Top 20 Heavyweights

Underground
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1 Fedor Emelianenko (Judo/Sambo): 26-1.

Current 3x PRIDE Heavyweight Champion, PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix '04 Champion, RINGS Absolute & Heavyweight Champion.

2 Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira (Brazilian Top Team):

29-4-1.
ex-PRIDE Interim Heavyweight Champion, ex-PRIDE Heavyweight Champion, WEF 8 Heavyweight Champion, RINGS "King of Kings" '01 32-man tournament Champion
& '99 Brasileiro Champion.

3 Gabriel Gonzaga (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu): 8-1.

4 Mirko "Cro Cop" Filopovic (Kickboxing): 22-5-2.

PRIDE Open Weight Grand Prix '06 Champion.

5 Josh "the Baby-faced Assassin" (AMC Pankration):

20-5 (34-5).
Current 2x Open-Weight "King of Pancrase", ex-UFC Heavyweight Champion & SuperBrawl 13 Heavyweight Champion.

6 Randy "the Natural" Couture (Team Quest): 15-8.

Current 5x UFC Heavyweight Champion, ex-3x UFC Light Heavyweight Champion & UFC 13 4-man Heavyweight tourney Champion.

7 Tim "the Maineiac" Sylvia (Miletich Fighting System): 25-3.

Ex-3x UFC Heavyweight Champion, Current ISKA-MMA Super Heavyweight Champion, EC 47 Heavyweight tournament Champion & SuperBrawl 24 Heavyweight 16-man tournament Champion.

8 Andre Arlovski (Sambo/Kickboxing): 13-5.

ex-UFC Heavyweight Champion & M-1 MFEC '00 Champion.

9 Fabricio Werdum (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu): 8-3.

2x World Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Super Heavyweight Champion.

10 Alexander Emelianenko (Red Devil Sportsclub):

10-3.

11 Sergei Kharitonov (Russian Top Team): 14-3.

Yalta's Brilliant 2000 tournament Champion & Tournament of Real Men 8 Champion.

12 Brandon Vera (Boxing): 8-0.

WEC 4-man Heavyweight tourney Champion.

13 Mark Hunt (Kickboxing): 5-3.

14 Ricco Rodriguez (Machado Jiu jitsu): 25-6.

ex-UFC Heavyweight Champion, 2x KOTC Heavyweight Champion, Extreme Cage 2 4-man tourney Champion & Abu Dhabi World Submission Wrestling '98 Heavyweight Champion.

15 Paul Buentello (American Kickboxing Academy):

22-9.
Current SF Heavyweight Champion & ex-KOTC Heavyweight Champion.

16 Ben Rothwell (Miletich MMA): 22-5.

Current USMMA Heavyweight Champion.

17 Jeff "the Snowman" Monson (American Top Team):

21-6 (25-6).
Current CWFC Heavyweight Champion, Current SF Heavyweight Champion & ADCC '99 & '05 Heavyweight Champion.

18 Roman Zentsov (Boxing): 16-10.

M-1 Heavyweight Champion.

19 "Big" Eric Pele (Lewis/Pederneiras Vale tudo):

10-3.
Current KOTC Super Heavyweight Champion.

20 Antonio Silva (Wolfslair Gym): 8-1.

Current Cage Warriors Super Heavyweight Champion.

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CHAMPION:  Randy Couture - 6' 2", 221lbs, Current UFC Heavyweight Champion

 - Previous 3 Time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and current 3 Time UFC Heavyweight Champion

 - 1st Heavyweight Championship had no Title Defenses, 2nd Heavyweight Championship had 2 Title Defenses, 3rd Heavyweight Championship defeating Tim Sylvia

 - 1st Light Heavyweight Championship was for Interum Championship, No Title Defenses, 2nd Light Heavyweight Championship was when he Unified the belts Against Tito Ortiz, No Title Defenses, 3rd Light Heavyweight Championship was when he won the belt back from Vitor belfort. 

1. Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira - 6' 3", 231lbs, Previous Pride Heavyweight Champion


2. Gabriel Gonzaga - 6' 1", 242lbs



3. Mirko Cro Cop - 6' 3", 231lbs, Pride OWGP Champion




4. Tim Sylvia - 6' 8", 255lbs, Previous 2 Time UFC Heavyweight Champion, 1 Title Defense on first Championship, 2nd Championship had 2 Title Defenses. 



5. Andrei Arlovski - 6' 4", 240lbs, Previous Heavyweight Champion, 2 Title Defenses.



6. Fabricio Werdum - 6' 4", 242lbs



7. Brandon Vera - 6' 2", 223lbs



8. Jake O'Brien - 6' 3", 230lbs



9. Pe De Pano - 6' 4", 246lbs



10. Heath Herring - 6' 4", 250lbs



11. Cheik Kongo - 6' 4", 240lbs



12. Assuerio Silva - 6' 1", 240lbs



13. Frank Mir - 6' 1", 240lbs, Previous UFC Champion, No Title Defenses



14. Justin McCully - 6' 2", 240lbs



15. Antoni Hardonk - 6' 4", 245lbs



16. Dan Christianson - 6' 8", 265lbs



17. Eddie Sanchez - 6' 2", 230lbs



18. Christian Wellisch - 6' 3', 237lbs




19. Brad Imes - 6' 7", 260lbs.



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1. Fedor

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

3. Josh Barnett

4. Mark Hunt

 

5. Aleksander Emelianenko


6. Sergei Kharitonov




7. Roman Zentsov




 




8. Kazuyuki Fujita

 




9. Jon Olav Einemo




10. James Thompson




11. Pawel Nastula




12. Mark Coleman



13. TK



14. Pedro Rizzo




15. Gilbert Yvel



16. Ibragim Magomedov



17. Tom Erickson



18. Edson Drago




19. Ricardo Morais




20. Zuluzinho



 
From: charliehustle

Date: 02/23/07 05:55 PM 		Member Since: 02/02/2006

596 Total Posts

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. Jeff Monson


2. Ben Rothwell



3. Paul Buentello



4. Eric Pele



5. Antonio Silva



6. Ricco Rodriguez



7. Tengiz Tedoradze



8. Daniel Gracie



9. Justin Eilers



10. Mario rinaldi






Honorable Mentions:


Travis Fulton, Mike Kyle, Ron Waterman, Dan Bobish, Ruben Villareal, Bobby Hoffman, Andre Roberts, Don Frye, Devin Cole, Brian Olsen, Wes Simms, Rob Broughton, Bas Rutten


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The initial rankings on this thread are horrible. The Brazilian and smac1 are on point here.

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yeah, smac1 rankings are good.

And I see people are still thinking with the same cap, prior to recent results.. Smell the coffee, times are a changing..

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I agree, but I would love to se BEN ROTHWELL hit some bigger names. I know him, and have watched him many times. He is Fucking brutal. He's on like a 8 or 9 win streak. I would honestly include him as an honorable mention to that list.

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I have Rothwell at #14, myself. That is one thing the Brazilian's list is missing.

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1) Fedor - Pride Champ.

2) Randy Couture - UFC Champ

3) Nog - Former Pride Champ. Only person to dominate him was Fedor

4) Gonzaga - Destroyed Crocop on all fronts. Has finished all of his UFC fights pretty impressively

5) Crocop - OWGP Champ. Owns Barnett - can't beat the top guys.

6) Barnett - Holds a win over Nog (which was questionable), Couture - can't beat Crocop.

7) Sylvia - Former UFC Champ. Awkward, but powerful and more technical than people give him credit for. a terrible matchup for most fighters.

8) Arlovski - Former UFC Champ. Overly cautious against top competition, but still wins.

9) Werdum - Competitive with Arlovski and Nog - Choked out Aleks and TKO'd Gonzaga

10) Aleks - Smooth, Huge - but with questionable heart - but still a beast

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Sorry, but Jeff Monson should be Higher ranked thank Aleksander

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you're right - i forgot about monson. his last 2 years have been very impressive.

I would now put monson at 9) and Werdum @ 10)

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1. Fedor - Pride Champ

2. Mino Noguerra

3. Gonzaga

4. Crocop

5. Barnett

6. Randy Couture

7. Tim Sylvia

8. Andrei Arlovski

10. Werdum

11. Mark Hunt

12. Jeff Monson

13. Aleksander Emelianenko

14. Sergei Kartinov

15. Brandon Vera

16. Roman Zetsof

17. Paul Buentello

18. Ben Rothwell

19. Ricco Rodriquez

20. Eric Pele

21. Antonio Silva

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Its a good debate, rally a tough list to fill after the 1st 10. But yes Rothwell is somewhere on there.

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