MMA RANKINGS — September 2010 - MIDDLEWEIGHTS

We all know about Anderson Silva’s latest antics and most recent fights; the most recent of which being the amazing come-back win over Chael Sonnen. A fight in which he earned a tap out victory with two minutes remaining in the fifth round over the tired, but proven, warrior in Sonnen who dominated the entire fight.

Anderson Silva said: “I don’t have any excuses. Chael had a hell of a fight tonight,” said Silva. “I knew that I was losing the first four rounds, but, you know, not to make any excuses, about a week and a half ago, I hurt my ribs. The doctor asked me not to come in and fight, but for you guys and for the UFC, I came in here and put it all out on the line.”

White said at the post-UFC 117 press conference. Vitor is waiting to fight too, But It’s definitely a rematch people will want to see, We going to do the rematch with Chael, and we will see what is going to happen.

Chael Sonnen, Anderson Silva Post-UFC 117 Press Conference Highlights.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4J7tgmDHps


MMA rankings are based on approximate odds rankings after each major MMA event. The (+100) is a form of power ranking MMA fighters, estimating the approximate odds differential between the fighters. The MMA power rankings are for all organizations and rank MMA fighters worldwide.

Here are Faide`s top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in the world:

1. Anderson Silva UFC Champion
2. Chael Sonnen (+60) dominated Silva, but still ends up a dog in a rematch.
3. Jake Shields (+100) proved a lot with his win over Hendo
4. Nate Marquardt (+160) dominated by Sonnen's wrestling
5. Jorge Santiago (+160) Sengoku Champion big wins over Khalidov and Misaki
6. Yushin Okami (+220) win over Munoz, going to fight against Vitor Belfort !
7. Dan Henderson (+320) dominated by Shields
8. Hector Lombard (+340) Bellator Champion we need to see him in the big fights
9. Demian Maia (+500) no chance against Silva
10. Ronaldo Souza (+500) Strikeforce Champion he fits somewhere in here, tons of potential
11. Alan Belcher (+500) lots of talent, time to take on some top quality fighters
12. Mark Munoz (+500) good effort against Okami, who was clearly better
13. Chris Leben (+500)
14. Yoshihiro Akiyama (+500)
15. Kazuo Misaki (+500)
16. Michael Bisping (+500) quality win over Dan Miller
17. Robbie Lawler (+500) bad loss against Babalu.
18. Kendall Grove (+500) always dangerous
19. Benji Radach (+500)
20. Mamed Khalidov (+500)
21. Tim Kennedy (+540)
22. Melvin Manhoef (+540)
23. Cung Le (+540)
24. Jake Rosholt (+540) dominating Kendall, but still inexperienced
25. Aaron Simpson (+540)
26. Wanderlei Silva (+540) hard to see him favored over anyone listed above
27. Dan Miller (+600)
28. Rousimar Palhares (+600) didn't learn much with his quick/fluky win at UFC 111.
29. Patrick Cote (+660) looked like he'd been off 18 months against Belcher
30. Tom Lawlor (+660) inexplicable loss to Doerkson. tons of talent, can't get it all together
31. Jorge Rivera (+680) best fighting of his career

As mentioned previously, the middleweight class is currently dominated by the champion Anderson Silva, who has bragging rights to almost anything in the UFC these days. We just think Silva is simply “A Bad dude.”