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I've always liked these rankings, which is much of the same as USA Todays, except these are done by MMAWEEKLY.COM

HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds)

#1 Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Fedor Emelianenko
2. Josh Barnett
3. Frank Mir
4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
5. Randy Couture
6. Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic
7. Brock Lesnar
8. Brett Rogers
9. Cain Velasquez
10. Andrei Arlovski

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)

#1 Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Lyoto Machida
2. Rashad Evans
3. Forrest Griffin
4. Quinton Jackson
5. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
7. Keith Jardine
8. Thiago Silva
9. Renato "Babalu" Sobral
10. Luis Cane

MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)

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

WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)

#1 Welterweight Fighter in the World: Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Thiago Alves
4. Jake Shields
5. Josh Koscheck
6. Matt Hughes
7. Martin Kampmann
8. Carlos Condit
9. Mike Swick
10. Nick Thompson

LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (155-pound limit)

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

FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION (145-pound limit)

#1 Featherweight Fighter in the World: 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 DIVISION (135 pounds and under)

#1 Bantamweight Fighter in the World: Miguel Torres
2. Brian Bowles
3. Masakatsu Ueda
4. Takeya Mizugaki
5. Akitoshi Tamura
6. Will Ribeiro
7. Damacio Page
8. Joseph Benavidez
9. Manny Tapia
10. Marcos Galvao

MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings last updated on June 24, 2009

http://mmaweekly.com/topten.asp