Official MMAfighting.net Middleweight Rankings!(Results) [Archive]

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robbypark

12-06-2003, 10:23 PM

Ok folks, sorry for the delay, but here are the official mmafighting.net fighter rankings in the category of MW, as voted on by you, the members:

1. Kazushi Sakuraba- 209 points, 7 1st Place Votes
2. Murilo Bustamante- 193 points, 7 1st Place Votes
3. Matt Lindland- 189 points, 6 1st Place Votes
4. Phil Baroni- 154 points, 2 1st Place Votes
5. Jorge Rivera- 105 points
6. Anderson Silva- 82 points
7. Niko Vitale- 66 points
8. David Loiseau- 42 points
9. Pele- 40 points
10. Lee Murray- 28 points

Others Receiving Votes: Daiju Takase- 19 points, Evan Tanner- 17 points, 1 1st Place Vote, Ikuhisa Minowa- 17 points, Dave Menne- 16 points, Rodrigo Gracie- 14 points, Ricardo Almeida- 11 points.

*- Please keep in mind that the voting for this was completed before the UFC 45 PPV. If the rankings were conducted afterwards, it's likely that Phil Baroni would be ranked lower and Evan Tanner higher.

porkstar

12-06-2003, 10:29 PM

Good rankings. It seems as though the votes were very well spread out for each fighter.

makavelli

12-06-2003, 10:35 PM

The results seem perfect as they are there except for maybe a couple of possible exceptions. I thought Phil Baroni should have been right around 2 or 3 and I think he should still stay there now even with his defeat to Evan Tanner, keeping in mind the supreme controversy that came with that result.

irishshamrock

12-07-2003, 02:35 AM

I agree with those rankings but shouldn't Takase be higher? Anderson Silva is 6th yet Takase soundly upset him with a beautiful triangle choke just recently and still he didn't even make the top 10.

creampuff

12-07-2003, 03:28 AM

pretty accurate rankings. With Sakuraba's huge win over Randleman and Busta's two consecutive losses, especially a 50 second KO, I think Sakuraba is rightfully the #1 MW in the world once again right now.

Cbear

12-08-2003, 10:45 PM

robbypark

12-08-2003, 10:46 PM

Thanks for doing the math Robby. I almost missed this thread as it was just about off the 1st page due to lots of posting. Here's hoping the webbie creates a section to keep our official board picks so we can keep them going thru the year and have the yearly awards. :D

I agree Cbear. Not only would that be great for us posters, but it might increase traffic to the main page and the message board.

mmafighting

12-08-2003, 11:04 PM

Done.

How often should the rankings be updated?

twice a year?
four times a year?

When we decide, we should also pick dates for the next voting periods.

robbypark

12-08-2003, 11:39 PM

Thanks mmafighting. I'll also post up the results of the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions tomorrow to post up on the main page as well.

As for how many times a year, 3 or 4 sounds good to me.