FROM MMAWEEKLY.COM
HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds)
1 Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Fedor Emelianenko
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Mirko Cro Cop
Josh Barnett
Randy Couture
Gabriel Gonzaga
Tim Sylvia
Andrei Arlovski
Fabricio Werdum
Aleksander Emelianenko
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)
1 Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Quinton Jackson
Chuck Liddell
Dan Henderson
Wanderlei Silva
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Ricardo Arona
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Tito Ortiz
Kazuhiro Nakamura
MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)
1 Middleweight Fighter in the World: Matt Lindland
Anderson Silva
Paulo Filho
Rich Franklin
Dan Henderson
Denis Kang
Nathan Marquardt
Robbie Lawler
Kazuo Misaki
Frank Trigg
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)
1 Welterweight Fighter in the World: Matt Serra
Georges St. Pierre
Matt Hughes
Josh Koscheck
Karo Parisyan
Diego Sanchez
Jon Fitch
Jake Shields
Akira Kikuchi
Carlos Condit
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160 pounds and lower)
1 Lightweight Fighter in the World: Takanori Gomi
Hayato Sakurai
Gilbert Melendez
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Shinya Aoki
Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro
Joachim Hansen
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto
Sean Sherk
BJ isn't a mainstay in any division, yet, and he lost 2 of his last 3 fights in the UFC.
He's my favorite fighter and I truly believe one of the baddest mutherfuckers on the planet, but he can't be ranked right now if for no other reason than he doesn't actually belong to any of the weightclasses RIGHT NOW.
He hasn't beat anyone top 10 in years, he'll be there soon enough if he wants to stay active. Plus those rankings are mostly ridiculous and based on opinion rather than actual accomplishments.
Penn lost 2 back to back at 170 in 2006, and now has one win at 155 against an unranked Pulver. You can't rank on potential. Going back to 2005, Pen was 1-1 for the year.
If you want to know where BJ is....go to www.bjpenn.com
Well in any case you would think that his two losses against high rated opponents would have kept him in the mix, and both losses were attributed to injury as well.
Not saying he is top 5, but at least in top 10 you would think.
"Not saying he is top 5, but at least in top 10 you would think."
I personally think he's the best 155lb fighter in the world right now, but as someone already said "they rank you on accomplishments and not potential." I'd love to see him snag the lightweight belt.
how can they have Karo over Diego? I know Karo has more experience, but still, Sanchez has the victory over him.