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MMA on Tap Top 10 - April 25, 2008

Apr 25, 2008 12:13 PM John Chandler


Georges St. Pierre (pictured) solidifed his spot at the top of the welterweight rankings by avenging his previous loss to Matt Serra last weekend. Meanwhile Serra’s performance caused him to tumble down the MMA on Tap Top 10. Photo property of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Here are the latest MMA on Tap Top 10 fighter rankings. We will be updating these every month or whenever an adjustment is needed, like after a major event for example. The rankings break down into 7 different lists of 10, each of them by division.

If you ever want to compare these with your own or just take a look at the latest update, you can find them under the Top 10 category in our features section. The fighter’s previous ranking is listed in parenthesis after the fighter’s name.

The rankings were tabulated by Bill Reger and myself. Feel free to chime in with your own lists, thoughts, or suggestions. 

Heavyweight

1. Fedor Emelianenko (1)
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (2)
3. Randy Couture (3)
4. Andrei Arlovski (4)
5. Fabricio Werdum (5)
6. Josh Barnett (6)
7. Tim Sylvia (7)
8. Gabriel Gonzaga (8)
9. Mirko Cro Cop (9)
10. Aleksander Emelianenko (10)

Light Heavyweight

1. Quinton Jackson (1)
2. Mauricio Rua (2)
3. Chuck Liddell (3)
4. Wanderlei Silva (4)
5. Keith Jardine (5)
6. Forrest Griffin (6)
7. Lyoto Machida (7)
8. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (8)
9. Rashad Evans (9)
10. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (NR)

Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva (1)
2. Paulo Filho (2)
3. Dan Henderson (3)
4. Rich Franklin (4)
5. Matt Lindland (5)
6. Nate Marquardt (6)
7. Robbie Lawler (7)
8. Kazuo Misaki (8)
9. Yoshihiro Akiyama (9)
10. Denis Kang (10)

Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre (1)
2. Matt Hughes (2)
3. Jon Fitch (6)
4. Josh Koscheck (5)
5. Jake Shields (7)
6. Diego Sanchez (8)
7. Karo Parisyan (4)
8. Hayato Sakurai (9)
9. Matt Serra (3)
10. Carlos Condit (10)

Lightweight

1. Takanori Gomi (1)
2. B.J. Penn (2)
3. Sean Sherk (3)
4. Gilbert Melendez (4)
5. Gesias Calvancanti (5)
6. Shinya Aoki (6)
7. Tatsuya Kawajiri (7)
8. Mitsuhiro Ishida (8)
9. Vitor Riberio (9)
10. Joe Stevenson (10)

Featherweight

1. Urijah Faber (1)
2. Takeshi Inoue (3)
3. Masakazu Imanari (4)
4. Jeff Curran (5)
5. Akitoshi Tamura (2)
6. Hiroyuki Takaya (6)
7. Antonio Carvalho (7)
8. Yoshiro Maeda (8)
9. Hatsu Hioki (10)
10. Hideki Kadowaki (NR)

Bantamweight

1. Masakatsu Ueda (1)
2. Koetsu Okazaki (2)
3. Atushi Yamamoto (3)
4. Takaya Mizugaki (4)
5. Miguel Torres (5)
6. Daniel Lima (6)
7. Chase Beebe (7)
8. Brian Bowles (8)
9. Marcos Galvao (9)
10. Kenji Osawa (10)

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1. Nico
from Vancouver, BC
Apr 25, 2008 1:50 PM

Why is thiago alves not in the WW top 10?

2. Bill Reger
from New York
Apr 25, 2008 2:30 PM

There was a lot of debate on this and to be honest, Alves ended up at #11.  If the rumored fight against Matt Hughes happens, it will go a long way to determining whether or not Alves belongs there.

3. The Oracle
Apr 25, 2008 3:06 PM

Nico,

Because he is not one of the 10 best

master of the obvious
The Oracle

4. nor cal
from kali
Apr 25, 2008 5:34 PM

The oracle’s the man.

5. Daniel
from Oz
Apr 25, 2008 7:44 PM

Ken-Flo?

6. FlyinHawaiian
from Da 808 State - Hawaii
Apr 25, 2008 9:59 PM

Gomi is like Fedor.  They haven’t fought anybody, let alone, any top contenders in ages and they are still at the top of their respected division.  Gomi would get owned by half the guys below him.  He got subbed by Diaz on weed.  WTF?!?

7. Craig O
from sacto, califa
Apr 26, 2008 11:23 AM

i hear ya FlyinHawaiian, i stated awhile back that Gomi hasn’t beat ANYBODY in the top ranks for years and that rust showed vs Diaz.  That rust and the fact he had much less heart than Diaz!(although he did do damage to diaz, uh who doesn’t, he took a ton of shots and gassed to a guy who people lable a pot head… doesn’t sound like the make up a CHAMPION to me.) 

But hey the mullet is still popular in canada so i guess time can be skewed and made to stand still for certain things and people.

8. Anon
from USA
Apr 26, 2008 1:24 PM

Where the hell is Kalib Starnes?!?!

9. John Chandler
from Philadelphia, PA
Apr 26, 2008 1:25 PM

Daniel - Florian is close to breaking the top 10 in our minds. While a win over a top contender would go a long way in putting him over the top, he’s probably more likely to scoot into one of the lower spots based on other fighters losing.

10. justin b
from seattle
Apr 26, 2008 2:52 PM

Gomi number #1 ??????????? Bj all the way. After he chokes out sherk you guys will change your mind. Did we forget that bj pounded Gomi. Gomi hasn’t done crap.

11. John Chandler
from Philadelphia, PA
Apr 26, 2008 4:57 PM

Like we mentioned last month, Gomi will be moving down in the rankings following Penn-Sherk in May.

12. Phenomenal Angel
from Palmdale CA
May 5, 2008 2:31 PM

honestly i think roger huerta can demolish anyone in the lightweight division besides bj penn and sherk, if he defeats florian he will fight either penn or sherk, i would love to see huerta take on penn, that would be an amazing standup war. as we all know sherk will probably stall out the fight.

also if matt hughes defeats thiago alves, who doesnt want to see him take on matt serra???

13. HATCHER
from PHILLY
May 31, 2008 11:43 PM

WHERE IS EDDIE ALVAREZ ON THE TOP 10 LIGHT WEIGHTS? AFTER BEATING JOACHIM HANSEN HE DESERVES TO BE IN THE TOP 10 .. AND EVENTUALLY NUMBER 1 BABY!

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