The following rankings were compiled by a list of pollsters including professional fighters, MMA journalists, and the MMA Fury staff. The rankings were finalized on June 11, 2008. Any fights beyond that date are not taken into account in the below lists. Bold names indicate WAMMA or UFC/WEC title holders.



HEAVYWEIGHT - 265 lbs.
1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Josh Barnett
3. Frank Mir
4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
5. Andrei Arlovski
6. Brock Lesnar
7. Randy Couture
8. Tim Sylvia
9. Mirko Cro Cop
10. Fabricio Werdum


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT - 205 lbs.
1. Lyoto Machida
2. Rashad Evans
3. Forrest Griffin
4. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
5. Quinton "Rampage Jackson
6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
7. Wanderlei Silva
8. Renato "Babalu" Sobral
9. Keith Jardine
10. Rich Franklin


MIDDLEWEIGHT - 185 lbs.
1. Anderson Silva
2. Dan Henderson
3. Nate Marquardt
4. Jorge Santiago
5. Robbie Lawler
6. Yushin Okami
7. Vitor Belfort
8. Demian Maia
9. Chael Sonnen
10. Kazuo Misaki


WELTERWEIGHT - 170 lbs.
1. George St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Thiago Alves
4. Jake Sheilds
5. Josh Koscheck
6. Matt Hughes
7. Martin Kampmann
8. Carlos Condit
9. Karo Parisyan
10. Paulo Thiago


LIGHTWEIGHT - 155 lbs.
1. Shinya Aoki
2. Eddie Alvarez
3. Joachim Hansen
4. B.J. Penn
5. Tatsuya Kawajiri
6. Kenny Florian
7. Josh Thompson
8. JZ Calvancante
9. Frankie Edgar
10. Diego Sanchez


FEATHERWEIGHT - 145 lbs.
1. Mike Brown
2. Uriah Faber
3. Wagney Fabiano
4. Hatsu Hioki
5. Takeshi Inoue
6. Jeff Curran
7. Jose Aldo
8. Joe Warren
9. Leonard Garcia
10. Antonio Carvalho


BANTAMWEIGHT - 135 lbs.
1. Miguel Torres
2. Brian Bowles
3. Masakatsu Ueda
4. Koetsu Okazaki
5. Marcos Galvao
6. Takeya Mizugaki
7. Will Ribeiro
8. Chase Beebe
9. Manny Tapia
10. Atsushi Yamamoto