MMA Writers' Top 10

[whaledog]

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MEDIA TOP 10*

*This poll is not directly associated with ADCC and should not be confused with the MMA Writers' Top 10. (I made a typo in the message title)


OFFICIAL AS OF FEBRUARY 7th, 2001

HEAVYWEIGHT 200 & up

1. Mark Coleman (6) 105
2. Igor Vovchanchin (5) 104
3. Randy Couture 83
4. Pedro Rizzo 67
5. Kazuyuki Fujita 56
6. Kevin Randleman 54
7. Mark Kerr 44
8. Heath Herring 34
9. Josh Barnett 18
10. R. Babalu 11

Other fighters receiving votes: Gilbert Yvel, Mikhail Illoukhine, Pete Williams, Ricco Rodriguez, Ken Shamrock, Semmy Schilt, T. Kosaka


MIDDLEWEIGHTS 170 to 199.9

1. Kazushi Sakuraba (11) 110
2. Tito Ortiz 94
3. Vanderlei Silva 83
4. Frank Shamrock 82
5. Jeremy Horn 49
6. Dan Henderson 46
7. Evan Tanner 28
8. Allan Goes 27
9. Renzo Gracie 22
10. Chuck Liddell 10

Other fighters receiving votes: M. Bustamante, G. Mezger, Rickson Gracie, Tamura, R. Almeida, Akira Shoji, Yuki Kondo

LIGHTWEIGHTS 155 to 169.9

1. Hayato Sakurai (9) 107
2. Pat Miletich 82
3. Carlos Newton (1) 68
4. Dave Menne (1) 66
4. Pele 66
4. Matt Hughes 66
7. Frank Trigg 51
8. Dennis Hallman* 38
9. Kato 21
10. Fabiano Iha 17

*Dennis Hallman will be ranked as a bantamweight fighter in the next poll.

Other fighters receiving votes: S. Kawakatsu, Alex Cook, A. Barros, Nathan Marquardet, Ray Cooper, Laverne Clark

BANTAMWEIGHTS 154.9 & under
1. Kauro Uno (9) 108
2. Alexandre Nogueira (1) 77
3. Rumina Sato 71
4. Jens Pulver (1) 70
5. Din Thomas 62
6. Takanori Gomi 58
7. D. Mashima 34
8. Nauya, Uematsu 27
9. Royler Gracie 23
10. Ryan Bow 15

Other fighters receiving votes: Joao Roque, Marcio Babosa, Dennis Hallman, D. Hallman, John Lewis, Momoru,

Numbers in brackets indicate 1st place votes.

POUND FOR POUND

1. Kazushi Sakuraba 104
2. Hayato "Mach" Sakurai 85
3. Igor Vovchanchin 63
4. Frank Shamrock 58
5. Mark Coleman 53
6. Kaoru Uno 48
7. Tito Ortiz 45
8. Alexandre Franca Nogueira 32
9. Randy Couture 23
10. Vanderlei Silva 20

Voting in the February poll:

Andreh Anderson - http://news.adcombat.com
Ryan Graham - Fighters Database
Josh Gross - Full Contact Fighter Magazine
Josh Hedges - http://www.ufighting.com
Stephen Quadros - MMA Broadcaster/Writer
Matt Palmer - TMA Newsletter
Garret Poe - http://www.sherdog.com
Jake Rossen - http://www.ign.com
Sean Shelby - http://www.grapplersworld.com
Jeff Sherwood - http://www.sherdog.com
Jeff Thaler - Freelance MMA writer

[Edited by whaledog on 02-09-2001 at 11:08 AM]

[Hookah Smokin Caterpillar]

Polls like this never satisfy anyone, like in my case: Why is Coleman higher then Igor? Why is Renzo so low? Why is Silva so high?

[SweepEm]

It's all a matter of opinion.

If you would be able to assemble all the top 10's and have a tournament, I doubt if they would win, according to their ranking. Seems that the list is fairly accurate and there is always going to be debate as to who should be place where, but overall, if you just put the top 10 together, it's a good representation of the who's who in MMA.

[Patterson]

Silva is amazingly great... What I don't get is why anyone voted for Rickson and why Miletich and Newton were above Menne and Pele. Miletich at #2? Please...

[whaledog]

SweepEm,

I can always count on you.

[SweepEm]

always dude,

we can always watch each other's back

[sccr06]

I am just happy to see a ranking system finally being used!