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Your Vote Counts! It’s time for Fight Forum members to gather and rank the TOP 10 UFC fighters for each weight class.

Here are the rules for those of you who are unfamiliar:

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 Friday, August 31st 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” and post a new thread with the official results of the Top 10 fighters in each weight class.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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 either have fought in the UFC within the last 12 months, have a current UFC fight scheduled or be signed to a new UFC contract, thereby qualifying their intentions to fight in the UFC in the near future.

6. 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.

7. 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.

Here are my rankings for September:
(my prior month’s rankings are in parentheses)

HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Randy Couture (1)
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (2)
3. Mirko CroCop (4)
4. Tim Sylvia (5)
5. Andrei Arlovski (6)
6. Gabriel Gonzaga (3)
7. Brandon Vera (7)
8. Fabricio Werdum (8)
9. Frank Mir (-)
10. Cheik Kongo (10)

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

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

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

LIGHTWEIGHT
1. BJ Penn (1)
2. Joe Stevenson (3)
3. Roger Huerta (2)
4. Kenny Florian (4)
5. Spencer Fisher (5)
6. Kurt Pellegrino (6)
7. Clay Guida (-)
8. Din Thomas (8)
9. Thiago Tavares (10)
10. Frank Edgar (-)

FYI… Wanderlei Silva is ranking eligible. Evan Tanner is no longer ranking eligible -- it seems that reports of him returning at UFC 76 was premature. Plus with UFC 77 and 78 already booked, it looks like it may be a while if Tanner returns.

NOTE: Sherk is still technically eligible if you choose to rank him. I left him out of my rankings, but his hearing is still pending for October.

Your turn.

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