Top 10 MMA rankings

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10. Dan Henderson
Points: 22
Affiliation: Free agent
Weight class: Middleweight/Light heavyweight
Hometown: Murrieta, Calif.
Record: 25-7 (won past three)
Last month’s ranking: unranked
Most recent result: def. Michael Bisping, R2 KO, July 11
Analysis: Henderson, still considered Strikeforce-bound, is looking for one last big contract, and at 39 and coming off a string of high-profile wins, who can blame him?

9. Brian Bowles
Points: 26
Affiliation: WEC
Weight class: Bantamweight (WEC bantamweight champion)
Hometown: Athens, Ga.
Record: 8-0
Last month’s ranking: 9
Most recent result: def. Miguel Torres, R1 TKO, Aug. 9
Analysis:Remains behind the man he beat, Torres, despite his decisive title victory.

8. Miguel Angel Torres
Points: 33
Affiliation: WEC
Weight class: Bantamweight
Hometown: East Chicago, Ind.
Record: 36-2 (lost last one)
Last month’s ranking: T7
Most recent result: lost to Brian Bowles, R1 TKO, Aug. 9
Analysis: Still no date or opponent set for his next fight.

7. Mauricio Rua
Points: 42
Affiliation: UFC
Weight class: Light heavyweight
Hometown: Curitiba, Brazil
Record: 18-4 (lost last one)
Last month’s ranking: T7
Most recent result: lost to Lyoto Machida, unanimous decision, Oct. 24
Analysis: Has several months to fine-tune his game for his rematch with Machida.

6. Jose Aldo
Points: 61
Affiliation: WEC
Weight class: Featherweight (WEC featherweight champion)
Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Record: 16-1 (won last nine)
Last month’s ranking: unranked
Most recent result: def. Mike Brown, R2 TKO, Nov. 18
Analysis:The 23-year-old Aldo’s striking is so flawless that it’s tough not to wonder how he’ll fare when he gets older and bumps up to 155.

5. Lyoto Machida
Points: 102
Affiliation: UFC
Weight class: Light heavyweight
Hometown: Belem, Brazil
Record: 16-0 (won last 16)
Last month’s ranking: 4
Most recent result: def. Mauricio Rua, unanimous decision, Oct. 24
Analysis:Few believe he deserved the decision against “Shogun,” but he’ll have a chance to do it again.

4. B.J. Penn
Points: 107
Affiliation: UFC
Weight class: Lightweight (UFC lightweight champion)
Hometown: Hilo, Hawaii
Record: 14-5-1 (won last one)
Last month’s ranking: 4
Most recent result: def. Kenny Florian, R4 submission, Aug. 8
Analysis: The only major champion with a fight on his docket, Penn will be challenged by Diego Sanchez’s manic style on Dec. 12.


3. Fedor Emelianenko
Points: 146 (five first-place votes)
Affiliation: Strikeforce/M-1 (never lost PRIDE title)
Weight class: Heavyweight
Hometown: Stary Oskol, Russia
Record: 31-1, one no-contest (won last 11)
Last month’s ranking: 3
Most recent result: def. Brett Rogers, R2 KO, Nov. 7
Analysis: Emelianenko had a highlight-reel knockout of Brett Rogers and closed the gap with St. Pierre from 13 points last month to six. But it’s hard to picture Fedor moving up at this stage unless St. Pierre or Silva lose.

2. Georges St. Pierre
Points: 152 (five first-place votes)
Affiliation: UFC
Weight class: Welterweight (UFC welterweight champion)
Hometown: Saint-Isidore, Quebec
Record: 19-2 (won last six)
Last month’s ranking: 2
Most recent result: def. Thiago Alves, unanimous decision, July 11
Analysis: Has an opponent lined up in Dan Hardy, who few feel poses St. Pierre a major challenge.

1. Anderson Silva
Points: 157 (seven first-place votes)
Affiliation: UFC
Weight class: Middleweight (UFC middleweight champion)
Hometown: Curitiba, Brazil
Record: 24-4 (won last 10)
Last month’s ranking: 1
Most recent result: def. Forrest Griffin, R1 KO, Aug. 8
Analysis: Silva’s elbow still hasn’t quite come along, which means a planned February date for a match with Vitor Belfort is out the window.

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• Votes for others: Brock Lesnar 19; Gegard Mousasi 11; Urijah Faber, Rashad Evans 8; Mike Brown 7; Quinton Jackson 6; Shinya Aoki 4.

I know Brock has not been able to fight recently, but how is he not in the top 10? He is a World Champion.

Well these are P4P rankings and they're suppose to eliminate any weight advantages and let's face it, a large part of Brock's success has been in his size.

I would've thrown Fitch up there and dropped Shogun from the list though. I don't think 1 good fight, regardless of whether it was against Machida or not, should rocket you up the list.

Do you think we might see Henderson vs. Fedor?

Has Hendo talked about moving up a weight class or is it just like a fantasy catchweight bout you're asking me about?

It says that he is probably going to Strikeforce, so I was just thinking that Henderson has fought in as a heavywieght before, I think? I guess it would be a fantasy match up at this point.

I know Hendo has fought at welterweight before with Pride (and I believe won their grand prix). I don't recall him fighting at heavyweight though.

I'm still not too sure whether they would hook up because of the large weight difference. He's fought at WW, competed regularly at MW, and has little experience at LHW. So I'd figure he's more natural at MW, so he'd need to jump 2 divisions and that's hard to do. Even Silva jumping 2 divisions is a question mark and he's drastically better than Hendo.

If I had to choose, I'd rather him stay in the middleweight division. There are some guys for him there like Cung Le (if he doesn't run off and do movies), Robbie Lawler, Frank Shamrock, and of course Jake Shields.

Cool. I was thinking that he fought at heavy weight in Pride, my bad.