MMATorch Rankings – April 2016

The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of April 1, 2016.

POUND FOR POUND

Jon Jones art

1 Jon Jones
2 Demetrious Johnson
3 Dominick Cruz
4 Luke Rockhold
5 Rafael dos Anjos
6 T.J. Dillashaw
7 Conor McGregor
8 Frankie Edgar
9 Jose Aldo
10 Fabricio Werdum
11 Robbie Lawler
12 Chris Weidman
13 Daniel Cormier
14 Cain Velasquez
15 Anthony Johnson

Others receiving votes: Nate Diaz, Jacare Souza

HEAVYWEIGHT

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1 Fabricio Werdum
2 Cain Velasquez
3 Stipe Miocic
4 Ben Rothwell
5 Alistair Overeem
6 Travis Browne
7 Junior dos Santos
8 Andrei Arlovski
9 Mark Hunt
10 Josh Barnett
11 Frank Mir
12 Roy Nelson
13 Vitaly Minakov
14 Blagoi Ivanov
15 Fedor Emelianenko

Others receiving votes: Matt Mitrione, Jared Rosholt, Antonio Silva

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

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1 Jon Jones
2 Daniel Cormier
3 Anthony Johnson
4 Alexander Gustafsson
5 Glover Teixeira
6 Ryan Bader
7 Phil Davis
8 Ovince St. Preux
9 Rashad Evans
10 Liam McGeary
11 Quinton Jackson
12 Jimi Manuwa
13 Muhammed Lawal
14 Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
15 Corey Anderson

Others receiving votes: Linton Vassell, Ilir Latifi

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Luke Rockhold (Gary A. Vasquez)

[Photo (c) Gary A Vasquez via USA Today Sports]

1 Luke Rockhold
2 Chris Weidman
3 Yoel Romero
4 Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza
5 Vitor Belfort
6 Lyoto Machida
7 Michael Bisping
8 Tim Kennedy
9 Antonio Silva
10 Gegard Mousasi
11 Dave Branch
12 Robert Whittaker
13 Derek Brunson
14 Thales Leites
15 Uriah Hall

Others receiving votes: NONE

WELTERWEIGHT

Robbie Lawler (Joe Camporeale)
[Photo (c) Joe Camporeale via USA Today Sports]

1 Robbie Lawler
2 Rory MacDonald
3 Carlos Condit
4 Tyron Woodley
5 Stephen Thompson
6 Johny Hendricks
7 Ben Askren
8 Demian Maia
9 Matt Brown
10 Benson Henderson
11 Neil Magny
12 Hector Lombard
13 Rousimar Palhares
14 Jake Shields
15 Tarec Saffiedine

Others receiving votes: Dong Hyun Kim, Andrey Koreshkov

LIGHTWEIGHT

Rafael dos Anjos (Joe Camporeale)
[Photo (c) Joe Camporeale via USA Today Sports]

1 Rafael dos Anjos
2 Anthony Pettis
3 Donald Cerrone
4 Nathan Diaz
5 Eddie Alvarez
6 Will Brooks
7 Tony Ferguson
8 Gilbert Melendez
9 Michael Johnson
10 Michael Chandler
11 Edson Barboza
12 Dustin Poirier
13 Beneil Dariush
14 Al Iaquinta
15 Justin Gaethje

Others receiving votes: Bobby Green

FEATHERWEIGHT

Conor McGregor (Gary A. Vasquez)
[Photo (c) Gary A Vasquez via USA Today Sports]

1 Conor McGregor
2-tie Jose Aldo
2-tie 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-tie Thiago Tavares
15-tie Brian Ortega

Others receiving votes: NONE

BANTAMWEIGHT

Dominick Cruz (Bob DeChiara)
[Photo (c) Bob DeChiara via USA Today Sports]

1 Dominick Cruz
2 T.J. Dillashaw
3 Renan Barao
4 Urijah Faber
5 Marlon Moraes
6 Aljamain Sterling
7 Bibiano Fernandes
8 Thomas Almeida
9 Michael McDonald
10 Marcos Galvao
11 Darrion Caldwell
12 Eduardo Dantas
13 Bryan Caraway
14 John Lineker
15 Joe Warren

Others receiving votes: Frankie Saenz, Takeya Mizugaki, Johnny Eduardo

FLYWEIGHT

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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 Louis Smolka
13 Dustin Ortiz
14 Sergio Pettis
15 Justin Scoggins

Others receiving votes: Ryan Benoit, Chico Camus

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT

Miesha Tate (Jayne Kamin-Oncea)
[Photo (c) Jayne Kamin-Oncea via USA Today Sports]

1 Miesha Tate
2 Ronda Rousey
3 Holly Holm
4 Cat Zingano
5 Amanda Nunes
6 Julianna Pena
7 Sara McMann
8 Valentina Shevchenko
9 Jessica Eye
10 Sarah Kaufman
11 Tonya Evinger
12 Liz Carmouche
13 Raquel Pennington
14 Lauren Murphy
15 Jessica Andrade

Others receiving votes: Bethe Correira, Marion Reneau, Ashlee Evans-Smith

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT

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1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2 Calaudia Gadelha
3 Jessica Aguillar
4 Carla Esparza
5 Rose Namajunas
6 Livia Renata Souza
7 Jessica Penne
8 Tecia Torres
9 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
10 Valérie Létourneau
11 Randa Markos
12 Michele Waterson
13 Paige Van Zant
14 Joanne Calderwood
15 Maryna Moroz

Others receiving votes: Kalindra Faria, Aisling Daly

[Top photo (c) Jayne Kamin-Oncea via USA Today Sports]

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