Rank Sherdog 16/07/2009

Heavyweight

1. Fedor Emelianenko (30-1, 1 NC)
2. Josh Barnett (24-5)
3. Brock Lesnar (4-1)
4. Frank Mir (12-4)
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (31-5-1, 1 NC)
6. Randy Couture (16-9)
7. Brett Rogers (10-0)
8. Andrei Arlovski (15-7)
9. Shane Carwin (11-0)
10. Alistair Overeem (29-11, 1 NC)

Other contenders: Junior dos Santos, Aleksander Emelianenko, Jeff Monson, Ben Rothwell, Fabricio Werdum.


Light heavyweight

1. Lyoto Machida (15-0)
2. Quinton Jackson (30-7)
3. Rashad Evans (13-1-1)
4. Forrest Griffin (16-5)
5. Mauricio Rua (18-3)
6. Luis Arthur Cane (10-1)
7. Rich Franklin (25-4, 1 NC)
8. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (17-3)
9. Keith Jardine (14-5-1)
10. Wanderlei Silva (32-10-1, 1 NC)

Other contenders: Jon Jones, Chuck Liddell, Vladimir Matyushenko, Thiago Silva, Renato Sobral.


Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva (24-4)
2. Yushin Okami (23-4)
3. Nate Marquardt (28-8-2)
4. Dan Henderson (25-7)
5. Demian Maia (10-0)
6. Jorge Santiago (21-7)
7. Thales Leites (14-2)
8. Robbie Lawler (16-5, 1 NC)
9. Vitor Belfort (18-8)
10. Chael Sonnen (23-10-1)

Other contenders: Yoshihiro Akiyama, Michael Bisping, Patrick Cote, Dan Miller, Frank Trigg.


Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre (19-2)
2. Jon Fitch (19-3, 1 NC)
3. Thiago Alves (16-4)
4. Jake Shields (23-4-1)
5. Martin Kampmann (15-2)
6. Paulo Thiago (11-1)
7. Josh Koscheck (12-4)
8. Carlos Condit (22-5)
9. Mike Swick (14-2)
10. Dan Hardy (22-6, 1 NC)

Other contenders: Marcus Davis, Jay Hieron, Matt Hughes, Karo Parisyan, Nick Thompson.


Lightweight

1. B.J. Penn (13-5-1)
2. Shinya Aoki (20-4, 1 NC)
3. Eddie Alvarez (17-2)
4. Joachim Hansen (19-7-1)
5. Kenny Florian (11-3)
6. Satoru Kitaoka (25-8-9)
7. Tatsuya Kawajiri (24-5-2)
8. Gray Maynard (7-0, 1 NC)
9. Frankie Edgar (10-1)
10. Sean Sherk (33-4-1)

Other contenders: Gesias Cavalcante, Gilbert Melendez, Eiji Mitsuoka, Josh Thomson, Jamie Varner.


Featherweight

1. Mike Thomas Brown (22-4)
2. Urijah Faber (22-3)
3. Wagnney Fabiano (12-1)
4. Leonard Garcia (12-4)
5. Hatsu Hioki (19-3-2)
6. Jose Aldo (15-1)
7. Dokonjonosuke Mishima (19-6-2)
8. Takeshi Inoue (16-3)
9. Rafael Assuncao (13-1)
10. Marlon Sandro (14-0)

Other contenders: Bibiano Fernandes, Josh Grispi, Yuji Hoshino, Masakazu Imanari, Joe Soto.


Bantamweight

1. Miguel Torres (37-1)
2. Masakatsu Ueda (9-0-2)
3. Brian Bowles (7-0)
4. Takeya Mizugaki (11-3-2)
5. Joseph Benavidez (10-0)
6. Will Ribeiro (10-2)
7. Akitoshi Tamura (14-7-2)
8. Manny Tapia (10-2-1)
9. Damacio Page (11-4)
10. Marcos Galvao (6-3-1)

Other contenders: Antonio Banuelos, Chase Beebe, Dominick Cruz, Eddie Wineland, Rani Yahya.


Flyweight

1. Shinichi Kojima (10-3-5)
2. Mamoru Yamaguchi (20-5-3)
3. Yuki Shoujou (8-5-2)
4. Yasuhiro Urushitani (15-4-6)
5. Ryuichi Miki (9-2-3)
6. Rambaa Somdet (6-2)
7. Jesse Taitano (5-3-2)
8. Daniel Otero (6-1-1)
9. Alexis Vila (5-0)
10. Masaaki Sugawara (7-3-1)

Other contenders: John Dodson, Jussier da Silva, Junji Ikoma, Mitsuhisa Sunabe, Sam Thao.