BRADDAH SHANO'S MMA RANKINGS FOR APRIL 2004
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HEAVYWEIGHTS
206 - 265 pounds
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WORLD CHAMPION: Fedor Emelianenko
Pro Record: 16-1
Weight: 233
Affiliation: Red Devil Sportsclub
Home: Russia
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UFC CHAMPION: vacant
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PRIDE CHAMPION: Fedor Emelianenko
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SHOOTO CHAMPION: vacant
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PANCRASE CHAMPION: Yoshiki Takahashi (up to 220lbs.)
NOTE: is ranked as a LHW as his fight wt. is only 195-205lbs.
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TOP TEN
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1. Rodrigo Nogueira
Pro Record: 21-2-1
Weight: 225
Affiliation: Brazilian Top Team
Home: Salvador,Brazil
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2. Mirko Filipovic
Pro Record: 9-1-2
Weight: 227
Affiliation: Cro Cop Squad Gym
Home: Croatia
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3. Josh Barnett
Pro Record: 12-1
Am Record: 5-0
Weight: 245
Weight Range: 240-275
Affiliation: AMC Pankration
Home: Seattle,WA,USA
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4. Tim Sylvia
Pro Record: 16-0
Am Record: 1-1
Weight: 265
Affiliation: Miletich Martial Arts
Home: Ellsworth,ME/Davenport,IA,USA
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5. Pedro Rizzo
Pro Record: 14-5
Weight: 228
Affiliation: Ruas Vale Tudo
Home: Rio de Janeiro,Brazil
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6. Andrei Arlovski
Pro Record: 6-3
Weight: 240
Home: Minsk,Belarus
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7. Vladimir Matyushenko
Pro Record: 13-3
Weight: 215
Affiliation: RAW
Home: Retchisa,Belarus/Los Angeles,CA,USA
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8. Ricco Rodriguez
Pro Record: 14-4
Weight: 240
Weight Range: 240-280
Affiliation: Team Punishment
Home: Staten Island,NY/Huntington Beach,CA,USA
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9. Frank Mir
Pro Record: 7-1
Weight: 240
Affiliation: Las Vegas Combat Club
Home: Las Vegas,NV,USA
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10. Heath Herring
Pro Record: 23-9
Weight: 254
Weight Range: 254-286
Affiliation: Golden Glory Team
Home: Texas,USA/Amsterdam,Holland
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FRINGE CONTENDERS
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Gan McGee
Pro Record: 12-3
Weight: 265
Weight Range: 265-305
Affiliation: Pitfight Team
Home: Bismark,ND/San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
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Ibragim Magomedov
Record: 19-1
Weight: 242
Affiliation: Red Devil Sports Club
Home: Russia
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Mark Coleman
Pro Record: 13-5
Weight: 245
Weight Range: 225-255
Affiliation: Hammer House
Home: Columbus,OH,USA
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Igor Vovchanchyn
Pro Record: 47-8-1
Weight: 230
Weight Range: 200-238
Affiliation: Team Vovchanchyn
Home: Kharkov,Ukraine
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Kazuyuki Fujita
Pro Record: 10-4
Weight: 254
Affiliation: Inoki
Home: Japan
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Bobby Hoffman
Pro Record: 32-6-1
Weight: 260
Affiliation: Bad Seed Inc
Home: Centerville,IA/Los Angeles,CA,USA
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Wesley Correira
Pro Record: 13-5
Weight: 265
Weight Range: 260-300
Affiliation: BJ Penn's MMAA
Home: Hilo,HI,USA
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Ron Waterman
Pro Record: 10-2-2
Weight: 260
Home: Greeley,CO,USA
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Gilbert Yvel
Pro Record: 25-9-1
Weight: 225
Affiliation: Golden Glory Team
Home: Amsterdam,Holland
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Alistair Overeem
Pro Record: 17-4
Weight: 205-210
Affiliation: Golden Glory Team
Home: Holland
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Hirotaka Yokoi
Pro Record 10-0
Weight: 220 lbs/100 kg
Affiliation: RiRoots Conan/Rings Japan
Home: Osaka,Japan
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Jason Brilz
Pro Record: 8-1-1
Weight: 223
Home: Omaha,NE,USA
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Bazigit Atajev
Pro Record 14-1
Weight: 230 lbs/104 kg
Affiliation: Russian Top Team
Home: Tula,Russia
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Sergei Kharitonov
Pro Record: 7-1
Weight: 220 lbs/100 kg
Affiliation: Russian Top Team
Home: Moscow,Russia
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Melvin Manhoef
Pro Record: 7-1-1
Weight: 209
Affiliation: Chakuriki Gym
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Mikko Rupponen
Pro Record: 10-1-2
Weight 209 lbs/95 kg
Affiliation: Espoon Kehahait
Home: Helsinki,Finland
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Lodan Sincaid
Pro Record: 6-0
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Jon Olav Einemo
Pro Record: 5-0
Weight: 220 lbs/100 kg
Affiliation: Scandinavian BJJ Academy
Home: Oslo,Norway
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Assuerio Silva
Pro Record: 8-2
Weight: 224
Affiliation: Chute Boxe Academy
Home: Curitiba,Parana,Brazil
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Travis Wiuff
Pro Record: 29-4
Weight: 255
Weight Range: 235-280
Affiliation: Menne's Combat Academy
Home: Rochester,MN,USA
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Mike Kyle
Pro Record: 11-2
Weight: 243
Weight Range: 240-265
Affiliation: American Kickboxing Academy
Birthplace: Boise,ID,USA
Home: Lagrande,OR,USA
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Alexandr Ustinov
Pro Record: 4-0
Weight: 250 lbs/113 kg
Home: Russia
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Wes Sims
Pro Record: 6-4
Weight: 255
Affiliation: Hammer House
Home: Columbus,OH,USA
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Anthony Perosh
Pro Record: 3-0
Weight: 214 lbs / 97 kg
Home: Australia
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Michael Ettl
Pro Record: 5-0
Weight: 231
Affiliation: Kihaku Dojo
Home: Graz,Austria
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Jonathan Wiezorek
Pro Record: 6-0
Weight: 260
Home: Valdosta,GA,USA
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Norman Stauffenegg
Pro Record: 3-0
Weight 230 lbs / 104 kg
Affiliation: Kihaku Dojo
Home: Austria
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Predrag Krsikapa
Pro Record: 4-0
Weight: 220
Affiliation: Kihaku Dojo
Home: Graz,Austria
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Justin Eilers
Pro Record: 9-3-1
Weight: 235
Weight Range: 235-245
Affiliation: Miletich Martial Arts
Birthplace: Nampa,ID
Home: IA,USA
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Seth Petruzelli
Pro Record: 7-2
Weight: 245
Affiliation: Marcio Simas
Birthplace: Cape Coral,FL,USA
Home: Casselberry,FL,USA
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Andrey Juravkov
Pro Record: 3-0
Home: Russia
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Kensuke Sasaki
Pro Record: 2-0
Weight: 243lbs
Home: Fukuoka City,Fukuoka,Japan
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Ulisses Castro
Pro Record: 7-1
Weight: 245
Weight Range: 230-250
Affiliation: Shoot Wrestling Canada
Style: Shoot Wrestling
Birthpace: Esquinapa,B.C.,Mexico
Home: Campbell River,B.C.,Canada
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James Irvin
Pro Record: 5-0
Weight: 240
Affiliation: No Limits Underground
Home: Citrus Heights,CA,USA
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no one has any suggestions for new additions to this list?
No way in the world Mir is better than Herring.
braddahshano808 I think all of your list a pretty close to how I see them. Rankings in this sport is such a hard thing to do.
Jonathan Wiezorek
6-0 (finished all fights, no decisions; UFC 47 win over Wade Shipp and submission of Dan Severn)
Valdosta, GA
He is undefeated in the UFC, unlike Sims, Cabbage, Mir, Matyusenko, et al.
"No way in the world Mir is better than Herring"
it isnt a talent contest
"Jonathan Wiezorek
6-0 (finished all fights, no decisions; UFC 47 win over Wade Shipp and submission of Dan Severn)
Valdosta, GA
He is undefeated in the UFC, unlike Sims, Cabbage, Mir, Matyusenko, et al."
yes, i thought i had already added him before...thanks for pointing him out to me