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MMA Rankings Updated December 8th, 2010

MMA Rankings- Heavyweights:

1. Cain Velasquez UFC Champion
2. Alistair Overeem (+40) Strikeforce Champion
3. Brock Lesnar (+100)
4. Fedor (+100)
5. Shane Carwin (+140) big question about cardio now, but nearly had the title.
6. Junior Dos Santos (+160) tons of confidence now
7. Big Nog (+400) no change after loss to cain
8. Antonio Silvia (+400) interesting combination of skills and size.
9. Fabricio Werdum (+400)
10. Josh Barnett (+420)
11. Frank Mir (+420) still way behind the top guys
12. Aleks Emelianenko (+420)
13. Brett Rogers (+420) dominated by Overeem
14. Ben Rothwell (+480)
15. Roy Nelson (+480)
16. Cheick Kongo (+480) young guns are all moving past him, needs to beat a top shelf fighter.
17. Andrei Arlovski (+500) losses piling up
18. Brendan Schaub (+600) putting up some W’s, but was dominated by Roy Nelson
19. Heath Herring (+600)
20. Stefan Struve (+680) Needs to mature and gain experience, dangerous if he gets into his game.
21. Gabriel Gonzaga (+680) No match for JDS of Schaub, hard to see him as a contender anymore
22. Bobby Lashley (+680) lot a questions still, but he’s a physical force.
23. Tim Sylvia (+700)
24. Mirko Cro Cop (+700)
25. Pat Barry (+700)
26. Cole Konrad (+700) Huge, but still unproven.
27. Kimbo Slice (+1700) Fought his way out of UFC.

MMA Rankings-Light Heavyweights:

1. Shogun Rua UFC Champion
2. Rashad Evans (+80) solid/smart win over Rampage
3. Jon Jones (+140) dominating everyone he faces
4. Quinton Jackson (+160) controversial win over Machida
5. Lyoto Machida (+160) some cracks starting to appear in once unbeatable fighter
6. Ryan Bader (+180) win over Lil Nog is his biggest yet.
7. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (+200)
8. Dan Henderson (+200) back on track after big KO of Babalu?
9. Thiago Silva (+200) frustrated by Rashad’s effective wrestling
10. Phil Davis (+300) solid wins at 118 & 123, but needs to prove himself against quality fighters
11. Forrest Griffin (+280) solid win over Tito
12. Gegard Mousasi (+300) Dream MW GP Champion No answer for King Mo’s wrestling
13. Vitor Belfort (+300)
14. Rich Franklin (+300) retired Chuck
15. Matt Hamill (+300) Took care of business vs Tito
16. Stephan Bonnar (+300) Great win over Krysztof, solid against Pokrajac
17. Ricardo Arona (+300)
18. Krzysztof Soszynski (+320) continues to improve, nice win over Reljic at UFC 122
19. Trevor Prangley (+340) Seems to have his shit together, tough opponent for anyone
20. Babalu Sobral (+320) never in it against Hendo
21. Jason Brilz (+340)
22. Rafael Cavalcante (+360) Strikeforce LHW Champion solid journeyman earns recognition with big win over Mo
23. Muhammed Lawal (+360) Dominanted Mousasi, shows his potential.
24. Steve Cantwell (+360)
25. Karlos Vemola (+360) lots of holes, but tons of explosive power
26. Ovince St. Preux (+380) good looking prospect in Strikeforce
27. Luiz Cane (+400) bad loss to Diabate raises questions about his talent level
28. Keith Jardine (+460) loses piling up
29. Randy Couture (+460) Win over Coleman doesn’t prove much
30. Brandon Vera (+460) hype is finally over
31. Brian Stann (+480) nothing off his back, but dangerous as a striker.
32. Tito Ortiz (+500) very limited offense, lots of excuses.

MMA Rankings-Middleweights:

1. Anderson Silva UFC Champion
2. Jake Shields (+100) proved a lot with his win over Hendo
3. Yushin Okami (+160) win over Marq, finally earns him a title shot?
4. Jorge Santiago (+160) Sengoku Champion big wins over Khalidov and Misaki
5. Chael Sonnen (+260) steriod suspension
6. Dan Henderson (+320) dominated by Shields
7. Hector Lombard (+340) Bellator Champion we need to see him in the big fights
8. Nate Marquardt (+340) losses to Okami, Sonnen, & Silva
9. Demian Maia (+400) 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) back on track after a solid win over Simpson
13. Michael Bisping (+500) pitched a shutout agains Akiyama, still needs to beat a top 10 opponent
14. Chris Leben (+500)
15. Kazuo Misaki (+500)
16. Tim Kennedy (+500)
17. Robbie Lawler (+500) bad loss against Babalu. KO of Lindland proves little.
18. Kendall Grove (+500) always dangerous
19. Benji Radach (+500)
20. Mamed Khalidov (+500)
21. CB Dollaway (+540) starting to put it all together, needs to prove himseld vs quality opponent
22. Melvin Manhoef (+540)
23. Cung Le (+540)
24. Jake Rosholt (+540) dominating Kendall, but still inexperienced
25. Aaron Simpson (+540)
26. Yoshihiro Akiyama (+500) age starting to show
27. Wanderlei Silva (+540) hard to see him favored over anyone listed above
28. Dan Miller (+600)
29. Tom Lawlor (+600) inexplicable loss to Doerkson, nice win over Cote. tons of talent
30. Rousimar Palhares (+600) didn’t learn much with his quick/fluky win at UFC 111.
31. Patrick Cote (+680) two losses after his 18 month layoff
32. Jorge Rivera (+680) best fighting of his career

MMA Rankings-Welterweights:

1. Georges St. Pierre UFC Champion another dominant win over Hardy
2. Jon Fitch (+300) great fighter, only UFC loss is against GSP
3. Josh Koscheck (+320) dismissed Daley just like Leben.
4. Jake Shields (+320)
5. Anthony Johnson (+360) competed well against Koscheck
6. Nick Diaz (+360) Strikeforce Champion possibly the only real threat to GSP?
7. Ricky Story (+420) time to face a tough opponent on PPV
8. BJ Penn (+380) Didn’t really learn anything from his destruction of Hughes
9. Mike Pierce (+460) had Fitch in trouble late, another win at 118.
10. John Hathaway (+460) dominated by Pyle, but don’t give up on him yet
11. Carlos Condit (+460) GREAT win over Rory MacDonald, Huge KO of Dan Hardy.
12. Thiago Alves (+560)
13. Dan Hardy (+560) drops in relative strength
14. Martin Kampmann (+560) tough loss to Shields
15. Diego Sanchez (+560) nice upset of Thiago in FOTN at UFC 121
16. Jake Ellenberger (+640) 3 solid performances in the UFC
17. Dennis Hallman (+640) consecutive wins as an underdog
18. Paulo Thiago (+640)
19. Chris Lytle (+640) win over Serra proves little
20. Ricardo Almeida (+640) lacks consistency
21. Rory MacDonald (+640) tons of allround talent
22. Nate Diaz (+640) could be a contender at LW too. Great skillset.
23. Mike Pyle (+640) best fight of his life against Hathaway
24. Greg Soto (+640) Solid decision over Osipczak
25. Johny Hendricks (+660) Nice win against TJ Grant at 113
26. Dong Hyun Kim (+660) dominanting win over Sadollah
27. Tarec Saffiedine (+660) Complete fighter, putting together a nice record
28. Paul Daley (+660) huge power in his hands. anything on the ground? Nope.
29. Matt Hughes (+660) time to retire?
30. Brian Foster (+660) 3-2 vs mid pack UFC talent
31. Danillo Villefort (+660) lots of talent, great win over Joey V
32. Ben Askren (+660) Bellator Champion
33. Duane Ludwig (+660) solid veteran striker
34. Mike Swick (+680) struggling against the top guys
35. Jay Hieron (+680)
36. Matt Brown (+680)
37. Ben Saunders (+680) disappointing loss to Hallman
38. Evangelista Santos (+680)
39. Matt Serra (+700)
40. John Howard (+700)
41. Nick Osipczak (+700) consecutive bad performances
42. Marcus Davis (+700) Nate Diaz beat him at his own game.
43. Dustin Hazelett (+800) terrible against Daley, dominated by Story
44. Marius Zaromskis (+800) Dream Champion

MMA Rankings-Lightweights:

1. Frankie Edgar UFC Champion Great win over Penn x2
2. Gray Maynard already owns a win over Edgar
3. George Sotiropoulos (+40) legitimate ground skills, proven against Stevenson, Lauzon and Batman
4. Evan Dunham (+40) robbed against Sherk
5. BJ Penn (+80) Edgar completely outworked him in the rematch
6. Kenny Florian (+140) struggles against the beast wrestlers
7. Gilbert Melendez (+140) Strikeforce Champion dominated Aoki,
8. Josh Thomson (+160) on even terms with Melendez
9. Eddie Alvarez (+200) Bellator Champion
10. Sean Sherk (+200) Fortunate win over Dunham, his best performance since suspension
11. Tyson Griffin (+200) 3 straight losses are starting to make people doubt him.
12. Joe Stevenson (+200)
13. Shinya Aoki (+200) Dream Champion
14. Tatsuya Kawajiri (+300)
15. Kurt Pellegrino (+300) never got in his game against Georgie S.
16. Jim Miller (+300) only losses are to Edgar & Maynard.
17. Nik Lentz (+320) controversial win over Griffin overshadows his huge improvement
18. Gesias Calvancante (+320) solid performance against Thomson
19. Rafael Dos Anjos +(340)
20. Gleison Tibau (+340) no shame losing a decision to Miller
21. KJ Noons (+340) stays put despite loss to Nick Diaz, fought at WW vs Diaz.
22. Clay Guida (+340)
23. Cole Miller (+340) solid win over Pearson shows his continued improvement
24. Jeremy Stephens(+340) impressive win over Stout
25. Melvin Guillard (+340) Move to Jackson paying off???
26. Sam Stout (+340) nice win over Paul Taylor at 121
27. Denis Siver (+340) dangerous striker putting together an impressive record
28. Ben Henderson (+340) WEC Champion Just keeps winning & improving
29. Ross Pearson (+360) surprising loss to Miller is a step backward, but don’t give up on him.
30. Mark Bocek (+360) tough loss against Miller
31. Matt Wiman (+360) starting to see a complete fighter having success
32. Donald Cerrone (+360) sweet revenge
33. Mizuto Hirota (+360)
34. Shane Roller(+400)
35. Joe Lauzon (+400) no shame in loss to Sotiropoulos
36. Takanori Gomi (+400) back on the map, but it was only one punch

MMA Rankings- Featherweights:

1. Jose Aldo WEC Champion
2. Mike Brown (+300) quick win over Province proves little
3. Chad Mendes (+300) One dimensional, but he’s a physical beast.
4. Bibiano Fernandes +(400) Dream Champion quality win over Hanson
5. Marlon Sandro (+400) Sengoku Champion exciting striker, gathering some quality wins
6. Masanori Kanehara (+500) still solid despite spectacular loss to Sandro
7. Joe Warren (+520) Bellator Champion won Bellator’s toughest tournament
8. Pitbull Freire (+520) lost a close fight to Warren
9. Hatsu Hioki (+580)
10. Josh Grispi (+580)
11. Joachim Hansen (+580)
12. Joe Soto (+580)
13. Raphael Assuncao (+600) solid win over LC Davis
14. Mark Hominick (+600) needs to beat a top 10 fighter
15. Manny Gamburyan (+600) No change after loss to Aldo
16. Wilson Reis (+600) BJJ ace, hit or miss as a standup fighter
17. Diego Nunes (+600) close win over Assuncao & Toner, close loss to Davis
18. Darren Uyenoyama (+620) recently dropped to 135 for Shooto & beat Katsumura
19. Deividas Taurosevicius (+620) disappointing loss to Reis. Competitive losses to very good opponents.
20. LC Davis (+620) talented but yet to take down a big name, lost 2 in a row.
21. Michihiro Omigawa (+620)
22. Fredson Paixão (+620) solid veteran
23. Cub Swanson (+620) FOTN at WEC 52
24. Nam Phan (+620) robbed against Garcia at TUF 12
25. George Roop (+620) KO of the Year agains the Zonbie?
26. Mackens Semerzier (+660) proved himself vs Swanson
27. Pablo Garza (+620) spectacular 1 minute KO of Paixão, still unproven
28. Chan Sung Jung (+700) robbed against Garcia.
29. Leonard Garcia (+700) great battler, lots of holes standing, has embarrassing pictures of judges
30. Javier Vazquez (+700) best fighting of his career, overmatched by mendes
31. Hiroyuki Takaya (+700)

MMA Rankings – Bantamweights:

1. Dominick Cruz WEC Champion unique skills frustrate opponents, don’t overlook his wrestling.
2. Scott Jorgensen (+40) big win over Pickett, finally gets well earned title shot.
3. Joseph Benavidez (+40) constantly improving, but hard to see him beating Cruz.
4. Urijah Faber (+40) jumps right into bantamweight contention
5. Brian Bowles (+40) best power in the division
6. Miguel Torres (+100)
7. Brad Pickett (+200) gave Jorgensen all he could handle
8. Antonio Banuelos (+300)
9. Masakazu Imanari (+300)
10. Demetrious Johnson (+300) gutsy win over Page at WEC 52
11. Masakatsu Ueda (+300) no longer unbeaten
12. Damacio Page (+360) capable but inconsistent
13. Wagnney Fabianno (+400) former contender at FW, off his game.
14. Takaya Mizugaki (+460) competed well against Faber for 1 round
15. Akitoshi Tamura (+500)
16. Shuichiro Katsumura (+500) Shooto Champion recent loss to Uyenoyama in non-title fight.
source: Zewkey.com

UFC 123 light heavyweight fight between former champions Quinton Rampage Jackson and Lyoto Machida is scheduled to take place at the Palace at Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan on Saturday, November 20 at 10PM ET/7PM PT

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• Event:UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida
• Date: November 20, 2010
• Time: 10PM ET/7PM PT
• Location:Konig Palace at Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan

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Quinton Jackson +215 30-8-0 VS Lyoto Machida -275 16-1-0
Matt Hughes +124 45-7-0 VS BJ Penn -154 15-6-1
Gerald Harris -285 16-2-0 VS Maiquel Jose Falcao +225 25-3-0
Phil Davis -580 7-0-0 VS Tim Boetsch +430 8-3-0
George Sotiropoulos -225 13-2-0 VS Joe Lauzon +185 18-5-0
Matt Brown +130 13-9-0 VS Brian Foster -160 16-5-0
Aaron Simpson +140 7-1-0 VS Mark Munoz -170 8-2-0
Karo Parisyan 25-5-0, 2NC VS Dennis Hallman 64-13-2, 1NC
Darren Elkins 12-2-0 VS Edson Barboza 6-0-0
Tyson Griffin 14-4-0 VS Nik Lentz 21-3-2

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UFC 116 odds on Saturday night in Las Vegas is headlined by a superb matchup in the heavyweight division as champion Brock Lesnar battles interim champion Shane Carwin.  It will be a battle of brute force that should be extremely entertaining for as long as it lasts.  Lesnar has bullied his way through all of his opponents so far but Carwin has the power to come right back at Lesnar.

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Lesnar is favored in UFC odds but Carwin is very capable of winning this fight.  He has the power to knock Lesnar out and not many fighters in the UFC can say that.  None of the 12 opponents to fight Carwin has ever made it out of the first round.  Lesnar is aware of Carwin’s power and has been training to avoid it.  Lesnar has not fought since July of last year because of a serious illness.  If the fight was going to be a long one that might be a concern but with the power of these two fighters the bout should end early.

There are five fights on the main card for Saturday night. In addition to the championship bout between Carwin and Lesnar, it will be Yoshihiro Akiyama battling Chris Leben, Matt Brown against Chris Lytle, Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski and Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulos.  The fight odds between Akiyama and Leben is considered a co-feature but in reality it is not since Carwin vs. Lesnar is a standout fight.  Leben wasn’t even supposed to be in this bout against Akiyama but Wanderlei Silva got hurt and had to pull out.  Akiyama has said he doesn’t really want to be at UFC 116 at all since he can’t fight Silva but money talks so he will be there.   A more entertaining bout might be the one between Brown and Lytle.  They both love to slug it out so this fight could easily get Fight of the Night honors. The bout between Bonnar and Soszynski is a rematch from UFC 110 when Bonnar lost due to a cut.

The preliminary card begins with two fights televised on Spike TV. It is Brendan Schaub against Chris Tuchscherer and Ricardo Romero taking on Seth Petruzelli. The other four bouts on the preliminary card have Goran Reljic vs. Kendall Grove, Gerald Harris vs. Dave Branch, Daniel Roberts vs. Forrest Petz and Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola.

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Despite championships, adulation and all the spoils of success, questions still surround both Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto at this juncture in their careers. But in their much-anticipated fight this November, the answers will come quickly when the punches start to fly.

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MANNY PACQUIAO
Super Featherweight
49-3-2 | 37 KOs

Nickname
Pac Man

Hometown
General Santos City, Philippines

Date of Birth
December 17, 1978

Height
5’6″

At the age of 30, Manny is a 14-year pro—he made his debut at 16. He has been fighting at the top levels of competition and given some of the most sensational performances in the ring in recent years.

A certain future Hall of Famer, Manny was voted the “2008 Fighter of the Year” by the Boxing Writers Association of America. He also won the BWAA award in 2006, as well as The Ring’s 2006 and 2008 “Fighter of the Year.”

Manny is also recognized by most observers as the best fighter at any weight in the ring today—the best “Pound for Pound.”

MIGUEL COTTO

Welterweight
34-1 | 27 KOs

Hometown
Caguas, Puerto Rico

Date of Birth
October 29, 1980

Height
5’7″

At the age of 28, Miguel is an eight-year pro. The WBO welterweight world champion, he won the title in February, 2009, and has made one successful defense.

He is Puerto Rico’s brightest star and biggest draw in the ring, has fought and beaten some of the sport’s biggest names, and already had a Hall of Fame career.

Miguel is coming off a 12 round decision win against former IBF welterweight world champion Joshua Clottey in his last fight in June, 2009.

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HBO Sports hosts three sizzling showdowns when HBO Boxing After Dark: Juan Diaz vs. Paulie Malignaggi, Malcolm Klassen vs. Robert Guerrero and Danny Jacobs vs. Ishe Smith is seen on Saturday, August 22 at 9:45 PM ET/PT.

Paulie Malignaggi doesn’t pull any punches when he states his case against former trainer Buddy McGirt. He says flat out that McGirt trained him against the grain, forcing him to fight in the pocket and in doing so, took away his greatest asset—his legs. Is this true? Perhaps. The videotape would clearly show that on November 22, 2008—a date that will live in infamy for Paulie Malignaggi—the fighter was thoroughly dominated by Ricky Hatton until McGirt threw the towel in during the 11th round.

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It would also show that from the opening bell, Malignaggi looked lost in the ring. Who was this faux Malignaggi who barely let his hands go except to use them to clinch? For someone who had labeled his British opponent a wrestler, Malignaggi did a pretty good imitation of one himself, holding Hatton nine times in the first round alone for no discernable reason. If they had fought with paper bags over their heads, you’d have sworn that Malignaggi was Hatton. The Brooklyn fighter seemed to have morphed from a slick puncher into a slacker.

But there are also things that don’t show up on the tape. One of them is the two years of smoldering frustration Malignaggi experienced while trying to into McGirt’s training system. Some say Malignaggi simply had a fall from grace that night; he disagrees, saying he’d already been downhill racing for the past year under McGirt while earning lackluster victories over Herman Ngoudjo and Lovemore N’dou.

If you factor in his pent-up frustration, a case might be made that Malignaggi pulled a sort of “no mas” against Hatton, deciding like Roberto Duran that the style he was fighting was useless and simply quit on McGirt. And if that sounds like so much psychobabble, listen to Malignaggi:

“Buddy and I didn’t blend well. A lot of the things I’d always done well he didn’t want me to do. Me being the type who always wants to listen I went along with what he was teaching me. But it got me away from being the fighter I really was. Buddy doesn’t look at your strengths and weaknesses, he teaches all his fighters to fight the same way. Basically, he wants you to fight out of a box, out of a defensive shell and move your head a lot. It’s okay to fight in the pocket if that’s the kind of fighter you are. But I use a lot of movement. Buddy ruined my main asset by taking away my legs. I like to go in and then move out, go in and move out. I call it creating space so I can utilize my jab and hand speed. He wanted me to go toe-to-toe with Hatton, which I’m not afraid to do, but it played into Hatton’s strength. What Buddy had me do helped Hatton. I was a world champion fighter when I went to Buddy, and I left as a mediocre one.”

There are some flat notes in Malignaggi’s Opus McGirt. For one, he didn’t become a champion until his second fight under his new trainer. That is not to say McGirt made him into a champion, but Malignaggi was not one until he came under McGirt’s care. Other questions still need to be answered.

If McGirt trains all his fighters the same way, as Malignaggi claims, then why did he decide to work with him in the first place? Why was he so excited about the prospects of putting on leg irons—as he would later characterize the lockdown on his footwork? At the time, Malignaggi embraced McGirt excitedly, announcing in October 2006 that he was firing Billie Giles—his trainer since he was a 16-year-old amateur—and hiring McGirt:

July 31, 2009 – by Nat Gottlieb