MMATorch Rankings – January 2017

Demetrious Johnson (photo credit Jayne Kamin-Oncea © USA Today Sports)

The following are the MMATorch Rankings as of Jan. 10, 2016. These rankings are a composite of MMATorch contributors’ rankings in each division. Thanks to MMATorch contributor Michael Hiscoe for compiling the ratings votes from each contributor for this feature.


Pound for Pound

1.Demetrious Johnson
2. Conor McGregor
3. Jon Jones
4. Daniel Cormier
5. Jose Aldo
6. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
7. Stipe Miocic
8. Cody Garbrandt
9. Michael Bisping
10. Dominick Cruz
Receiving more than one vote: Tyron Woodley


Heavyweight

1. Stipe Miocic
2. Fabricio Werdum
3. Cain Velasquez
4. Alistair Overeem
5. Junior dos Santos
6. Ben Rothwell
7. Derrick Lewis
8. Mark Hunt
9 Josh Barnett
10. Francis Ngannou
Receiving more than one vote: Vitaly Minakov


Light Heavyweight

1. Daniel Cormier
2. Jon Jones
3. Anthony Johnson
4. Alexander Gustafsson
5. Ryan Bader
6. Glover Teixeira
7. Phil Davis
8. Jimi Manuwa
9. Liam McGeary
10. Ovince Saint-Preux


Middleweight

1. Michael Bisping
2. Jacare Souza
3. Yoel Romero
4. Luke Rockhold
5. Gegard Mousasi
6. Chris Weidman
7. Robert Whittaker
8. Anderson Silva
9. David Branch
10. Derek Brunson
Receiving more than one vote: Vitor Belfort


Welterweight

1. Tyron Woodley
2. Stephen Thompson
3. Robbie Lawler
4. Demian Maia
5. Donald Cerrone
6. Rory MacDonald
7. Carlos Condit
8. Ben Askren
9. Lorenz Larkin
10. Dong Hyun Kim
Receiving more than one vote: Neil Magny


Lightweight

1. Conor McGregor
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Tony Ferguson
4. Eddie Alvarez
5. Rafael dos Anjos
6. Edson Barboza
7. Nate Diaz
8. Michael Chandler
9. Michael Johnson
10. Michael Chiesa


Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo
2. Max Holloway
3. Frankie Edgar
4. Cub Swanson
5. Ricardo Lamas
6. Daniel Straus
7. Jeremy Stephens
8. Anthony Pettis
9. Doo Ho Choi
10. Conor McGregor
Receiving more than one vote: Charles Oliveira


Bantamweight

1. Cody Garbrandt
2. Dominick Cruz
3. TJ Dillashaw
4. John Lineker
5. Marlon Moraes
6. Jimmie Rivera
7. John Dodson
8. Raphael Assuncao
9. Eduardo Dantas
10. Bryan Caraway
Receiving more than one vote: Thomas Almeida


Flyweight

1. Demetrious Johnson
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Henry Cejudo
4. Kyoji Horiguchi
5. Jussier Formiga
6. Wilson Reis
7. Ian McCall
8. Tim Elliott
9. John Moraga
10. Ali Bagautinov
Receiving more than one vote: Brandon Moreno, Dustin Ortiz


Women’s Bantamweight

1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
3. Julianna Pena
4. Holly Holm
5. Ronda Rousey
6. Raquel Pennington
7. Cat Zingano
8. Sara McMann
9. Tonya Evinger
10. Liz Carmouche


Women’s Strawweight

1. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2. Claudia Gadelha
3. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
4. Rose Namajunas
5. Carla Esparza
6. Jessica Andrade
7. Jessica Aguilar
8. Tecia Torres
9. Michelle Waterson
10. Paige VanZant
Receiving more than one vote: Joanne Calderwood, Alex Grasso


NOW CHECK OUT LAST MONTH’S RANKINGS: MMATorch Rankings – December 2016

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