MMA 1st quarter of 2012 top 10 lists

[Stoo]

Source
[URL]***********.mmaweekly.com/bantamweight-division-135-pound-limit-mma-top-10[/URL]

Heavyweight
1. Junior Dos Santos
2. Alistair Overeem
3. Cain Velasquez
4. Josh Barnett
5. Frank Mir
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Shane Carwin
8. Daniel Cormier
9. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
10. Travis Browne

Light Heavyweight
1. Jon Jones
2. Rashad Evans
3. Dan Henderson
4. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
5. Lyoto Machida
6. Phil Davis
7. Alexander Gustafsson
8. Gegard Mousasi
9. Ryan Bader
10. Quinton Jackson

Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Vitor Belfort
4. Michael Bisping
5. Mark Munoz
6. Tim Boetsch
7. Brian Stann
8. Yushin Okami
9. Rousimar Palhares
10. Chris Weidman

Welterweight
1. Georges St-Pierre
2. Carlos Condit
3. Jake Ellenberger
4. Josh Koscheck
5. Johny Hendricks
6. Jake Shields
7. Jon Fitch

8. Diego Sanchez
9. Martin Kampmann
10. Rory MacDonald

Welterweight
1. Benson Henderson
2. Frankie Edgar
3. Gilbert Melendez
4. Gray Maynard
5. Jim Miller

6. Anthony Pettis
7. Shinya Aoki
8. Clay Guida
9. Michael Chandler
10. Nate Diaz

Featherweight
1. Jose Aldo
2. Hatsu Hioki
3. Chad Mendes
4. Dustin Poirier
5. Erik Koch
6. Pat Curran
7. Marlon Sandro
8. Kenny Florian
9. Chan Sung Jung
10. Iuri Alcantara

Flyweight
1. Joseph Benavidez
2. Ian McCall
3. Demetrious Johnson
4. Jussiero da Silva
5. Yasuhiro Urushitani
6. Shinichi “BJ” Kojima
7. Darrell Montague
8. Mitsuhisa Sunabe
9. Mamoru Yamaguchi
10. Dustin Ortiz

Bantamweight
1. Dominick Cruz
2. Urijah Faber
3. Renan Barao
4. Brian Bowles
5. Michael McDonald
6. Scott Jorgensen
7. Brad Pickett
8. Bibiano Fernandes
9. Masakatsu Ueda
10. Miguel Torres

Good list, although imo Browne aint done enough to nudge Big Foot out of the 10 ten yet and Nate Diaz & Paul Harris need to be higher

10 points to the 1st one who spots the glaring omission from these list

[Lefthooktommy]

Originally Posted by Stoo

Source
[URL]***********.mmaweekly.com/bantamweight-division-135-pound-limit-mma-top-10[/URL]

Heavyweight
1. Junior Dos Santos
2. Alistair Overeem
3. Cain Velasquez
4. Josh Barnett
5. Frank Mir
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Shane Carwin
8. Daniel Cormier
9. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
10. Travis Browne

Light Heavyweight
1. Jon Jones
2. Rashad Evans
3. Dan Henderson
4. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
5. Lyoto Machida
6. Phil Davis
7. Alexander Gustafsson
8. Gegard Mousasi
9. Ryan Bader
10. Quinton Jackson

Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Vitor Belfort
4. Michael Bisping
5. Mark Munoz
6. Tim Boetsch
7. Brian Stann
8. Yushin Okami
9. Rousimar Palhares
10. Chris Weidman

Welterweight
1. Georges St-Pierre
2. Carlos Condit
3. Jake Ellenberger
4. Josh Koscheck
5. Johny Hendricks
6. Jake Shields
7. Jon Fitch

8. Diego Sanchez
9. Martin Kampmann
10. Rory MacDonald

Welterweight
1. Benson Henderson
2. Frankie Edgar
3. Gilbert Melendez
4. Gray Maynard
5. Jim Miller

6. Anthony Pettis
7. Shinya Aoki
8. Clay Guida
9. Michael Chandler
10. Nate Diaz

Featherweight
1. Jose Aldo
2. Hatsu Hioki
3. Chad Mendes
4. Dustin Poirier
5. Erik Koch
6. Pat Curran
7. Marlon Sandro
8. Kenny Florian
9. Chan Sung Jung
10. Iuri Alcantara

Bantamweight
1. Joseph Benavidez
2. Ian McCall
3. Demetrious Johnson
4. Jussiero da Silva
5. Yasuhiro Urushitani
6. Shinichi “BJ” Kojima
7. Darrell Montague
8. Mitsuhisa Sunabe
9. Mamoru Yamaguchi
10. Dustin Ortiz

Bantamweight
1. Dominick Cruz
2. Urijah Faber
3. Renan Barao
4. Brian Bowles
5. Michael McDonald
6. Scott Jorgensen
7. Brad Pickett
8. Bibiano Fernandes
9. Masakatsu Ueda
10. Miguel Torres

Good list, although imo Browne aint done enough to nudge Big Foot out of the 10 ten yet and Nate Diaz & Paul Harris need to be higher

10 points to the 1st one who spots the glaring omission from these list

Mark Hunt?

[Stoo]

Nope

[Shogun Assassin]

Pretty good lists, although Nick Diaz should obviously be on there.

[Stoo]

10 points!

[Lefthooktommy]

Well Nick Diaz and Fedor seem to be missing

[Stoo]

Yeah, I think Diaz should be on there, maybe not Fedor though. Cant see a case for it

[Lefthooktommy]

Originally Posted by Stoo

Yeah, I think Diaz should be on there, maybe not Fedor though. Cant see a case for it

I agree, it just feels weird not seeing his name on the list.

[Stoo]

Yeah, end of an era I guess

Maybe this thread is a good opportunity for some p4p lists guys

1 GSP
2 Anderson
3 Jones
4 Benson
5 Aldo
6 JDS
7 Cruz
8 Edgar
9 Benavidez
10 Condit

[Primate]

Originally Posted by Shogun Assassin

Pretty good lists, although Nick Diaz should obviously be on there.

twas my first thought.

Heavyweight is still pretty ****ing bleak

[rusty nails]

no nick diaz... the ****???
That can only be due to his retirement talk surely, but has he officially retired?

[Stoo]

With he last two wins being against Daley and Penn, is it a legit reason for Diaz not being in the top 10?

[RJJ's Jab]

Browne won't be on the list for long Grave Digger is gonna smoke him this weekend.

BTW I'd have uncle creepy at No 1 @ Flyweight his last fight was a draw granted but for me he is still Top dog.

[Stoo]

I think McCall win over Jussiero as well is just enough to edge out Bena for me as it stands at the weight

Bust Joe has only lost to Cruz iirc so, we'll have to wait until they fight to find out I guess. Cant wait

[rusty nails]

Originally Posted by Stoo

With he last two wins being against Daley and Penn, is it a legit reason for Diaz not being in the top 10?

condit is only there because he "beat" diaz. Besides what the **** has diego or rory macdonald done lately?
nick was strikeforce champion on an 11 fight win streak, had stopped like 9 of his last 12 opponents and was coming off 2 THRASHINGS of daley and bj penn in a fight he was widely picked to lose. come on dude