LowKick.com Community MMA Rankings for March 15th
Posted on March 16, 2011, 06:27 AM by Anton GurevichIn this edition of LowKick.com Community MMA Rankings fans reacted to the dramatic changes in the sport. Fedor Emelianenko lost for the second consecutive time, Anderson Silva solidified his place as one of the greatest fighters in the world, and Dan Henderson who proved once again that for some fighters age means nothing.
Rankings window was opened on February 15th, and was closed yesterday, on March 15th. Next rankings window will be opened on March 22nd, three days after this weekend's UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones, and closed on April 25th just four days before UFC's first trip to the Rogers Center in Toronto, Canada for UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields.
Oh, and here's some food for thought: Hector Lombard and Eddie Alvarez are the only ranked non-ZUFFA fighters, from Lightweight to Heavyweight.
So, you voted, you decided. Here's the results:
Pound for Pound
Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight
Middleweight
Welterweight
Lightweight
Pound for Pound
Anderson Silva's victory over Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 paid off, as "The Spider" dethroned Georges St. Pierre for the first time from the #1 spot at P4P rankings. Fedor Emelianenko's defeat against Antonio Silva saw him moving down to 9th place, as the young gun Jon Jones debuted in P4P list, occupying the prestigious 8th spot. Jon Jones's victory over Shogun Rua this weekend could catapult him up to the Top 5, in what could be one of the most impressive breakthroughs in the history of MMA.
Heavyweight
Fedor Emelianenko lost his #2 spot in the rankings, moving down to 8th place in the rankings. The man who handed "The Last Emperor" his second defeat, Antonio Silva, improved his positions and currently occupies the 7th spot. TUF 13 coaches Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos are both in the HW Top 5, while the Strikeforce, Dream, K-1 (and what's not) Champ Alistair Overeem is a few points behind "Cigano" at #3. The next high profile Heavyweight bout will see the mentioned above Alistair Overeem facing Fabricio Werdum (#5) at the first round of Strikeforce HW Grand Prix.
Light Heavyweight
Shogun Rua and Jon "Bones" Jones will dispute the #1 Light Heavyweight spot this weekend, fighting for the UFC 205 Title at the main event of UFC 128 in Newark, New Jersey. The "H-Bomb" inventor Dan Henderson improved his position and currently ranked at #7, as the fans gave Forrest Griffin's victory over Rich Franklin a higher value, moving him from #9 to #6. Previous #6 Ryan Bader moved to 10th place following the defeat against Jon Jones at UFC 126.
Middleweight
No surprises here (well, except Wanderlei Silva maybe). Anderson Silva continues his dominance of the 185-pound ranks, with a huge points advantage over the other fighters. Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Ronaldo Souza moved up to Top 5 after an impressive victory over Robbie Lawler, and in light of ZUFFA's purchase of Strikeforce could definitely be a worthy match-up for Silva in terms of rankings. This weekend's UFC 128 main card entertainer Nate Marquardt currently ranked at 6th.
Welterweight
BJ Penn moved up two places following the draw against Jon Fitch at UFC 127. As for Fitch, "The Ultimate Grinder" solidified his place as #2, above the current number one contender for the UFC Welterweight title Jake Shields. Despite the defeat against Diego Sanchez at UFC on Versus 3, Martin Kampmann still holds his #10 spot, while "The Dream" is yet to be seen in the rankings.
Lightweight
Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez moved down to 4th place, allowing Anthony Pettis to enter the Top 3. "El Nino" fought only once last year, and will surely look to prove his worth against Tatsuya Kawajiri on April 9th. George Sotiropoulos kept his place in Top 5 despite the defeat against Dennis Siver, while another UFC Lightweight Title contender Jim Miller moved up to 8th. Miller will square off this weekend against Kamal Shalorus, as part of the main card action at UFC 128.
Comments
while i dont agree 100% with these i think its fair with the exception of paul daley being a top ten (in my opinion he just doesnt have enough victoties over top guys +the fact that koscheck feminized him without even breaking a sweat)and g-sots ranking higher after a loss than guida
Most people dont change there rankings after every event...thats prolly the reason why some of the rankings r messed like G-Sots etc
Well said Ninja I was thinking the same thing with G Sot when Siever isnt on the top 10, and Miller should surpass him now, Also im glad Kampmann is still ranked higher than Sanchez
I think Dennis Siver is really surprising people but he is forgetable to many(myself not included) and so Sots is holding Sivers accomplishments unfortunaetly. I forgot to update but I would have Siver in top 10 now.
if melvin guilard is #10 then how could siver be on there? i dont think alot of people know that guillard easily ko'd dennis siver, and i think he should be higher on the list than he is
I agree Guilliard should be higher but I can see an arguement for siver being top 10 since Sots played all he could to no avail.
How is Jones number two He hasn't beat any fighters the caliber of a Rampage or Machida he hasn't even fought a single fighter as good as Forrest or Thiago.Don't get me wrong he's been impressive against the small fry of the divsion,but that doesn't make you number two in the division.
because people on this site are ignorant
Agreed, Jon Jones does not deserve the #2 spot. He didn't beat Thiago Silva, Forrest Griffin, Quinton Jackson, Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, Gegard Mousasi, or Dan Henderson.
This is beyond baffling. A win over Bader and a title shot does not make you #2 over night. Seriously, Stephen Hawking warned us about this. The universe expanding has indeed stretched the foundation of every intelligent organism.
I updated, put Siver in the mix, I just don't see Gil doing enough to warrant high ranking, especially not lately.
As far as Jones and Overeem ranking so high, they share the "potential devastation" factor of being straight-up scary dudes, it's hard to see anyone beating them. They're hypothetical top-rankers.
And there's the added aspect of many Lowkickers either not updating OR being completely ignorant dumbasses who rank based on emotion and flavour of the week.
My last comment is that I find it absolutely hilarious that Overeem outranked by Dos Santos on the HW list, but Junior isn't even on the p4p list and Overeem is number seven. Umm...
True, true. I have Jones at number 2 in the 205 division but solely on his destructive path. I am being hypothetical. Because not everyone has faced everyone we have to be hypothetical about it since for all we know Bader loses to most top 10 guys and then destroys the number 1 guy because of a style issue. Chael is an example of such an issue. Hypothetically he should be number 2 but also hypothetically we can't be sure he can redo what he done yah know?
Alistair Overeem has every right to be ranked that high. The guy has been down right scary and dominating in both K-1 and now MMA. Let's not forget that Overeem is a veteran, he's had over 40 MMA bouts and been a monster the last two years. The Reem has been underrated and dismissed just because he doesn't fight under the UFC banner. Let me tell you something right now, all of the UFC Heavyweight division doesn't want Overeem signed. He's straight up nightmare.
Jones, on the other hand, is only 23 years old with 13 MMA bouts (12 against mid-level to atrocious talent). There is no reason or excuse to place Jones that high.
the reason for overeem outranked by dos santos on the hw list but not on the p4p list is excatly this "potential factor". while dos santos does'nt seem to have the potential to be a p4p listed, overeem surely does. but is we take under consideration the current actual accomplishments on the hw division, dos santos is out ranking overeem.
you can argue that u have to take this potential under consideration within the hw division but the truth is u look at the potential more when it comes to p4p. and that is the reason fedor was on the top 3 for so long although in the past few years (even before this 2 recent loses) his accomplishments was not so immpresive.
Donald Cerrone over Melvin Guillard
I think Diego Sanchez should also be in Top 10 Welterweight
Aoki
yeah, i cant believe aoki didnt make the list..
Also Alvarez would beat edgar..
yeah i think alvarez should be there as well he would probably finish edgar the guy is to good right now....also y is fedor even ranked anywhere he had his ass handed to him by less than elite comp. thats bs ...rua should be ranked over aldo until some of the rest of these guys clean out divisions i don't think they should be in top p4p list....really just think can cain beat jds, p4p list should be 4 people and only 4 anderson, gsp, rua, aldo
just think can gsp really beat shields and can anderson really beat sonnen if they fought again.. our hearts want to say yes but my knowledge of mma anderson was lucky to beat sonnen. regardless of shields performance against martin kamp he has not lost in how many years and is an all around better grappler than gsp is..and to think gsp will stop the take down is retarded p4p ranking are shit