History of odds and rankings 2001-2004

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I was inspired by a thread earlier today to compile this

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f2/doe...fights-975388/




I get sick of seeing people revise history with (common) statements like "Fedor only ever beat up losers like Herring in Pride, and he isn't even top 30". Hopefully some of this information can put it back into perspective.

Also a lot of it is just funny and weird. For example, Tank Abbott a betting favorite over Mir.


I used the internet archives (waybackmachine) on some mma website I used to visit then to compile this. But it is patchy due to the avaliable information, and my non-dedication. anyway, enjoy


2001

UFC 30 (Feb)

Evan Tanner +350
Tito Ortiz -550

Pedro Rizzo -650
Josh Barnett +450

Fabiano Iha -550
Phil Johns +400





Rankings May 2001

May 16, 2001
HEAVYWEIGHT 205 lbs. and up (93 kg and up)
1. Coleman, Mark 155
2. Couture, Randy 131
3. Rizzo, Pedro 112
4. Vovchanchin, Igor 110
5. Fujita, Kazuyuki 85
6. Nogueira, Rodrigo "Minotauro" 84
7. Herring, Heath 52
8. Overeem, Valentijn 44
9. Kerr, Mark 38
10. Telligman, Tra 23

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 185 - 204.9 lbs. (92.9 -83.9 kg.)
1. Tito Ortiz 160
2. Silva, Vanderlei 143
3. Henderson, Dan 116
4. Liddel, Chuck 84
4. Belfort, Vitor 84
6. Mezger, Guy 76
7. Sinosic, Elvis 70
8. Goes, Allan 32
9. Horn, Jeremy 25
10. Randleman, Kevin 23

MIDDLEWEIGHT 170 - 184.9 lbs. (77.1 - 83.9 kg)
1. Sakuraba, Kazushi 156
2. Menne, Dave 138
3. Shamrock, Frank 113
4. Landi-Jons, Jose "Pele" 111
5. Lindland, Matt 79
6. Gracie, Renzo 77
7. Kikuta, Sanae 46
8. Filho, Paulo 31
9. Liborio, Ricardo 21
10. Doerkson, Joe 18
10. Minowa, Ikuhisa 18

WELTERWEIGHT 155 - 169.9 lbs. (70.3 - 77.1 kg)
1. Sakurai, Hayato 158
2. Newton, Carlos 146
3. Miletich, Pat 116
4. Trigg, Frank 105
5. Hughes, Matt 92
6. Iha, Fabiano 77
7. Carter, Shonie 52
8. Silva, Anderson 31
9. Kato, Tetsuji 30
10. Marquardt, Nathan 26

LIGHTWEIGHT up to 154.9 lbs. ( up to 70.3 kg.)
1. Pulver, Jens 159
2. Uno, Kauro 133
3. Thomas, Din 113
4. Sato, Rumina 83
5. Nogueira, Alexandre 82
6. Gomi, Takanori 77
7. Hallman, Dennis 57
8. Mishima, D. 47
9. Bow, Ryan 26
10. Uematsu, Naoya 25

UFC 32

Elvis Sinosic +200
Tito Ortiz -250

BJ Penn -145
Din Thomas +115

Shonie Carter +145
Pat Miletich -180

Josh Barnett -170
Semmy Schlit +140

Kaoru Uno +105
Fabiano Iha -135

Paul Rodriguez +130
Tony Desouza -160

Yuki Kondo +125
Vladimir Matyushenko -155

Ricco Rodriguez -130
Andrei Orlovski +100



Rankings July 2001

July 17, 2001
HEAVYWEIGHT 205 lbs. and up (93 kg and up)
1. Coleman, Mark 156
2. Couture, Randy 135
3. Vovchanchin, Igor 114
4. Rizzo, Pedro 111
5. Fujita, Kazuyuki 91
6. Nogueira, Rodrigo "Minotauro" 81
7. Herring, Heath 55
8. Kerr, Mark 40
9. Barnett, Josh 36
10. Telligman, Tra 30


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 185 - 204.9 lbs. (92.9 -83.9 kg.)
1. Tito Ortiz 159
2. Silva, Vanderlei 140
3. Henderson, Dan 119
4. Liddell, Chuck 114
5. Belfort, Vitor 100
6. Mezger, Guy 51
7. Sinosic, Elvis 46
8. Randleman, Kevin 38
9. Goes, Allan 36
10. Matyushenko, Vlad 26


MIDDLEWEIGHT 170 - 184.9 lbs. (77.1 - 83.9 kg)
1. Sakuraba, Kazushi 159
2. Menne, Dave 140
3. Shamrock, Frank 116
4. Lindland, Matt 91
5. Gracie, Renzo 82
6. Kikuta, Sanae 80
7. Landi-Jons, Jose "Pele" 68
8. Filho, Paulo 41
9. Minowa, Ikuhisa 32
10. Doerkson, Joe 24


WELTERWEIGHT 155 - 169.9 lbs. (70.3 - 77.1 kg)
1. Sakurai, Hayato 158
2. Newton, Carlos 144
3. Miletich, Pat 126
4. Trigg, Frank 108
5. Hughes, Matt 90
6. Carter, Shonie 63
7. Silva, Anderson 56
8. Kato, Tetsuji 50
9. Marquardt, Nathan 35
10. Sherk, Sean 22


LIGHTWEIGHT up to 154.9 lbs. ( up to 70.3 kg.)
1. Pulver, Jens 158
2. Uno, Kauro 141
3. Penn, B.J. 112
4. Sato, Rumina 94
5. Nogueira, Alexandre 81
6. Thomas, Din 74
6. Gomi, Takanori 74
8. Hallman, Dennis 47
9. Iha, Fabiano 36
10. Mishima, D. 32

UFC 33

Dave Menne -340
Gil Castillo +260

Dennis Hallman +105
Jens Pulver -135

Eugene Jackson +160
Ricardo Almeida -200

Fabiano Iha +140
Din Thomas -170

Chuck Liddell -235
Murilo Bustamante +185

Matt Serra -185
Yves Edwards +155

Vitor Belfort +110 (Belfort was replaced with Vladmir Matlyshenko so this fight never happened)
Tito Ortiz -140


Rankings End 2001

November 19, 2001
HEAVYWEIGHT over 205 lbs. and up (93.19 kg and up)
1. Rodrigo Nogueira 147
2. Randy Couture 138
3. Heath Herring 102
4. Mark Coleman 101
5. Josh Barnett 87
6. Pedro Rizzo 82
7. Igor Vovchanchyn 61
8. Kazuyuki Fujita 29
9. Mario Sperry 25
10. Ricco Rodriguez 12


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 185 - 205 lbs. (84.1-93.19kg)
1. Tito Ortiz 149
2. Vanderlei Silva 136
3. Dan Henderson 117
4. Chuck Liddell 96
5. Vitor Belfort 95
6. Ricardo Arona 53
7. Guy Mezger 39
8. Kevin Randleman 23
9. Allan Goes 22
10. Elvis Sinosic 21
10. Vlad Matyushenko 21


MIDDLEWEIGHT 170 - 185 lbs. (77.27 - 84.1 kg)
1. Kazushi Sakuraba 143
2. Dave Menne 140
3. Matt Lindland 99
4. Sanae Kikuta 90
5. Frank Shamrock 82
6. Pele Landi-Jons 55
7. Paulo Filho 54
8. Renzo Gracie 53
9. Andre Seminov 24
10. Ikuhisa Minowa 22


WELTERWEIGHT 155 - 170 lbs. (70.45 - 77.27 kg)
1. Anderson Silva 140
2. Matt Hughes 123
3. Hayato Sakurai 119
4. Carlos Newton 116
5. Pat Miletich 100
6. Frank Trigg 72
7. Tetsuji Kato 47
8. Gil Castillo 30
9. Shonie Carter 29
10. Sean Sherk 24


LIGHTWEIGHT 145 to 155 lbs (65.91 kg to 70.45 kg.)
1. Jens Pulver 147
2. B.J. Penn 137
3. Kauro Uno 111
4. Rumina Sato 98
5. Din Thomas 85
6. Takanori Gomi 79
7. D. Mishima 55
8. Dennis Hallman 49
9. Ryan Bow 22
10. Fabiano Iha 21


FEATHERWEIGHT up to 145 lbs. (up to 65.91kg.)
1. Alexandre Nogueira 150
2. Tetsuo Katsuta 124
3. Mamoru 109
4. Katsuya Toita 106
5. Barret Yoshida 80
6. Jin Akimoto 51
7. Norifumi Yamamoto 44
8. Joao Roque 39
9. Stephen Palling 35
10. Noboru Asahi 26

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2002

Rankings mid 2002

June 11, 2002
HEAVYWEIGHT over 205 lbs. and up (93.19 kg and up)
1. Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira 159
2. Josh Barnett 142
3. Heath Herring 120
4. Randy Couture 114
5. Pedro Rizzo 85
6. Mark Coleman 79
7. Ricco Rodriguez 64
8. Igor Vovchanchyn 51
9. Mario Sperry 15
10.Semmy Schilt 8


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 185 - 205 lbs. (84.1-93.19kg)
1. Tito Ortiz 158
2. Vanderlei Silva 148
3. Chuck Liddell 123
4. Ricardo Arona 108
5. Dan Henderson 94
6. Murilo Rua 72
7. Sanae Kikuta 55
8. Alex Stiebling 28
9. Kevin Randleman 27
10.Evan Tanner 19


MIDDLEWEIGHT 170 - 185 lbs. (77.27 - 84.1 kg)
1. Murilo Bustamante 157
2. Kazushi Sakuraba 146
3. Dave Menne 120
4. Matt Lindland 114
5. Paulo Filho 87
6. Renzo Gracie 49
7. Ivan Salaverry 42
8. Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons 39
9. Andrei Semenov 38
10.Ikuhisa Minowa 31



WELTERWEIGHT 155 - 170 lbs. (70.45 - 77.27 kg)
1. Matt Hughes 153
2. Anderson Silva 141
3. Carlos Newton 137
4. Hayato Sakurai 109
5. Frank Trigg 88
6. Tetsuji Kato 61
7. Gil Castillo 54
8. Sean Sherk 48
9. Shonie Carter 34
10.Nathan Marquardt 16



LIGHTWEIGHT 145 to 155 lbs (65.91 kg to 70.45 kg.)
1. Jens Pulver 160
2. B.J. Penn 142
3. Takanori Gomi 118
4. Kauro Uno 115
5. Din Thomas 93
6. D. Mishima 78
7. Rumina Sato 73
8. Ryan Bow 39
9. Matt Serra 25
10.Fabiano Iha 11



FEATHERWEIGHT up to 145 lbs. (up to 65.91kg.)
1. Alexandre "Pequeno" Nogueira 160
2. Tetsuo Katsuta 136
3. Katsuya Toita 113
4. Joao Roque 94
5. Barret Yoshida 83
6. Mamoru 72
7. Stephen Palling 63
8. Norifumi Yamamoto 36
9. Masahiro Oishi 34
10.Noaya Uematsu 33
10.Jin Akimoto 33

UFC 40

KEN SHAMROCK +120
TITO ORTIZ -160

MATT HUGHES -550
GIL CASTILLO +350

CHUCK LIDDELL -375
RENALTO BABALU SABORAL +275

ANDRE ORLOVSKI +120
IAN FREEMAN -160

Phillip Miller + 160
Mark Weir - 120

CARLOS NEWTON -350
PETE SPRATT +250

ROBBIE LAWLER -240
TIKI GHOSEN +200



Pride 23

Don Frye -375
Hidehiko Yoshida +275

Nobuhiko Takada +115
Kiyoshi Tamura -155

Rodrigo Nogeuira -600
Semmy Schilt +400

Murilo Rua -120
Richardo Arona -120

Kazushi Sakuraba -575
Gilles Arsene +375

Kevin Randleman -575
Kenichi Yamamoto +375

Heath Herring -180
Fedor Emilianenko +140

Wanderlei Silva -500
Mitsuhiro Kanehara +350



Rankings Oct 2002

October 15, 2002
HEAVYWEIGHT (205 - 265 lbs.)
1. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (160)
2. Josh Barnett (140)
3. Ricco Rodriguez (120)
4. Heath Herring (112)
5. Randy Couture (94)
6. Mario Sperry (58)
7. Pedro Rizzo (54)
8. Fedor Emelianenko (27)
9. Igor Vovchanchyn (17)
10. Semmy Schilt (16)


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (185 - 205 lbs.)
1. Vanderlei Silva (150)
2. Tito Ortiz (147)
3. Chuck Liddell (135)
4. Ricardo Arona (107)
5. Dan Henderson (94)
6. Murilo Rua (79)
7. Vitor Belfort (44)
8. Quinton Jackson (42)
9. Evan Tanner (26)
10. Kevin Randleman (18)


MIDDLEWEIGHT (170 - 185 lbs.)
1. Murilo Bustamante (158)
2. Kazushi Sakuraba (129)
3. Matt Lindland (118)
4. Phil Baroni (100)
5. Paulo Filho (91)
6. Anderson Silva (80)
7. Dave Menne (61)
8. Jose Landi-Jons (31)
9. Ivan Salaverry (21)
10. Renzo Gracie (18)



WELTERWEIGHT (155 - 170 lbs.)
1. Matt Hughes (160)
2. Hayato Sakurai (132)
3. Carlos Newton (127)
4. Frank Trigg (117)
5. Sean Sherk (75)
6. Gil Castillo (63)
7. Pat Miletich (57)
8. Tetsuji Kato (44)
9. Nathan Marquardt (41)
10. Shonie Carter (17)



LIGHTWEIGHT (145 - 155 lbs.)
1. Jens Pulver (160)
2. BJ Penn (140)
3. Takanori Gomi (130)
4. Caol Uno (111)
5. Din Thomas (81)
6. Dokonjonosuke Mishima (78)
7. Matt Serra (51)
8. Javier Vasquez (38)
9. Vitor Ribeiro (29)
10. Genki Sudo (22)



FEATHERWEIGHT (135 to 145 lbs.)
1. Alexandre Nogueira (156)
2. Joao Roque (120)
3. Tetsuo Katsuta (108)
4. Hiroyuki Abe (104)
5. Stephen Palling (92)
6. Katsuya Toita (82)
7. Norifumi Yamamoto (81)
8. Barret Yoshida (38)
9. Jeff Curran (22)
10. Naoya Uematsu (20)

2003

UFC 41

Ricco Rodriguez -300
Tim Sylvia +220

BJ Penn -350
Caol Uno +250

Matt Serra -115
Din Thomas -125

Matt Lindland -140
Phil Baroni +100

Tank Abbott -145
Frank Mir +105

Pedro Rizzo +100
Vladimir Matyushenko -140

Yves Edwards -500
Rich Clementi +350

Cafe Dantas +500
Gan McGee -800



Pride 25



Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira -180
Emelianenko Fedor +140

Kevin Randleman -245
Quinton Jackson +185

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira -160
Kazuhiro Nakamura +120

Shungo Oyama +1000
Dan Henderson -1800

Kazushi Sakuraba -280
Antonio Schembri +200

Carlos Newton -135
Anderson Silva -105

Akira Shoji +135
Alex Stiebling -175



UFC 43


Chuck Liddell -230
Randy Couture +170

Vernon White -140
Ian Freeman +100

Tank Abbott +110
Kimo Leopoldo -150

Vitor Belfort -240
Marvin Eastman +170

Frank Mir -500
Wes Sims +300

Matt Lindland -500
Falaniko Vitale +350







Pride Total Elimination 2003

Mirko Filipovic -300
Igor Vovchanchyn +220

Antonio Minotauro Nogueira -170
Ricco Rodriguez +130

Gary Goodridge +275
Fedor Emelianenko -350

Kazushi Sakuraba +475
Wanderlei Silva -775

Kiyoshi Tamura +650
Hidehiko Yoshida -1350 whoa!

Quinton Jackson -178 (Arona was replaced by Bustamante in this event)
Ricardo Arona +138


Chuck Liddell -180
Alistair Overeem +140






UFC 44

Tim Sylvia -144
Gan McGee +104

Tito Ortiz -180
Randy Couture +150



Rankings 2nd half 2003

Heavyweight:
1) Fedor Emelianenko (16-1-0)
2) Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (21-2-1)
3) Josh Barnett (14-1-0)
4) Mirko Filipovic (9-1-2)
5) Tim Sylvia (16-0-0)
6) Andrei Arlovski (6-3-0)
7) Heath Herring (23-9-0)
8) Mark Coleman (13-5-0)
9) Wesley Correira (13-5-0)
10) Travis Wiuff (29-4-0)

Ibragim Magomedov (8-1-0)
Frank Mir (7-1-0)
Ricco Rodriguez (14-4-0)
Bazigit Atajev (14-1-0)

Light Heavyweight:
1) Vanderlei Silva (25-3-1)
2) Randy Couture (12-6-0)
3) Quinton Jackson (20-4-0)
4) Chuck Liddell (14-3-0)
5) Vitor Belfort (12-3-0)
6) Tito Ortiz (11-4-0)
7) Renato Sobral (21-5-0)
8) Yuki Kondo (41-13-5)
9) Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (7-1-0)
10) Alistair Overeem (17-4-0)

Rich Franklin (12-1-0)
Ryoto Machida (4-0-0)
Dean Lister (6-2-0)
Mauricio Rua (6-1-0)

Middleweight:
1) Dan Henderson (14-3-0)
2) Murilo Bustamante (9-3-1)
3) Jeremy Horn (67-12-6)
4) Matt Lindland (10-2-0)
5) Ricardo Almeida (7-2-0)
6) Nathan Marquardt (17-6-1)
7) Anderson Silva (10-2-0)
8) Kazushi Sakuraba (15-7-1)
9) Evan Tanner (28-4-0)
10) Paulo Filho (6-0-0)

Amar Suloev (17-4-0)
Joe Doerkson (23-5-0)
David Terrell (4-1-0)
Joey Villasenor (12-3-0)

Welterweight:
1) BJ Penn (7-1-1)
2) Matt Hughes (33-4-0)
3) Sean Sherk (21-1-1)
4) Jason Black (16-0-1)
5) Frank Trigg (10-2-0)
6) Renato Verissimo (5-0-0)
7) Jake Shields (8-3-1)
8) Hayato Sakurai (19-5-2)
9) Carlos Newton (12-9-0)
10) Nick Diaz (9-2-0)

Akiri Kikuchi (7-1-0)
Karo Parisyan (10-3-0)
George St-Pierre (5-0-0)
Dennis Hallman (25-8-3)

Lightweight:
1) BJ Penn (7-1-1)
2) Vitor Ribeiro (9-0-0)
3) Takanori Gomi (15-2-0)
4) Marcus Aurelio (10-1-0)
5) Duane Ludwig (10-2-0)
6) Josh Thomson (10-0-0)
7) Yves Edwards (23-8-1)
8) Din Thomas (18-4-0)
9) Hermes Franca (8-2-0)
10) Joachim Hansen (7-2-1)

Genki Sudo (9-3-1)
Caol Uno (15-6-4)
Tatsuya Kawajiri (10-2-2)
Joe Stevenson (23-5-0)

Featherweight:
1) Alexandre Franca Nogueira (10-2-2)
2) Jens Pulver (20-5-1)
3) Norifumi Yamamoto (7-1-0)
4) Joao Roque (8-1-4)
5) Jeff Curran (16-7-1)
6) Stephen Paling (11-5-1)
7) Remigijus Morkevicius (8-1-0)
8) Yoshiro Maeda (8-0-0)
9) Naoya Uematsu (13-3-2)
10) Ivan Menjivar (13-2-0)

Charlie Valencia (6-0-0)
Cole Escovedo (8-1-0)
Gilbert Melendez (3-0-0)
Hiroyuki Takaya (3-0-1)

Pride Final Conflict 2003

Gary Goodridge +105
Dan Bobish -145

Hidehiko Yoshida +300
Vanderlei Silva -500

Chuck Liddel -120
Quinton Jackson -120

Dan Henderson +100
Murilo Bustamante -140

Heath Herring -500
Norihisa Yamamoto +300

Kazushi Sakuraba +180
Kevin Randleman -240

Mirko Cro Cop -280
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira +200

Pride Grand Prix Finals November 9, 2003 - Odds to win
Odds to win the GP Tournament
Hidehiko Yoshida +400
Vanderlei Silva +155
Chuck Liddel +300
Quinton Jackson +200
Field (All Others) +325

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2004

UFC 46

Matt Serra -350
Jeff Curran +275

Vitor Belfort +185
Randy Couture -225

BJ Penn +200
Matt Hughes -240

Frank Mir -225
Wes Simms +185

Jorge Rivera -115
Lee Murray -115

Carlos Newton -225
Renato Verissimo +185


Karo Parisyan -240
George St Pierre +200

Hermes Franca -115
Josh Thomson -115



UFC 47

Tim Sylvia -170
Andrei Arlovski +130

Tito Ortiz -185
Chuck Liddell +145

Johnathan Wiezorek -200
Wade Shipp +160

Chris Lytle -325
Tiki Ghosen +250

Genki Sudo -325
Mike Brown +250

Hermes Franca -140
Yves Edwards +100

Robbie Lawler -260
Nick Diaz +200

Wes 'Cabbage' Correira -500
Mike Kyle +300


Rankings May 2004

May 2004

Heavyweight
1. Emelianeko Fedor - 99 Points (9 first place votes)
2. Minotauro Nogueira - 85 Points
3. Tim Sylvia - 82 Points
4. Josh Barnett - 74 Points (1 first place vote)
5. Mirko Cro Cop - 72 Points
6. Andrei Arlovksi - 69 Points
7. Heath Herring - 42 Points
8. Pedro Rizzo - 31 Points
9. Semmy Schilt - 25 Points
10.Frank Mir - 18 Points


Light Heavyweight
1. Vanderlei Silva - 96 Points (6 first place votes)
2. Randy Couture - 95 Points (4 first place votes)
3. Quinton Jackson - 81 Points
4. Chuck Liddell - 72 Points
5. Vitor Belfort - 60 Points
6. Dan Henderson - 46 Points
7. Tito Ortiz - 37 Points
8. Kevin Randleman 22 Points
9. Ricardo Arona - 20 Points
10. Babalu Sobral - 15 Points


Middleweight
1. Matt Lindland - 98 Points (10 first place votes)
2. Jeremy Horn - 90 Points (2 first place votes)
3. Evan Tanner - 52 Points
4. Ricardo Almeida - 50 Points
5. Phil Baroni - 42 Points
6. Anderson Silva - 39 Points
7. Amar Suloev - 36 Points
8. Nathan Marquardt - 30 Points
9. Lee Murray - 20 Points
10. Joe Doerksen - 19 Points



Welterweight
1. BJ Penn - 99 Points (9 first place votes)
2. Matt Hughes - 90 Points (1 first place vote)
3. Sean Sherk - 75 Points
4. Charuto Verissimo - 69 Points
5. Jason Black - 51 Points
6. Nick Diaz - 49 Points
7. Carlos Newton - 31 Points
8. Frank Trigg - 30 Points
9. Chris Lytle - 26 Points
10. Georges St.Pierre - 17 Points


Lightweight
1. Shaolin Ribero 97 Points (6 first place votes)
2. Bang Ludwig - 90 Points (4 first place votes)
3. Takanori Gomi - 78 Points
4. Josh Thomson - 70 Points
5. Yves Edwards - 69 Points
6. Hermes Franca- 43 Points
7. Joaquin Hansen - 33 Points
8. Genki Sudo - 26 Points
9. Din Thomas - 25 Points
10. Jens Pulver - 23 Points

Pride GP 2004

Fedor Emelianenko -230
Kevin Randleman +180

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira -550
Heath Herring +400

Sergei Kharitonov -115
Semmy Schilt -115

Quinton Jackson -170
Ricardo Arona +140

ODDS TO WIN ENTIRE GP TOURNAMENT:

Fedor Emelianenko +125
Kevin Randleman +500
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira +135
Heath Herring +1700
Paulo Cesar Silva +2500
Naoya Ogawa +2200
Semmy Schilt +1800
Sergei Kharitonov +1000



UFC 48

Ken Shamrock -135
Kimo +105


Tim Sylvia -225
Frank Mir +185

Phil Baroni -115
Evan Tanner -115

Matt Hughes -170
Renato Verissimo +140

Frank Trigg -135
Dennis Hallman +105

Matt Serra -160
Ivan Menjivar +130

Georges St. Pierre -275
Jay Hieron +225

Trevor Prangley -275
Curtis Stout +225


Pride High Octane

Wanderlei Silva -155
Quinton Rampage Jackson +125

Mirko CroCop Filipovic -125
Josh Barnett -105



UFC 50

Tito Ortiz -550
Patrick Cote +350

Evan Tanner -160
Robbie Lawler +130

Renato Verissimo -145
Frank Trigg +115

Matt Hughes -285
Georges St Pierre +225

Rich Franklin -350
Jorge Rivera +275

Ivan Salaverry -125
Tony Frylund -105



Rankings End 2004

November 2004
HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION - (210-265 lbs.)
1. Emelianeko Fedor - 98 Points (8 first place votes)
2. Minotauro Nogueira - 92 Points (2 first place votes)
3. Mirko Cro Cop- 72 Points
4. Frank Mir- 67 Points
5. Josh Barnett - 54 Points
6. Andrei Arlovksi - 52 Points
7. Tim Sylvia - 47 Points
8. Sergei Kharitonov - 23 Points
9. Heath Herring - 17 Points
10. Justin Eilers - 15 Points

Others receiving votes - Pedro Rizzo (15) Travis Wiuff (14), Kevin Randleman (12)


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS DIVISION
(205 lbs.)
1. Vanderlei Silva - 95 Points (5 first place votes)
1 . Randy Couture - 95 Points (5 first place votes)
3. Quinton Jackson - 73 Points
4. Chuck Liddell - 71 Points
5. Dan Henderson - 67 Points
6. Tito Ortiz - 52 Points
7. Vitor Belfort - 45 Points
8. Ricardo Arona - 33 Points
9. Babalu Sobral - 23 Points
10. Yuki Kondo - 17 Points

Others Receiving Votes - Murilo Ninja Rua - 11, Sakuraba - 8,

MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION
(185 lbs.)

1. Anderson Silva - 88 Points (4 first place votes)
2. Jeremy Horn - 85 Points (4 first place votes)
3. Evan Tanner - 82 Points (1 first place vote)
4. Matt Lindland - 74 Points (1 first place vote)
5. David Terrell - 56 Points
6. Rich Franklin - 49 Points
7. Joe Riggs - 44 Points
8. Nathan Marquardt - 29 Points
9. Lee Murray - 17 Points
9 .Amar Suloev - 17 Points


Others receiving votes - Paulo Filho - 12, Ivan Salaverry - 11 Jorge Rivera (10), Trevor Prangley (9), Dave Menne (8), David Loiseau (4),


WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION
(170 lbs.)

1. BJ Penn - 97 Points (7 first place votes)
2. Matt Hughes - 92 Points (3 first place vote)
3. Frank Trigg - 77 Points
4. Sean Sherk - 69 Points
5. Charuto Verissimo- 50 Points
5. Georges St. Pierre- 50 Points
7. Chris Lytle - 31 Points
8. Karo Parisyan - 26 Points
9. Nick Diaz - 20 Points
10.Jake Shields - 19 Points

Others receiving votes - Jason Black (12), Spencer Fisher (5), Pete Spratt 4, Dennis Hallman (3), Kieth Wisinewski (1)

LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION
(155 lbs.)

1. Shaolin Ribero 97 Points (7 first place votes)
2. Yves Edwards - 83 Points (2 first place votes)
3. Takanori Gomi - 82 Points
4. Jens Pulver - 76 Points (1 first place vote)
5. Joaquin Hansen - 59 Points
6. Josh Thomson - 47 Points
7. Genki Sudo- 33 Points
8. Hermes Franca - 26 Points
9. Caol Uno - 25 Points
10.Din Thomas - 23 Points

2005 (start)

UFC 51

Vitor Belfort -125
Tito Ortiz +105

Andrei Arlovski -120
Tim Sylvia -100

David Terrell -140
Evan Tanner +120

Nick Diaz -230
Drew Fickett

Chris Lytle -110
Karo Parisyan -110

Joe Riggs -185
David Loiseau +165

Phil Baroni -300
Pete Sell +250

James Irvin -130
Mike Kyle +110

Justin Eilers -110
Paul Buentello -110



UFC 52

Randy Couture -255
Chuck Liddell +205

Matt Hughes -200
Frank Trigg + 170





tl/dr

[Lazy Man]

comprehensive post!

[SherBet]

Subscribed. Awesome post, I love shit like this.

[IRS]

There's lots of stuff in there, but Fedor is an obvious one to watch.

It's a common misconception the only ranked opponents he ever fought in Pride were Nog and Crocop.

But actually Schilt was ranked when they fought
Herring was top 3 (top 5 depending on who you asked)
Mark Hunt was also ranked when they fought but it's not covered by my post.

Also Fedor was a reasonably big underdog against Nog and Herring.



Also I often see people claim Fujita and Coleman were ranked. But they were on the fringe, on their way out. They may have just scraped into a 10th spot depending on who you asked. But they were definitely past their career's peak.

[Acetooly236]

That was alot of fun to look at, thanks alot

[Redd Loc]

good shit. wtf happened to Fabiano Iha?

[Acetooly236]

Fedor's rise to the top was quick

[striker14]

i just can't believe that marquardt could make ww, but i suppose that he wouldn't want to fight gsp.