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MMAWeekly's divisional rankings

mmaweekly.com staff

The latest MMAWeekly.com World MMA Rankings were released on Wednesday, Sept. 23. This system ranks the Top 10 MMA fighters from all across the world in each of the seven most widely accepted weight classes.

Taken into consideration are a fighter's performance in addition to his win-loss record, head-to-head and common opponents, difficulty of opponents, and numerous other factors in what is the most comprehensive rankings system in the sport.

Fighters who are currently serving drug-related suspensions are not eligible for Top 10 consideration until they have fought one time after the completion of their suspension.

Fighters must also have competed within the past 12 months in order to be eligible for Top 10 consideration.

Below are the current MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings, which are up-to-date as of Sept. 23.

HEAVYWEIGHT (over 205 pounds)

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Brock Lesnar
3. Frank Mir
4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
5. Randy Couture
6. Junior Dos Santos
7. Brett Rogers
8. Cain Velasquez
9. Andrei Arlovski
10. Shane Carwin

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (205-pound limit)

1. Lyoto Machida
2. Rashad Evans
3. Quinton Jackson
4. Anderson Silva
5. Forrest Griffin
6. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
7. Gegard Mousasi
8. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
9. Thiago Silva
10. Luiz Cane

MIDDLEWEIGHT (185-pound limit)

1. Anderson Silva
2. Nathan Marquardt
3. Vitor Belfort
4. Yushin Okami
5. Jorge Santiago
6. Dan Henderson
7. Robbie Lawler
8. Kazuo Misaki
9. Yoshihiro Akiyama
10. Demian Maia

WELTERWEIGHT (170-pound limit)

1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Jake Shields
4. Thiago Alves
5. Josh Koscheck
6. Matt Hughes
7. Paul Daley
8. Martin Kampmann
9. Carlos Condit
10. Mike Swick

LIGHTWEIGHT (160-pound limit)

1. B.J. Penn
2. Shinya Aoki
3. Eddie Alvarez
4. Tatsuya Kawajiri
5. Joachim Hansen
6. Kenny Florian
7. Gesias "JZ" Calvancante
8. Josh Thomson
9. Frankie Edgar
10. Diego Sanchez

FEATHERWEIGHT (145 pound-limit)

1. Mike Brown
2. Urijah Faber
3. Hatsu Hioki
4. Wagnney Fabiano
5. Jose Aldo
6. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue
7. Raphael Assuncao
8. Leonard Garcia
9. Joe Warren
10. Marlon Sandro

BANTAMWEIGHT (135 pounds or less)

1. Brian Bowles
2. Miguel Torres
3. Masakatsu Ueda
4. Takeya Mizugaki
5. Akitoshi Tamura
6. Dominick Cruz
7. Will Ribeiro
8. Demacio Page
9. Joseph Benavidez
10. Manny Tapia