Munoz http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 9-2
185lbs 6′0″ (Capital City Fighting Alliance)

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Kendall Grove http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/images/content/is_that_the_flag/us-hi_1.gif 12-8 (1 NC)
185lbs 6′6″ (Team Punishment)


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Jake Rosholt http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 7-3
185lbs 6′1″ (Xtreme Couture)

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Brian Stann http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 10-3
185lbs 6′1″ (Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts)

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Chris Leben http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 25-7
185lbs 5′11″ (Icon Fitness MMA)

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Nick Diaz http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 23-7 (1 NC)
160-180lbs 6′1″ (Cesar Gracie)

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Wanderlei Silva http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 33-10-1 (1 NC)
185lbs 5′11″ (Wand Fight Team )

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Michael Bisping http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNKG0100.GIF 20-3
185lbs 6′2″ (Wolfslair Academy)

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Alan Belcher http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 16-6
185lbs 6′2″ (Roufusport)

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Matt Lindland http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 22-8
185lbs 6′0″ (Team Quest)

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Cung Le http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIFhttp://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/VIET0001.GIF 7-1
183lbs 5′10″ (USH)

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Scott “Hands Of Steel” Smith http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 17-8 (1 NC)
170-185lbs 6′0″ (Capital City Fighting Alliance)

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Benji Radach http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 21-6 (1 NC)
185-205lbs 5′10″ (???)

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Riki Fukuda http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/JAPA0001.GIF 18-5
185lbs 6′0″ (Grabaka)

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Murilo “Ninja” Rua http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 20-11-1
184lbs 5′11″ (Universidade da Luta)

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Danillo “Indio” Villefort http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 12-3
185lbs 6′1″ (American Top Team)

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Joey Villasenor http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 27-8
185lbs 6′0″ (Jackson’s Submission Fighting)

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Rousimar Palhares http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 11-3
185lbs 5′8″ (Brazilian Top Team)

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Jorge “El Conquistador” Rivera http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 19-7
185lbs 6′1″ (Team Sityodtong)

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Nate Quarry http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 12-4
185lbs 6′0″ (Team Quest)

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Yancy Medeiros http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/images/content/is_that_the_flag/us-hi_1.gif 9-0
185-205lbs 5′10″ (Team Hakuilua)

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Dean Lister http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 11-7
185lbs 6′1″ (Throwdown Elite Training Center/Victory MMA)

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Jeremy Horn http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 87-20-5
185lbs 6′1″ (Elite Performance)

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Trevor Prangley http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/SOAF0001.GIF 23-6-1
185lbs 6′0″ (American Kickboxing Academy)

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Nobutatsu Suzuki http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/JAPA0001.GIF 8-0-2
185lbs 5′8″ (Musinjuku)

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Falaniko Vitale http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/images/content/is_that_the_flag/us-hi_1.gif 28-9
185lbs 5′10″ (Grappling Unlimited)

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Ralek Gracie http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 3-0
185lbs 6′2″ (Gracie Humaita)

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/fighter/20090923041033_Isaev.JPG
Bislan Isaev http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/RUSS0001.GIF 17-5 (Record)
177lbs 6′1″ (Chechen Fight Club)

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Jordanas Poskaitis http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/LITH0001.GIF 11-1
185lbs (???)

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/thumbnail_crop/600/_images/pictures/20101214044317_827Q7079.JPG
Costantinos Phillippou http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/GREC0001.GIF 6-1 (1 NC)
185lbs 5′11″ (Costa Phillippou MMA/Serra-Longo Fight Team)

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Givanildo “The Arm Collector” Santana http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 15-1
185lbs (Team Oyama/Lotus MMA)

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Maiquel Jose Falcao Goncalves http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 26-3 (1 NC)
185lbs 5′11″ (Chute Boxe)

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/thumbnail_crop/600/_images/pictures/20100112102739_IMG_2394.JPG
Gerald “Hurricane” Harris http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 17-3
185lbs 5′11″ (Grudge Training Center/Ghost Dog)

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Justin Torrey http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 7-0
185lbs 6′0″ (JSD/Fighting Arts Academy)

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Siyar Bahadurzada http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/AFGH0001.GIF 18-4-1
185lbs (Golden Glory/Tatsujin Dojo)

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Fabio Bolinho http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 9-0-1
182lbs (Nova Uniao Kimura)

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/fighter/20110112033345_brunosantos.JPG
Bruno “Carioca” Santos http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 8-0
185lbs 5′9″ (Ze Mario Team)

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/fighter/20100801052113_edu.JPG
Carlos Eduardo “Ta Danado” Rocha http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF 9-0
185lbs 5′10″ (Darcio Lira Jiu-Jitsu)

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Papy Abedi http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/SWDN0001.GIF 8-0
185lbs (Hilti NHB)

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Nick Ring http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/CANA0001.GIF 10-0
185lbs 6′1″ (BDB Martial Arts)

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/fighter/20100301043508_Brad_Tavares_hi_res.JPG
Brad Tavares http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/images/content/is_that_the_flag/us-hi_1.gif 7-0
185lbs 6′1″ (Team Tompkins/MMA Development)


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Phil McIntyre http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 6-0
185lbs (South Shore Sport Fighting)

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Robert Jocz http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/POLA0001.GIF 19-6
182lbs 6′1″ (Team Beast of the East)

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Jeremy “Pitbull” Smith http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/SOAF0001.GIF 13-3
185lbs 5′10″ (Black Dragon Society)

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/thumbnail_crop/600/_images/pictures/20101002091211_827Q69132.JPG
Chris Weidman http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF 4-0
185lbs 6′0″ (Serra-Longo Fight Team)

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