Worldwide MMA vs Zuffa Rankings

by CDF47 at Sherdog


MMA Worldwide & Zuffa Split Rankings (November 2011)

Below are rankings which are separated into MMA worldwide rankings and Zuffa (UFC and Strikeforce) rankings. Since Zuffa acquired Strikeforce it is clear they now have the majority of the world's top ranked fighters under contract. However, there are still many top tier fighters which are contracted to other organizations; such as, Bellator, DREAM, and M-1 Global as these organizations continue to build new stars in the sport. Rankings are typically posted as a combined list but since Zuffa fighters and fighters from other organizations do not compete, it is interesting to see the MMA rankings split into two categories. There are a number of top ranked fighters from other organizations which I believe would fair very well against the Zuffa elite. Discuss how you believe top ranked fighters from the worldwide MMA organizations would fair against the top Zuffa fighters and discuss how you would rank the fighters.



MMA WORLDWIDE RANKINGS


Heavyweight:
1. Fedor Emelianenko (M-1 Global)
2. Cole Konrad (Bellator Champion)
3. Thiago Santos (Bellator)
4. Eric Prindle (Bellator)
5. Guram Gugenishvili (M-1 Global Champion)
6. Kenny Garner (M-1 Global)
7. Damian Grabowski (Bellator)
8. Rogent Lloret (Bellator)
9. Shamil Abdurahimov (ADFC)
10. Maxim Grishin (M-1 Global)

Other Contenders: Blagoi Ivanov (Bellator), Andrei Arlovski (ProElite), Gabriel Gonzaga


Light Heavyweight:
1. Gegard Mousasi (DREAM Champion)
2. Ryan Jimmo (MFC Champion)
3. Vinny Magalhaes (M-1 Global Champion)
4. Travis Wiuff (Bellator)
5. Christian M’Pumbu (Bellator Champion)
6. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (M-1 Global)
7. Glover Teixeira (MFC)
8. Richard Hale (Bellator)
9. D.J. Linderman (Bellator)
10. Jan Blachowicz (KSW)

Other Contenders: Raphael Davis (Bellator), Tim Carpenter (Bellator), Tomasz Narkun (M-1 Global)


Middleweight:
1. Hector Lombard (Bellator Champion)
2. Alexander Shlemenko (Bellator)
3. Nate Marquardt (BAMMA)
4. Mamed Khalidov (KSW)
5. Magomed Sultanakmedov (M-1 Global Champion)
6. Vitor Vianna (Bellator)
7. Arthur Guseinov (M-1 Global)
8. Antonio Neto (AFC)
9. Bryan Baker (Bellator)
10. Giva Santana (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Maiquel Falcao (AFC), Andrei Semenov (M-1 Global), Kazuo Misaki (DEEP)


Welterweight:
1. Ben Askren (Bellator Champion)
2. Douglas Lima (Bellator)
3. Paul Daley (BAMMA)
4. Shamil Zavurov (M-1 Global Champion)
5. Jay Hieron (Bellator)
6. Ben Saunders (Bellator)
7. Rashid Magomedov (M-1 Global)
8. Akihiro Murayama (Shooto)
9. Rick Hawn (Bellator)
10. Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura (Shooto)

Other Contenders: Yasubey Enomoto (M-1 Global), Lyman Good (Bellator), Marius Zaromskis (DREAM)


Lightweight:
1. Shinya Aoki (DREAM Champion)
2. Michael Chandler (Bellator Champion)
3. Eddie Alvarez (Bellator)
4. Daniel Weichel (M-1 Global Champion)
5. Patricky Freire (Bellator)
6. Mairbek Taisumov (M-1 Global)
7. Pat Curran (Bellator)
8. Antonio McKee (MFC Champion)
9. Katsunori Kikuno (DREAM)
10. Satoru Kitaoka (DREAM)

Other Contenders: Jadamba Narantungalag (LFC), Toby Imada (Bellator), Jose Figueroa (M-1 Global)





ZUFFA RANKINGS


Heavyweight:
1. Junior dos Santos (UFC Champion)
2. Alistair Overeem (Strikeforce Champion)
3. Cain Velasquez
4. Fabricio Werdum
5. Josh Barnett
6. Brock Lesnar
7. Shane Carwin
8. Frank Mir
9. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
10. Daniel Cormier

Other Contenders: Antonio Silva, Roy Nelson, Sergei Kharitonov


Light Heavyweight:
1. Jon Jones (UFC Champion)
2. Dan Henderson (Strikeforce Champion)
3. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
4. Rashad Evans
5. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson
6. Lyoto Machida
7. Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante
8. Phil Davis
9. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal
10. Gegard Mousasi

Other Contenders: Forrest Griffin, Ryan Bader, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira


Middleweight:
1. Anderson Silva (UFC Champion)
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Luke Rockhold (Strikeforce Champion)
4. Yushin Okami
5. Mark Munoz
6. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza
7. Demian Maia
8. Vitor Belfort
9. Brian Stann
10. Michael Bisping

Other Contenders: Tim Kennedy, Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Wanderlei Silva


Welterweight:
1. Georges St. Pierre (UFC Champion)
2. Nick Diaz (Strikeforce Champion)
3. Jon Fitch
4. Jake Ellenberger
5. Jake Shields
6. Josh Koscheck
7. Carlos Condit
8. Thiago Alves
9. Diego Sanchez
10. Martin Kampmann

Other Contenders: Johny Hendricks, Tyron Woodley, Anthony Johnson


Lightweight:
1. Frankie Edgar (UFC Champion)
2. Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce Champion)
3. Gray Maynard
4. Ben Henderson
5. Jim Miller
6. Clay Guida
7. Anthony Pettis
8. Donald Cerrone
9. Jorge Masvidal
10. Joe Lauzon

Other Contenders: Melvin Guillard, Dennis Siver, Gleison Tibau

RussianTopTeam wrote:no Sergei on either list makes no sense what so ever

RussianTopTeam wrote:1. Fedor
2. Barnett
3. Sergei
4. Cormier
5. Big foot
6. Werdum
7. Guram
8. Konrad
9. Griggs
10. Monson