MMA CRYPT ***OFFICIAL*** TOP 10 rankings - MARCH 2012

[Kickass32]

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Here are the Official MMA CRYPT top 10 rankings for each of the 7 weight classes as voted on by you the knowledgable MMA CRYPT member.
Every number 1 guy was a unanimous decision EXCEPT for the Lightweight division, which was also the weight class with the highest number of fighters receiving votes.
The Bantamweight division is the only division that also has a unanimous number 2 guy.

Have fun with it guys, debate and voice your feelings, but as usual, keep it respectful.

Without further ado......here are your top 10 rankings:

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1/ Junior Dos Santos
2/ Alistair Overeem
3/ Cain Velasquez
4/ Frank Mir
5/ Fabricio Werdum
6/ Josh Barnett
7/ Shane Carwin
8/ Daniel Cormier
9/ Antonio Nogueira
10/Antonio Silva

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1/ Jon Jones
2/ Rashad Evans
3/ Dan Henderson
4/ Shogun Rua
5/ Lyoto Machida
6/ Ryan Bader
7/ Phil Davis
8/ Alexander Gustafsson
9/ Quinton Jackson
10/Forrest Griffin

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1/ Anderson Silva
2/ Chael Sonnen
3/ Vitor Belfort
4/ Michael Bisping
5/ Mark Munoz
6/ Hector Lombard
7/ Brian Stann
8/ Chris Weidman
9/ Rousimar Palhares
10/Luke Rockhold

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1/ Georges St. Pierre
2/ Carlos Condit
3/ Nick Diaz
4/ Jake Ellenberger
5/ Josh Koscheck
6/ Johnny Hendricks
7/ Jon Fitch
8/ Martin Kampmann
9/ Jake Shields
10/Rory Macdonald

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1/ Benson Henderson
2/ Frankie Edgar
3/ Gilbert Melendez
4/ Gray Maynard
5/ Nathan Diaz
6/ Jim Miller
7/ Anthony Pettis
8/ Clay Guida
9/ Donald Cerrone
10/Eddie Alvarez

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1/ Jose Aldo
2/ Chad Mendes
3/ Hatsu Hioki
4/ Dustin Poirier
5/ Chan Sung Jung
6/ Erik Koch
7/ Mark Hominick
8/ Diego Nunes
9/ Kenny Florian
10/Hiroyuki Takaya

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1/ Dominic Cruz
2/ Urijah Faber
3/ Renan Barao
4/ Brian Bowles
5/ Miguel Torres
6/ Scott Jorgensen
7/ Joseph Benavidez
8/ Brad Pickett
9/ Takaya Mizugaki
10/Demitrious Johnson

[Misfit]

Great job Kick, I think it's a damn good looking list IMO. Better than most we see out there.

[Kickass32]

Thank you.......yeah everyone of the weight classes look pretty darn good, a few things here and there, but hard to argue them as a whole.

Interesting to look at the LW division and just how fricken deep it is with Eddie Alvarez in at number 10, and guys like Barboza, Chandler, guillard, Lauzon, Aoki, and Evan Dunham not even cracking the top 10.

I will not start the new voting until May, as really nothing significant has happened in the MMA world for nearly a month now. We'll have the 2 UFC events as well as the Bellator and smaller promotion cards to use for the new voting come May.

[Kickass32]

I was just checking out the rankings on Bloody elbow and MMA mania, and we are pretty damn similar. For the most part ours and theirs have the same 8 fighters with 2 or so per division being different, and the top 3 being pretty much the same and then the bottom 7 in slightly different orders, some not so slightly different orders...but the rankings are subjective and can be argued either way.

Good Job guys and gals with this. To all who contributed, we at the Crypt team thank you.

We shall be updating the rankings on a monthly basis, so keep an eye open for the new session of voting coming up towards the end of April.

[Charnockers]

Pleasantly surprised Bisping is so high.

[Misfit]

Pleasantly surprised Bisping is so high.

I hate the dude but I think 4th is dead on. I've been saying all along, he doesn't suck and keeps winning. Still don't like the cat but he's a damn good fighter that still seems to be improving. Hell, a lot of people felt be beat Sonnen.

[Discipline]

I hate the dude but I think 4th is dead on. I've been saying all along, he doesn't suck and keeps winning. Still don't like the cat but he's a damn good fighter that still seems to be improving. Hell, a lot of people felt be beat Sonnen.

agreed. its taken me a while to see that bisping is actually a decent fighter. hate admitting it, but it tis true.

[Rich Davie]

I have to agree with the Bisping sentiment... I hate the guy, but you can't argue that he doesn't belong where he's been ranked here on the Crypt.

[Kickass32]

I have to agree with the Bisping sentiment... I hate the guy, but you can't argue that he doesn't belong where he's been ranked here on the Crypt.

Well, you know, as of now, MMA CRYPT does set the standard for web based MMA rankings!!!! :csicool

[Rich Davie]

True Dat my Homie ! :thumbup:

[Rich Davie]

BTW...

Misfit might want to stop the Top 10 banner promos until next month, otherwise we're gonna have people voting on these closed results.

[Charnockers]

any amount, however slight, of Bisping love suits me.

[Kickass32]

BTW...

Misfit might want to stop the Top 10 banner promos until next month, otherwise we're gonna have people voting on these closed results.
I moved them all to the archives section for now.

[BluenoseGreig]

Like some others have said, Good to see recognition for Bisping.
Keeps the flag flying for UK MMA!

[Kickass32]

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I will be starting the May's top 10 rankings after the May 5th event. I know there were some glarying ommissions of certain fighters, and fighters in wrong weight classes for our April rankings, so here is your chance to correct some of those errors.

Feel free to give me your input, and I'll make the neccesary changes for May's rankings.

[Misfit]

Hunt needs to be added to the HW, that was the only one that jumped out at me that I thought was missing.

[Kickass32]

Hunt needs to be added to the HW, that was the only one that jumped out at me that I thought was missing.
He is the one guy that stuck out in my mind....that'll be fixed for sure.