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MMA Torch Rankings - January 2016
Jan 1, 2016 - 1:05:22 PM MMA Torch Rankings - January 2016

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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



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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