With the blessings of KOP, the Underground top 10 is back. Pick your top 10 fighters for Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight, Middleweight, Welterweight and Lightweight. I decided to start this up again now because we just had 3 big events in the last two weeks with UFC 46, Pride Inferno and Pride Busido II.
I posted a thread earlier this week to determine what weight class several fighters are in. Sakuraba, Bustamante and Horn will be ranked at 205. Of course Ricardo Almeida will also be ranked at 185 and BJ Penn will be ranked at 170.
Please vote with your brains over your hearts. In other words don't rank your favorite fighter higher than he belongs and don't rank a fighter you hate lower than he belongs. My next post will list the top contenders in each weight class. You can use this as a guide. Also, FCFighter Database is a good tool to help determine rankings.
All I need is the names of your top 10 fighters in each weight class. If you rank a fighter outside of the his determined weight class your votes will not count. Voting will last until next Sunday, February 22.
Peter P
TOP CONTENDERS
Heavyweights (205-265)
Andrei Arlovski (5-3)
Josh Barnett (12-1)
Mark Coleman (13-5)
Wesley "Cabbage" Correira (13-4)
Fedor Emelianenko (16-1)
Heath Herring (23-9)
Vladimir Matyushenko (13-3)
Gan McGee (12-3)
Frank Mir (7-1)
Pedro Rizzo (14-5)
Ricco Rodriguez (14-4)
Igor Vovchanchyn (47-8-1)
Light Heavyweights (185-205)
Ricardo Arona (8-1)
Vitor Belfort (12-3)
Murilo Bustamante (9-3-1)
Randy Couture (12-6)
Rich Franklin (12-1)
Dan Henderson (14-3)
Jeremy Horn (66-12-6)
Quinton Jackson (17-4)
Sanae Kikuta (22-6-3)
Chuck Liddell (13-3)
Ryoto Machida (3-0)
Rogerio Nogueira (7-1)
Tito Ortiz (11-3)
Kevin Randleman (14-7)
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (6-1)
Murilo "Ninga" Rua (10-3-1)
Kazushi Sakuraba (14-8-1)
Vanderlei Silva (24-3-1)
Renato "Babalu" Sobral (21-5)
TOP CONTENDERS (Cont)
Middleweight (170-185)
Ricardo Almeida (7-2)
Phil Baroni (5-3)
Dustin Denes (9-1-2)
Joe Doerksen (22-5)
Akihiro Gono (19-10-7)
Rodrigo Gracie (5-0)
Matt Lindland (10-2)
Nathan Marquardt (17-6-1)
Jason Miller (10-3)
Phillip Miller (16-0)
Lee Murray (8-1-2)
David Louiseau (9-3)
Jorge Rivera (6-2)
Ivan Salaverry (7-3)
Andrei Semenov (21-4-2)
Anderson Silva (10-2)
Masanori Suda (20-8-2)
Evan Tanner (28-4)
Falaniko Vitale (11-3)
Welterweight (155-170)
John Alessio (13-6)
Jason Black (18-0-1)
Gil Castillo (7-3)
Shonie Carter (24-9-5)
Ray Cooper (12-6)
Nick Diaz (8-2)
John Fitch (5-2)
Dennis Hallman (23-8-3)
Kuniyoshi Hironaka (6-1)
Matt Hughes (33-4)
Ron Jhun (20-11-2)
Chris Lytle (13-10-5)
Carlos Newton (12-9)
Karo Parisyan (10-3)
BJ Penn (8-1-1)
Hayato Sakurai (19-5-2)
Jake Shields (9-3-1)
Georges St. Pierre (5-0)
Frank Trigg (10-2)
Renato "Charuto" Verissimo (5-0)
Lightweight (145-155)
Marcus Aurellio (10-1)
Yves Edwards (22-8-1)
Rich Clementi (16-8-1)
Hermes Franca (8-1)
Takanori Gomi (15-2)
Joachim Hansen (6-2-1)
Tatsuya Kawajiri (10-2-1)
Duane Ludwig (10-2)
Jens Pulver (19-5-1)
Matt Serra (5-3)
Joe Stevenson (21-5)
Genki Sudo (8-3-1)
Din Thomas (18-4)
Josh Thomson (10-0)
Caol Uno (15-6-3)
My rankings:
HW's
1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Rodrigo Nogueira
3. Tim Sylvia
4. Mirko "Cro Cop"
5. Josh Barnett
6. Pedro Rizzo
7. Andrei Arlovski
8. Ricco Rodriguez
9. Frank Mir
10. Heath Herring
LHW's
1. Vanderlei Silva
2. Randy Couture
3. Quinton Jackson
4. Tito Ortiz
5. Chuck Liddell
6. Vitor Belfort
7. Dan Henderson
8. Ricardo Arona
9. Yuki Kondo
10. Renato "Babalu" Sobral
MW's
1. Matt Lindland
2. Ricardo Almeida
3. Evan Tanner
4. Lee Murray
5. Rodrigo Gracie
6. Phil Baroni
7. Jorge Rivera
8. David Louiseau
9. Falaniko Vitale
10. Joe Doerksen
WW's
1. BJ Penn
2. Matt Hughes
3. Sean Sherk
4. Charuto Verissimo
5. Carlos Newton
6. Frank Trigg
7. Jason Black
8. Georges St. Pierre
9. Robbie Lawler
10. Dennis Hallman
Lightweights
1. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro
2. Josh Thomson
3. Hermes Franca
4. Joachim Hansen
5. Takanori Gomi
6. Caol Uno
7. Duane Ludwig
8. Din Thomas
9. Marcus Aurellio
10. Tatsuya Kawajiri
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are we supposed to vote on this thread?
Yes, vote on this thread. All I need is your top 10 fighters in each of the above weight classes.
Peter P
but you have Sakuraba as a LHW and he's actually a natural MW
Sudo is undefeated at super heavy. He is the clear number one.
braddah, I had a thread last week and almost everybody voted for Sak to be ranked as Light Heavy-weight. Sakuraba always fights at LHW as does Dan Henderson and Yuki Kondo who are also natural MW's. This is the UG top 10 and I thought it was appropriate for the UG to determine what weight fighters should be ranked at.
Peter P
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he fights in PRIDE...they dont care what his weight is but that doesnt change the fact that he's a natural MW
and Dan Henderson & Yuki Kondo are not MW's...what have you been smokin!?
Here are my rankings...take 'em or leave 'em.
TOP TEN POUND-FOR-POUND
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#1 BJ Penn
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#2 Wanderlei Silva
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#3 Fedor Emelianenko
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#4 Rodrigo Nogueira
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#5 Dan Henderson
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#6 Mirko Filipovic
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#7 Alexandre Nogueira
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#8 Shawn Ramage
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#9 Matt Hughes
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#10 Randy Couture
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SUPER-HEAVYWEIGHTS over 265 pounds
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TOP TEN
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1) Jimmy Ambriz
Pro Record: 8-1-1
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2) Andre Roberts Pro Record: 13-1 Am Record: 1-0
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3) Dan Bobish Pro Record: 9-6
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4) Eric Pele Pro Record: 7-2
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5) Wesley Correira Pro Record: 13-4
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6) Bob Sapp Pro Record: 4-1
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7) Hunter Herring Record: 4-0
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8) Kauai Kupihea
Record: 14-11
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9) Ricardo Morais
Pro Record: 9-3-1
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10) Mike Bourke Record: 7-8-1
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HEAVYWEIGHTS 206 - 265 pounds
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WORLD CHAMPION: Fedor Emelianenko
Pro Record: 16-1
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TOP TEN
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1) Rodrigo Nogueira Pro Record: 21-2-1
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2) Mirko Filipovic Pro Record: 9-1-2
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3) Josh Barnett Pro Record: 12-1 Am Record: 5-0
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4) Tim Sylvia Pro Record: 16-0 Am Record: 1-1
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5) Pedro Rizzo Pro Record: 14-5
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6) Andrei Arlovski Pro Record: 5-3
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7) Vladimir Matyushenko Pro Record: 13-3
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8) Ricco Rodriguez Pro Record: 14-4
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9) Frank Mir Pro Record: 7-1
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10) Gan McGee Pro Record: 12-3
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LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHTS 186 - 205 pounds
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WORLD CHAMPION: Vitor Belfort Pro Record: 12-3
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TOP TEN
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1) Randy Couture Pro Record: 12-6
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2) Wanderlei Silva
Pro Record: 25-3-1
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3) Dan Henderson Pro Record: 14-3
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4) Quinton Jackson Pro Record: 17-4 Am Record: 1-0
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5) Tito Ortiz
Pro Record: 11-3
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6) Renato Sobral Pro Record: 21-5
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7) Ricardo Arona Pro Record: 8-1
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8) Jeremy Horn Pro Record: 66-12-6 Am Record: 1-0
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9) Chuck Liddell Pro Record: 13-3
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10) Ryoto Machida Pro Record: 3-0
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MIDDLEWEIGHTS 171 - 185 pounds
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WORLD CHAMPION: vacant
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TOP TEN
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1) Matt Lindland
Pro Record: 10-2
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2) Murilo Bustamante
Pro Record: 9-3-1
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3) Phillip Miller Pro Record: 16-0
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4) Kazushi Sakuraba Pro Record: 14-8-1
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5) Akihiro Gono Pro Record: 19-9-7
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6) Masanori Suda Pro Record: 20-8-2
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7) Dustin Denes
Pro Record: 9-1-2
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8) Evan Tanner Pro Record: 28-4
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9) Lee Murray Pro Record: 8-1-2
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10) Phil Baroni Pro Record: 5-3
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WELTERWEIGHTS 156 - 170 pounds
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WORLD CHAMPION: BJ Penn
Pro Record: 8-1-1
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TOP TEN
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1) Matt Hughes
Pro Record: 33-4
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2) Sean Sherk Pro Record: 20-1-1
Am Record: 3-0
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3) Dennis Hallman Pro Record: 23-8-3 Am Record: 5-0
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4) Hayato Sakurai
Pro Record: 19-5-2
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5) Nathan Marquardt Pro Record: 17-6-1
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6) Robbie Lawler
Pro Record: 8-1 Am Record: 2-0
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7) Renato Verissimo Pro Record: 5-0
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8) Georges St. Pierre Pro Record: 5-0
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9) Kuniyoshi Hironaka Pro Record: 6-1
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10) Nick Diaz Pro Record: 8-2
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