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Posted by Tommy Hackett on 28th February 2010
This week, Total-MMA staff writer Bryan Belangia began his monthly rankings of MMA’s top ten fighters, Lightweight through Heavyweight — including some commentary about his selections.
Next month, we will add Featherweight and Bantamweight.
Please enjoy, and feel free to comment!
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Posted by Bryan Belangia on 2nd February 2010
Who is the best in the world at 170lbs? That’s an easy one right? The consensus top five pound for pound and UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre. But while “Rush” prepares to defend his belt against Dan Hardy at UFC 111, Nick Diaz is making a case as the fighter that poses the biggest threat to him at 170lbs.
Since his departure from the UFC, Diaz has reeled off an impressive streak of 7-1 and 1 no contest. The lone loss came via doctor stoppage due to cuts above his eye to KJ Noons and Diaz submitted then top five lightweight Takanori Gomi with a gogoplata before the NSAC ruled it a no contest due to a positive marijuana test.
At 26 years old, Diaz seems to be finally hitting his stride.
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Posted by Dave Walsh on 27th November 2009
November 27, 2009: The November 2009 Independent World MMA Rankings have been released. These rankings are independent of any single MMA media outlet or sanctioning body, and are published on multiple web sites.
In addition to the numerous MMA web sites that publish the Independent World MMA Rankings, you can also access the rankings at any time by going to www.IndependentWorldMMARankings.com.
Some of the best and most knowledgeable MMA writers from across the MMA media landscape have come together to form one independent voting panel. These voting panel members are, in alphabetical order: Zach Arnold (Fight Opinion); Nicholas Bailey (MMA Ratings); Jared Barnes (Freelance); Jordan Breen (Sherdog); Jim Genia (Full Contact Fighter, MMA Memories, and MMA Journalist Blog); Jesse Holland (MMA Mania); Robert Joyner (Freelance); Todd Martin (CBS Sportsline); Jim Murphy (The Savage Science); Zac Robinson (Sports by the Numbers MMA); Leland Roling (Bloody Elbow); Michael David Smith (AOL Fanhouse); Jonathan Snowden (Heavy.com); Joshua Stein (MMA Opinion); Ivan Trembow (Freelance); and Dave Walsh (Total MMA and Head Kick Legend).
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Posted by Dave Walsh on 16th October 2009
October 16, 2009: The October 2009 Independent World MMA Rankings have been released. These rankings are independent of any single MMA media outlet or sanctioning body, and are published on multiple web sites.
In addition to the numerous MMA web sites that publish the Independent World MMA Rankings, you can also access the rankings at any time by going to www.IndependentWorldMMARankings.com.
Some of the best and most knowledgeable MMA writers from across the MMA media landscape have come together to form one independent voting panel. These voting panel members are, in alphabetical order: Zach Arnold (Fight Opinion); Nicholas Bailey (MMA Ratings); Jared Barnes (Freelance), Jordan Breen (Sherdog); Jim Genia (Full Contact Fighter, MMA Memories, and MMA Journalist Blog); Jesse Holland (MMA Mania); Robert Joyner (Freelance); Todd Martin (CBS Sportsline); Jim Murphy (The Savage Science); Zac Robinson (Sports by the Numbers MMA); Leland Roling (Bloody Elbow); Michael David Smith (AOL Fanhouse); Joshua Stein (MMA Opinion), Ivan Trembow (Freelance); and Dave Walsh (Total MMA).
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Posted by Dave Walsh on 24th September 2009
September 25, 2009: The September 2009 Independent World MMA Rankings have been released. These rankings are independent of any single MMA media outlet or sanctioning body, and are published on multiple web sites.
Some of the best and most knowledgeable MMA writers from across the MMA media landscape have come together to form one independent voting panel. These voting panel members are, in alphabetical order: Zach Arnold (Fight Opinion); Nicholas Bailey (MMA Ratings); Jared Barnes (Freelance), Jordan Breen (Sherdog); Jim Genia (Full Contact Fighter, MMA Memories, and MMA Journalist Blog); Jesse Holland (MMA Mania); Robert Joyner (Freelance); Todd Martin (CBS Sportsline); Zac Robinson (Sports by the Numbers MMA); Leland Roling (Bloody Elbow); Michael David Smith (AOL Fanhouse); Jonathan Snowden (Heavy.com); Joshua Stein (MMA Opinion), Ivan Trembow (Freelance); and Dave Walsh (Total MMA).
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Posted by Dave Walsh on 21st August 2009
From the office of the Independent World MMA Rankings
August 21, 2009: The August 2009 Independent World MMA Rankings have been released. These rankings are independent of any single MMA media outlet or sanctioning body, and are published on multiple web sites.
Some of the best and most knowledgeable MMA writers from across the MMA media landscape have come together to form one independent voting panel.
These voting panel members are, in alphabetical order: Zach Arnold (FightOpinion); Nicholas Bailey (MMA Ratings); Jared Barnes (Houston Chronicle); Jordan Breen (Sherdog); Jim Genia (Full Contact Fighter, MMA Memories, and MMA Journalist Blog); Jesse Holland (MMA Mania); Robert Joyner (Freelance); Todd Martin (CBS Sportsline); Zac Robinson (Sports by the Numbers MMA); Leland Roling (Bloody Elbow); Michael David Smith (AOL Fanhouse); Jonathan Snowden (Author of “Total MMA: Inside Ultimate Fighting”); Joshua Stein (MMA Opinion), Ivan Trembow (Freelance); and Dave Walsh (Total MMA).
Joachim Hansen is not currently eligible to be ranked due to the fact that he has been inactive for 12 months; and Josh Barnett is not currently eligible to be ranked due to his recent positive drug test.
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Posted by Dave Walsh on 17th July 2009
From the office of the Independent World MMA Rankings
July 17, 2009: The July 2009 Independent World MMA Rankings have been released. These rankings are independent of any single MMA media outlet or sanctioning body, and are published on multiple web sites. Some of the best and most knowledgeable MMA writers from across the MMA media landscape have come together to form one independent voting panel.
These voting panel members are, in alphabetical order: Zach Arnold (FightOpinion); Nicholas Bailey (MMA Ratings); Jared Barnes (Houston Chronicle); Jordan Breen (Sherdog); Jim Genia (Full Contact Fighter, MMA Memories, and MMA Journalist Blog); Jesse Holland (MMA Mania); Robert Joyner (MMA Payout); Todd Martin (CBS Sportsline); Zac Robinson (Sports by the Numbers MMA); Leland Roling (Bloody Elbow); Michael David Smith (AOL Fanhouse); Jonathan Snowden (Author of “Total MMA: Inside Ultimate Fighting”); Joshua Stein (MMA Opinion), Ivan Trembow (Freelance); and Dave Walsh (Total MMA).
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Posted by Fraser on 17th May 2009
As promised, here is part 2 of kick boxing rankings, this time focusing on the 70 kg division (aka the Middleweight, or K-1 MAX division). With K-1 dabbling with a 60 kg division, we’ll keep this focused on the 70 kg K-1 MAX area. This is a deeper talent pool than the Heavyweights, so we’ll go with a top 20:
Top 20 Kickboxers (70 kg division)
1. MASATO
2. Artur Kyshenko
3. Giorgio Petrosyan
4. Andy Souwer
5. Albert Kraus
6. Buakaw Por. Pramuk
7. Nieky Holtzken
8. Gago Drago
9. Yoshihiro Sato
10. Chahid Oulad El Hadj
11. Murat Direcki
12. Taishin Kohiruimaki
13. Yuya Yamamoto
14. Leroy Kaestner
15. Yoshihiro Kido
16. Chi Bin Lim
17. Alviar Lima
18. HINATA
19. Sahin Yakut
20. John Wayne Parr
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Posted by Fraser on 30th April 2009
To continue my push for K-1 talk, I figured now was as good a time as any to launch some kickboxing rankings. These are a work in progress and will be updated regularly, so I welcome your feedback. In the interest of some sort of unified rankings, I opted not to include every single weight class, but instead go with the two simple categories of Over 70 kg, and Under 70 kg (the division between K-1 and K-1 MAX). My apologies to purists who would like every separate weight class listed. We’ll start with the Over 70 kg list, and add Under 70 kg next week. On we go:
Top 10 Kickboxers (Over 70 kg)
1. Remy Bonjasky
2. Peter Aerts
3. Badr Hari
4. Semmy Schilt
5. Errol Zimmerman
6. Ewerton Teixeira
7. Keijiro Maeda
8. Gokhan Saki
9. Tyrone Spong
10. Alistair Overeem
Honorable Mention: Jerome Le Banner, Ruslan Karaev , Zabit Samedov
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Posted by Jonathan Snowden on 14th August 2008
Who is the best P4P fighter in MMA? It’s worth arguing about.
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