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Let’s vote! It’s time for Fight Forum members to gather and rank the best UFC fighters for each weight class. This month, we’re tweaking it a bit and requesting that everyone submit at TOP 10 list (instead of just a Top 5). We’lll see how well it works. With only one UFC event this month, your top 5’s from last month shouldn’t have changed significantly, so a top 10 shouldn't be that difficult.

Here are the rules for those of you who are unfamiliar:
(PLEASE NOTE: #’s 6-8 are new rules this month.)

1. Around the last week of every month, I’ll post a new thread for all Fight Forum members (mods are welcome as well) to rank their Top 10 UFC Fighters for each division.

2. Member rankings will end on Saturday, June 2nd at 8:00 PM PST. I’ll then calculate all of the votes from each participating member to determine that month’s “Fight Forum Member’s Official UFC Rankings.”

3. I’ll then post a new thread with the official results of the Top 10 fighters in each weight class.

4. If you’re wondering how the calculations will be made, I’ll assign points for the ranking you give them. I.E. 10 points for 1st, 9 pts for 2nd, on down to 1 pt for 10th. The fighter with the most collective points in a particular weight class will be ranked 1st overall and so on.

5. Since you’re posting your Top 10 list for all to see, please maintain your integrity and vote with as little bias as possible. For example, if you’re a huge Gabe Ruediger fan and place him as the #1 LW fighter in the UFC then everyone will know you’re a tool.

6. The UFC rankings are intended to be for the upcoming month, not all-time. For rankings to be included in the overall results, all fighters must have fought in the UFC within the last 12 months or be signed to a new UFC contract, thereby qualifying their intentions to fight in the UFC in the near future.

7. For rankings to count, you must rank all ten fighters for each weight class. If you only rank six fighters at MW, for example, your rankings will not be included in the final tally.

8. You may edit your rankings after you first make them. If you edit, however, you must PM me to let me know that you’ve done so. I usually tally the rankings on a daily basis, so if you edit them later and don’t notify me, I will not know and your previous rankings will remain.

To start it off, here are my rankings for June:
(my previous month's rankings are in parentheses)

HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Randy Couture (1)
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (2)
3. Gabriel Gonzaga (3)
4. Mirko CroCop (4)
5. Tim Sylvia (5)
6. Andrei Arlovski (-)
7. Brandon Vera (-)
8. Fabricio Werdum (-)
9. Jake O’Brien (-)
10. Heath Herring (-)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Quinton Jackson (2)
2. Chuck Liddell (1)
3. Dan Henderson (-)
4. Mauricio Rua (-)
5. Tito Ortiz (3)
6. Rashad Evans (4)
7. Lyoto Machida (-)
8. Jason Lambert (-)
9. Renato Sobral (-)
10. Michael Bisping (-)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
1. Anderson Silva (1)
2. Rich Franklin (2)
3. Nate Marquardt (3)
4. Yushin Okami (4)
5. Martin Kampmann (5)
6. Mike Swick (-)
7. Kendall Grove (-)
8. Jason McDonald (-)
9. Terry Martin (-)
10. Dean Lister (-)

WELTERWEIGHT
1. Matt Hughes (1)
2. George St. Pierre (2)
3. Diego Sanchez (3)
4. Karo Parysian (4)
5. Josh Koscheck (5)
6. Jon Fitch (-)
7. Matt Serra (-)
8. Josh Burkman (-)
9. Drew Fickett (-)
10. Marcus Davis (-)

LIGHTWEIGHT
1. Sean Sherk (1)
2. BJ Penn (2)
3. Roger Huerta (3)
4. Joe Stevenson (4)
5. Hermes Franca (5)
6. Kenny Florian (-)
7. Spencer Fisher (-)
8. Kurt Pellegrino (-)
9. Melvin Guillard (-)
10. Din Thomas (-)

Your turn.

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