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[PBells]

Another thing that comes to mind is weight-class changes and whether it's a one-or-two-time thing or a permanent move. Dodson, for example, is a permanent move IIRC. Donald Cerrone... well his last fight was at 170 and his next scheduled one is as well, so my guess would be it's a permanent but who knows?

My rankings have been updated

[willmma]

Men

135lb
1. Dominick Cruz
2.T.J. Dillashaw
3. Bibiano Fernandes
4. Joseph Benavidez
5. Urijah Faber
6. Renan Barao
7. Jimmie Rivera
8. Aljamain Sterling
9. Marlon Moraes
10. Kyoji Horiguchi

Phil
Joseph is 125 not 135
Care to update your list?

[philphan]

Men

135lb
1. Dominick Cruz
2.T.J. Dillashaw
3. Bibiano Fernandes
4. Joseph Benavidez
5. Urijah Faber
6. Renan Barao
7. Jimmie Rivera
8. Aljamain Sterling
9. Marlon Moraes
10. Kyoji Horiguchi

Phil
Joseph is 125 not 135
Care to update your list?

I'll make the change for this month, if I keep him in the top 10.

[willmma]

I would like to ask my fellow wan... rankers to be ready to post their rankings after the fight this weekend.

Please make sure every fighter listed has proper spelling and weight class. Do not use aliases.
Wikipedia is our source of truth for name spelling and current weight class.

The last fight event this month is Sunday May 29th. I will collect all the data and produce the combined list on Tuesday night May 31st.

Thanks

[willmma]

Hey guys, just a reminder to post your new rankings.
Please use Wikipedia as the source of truth on name spelling and weight class.

I will produce the amalgamated list tomorrow night so please have your rankings in by tomorrow noon the latest.

Thanks

[Indra]

June
Men
125 lb
1. Demetrious Johnson
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Henry Cejudo
4. Jussier Formiga
5. Kyoji Horiguchi
6. Wilson Reis
7. Louis Smolka
8. Zach Makovsky
9. Justin Scoggins
10. Sergio Pettis

135lb
1. Dominick Cruz
2. T.J. Dillashaw
3. Urijah Faber
4. Bibiano Fernandes
5. John Dodson
6. Eduardo Dantas
7. John Lineker
8. Jimmie Rivera
9. Bryan Caraway
10. Marlon Moraes

145lb
1. Conor Mcgregor
2. Frankie Edgar
3. Jose Aldo
4. Max Holloway
5. Daniel Straus
6. Patricio Freire
7. Chad Mendes
8. Charles Oliveira
9. Ricardo Lamas
10. Jeremy Stephens

155lb
1. Rafael Dos Anjos
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Eddie Alvarez
4. Will Brooks
5. Edson Barboza
6. Tony Ferguson
7. Nate Diaz
8. Anthony Pettis
9. Michael Chiesa
10. Gilbert Melendez

170lb
1. Robbie Lawler
2. Stephen Thompson
3. Demian Maia
4. Carlos Condit
5. Johny Hendricks
6. Rory Macdonald
7. Neil Magny
8. Andrey Koreshkov
9. Donald Cerrone
10. Dong Hyun Kim

185lb
1. Luke Rockhold
2. Chris Weidman
3. Ronaldo Souza
4. Yoel Romero
5. Lyoto Machida
6. Gegard Mousasi
7. Vitor Belfort
8. Michael Bisping
9. Robert Whittaker
10. Uriah Hall

205lb
1. Jon Jones
2. Daniel Cormier
3. Anthony Johnson
4. Glover Teixeira
5. Phil Davis
6. Ryan Bader
7. Alexander Gustafsson
8. Liam McGeary
9. Quinton Jackson
10. Mauricio Rua

HW
1. Stipe Miocic
2. Fabricio Werdum
3. Alistair Overeem
4. Cain Velasquez
5. Junior Dos Santos
6. Mark Hunt
7. Travis Browne
8. Ben Rothwell
9. Andrei Arlovski
10. Stefan Struve

P4P
1. Demetrious Johnson
2. Jon Jones
3. Rafael Dos Anjos
4. Luke Rockhold
5. Robbie Lawler
6. Daniel Cormier
7. Dominick Cruz
8. Stipe Miocic
9. Chris Weidman
10. Anthony Johnson

Women
115lb
1. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2. Claudia Gadelha
3. Angela Hill
4. Livia Renata Souza
5. Carla Esparza
6. Rose Namajunas
7. Jessica Aguilar
8. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
9. Mryna Moroz
10. Joanne Calderwood

135lb
1. Miesha Tate
2. Holly Holm
3. Ronda Rousey
4. Tonya Evinger
5. Amanda Nunes
6. Julianna Pena
7. Raquel Pennington
8. Sara Mcmann
9. Liz Carmouche
10. Leslie Smith
(NOTE: Cat Zingano has dropped off the list, her last fight was 2/28/15, same with Alexis Davis and Liz Carmouche, whose last fights were in April 2015. Guess some of these ladies don't like to fight very often...)

[PBells]

Month - June
Men
125 lb
1. Demetrious Johnson
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Henry Cejudo
4. Jussier Da Silva
5. Kyoji Horiguchi
6. Ian McCall
7. Zach Makovsky
8. Justin Scoggins
9. John Moraga
10. Dustin Ortiz

135lb
1. Dominick Cruz
2. TJ Dillashaw
3. Raphael Assuncao
4. Urijah Faber
5. Michael McDonald
6. Bryan Caraway
7. Aljamain Sterling
8. Thomas Almeida
9. Andre Galvao
10. Cody Garbrandt

145lb
1. Conor McGregor
2. Frankie Edgar
3. Jose Aldo
4. Max Holloway
5. Chad Mendes
6. Charles Oliveira
7. Ricardo Lamas
8. Cub Swanson
9. Daniel Straus
10. Patricio Freire

155lb
1. Rafael Dos Anjos
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Eddie Alvarez
4. Nate Diaz
5. Tony Ferguson
6. Edson Barboza
7. Anthony Pettis
8. Michael Chiesa
9. Beneil Dariush
10. Will Brooks

170lb
1. Robbie Lawler
2. Carlos Condit
3. Stephen Thompson
4. Rory MacDonald
5. Demian Maia
6. Johny Hendricks
7. Tyron Woodley
8. Andre Koreshkov
9. Neil Magny
10. Matt Brown

185lb
1. Luke Rockhold
2. Chris Weidman
3. Yoel Romero
4. Ronaldo Souza
5. Michael Bisping
6. Vitor Belfort
7. Anderson Silva
8. Robert Whittaker
9. Gegard Mousasi
10. Lyoto Machida

205lb
1. Jon Jones
2. Daniel Cormier
3. Anthony Johnson
4. Glover Teixeira
5. Alexander Gustafsson
6. Ovince Saint Preux
7. Ryan Bader
8. Rashad Evans
9. Mauricio Rua
10. Liam McGeary

HW
1. Stipe Miocic
2. Fabricio Werdum
3. Alistair Overeem
4. Cain Velasquez
5. Junior Dos Santos
6. Andrei Arlovski
7. Ben Rothwell
8. Mark Hunt
9. Josh Barnett
10. Vitaly Minakov

P4P
1. Jon Jones
2. Demetrious Johnson
3. Rafael Dos Anjos
4. Robbie Lawler
5. Fabricio Werdum
6. Dominick Cruz
7. Luke Rockhold
8. Daniel Cormier
9. Anderson Silva
10. Jose Aldo

Women
115lb
1. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2. Claudia Gadelha
3. Rose Namajunas
4. Valerie Letourneau
5. Tecia Torres
6. Carla Esparza
7. Maryna Moroz
8. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
9. Michelle Waterson
10. Angela Hill

135lb
1. Miesha Tate
2. Holly Holm
3. Ronda Rousey
4. Amanda Nunes
5. Cat Zingano
6. Valentina Shevchenko
7. Sara McMann
8. Tonya Evinger
9. Irene Aldana
10. Raquel Pennington

[BrdrOkm69]

Please use Wikipedia as the source of truth

Pardon the interruption but this is the greatest thing I've ever read

[exsanguinator]

Please use Wikipedia as the source of truth

Pardon the interruption but this is the greatest thing I've ever read

Wikipedia is actually pretty reliable. Cause they make you source everything.

[willmma]

Please use Wikipedia as the source of truth

Pardon the interruption but this is the greatest thing I've ever read

I figured if I suggest we use another source, like Sherdog, as the source of truth for linker, I might get banned

[Indra]

5. Cat Zingano

Hey, you can't do dat, mang. Been over a year since her last fight.

[PBells]

Is that a rule or preference? She was on my May rankings in the same spot

[willmma]

Is that a rule or preference? She was on my May rankings in the same spot

These are valid points many ranking sites drop a fighter after a year of inaction. But sometimes that is a result of injuries or other career delays, not moving away from the sport.

So here on linker we need to come up with rules for us to follow.

I say for example if a player retired, like GSP, not like Conor, then they are off the rankings immediately.

But for inactivity, somehow 1 year is too short. I would be inclined to say 18 months or 2 years.

I call on the site moderators to make a decision, please.

[PBells]

I only had Cat ranked because she has a fight booked, otherwise she probably would've fallen off

[willmma]

Here's my list. I will be honest I didn't check all 100 fighters for in activity > 1 year + no fights booked

Men
125lb
1. Demetrious Johnson
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Kyoji Horiguchi
4. Jussier Formiga
5. Henry Cejudo
6. Wilson Reis
7. Louis Smolka
8. Sergio Pettis
9. Ali Bagautinov
10. John Moraga

135lb
1. Dominick Cruz
2. Bibiano Fernandes
3. Urijah Faber
4. Jimmie Rivera
5. Jimmie Rivera
6. T.J. Dillashaw
7. Marlon Moraes
8. John Lineker
9. John Dodson
10. Bryan Caraway

145lb
1. Frankie Edgar
2. Jose Aldo
3. Patricio Freire
4. Daniel Straus
5. Conor McGregor
6. Max Holloway
7. Ricardo Lamas
8. Pat Curran
9. Chad Mendes
10. Charles Oliveira

155lb
1. Rafael dos Anjos
2. Donald Cerrone
3. Shinya Aoki
4. Eddie Alvarez
5. Will Brooks
6. Khabib Nurmagomedov
7. Tony Ferguson
8. Benson Henderson
9. Justin Gaethje
10. Andrey Koreshkov

170lb
1. Robbie Lawler
2. Demian Maia
3. Ben Askren
4. Neil Magny
5. Rory MacDonald
6. Tyron Woodley
7. Hector Lombard
8. Jake Shields
9. Rousimar Palhares
10. Johny Hendricks

185lb
1. Luke Rockhold
2. Ronaldo Souza
3. Chris Weidman
4. Michael Bisping
5. Anderson Silva
6. Mamed Khalidov
7. Yoel Romero
8. Vitor Belfort
9. David Branch
10. Gegard Mousasi

205lb
1. Jon Jones
2. Daniel Cormier
3. Anthony Johnson
4. Glover Teixeira
5. Phil Davis
6. Ryan Bader
7. Rashad Evans
8. Alexander Gustafsson
9. Maurício Rua
10. Liam McGeary


HW
1. Stipe Miocic
2. Cain Velasquez
3. Fedor Emelianenko
4. Alistair Overeem
5. Junior dos Santos
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Travis Browne
8. Andrei Arlovski
9. Josh Barnett
10. Ben Rothwell

P4P
1. Jon Jones
2. Rafael dos Anjos
3. Robbie Lawler
4. Stipe Miocic
5. Donald Cerrone
6. Daniel Cormier
7. Demetrious Johnson
8. Luke Rockhold
9. Dominick Cruz
10. Conor McGregor

Women
115lb
1. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2. Jessica Aguilar
3. Claudia Gadelha
4. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
5. Joanne Calderwood
6. Carla Esparza
7. Maryna Moroz
8. Rose Namajunas
9. Valerie Letourneau
10. Tecia Torres

135lb
1. Miesha Tate
2. Ronda Rousey
3. Holly Holm
4. Cat Zingano
5. Sara McMann
6. Amanda Nunes
7. Valentina Shevchenko
8. Bethe Correia
9. Raquel Pennington
10. Jessica Eye