BJPENN.COM Lightweight Top 10 (Updated 02/19/12)
The time to update the BJPENN.COM world rankings is long overdue. There has been a lot of activity in each division and as such we have adjusted our world rankings.
Items such as wins, losses, inactivity, retirement and suspensions all play apart in deciding who should be ranked in the top 10.
Your most recent update is as follows (Continue to page two to see the past rankings and how they have been adjusted.)
Lightweight top 10:
1- Frankie Edgar (UFC Lightweight Champion)
2- Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce Lightweight Champion)
3- Gray Maynard
4- Shinya Aoki (DREAM Lightweight Champion)
5- Benson Henderson
6- Jim Miller
7- Clay Guida
8- Anthony Pettis
9- Nate Diaz
10- Michael Chandler (BELLATOR Lightweight Champion)
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may i ask who has gilbert melendez beat? besides guida and aoki(who doesn’t belong on this list) and guida who has just been chief gatekeeper at the ufc
Of course Gil should be number 2 he hasn’t lost 08 and just tore threw a whole promotion.. If Dan and the rest of these idiots would stop holding him back, he could beat any of the top lw’s in the UFC including Edgar.. And if u think different u than u might be stupid!
*dana
im not saying he cant be number 2. but the fact of the matter is he hasnt been really tested
Of course Gil should be number 2 he hasn’t lost 08 and just tore threw a whole promotion.. If Dana and the rest of these idiots would stop holding him back, he could beat any of the top lw’s in the UFC including Edgar.. And if u think different u than u might be stupid!
1) Hendersen
2) Maynard
3) Diaz
4) Melendez
5) Miller
6) Cerrone
7) Chandler
8) Alverez
9) Pettis
10) Edgar
Nate deserves to be higher!
I thought the same. Nate deserves to be #5. Aoki has not really done a whole lot recently. Just saying. Nate Diaz took it to Gomi and Cerrone……in my opinion in way more fashion then Aoki’s submission game.
defo based on his last outing diaz should be top 5 all of the rankings are wrong they must be based on something other than talent its the only way u could end up with them all so wrong sort ur nappaz out lol
Februar 24, 2012 @ 2:04 pm . .
Maynard higher than bendo ? Aoki hasnt beat anyone of high standard. Diaz should be higher. Lauzon and Cerrone would beat Aoki and Chandler
facts
Anyone could beat anyone.
Ben Henderson at 5. That is questionable. Top 3 no doubt in my mind
Aoki is ****ing garbage. overrated ass fighter
Who made this top 10?
whoever is making these lists should be embarassed, i agree **** gilbert melendez how do you get to #2 lw in the world without fighting ANY top 10 fighters? who gives a **** if he hasnt lost since 08 he hasnt fought anyone worth mentioning except aoki
But then again it’s not his fault he hasn’t gotten the opportunity to fight these guys.. He has called out the UFC for awhile now to make the move and make him apart of the UFC, they haven’t! But looking at the way he fights, statistics, and how he wins, u can make the claim he would be in the mix of the top 3 guys in the UFC! Just wish Dana and Zuffa would let him prove it!
1 ali g 2 muhamed ali 3 big show 4 dog chapman 5 cain valasquez 6 tito 7 frankie edgar 8 gsp 9 manny paqiaou 10 ronda rousey
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Nate should be higher and where is Eddie Alveraze yah i know he lost to chandler but he has been in the top 5 for a long time and he loose one fight and drops off the chart???
Jim Miller is too high on this list, I rate him but probably switch him with Nate, who looked immense against Cerrone. Also No way is there 10 guys at LW that could beat Cerrone, he’s def a top 10 guy. This is the most competitive division in MMA right now so hard to choose. IMO – Benson would beat Aoki and him and Maynard are better than Melendez. Melendez has a great record but who has he really fought….
yep i agree gil is good and could very well be top 5 but until he proves it against top ten fighters he shouldnt be so high, and lets be honest bj at 155 would beat most of that list…
Funny how they scored Edgar with win over bendo. But he will beathim in rematch Edgar remains supreme but bj is and will always b #1
who made this?? aoki lose to eddie alveraz and he aint on here,…then aoiki 3 or 4 he fukin sux…aoki would lose top any top 10 lw in ufc…i cant think of any good names aoki beat ust bunch ***** japs or guys who aint good enougn fight in usa
how is miller higher than Nate? All these top 10s are nonsense.
shinya aoki? whoever put him up all the way up at 4 must be high