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Fighter Rankings Affiliation Points
1. Georges St-Pierre (20-2) UFC 182pts
2. Anderson Silva (27-4) UFC 171pts
3. Jose Aldo (17-1) WEC 145pts
4. Mauricio Rua (19-4) UFC 117pts
5. Fedor Emelianenko (31-2-1) Strikeforce/M-1 67pts
6. Frank Edgar (12-1) UFC 65pts
7. BJ Penn (15-6-1) UFC 62pts
8. Lyoto Machida (16-1) UFC 50pts
9. Jake Shields (25-4-1) Free Agent 46pts
10. Dominick Cruz (15-1) WEC 41pts