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Awesome! It's pretty interesting to see the rankings by weight class too.

Lightweight:
1. BJ Penn (5-1-1)
2. Takanori Gomi (13-1)
3. Duane "Bang" Ludwig (9-2)
4. Genki Sudo (17-3-1)
5. Din Thomas (14-3)
6. Jens Pulver (13-4-1)
7. Hermes Franca (8-0)
8. Vitor "Shaolin" Rubeiro (8-0)
9. Caol Uno (15-6-3)
10. Yves Edwards (14-6-1)

Welterweight:
1. Matt Hughes (30-3)
2. Sean Sherk (15-1-1)
3. Carlos Newton (11-7)
4. Nathan Marquardt (14-4-1)
5. Frank Trigg (7-1)
6. Pete Spratt (6-4)
7. Robbie Lawler (6-1)
8. Hayato Sakurai (18-4-1)
9. Tesuji Kato (16-3)
10. Jake Shields (7-2)

Middleweight:
1. Murilo Bustamante (9-2-1)
2. Matt Lindland (9-2)
3. Phil Baroni (5-2)
4. Frank Shamrock (19-7-1)
5. Anderson Silva (9-2)
6. Jorge Rivera (6-1)
7. Kazushi Sakuraba (14-5-1)
8. David Loiseau (9-3)
9. Paulo Filho (5-0)
10. Phillip Miller (16-0)

Light Heavyweight:
1. Randy Couture (12-5)
2. Wanderlei Silva (22-3-1)
3. Tito Ortiz (10-3)
4. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (17-3)
5. Chuck Liddell (12-2)
6. Vitor Belfort (11-3)
7. Ricardo Arona (8-1)
8. Rich Franklin (12-0)
9. Dan Henderson (13-3)
10. Renato Sobral (21-5)

Heavyweight:
1. Fedor Emelianenko (14-1)
2. Tim Sylvia (15-0)
3. Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira (20-2-1)
4. Ricco Rodriguez (13-3)
5. Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic (6-0-2)
6. Josh Barnett (12-1)
7. Frank Mir (6-1)
8. Andrei Arlovski (5-3)
9. Gan McGee (11-2)
10. Vladimir Matyushenko (12-3)

Pound for pound:
1. Murilo Bustamante (9-2-1)
2. Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva (21-3-1)
3. Matt Hughes (30-3-0)
4. Frank Shamrock (19-7-1)
5. Tito Ortiz (10-2-0)
6. Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira (19-2-1)


Thanks for sharing, man.
 
Wow havent seen alot of those names in a while. Good post. When legends were green.
 
great post. I love looking back at the old rankings. I could look at old mma rankings all day; they make me want to watch old fights (which I do. everyday).
 
How was Phil Baroni not rated #1??That dude was "da best evvvaaa"!!!!!

Thanks for that TS, good stuff.
 
Damn this got me in the feels. These rankings remind me of ditching class, getting baked in my car and surfing MMAweekly Rumors section for upcoming fights like 11 months in advance hahaha this is when I really got into the sport. Now I feel old as fuck.

Edit: great post btw
 

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