MMA CRYPT ****OFFICIAL**** TOP 10 RANKINGS -may 2012

[Kickass32]

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.
Voting was alot closer in May's voting then it was for March. There were only 4 of the 7 weight classes that had a unanimous number 1 guy, Bantamweight, Featherweight, Middleweight and Light Heavyweight, and no weight class has a unanimous number 2 guy.

Thanks again to all that participated and voted.

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:



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



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



1/ Anderson Silva
2/ Chael Sonnen
3/ Vitor Belfort
4/ Michael Bisping
5/ Mark Munoz
6/ Hector Lombard
7/ Brian Stann
8/ Tim Boetsch
9/ Luke Rockhold
10/Alan Belcher



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



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



1/ Jose Aldo
2/ Hatsu Hioki
3/ Chad Mendes
4/ Chan Sung Jung
5/ Erik Koch
6/ Dustin Poirier
7/ Pat Curran
8/ Kenny Florian
9/ Denis Siver
10/Tatsuya Kawajiri



1/ Dominic Cruz
2/ Urijah Faber
3/ Renan Barao
4/ Michael Mcdonald
5/ Brian Bowles
6/ Bibiano Fernandes
7/ Scott Jorgensen
8/ Brad Pickett
9/ Miguel Torres
10/Antonio Banuelos

[BluenoseGreig]

Some surprising results and already I'm sure people thinking that some of the guys who have lost lately may be dropping down etc!

[Kickass32]

Some notable jumps and drops from this March to May...Michael Mcdonald shot up from being out of the top 10 to an impressive number 4 spot in the BW rankings.
Michael Chandler makes his appearance in the LW rankings at number 10, dropping Eddie Alvarez out of the top 10.
Nick Diaz dropped from number 3 to number 5 in the WW rankings.
Tim Boetsch and Alan Belcher crack the top 10 in the MW division knocking out Palhares and Weeidman.
LHW and HW had a few changes with fighters swapping spots.

Thanks again to all who voted, and the next round of voting will start in a week or so.

[Rich Davie]

To be honest, I struggle trying to put together Top 10 lists... sometimes I start, and the vote form just sits there for days waiting for me to finish filling it out !

[Kickass32]

Some divisions are way harder than others....I found HW and LHW to be fairly easy, but FW and BW were hard, as was LW, but only because there are more then 10 quality LW fighters that you could easily put in there.

[Drock]

These lists are good im proud of these lists

[Kickass32]

You can always argue placement of fighters, whether you think they should be at number 3 or 5, or whatever...that will never go away, and I like that aspect, but I think for the most part we got the correct 10 in each weight class.

[AaronP95]

I think that after Lightweight, the lower weights are hard to rate atm because they are still really developing, which is why i think some drastic changes happen between rankings.

All in all a good set of Top 10's, theres nothing there that i think can be argued majorly, and i think the LHW is almost identical to my submission if i remember rightly
Great Job to everyone

[Kickass32]

I will be starting the next round of voting within the next week to ten days.

[Kickass32]

Does anyone want a fighter added to any of the weight classes???? I have Tom Watson for Blue...anyone else want anyone added let me know in the next couple days, as I will be starting the new round shortly.