The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of January 1, 2016.
POUND FOR POUND
| 1 | Jon Jones |
| 2 | Demetrious Johnson |
| 3 | Conor McGregor |
| 4 | Jose Aldo |
| 5 | T.J. Dillashaw |
| 6 | Luke Rockhold |
| 7 | Frankie Edgar |
| 8 | Dominick Cruz |
| 9 | Fabricio Werdum |
| 10 | Rafael dos Anjos |
| 11 | Chris Weidman |
| 12 | Robbie Lawler |
| 13 | Daniel Cormier |
| 14 | Cain Velasquez |
| 15 | Johny Hendricks |
Others receiving votes: Anthony Pettis, Chad Mendes, Rory MacDonald
HEAVYWEIGHT
| 1 | Fabricio Werdum |
| 2 | Cain Velasquez |
| 3 | Andrei Arlovski |
| 4 | Alistair Overeem |
| 5 | Stipe Miocic |
| 6 | Junior dos Santos |
| 7 | Travis Browne |
| 8 | Josh Barnett |
| 9 | Ben Rothwell |
| 10 | Mark Hunt |
| 11 | Frank Mir |
| 12 | Matt Mitrione |
| 13 | Roy Nelson |
| 14 | Jared Rosholt |
| 15 | Vitaly Minakov |
Others receiving votes: Blagoy Ivanov, Fedor Emelianenko, Antonio Silva
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
| 1 | Jon Jones |
| 2 | Daniel Cormier |
| 3 | Anthony Johnson |
| 4 | Alexander Gustafsson |
| 5 | Ryan Bader |
| 6 | Glover Teixeira |
| 7 | Phil Davis |
| 8 | Rashad Evans |
| 9 | Ovince St. Preux |
| 10 | Liam McGeary |
| 11 | Quinton Jackson |
| 12 | Jimi Manuwa |
| 13 | Muhammed Lawal |
| 14 | Emanuel Newton |
| 15 | Mauricio “Shogun” Rua |
Others receiving votes: Dave Branch, Goran Reljic, Gian Villante
MIDDLEWEIGHT
| 1 | Luke Rockhold |
| 2 | Chris Weidman |
| 3 | Yoel Romero |
| 4 | Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza |
| 5 | Anderson Silva |
| 6 | Lyoto Machida |
| 7 | Vitor Belfort |
| 8 | Tim Kennedy |
| 9 | Michael Bisping |
| 10 | Dave Branch |
| 11 | Thales Leites |
| 12 | Robert Whittaker |
| 13 | Gegard Mousasi |
| 14 | Uriah Hall |
| 15 | Roan Carneiro |
Others receiving votes: Tamdan McCrory, Derek Brunson
WELTERWEIGHT
| 1 | Robbie Lawler |
| 2 | Johny Hendricks |
| 3 | Rory MacDonald |
| 4 | Tyron Woodley |
| 5 | Carlos Condit |
| 6 | Hector Lombard |
| 7 | Ben Askren |
| 8 | Matt Brown |
| 9 | Benson Henderson |
| 10 | Demian Maia |
| 11 | Rousimar Palhares |
| 12 | Jake Shields |
| 13 | Neil Magny |
| 14 | Stephen Thompson |
| 15 | Dong Hyun Kim |
Others receiving votes: Tarec Saffiedine, Kelvin Gastelum, Gunnar Nelson, Andrey Koreshkov
LIGHTWEIGHT
(Photo (c) Joe Camporeale via USA Today Sports)
| 1 | Rafael dos Anjos |
| 2 | Anthony Pettis |
| 3 | Donald Cerrone |
| 4 | Eddie Alvarez |
| 5 | Will Brooks |
| 6 | Gilbert Melendez |
| 7 | Tony Ferguson |
| 8 | Nathan Diaz |
| 9 | Michael Johnson |
| 10 | Michael Chandler |
| 11 | Edson Barboza |
| 12 | Beneil Dariush |
| 13 | Dustin Poirier |
| 14 | Al Iaquinta |
| 15 | Justin Gaethje |
Others receiving votes: Bobby Green, Josh Thomson
FEATHERWEIGHT
| 1 | Conor McGregor |
| 2 | Jose Aldo |
| 3 | Frankie Edgar |
| 4 | Chad Mendes |
| 5 | Max Holloway |
| 6 | Ricardo Lamas |
| 7 | Cub Swanson |
| 8 | Daniel Straus |
| 9 | Charles Oliveira |
| 10 | Patricio Freire |
| 11 | Daniel Weichel |
| 12 | Pat Curran |
| 13 | Jeremy Stephens |
| 14 | Dennis Bermudez |
| 15 | Thiago Tavares |
Others receiving votes: NONE
BANTAMWEIGHT
| 1 | T.J. Dillashaw |
| 2 | Dominick Cruz |
| 3 | Renan Barao |
| 4 | Urijah Faber |
| 5 | Raphael Assunção |
| 6 | Marlon Moraes |
| 7 | Aljamain Sterling |
| 8 | Bibiano Fernandes |
| 9 | Marcos Galvao |
| 10 | Joe Warren |
| 11 | Thomas Almeida |
| 12 | Eduardo Dantas |
| 13 | Bryan Caraway |
| 14 | John Lineker |
| 15 | Takeya Mizugaki |
Others receiving votes: Frankie Saenz, Johnny Eduardo
FLYWEIGHT
| 1 | Demetrious Johnson |
| 2 | Joseph Benavidez |
| 3 | John Dodson |
| 4 | Henry Cejudo |
| 5 | Jussier Formiga |
| 6 | John Moraga |
| 7 | Ian McCall |
| 8 | Kyoji Horiguchi |
| 9 | Zach Makovsky |
| 10 | Ali Bagautinov |
| 11 | Wilson Reis |
| 12 | Dustin Ortiz |
| 13 | Louis Smolka |
| 14 | Sergio Pettis |
| 15 | Ryan Benoit |
Others receiving votes: Chico Camus, Chris Cariaso
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
| 1 | Holly Holm |
| 2 | Ronda Rousey |
| 3 | Miesha Tate |
| 4 | Cat Zingano |
| 5 | Alexis Davis |
| 6 | Amanda Nunes |
| 7 | Julianna Pena |
| 8 | Sara McMann |
| 9 | Valentina Shevchenko |
| 10 | Jessica Eye |
| 11 | Sarah Kaufman |
| 12 | Tonya Evinger |
| 13 | Liz Carmouche |
| 14 | Marion Reneau |
| 15 | Raquel Pennington |
Others receiving votes: Bethe Correira, Jessica Andrade, Lauren Murphy
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
| 1 | Joanna Jedrzejczyk |
| 2 | Calaudia Gadelha |
| 3 | Jessica Aguillar |
| 4 | Carla Esparza |
| 5 | Rose Namajunas |
| 6 | Jessica Penne |
| 7 | Tecia Torres |
| 8 | Karolina Kowalkiewicz |
| 9 | Valérie Létourneau |
| 10 | Livia Renata Souza |
| 11 | Randa Markos |
| 12 | Michele Waterson |
| 13 | Paige Van Zant |
| 14 | Joanne Calderwood |
| 15 | Maryna Moroz |
Others receiving votes: Kalindra Faria, Deanna Bennett, Aisling Daly
[Top photo (c) Gary A. Vasquez via USA Today Sports]
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