The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of December 1, 2015.
POUND FOR POUND
1 Jon Jones
2 Jose Aldo
3 Demetrious Johnson
4 Chris Weidman
5 T.J. Dillashaw
6 Dominick Cruz
7 Fabricio Werdum
8 Frankie Edgar
9-tie Rafael dos Anjos
9-tie Robbie Lawler
11 Cain Velasquez
12 Daniel Cormier
13 Luke Rockhold
14 Conor McGregor
15 Johny Hendricks
Others receiving votes: Chad Mendes, Anthony Pettis, Jacare Souza
HEAVYWEIGHT
1 Fabricio Werdum
2 Cain Velasquez
3 Junior dos Santos
4 Andrei Arlovski
5 Stipe Miocic
6 Travis Browne
7 Josh Barnett
8 Ben Rothwell
9 Mark Hunt
10 Alistair Overeem
11 Frank Mir
12 Roy Nelson
13 Matt Mitrione
14 Jared Rosholt
15 Blagoi Ivanov
Others receiving votes: Vitaly Minakov, Antonio Silva
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
1 Jon Jones
2 Daniel Cormier
3 Anthony Johnson
4 Alexander Gustafsson
5 Glover Teixeira
6 Ryan Bader
7 Phil Davis
8 Rashad Evans
9 Ovince St. Preux
10 Liam McGeary
11 Quinton Jackson
12 Jimi Manuwa
13 Emanuel Newton
14 Muhammed Lawal
15 Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
Others receiving votes: Dave Branch, Goran Reljic, Gian Villante
MIDDLEWEIGHT
1 Chris Weidman
2 Luke Rockhold
3 Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza
4 Yoel Romero
5 Lyoto Machida
6 Anderson Silva
7 Vitor Belfort
8 Tim Kennedy
9 Michael Bisping
10 Dave Branch
11 Thales Leites
12 Robert Whittaker
13 Uriah Hall
14 Gegard Mousasi
15 Roan Carneiroi
Others receiving votes: CB Dollaway, 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 Rousimar Palhares
11 Demian Maia
12 Jake Shields
13 Neil Magny
14 Stephen Thompson
15 Dong Hyun Kim
Others receiving votes: Kelvin Gastelum, Gunnar Nelson, Tarec Saffiedine, Andrey Koreshkov
LIGHTWEIGHT
1 Rafael dos Anjos
2 Anthony Pettis
3 Donald Cerrone
4 Eddie Alvarez
5 Will Brooks
6 Gilbert Melendez
7 Michael Johnson
8 Edson Barboza
9 Tony Ferguson
10 Michael Chandler
11 Beneil Dariush
12 Dustin Poirier
13 Al Iaquinta
14 Myles Jury
15 Justin Gaethje
Others receiving votes: Bobby Green, Josh Thomson, Rashid Magomedov
FEATHERWEIGHT
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Conor McGregor
4 Chad Mendes
5 Max Holloway
6 Ricardo Lamas
7 Cub Swanson
8 Daniel Straus
9 Charles Oliveira
10 Patricio Freire
11 Nik Lentz
12 Jeremy Stephens
13 Daniel Weichel
14 Pat Curran
15 Dennis Bermudez
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 Bibiano Fernandes
8 Aljamain Sterling
9 Marcos Galvao
10 Joe Warren
11 Thomas Almeida
12 Eduardo Dantas
13 Bryan Caraway
14 John Lineker
15 Takeya Mizugaki
Others receiving votes: Johnny Eduardo, Frankie Saenz
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 Dustin Ortiz
12 Wilson Reis
13 Louis Smolka
14 Sergio Pettis
15 Chico Camus
Others receiving votes: Chris Cariaso, Ryan Benoit
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
1 Holly Holm
2 Ronda Rousey
3 Miesha Tate
4 Cat Zingano
5 Alexis Davis
6 Sarah Kaufman
7 Amanda Nunes
8 Julianna Pena
9 Sara McMann
10 Jessica Eye
11 Tonya Evinger
12 Liz Carmouche
13 Marion Reneau
14 Bethe Correira
15 Raquel Pennington
Others receiving votes: Lauren Murphy, Jessica Andrade
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2 Calaudia Gadelha
3 Jessica Aguillar
4 Carla Esparza
5 Jessica Penne
6 Rose Namajunas
7 Randa Markos
8 Tecia Torres
9 Valérie Létourneau
10 Livia Renata Souza
11 Paige Van Zant
12 Michele Waterson
13 Joanne Calderwood
14 Kalindra Faria
15 Maryna Moroz
Others receiving votes: Aisling Daly, Karolina Deanna Bennett, Karolina Kowalkiewicz
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