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MMA RANKINGS - MMATorch staff rankings for April 2011
Apr 11, 2011 - 8:40:41 AM MMA RANKINGS - MMATorch staff rankings for April 2011

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HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Cain Velasquez (69pts.)
2. Brock Lesnar (58)
3. Junior Dos Santos (53)
4. Fabricio Werdum (47)
5. Shane Carwin (40)
6. Antonio Silva (35)
7. (tie) Alistair Overeem (27)
7. (tie) Frank Mir (27)
9. Fedor Emelianenko (11)
10. Roy Nelson (9)

Others Receiving Votes: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (5), Mike Russow (2), Sergei Kharitonov (2)


LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Jon Jones (70)
2. Mauricio Rua (58)
3. Rashad Evans (56)
4. Quinton Jackson (48)
5. Lyoto Machida (47)
6. Forrest Griffin (36)
7. Ryan Bader (26)
8. Dan Henderson (22)
9. Phil Davis (12)
10. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (5)

Others Receiving Votes: Rafael Cavalcante (2), Muhammed Lawal (1), Rich Franklin (1)


MIDDLEWEIGHT

1. Anderson Silva (70)
2. Chael Sonnen (63)
3. Yushin Okami (56)
4. Nate Marquardt (49)
5. Demian Maia (40)
6. Ronaldo Souza (29)
7. Michael Bisping (20)
8. Jorge Santiago (18)
9. Vitor Belfort (10)
10. Hector Lombard (8)

Others Receiving Votes: Wanderlei Silva (7), Chris Leben (5), Brian Stann (5), Alan Belcher (4), Yoshihiro Akiyama (1)


WELTERWEIGHT

1. Georges St. Pierre (70)
2. Jon Fitch (60)
3. (tie) B.J. Penn (46)
3. (tie) Jake Shields (46)
5. Josh Koscheck (39)
6. Thiago Alves (36)
7. Carlos Condit (29)
8. Nick Diaz (27)
9. Diego Sanchez (14)
10. Paul Daley (8)

Others Receiving Votes: Martin Kampmann (5), Paulo Thiago (4)


LIGHTWEIGHT

1. Frankie Edgar (70)
2. Gray Maynard (63)
3. Gilbert Melendez (53)
4. Eddie Alvarez (45)
5. Kenny Florian (43)
6. Jim Miller (31)
7. Shinya Aoki (28)
8. Melvin Guillard (21)
9. Anthony Pettis (15)
10. Tatsuya Kawajiri (8)

Others Receiving Votes: Sean Sherk (6), Denis Siver (2)


FEATHERWEIGHT

1. Jose Aldo (70)
2. Hatsu Hioki (56)
3. Chad Mendes (52)
4. (tie) Hiroyuki Takaya (35)
4. (tie) Michihiro Omigawa (35)
6. Bibiano Fernandes (27)
7. Mark Hominick (25)
8. Joe Warren (24)
9. Diego Nunes (20)
10. Manny Gamburyan (18)

Others Receiving Votes: Marlon Sandro (17), Dustin Poirier (4), Josh Grispi (1), Eric Koch (1)


BANTAMWEIGHT

1. Dominick Cruz (70)
2. (tie) Joseph Benavidez (58)
2. (tie) Brian Bowles (58)
4. Urijah Faber (48)
5. Miguel Torres (44)
6. Scott Jorgensen (37)
7. Demetrious Johnson (20)
8. Takeya Mizugaki (19)
9. Brad Pickett (15)
10. Eddie Wineland (8)

Others Receiving Votes: Hiroshi Nakamura (3), Masakazu Imanari (2), Michael McDonald (2), Zach Makovsky (1)



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