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1.
Jon Jones
Nick
Name: Bones
Record: 16 - 1
Born: July 17, 1987
Country: USA
Club: Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts
Height: 6'4
Weight: 205 lbs
Style: Wrestling
Why?
At only 23 yesars old Jon Bones Jones just destroyed one of the best pound for pound fighters in Shogun Rua and from that point on Jones has cleaned out the UFC light heavyweight diviison by dominating 4 former UFC light heavyweight champions in a row and looks unstopable at only 24 years old. |
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2. Georges
St. Pierre
Nick Name:
Rush
Record: 22 - 2
Born: May 19, 1981
Country: Canada
Club: Kyokushin, wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Height: 5'9
Weight: 169 lbs
Style: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling, Kick Boxing, Kyokushin
Why?
Geroges St Pierre has cleaned out the 170 division. In 2008 and in 2009, he was named the Canadian Athlete of the Year by Rogers Sportsnet, as well as the 2008–2009 Most Outstanding Fighter by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Georges St-Pierre also won the Fighter of the Year award by the 2009 World MMA Awards. He has beaten every top 170pound fighter in the UFC like Dan Hardy, Thiago Alves, BJ Penn, Jon Fitch, Matt Serra, Matt Hughes, Josh Koscheck, Matt Hughes, Sean Sherk and Jason Miller. He has beaten everyone and he is set to beat everyone for a second time. |
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2. Anderson Silva
Nick
Name: The Spider
Record: 28 - 4
Born: April 14, 1975
Country: Brazil
Club: Black House
Height: 6'2
Weight: 184 lbs
Style: Muay Thai
Why?
Is there actually anyone left for Anderson Silva?No one can even touch Anderson Silva. There is no competition in the UFC at the 185 pound division and after UFC 82: Pride of a Champion where he dismantled Dan Henderson he stands alone as the best pound for pound fighter in the world. The UFC will have to bring in more fighters to even give Silva a test. He is so good he is bored in the fights and plays with his opponents. |
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4.
Jose Aldo
Nick
Name: Junior
Record: 21 - 1
Born: Sept 9, 1986
Country: Brazil
Club: Nova Uniao, Black House
Height: 5'7
Weight: 145 lbs
Style: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Why?
Aldo now appears to be untouchable in the featherweight division. Since June 2008, Aldo is 6-0 with six stoppages, including four in 2009 alone. He dismantled Urijah Faber and Matt Brown. He has everything in a fighter. He can grappling, strike and is super fast. It doesn't look like there is anyone that can step up to Aldo. |
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5. Frankie Edgar
Nick
Name: The Answer
Record: 14 - 2 - 1
Born: Oct 16, 1981
Country: USA
Club: Ricardo Almeida Jiu-Jitsu
Height: 5'6
Weight: 154lbs
Style: Wrestling, Boxing
Why?
Frankie Edgar shocked the world by beating BJ Penn as a huge betting underdog. We will have to see how many title defenses he has as champion. And than he shocked the world again by dominating him a second time around. Despite losing to Benson Henderson , Edagr remains in the top 5 due to the fact that we thought he won the fight and the fact that he should really be fighting in the featherweight divison. |
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6. Carlos Condit
Nick Name: Natural Born Killer
Record: 28 - 5
Born: April 26, 1984
Country: USA
Club: Jackson's Submission Fighting
Height: 6'2
Weight: 170 lbs
Style: Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Boxing, BJJ
Why?
Condit has done plenty in his nearly 10 years as a professional mixed martial artist. He was a former WEC welterweight champion and he outpointing former Strikeforce ace Nick Diaz to win the UFC’s interim welterweight title. Condit has beat everyone and fought under the radar with little fan fair but he possesses great striking and grappling and is not getting the respect he deservers.
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7. Junior dos Santos
Nick
Name: -
Record: 14 - 1
Born: September 12, 1984
Country: Brazil
Club: Black House
Height: 6'4
Weight: 236 lbs
Style: Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Why?
Junior Dos Santos is the most pure and technical boxer in mixed martial arts. He took apart Cain Velasquez in under a minute. He has well a well rounded MAM game that many have not even seen yet since he has such dominate striking. |
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8. Jon Fitch
Nick Name: Extreme
Record: 23 - 4 - 1
Born: February 24, 1978
Country: USA
Club: American Kickboxing Academy
Height: 6'0
Weight: 170 lbs
Style: Wrestling, Kickboxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Why?
Fitch is the ultimate work horse. He works hard and pressures every fight and he has beaten almost every welterweight in the division excpet Georges St Pierre. Fitch has 13 wins and only one defeat inside the UFC’s super-competitive 170-pound division. He is a fighter you can submiit and you can't knock out. You only have to outwrok him. |
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9. Dominick Cruz
Nick
Name: Dominator
Record: 17 - 1
Born: September 3, 1985
Country: USA
Club: Alliance MMA, Team Lloyd Irvin
Height: 5'8
Weight: 135 lbs
Style: Boxing, Wrestling
Why?
He is the first and current UFC Bantamweight Champion, and is ranked the No.1 Bantamweight and No.10 pound for pound fighter in the world by our rankings. He also holds the only victories over previously undefeated Brian Bowles and top contender Joseph Benavidez, having beaten Benavidez twice.
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10. Dan Henderson
Nick
Name: Hollywood
Record: 29 - 8
Born: August 24, 1970
Country: USA
Club: Team Quest
Height: 6'1
Weight: 183 lbs
Style: Wrestling
Why7
Dan Henderson has a shot at either the UFC middleweight title and a shot at the UFC light heavy weight title. He has fought top lelve competition through out his career and won at every level and every weight division.
Henderson is also the UFC 17 middleweight tournament champion, the 1997 Brazil Open lightweight tournament champion, the 1999 RINGS King of Kings tournament champion, and the Pride 2005 Grand Prix welterweight tournament champion.
Henderson holds notable wins over Carlos Newton, Gilbert Yvel, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Renato Sobral (x2), Renzo Gracie, Murilo Rua, Murilo Bustamante, Vitor Belfort, Wanderlei Silva, Rich Franklin, Michael Bisping, Rafael Cavalcante, Fedor Emelianenko and Maurício Rua. |