MMATorch Rankings – December 2016

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

The following are the MMATorch Rankings as of Dec. 1, 2016. These rankings are a composite of nine 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. Dominick Cruz
3. Conor McGregor
4. Daniel Cormier
5. Jose Aldo
6. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
7. Stipe Miocic
8. Jon Jones
9. Tyron Woodley
10. Michael Bisping


Heavyweight

1. Stipe Miocic
t-2. Cain Velasquez
t-2. Fabricio Werdum
4. Alistair Overeem
5. Junior dos Santos
6. Ben Rothwell
7. Derrick Lewis
8. Josh Barnett
9. Mark Hunt
10. Vitaly Minakov

Others receiving more than one vote: Travis Browne, Francis Ngannou


Light Heavyweight

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


Middleweight

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


Welterweight

1. Tyron Woodley
2. Stephen Thompson
3. Robbie Lawler
4. Demian Maia
5. Rory MacDonald
6. Donald Cerrone
t-7. Ben Askren
t-7. Carlos Condit
9. Lorenz Larkin
10. Kelvin Gastelum
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 Johnson
9. Michael Chandler
10. Donald Cerrone
Receiving more than one vote: Michael Chiesa, Will Brooks


Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo
2. Frankie Edgar
3. Max Holloway
4. Anthony Pettis
t-5. Ricardo Lamas
t-5. Cub Swanson
7. Conor McGregor
8. Daniel Straus
9. Jeremy Stephens
t-10. Renan Barao, Doo Ho Choi, Charles Oliveira


Bantamweight

1. Dominick Cruz
2. T.J. Dillashaw
3. Cody Garbrandt
4. John Lineker
5. Jimmie Rivera
6. Raphael Assuncao
7. Marlon Moraes
8. Urijah Faber
t-9. Thomas Almeida
t-9. Bryan Caraway
Others receiving more than one vote: John Dodson, Aljamain Sterling


Flyweight

1. Demetrious Johnson
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Henry Cejudo
4. Kyoji Horiguchi
5. Jussier Formiga
6. Wilson Reis
7. Ian McCall
t-8. Zach Makovsky
t-8. Brandon Moreno
t-8. Dustin Ortiz
t-8. John Moraga
t-8. Tim Elliott
Others receiving more than one vote: Sergio Pettis


Women’s Bantamweight

1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
3. Ronda Rousey
4. Holly Holm
5. Julianna Pena
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. Carla Esparza
5. Jessica Andrade
6. Rose Namajunas
7. Jessica Aguilar
8. Tecia Torres
9. Joanne Calderwood
10. Paige VanZant
Receiving more than one vote: Angela Hill, Valerie Letourneau

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

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