HW Rankings 2001-2009

[Johan Lofgren]

Since people argue about how fighters were ranked when for example Fedor fought them I find old rankings interesting. These rankings are hard to find. Enjoy!

May 2001

1. Mark Coleman
2. Randy Couture
3. Pedro Rizzo
4. Igor Vovchanchin
5. Kazuyuki Fujita
6. Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira
7. Heath Herring
8. Valentijn Overeem
9. Mark Kerr
10. Tra Telligman

July 2001

1. Mark Coleman
2. Randy Couture
3. Igor Vovchanchin
4. Pedro Rizzo
5. Kazuyuki Fujita
6. Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira
7. Heath Herring
8. Mark Kerr
9. Josh Barnett
10. Tra Telligman

November 2001

1. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
2. Randy Couture
3. Heath Herring
4. Mark Coleman
5. Josh Barnett
6. Pedro Rizzo
7. Igor Vovchanchyn
8. Kazuyuki Fujita
9. Mario Sperry
10. Ricco Rodriguez

June 2002

1. Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira
2. Josh Barnett
3. Heath Herring
4. Randy Couture
5. Pedro Rizzo
6. Mark Coleman
7. Ricco Rodriguez
8. Igor Vovchanchyn
9. Mario Sperry
10.Semmy Schilt

October 2003

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
3. Josh Barnett
4. Mirko Filipovic
5. Tim Sylvia
6. Andrei Arlovski
7. Heath Herring
8. Mark Coleman
9. Wesley Correira
10. Travis Wiuff

May 2004

1. Fedor Emelianeko
2. Minotauro Nogueira
3. Tim Sylvia
4. Josh Barnett
5. Mirko Cro Cop
6. Andrei Arlovksi
7. Heath Herring
8. Pedro Rizzo
9. Semmy Schilt
10.Frank Mir

November 2004

1. Fedor Emelianeko
2. Minotauro Nogueira
3. Mirko Cro Cop
4. Frank Mir
5. Josh Barnett
6. Andrei Arlovski
7. Tim Sylvia
8. Sergei Kharitonov
9. Heath Herring
10. Justin Eilers

May 2005

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria
3. Mirko Cro-Cop Filipovic
4. Andrei Arlovski
5. Frank Mir
6. Sergei Kharitonov
7. Josh Barnett
8. Heath Herring
9. Aleksander Emelianenko
10. Tim Sylvia

September 2005

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueria
3. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic
4. Andrei Arlovski
5. Sergei Kharitonov
6. Tim Sylvia
7. Aleksander Emelianenko
8. Fank Mir
9. Josh Barnett
10. Fabricio Werdum

January 2006

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
3. Andrei Arlovski
4. Sergey Kharitonov
5. Mirko Filipovic
6. Mark Hunt
7. Tim Sylvia
8. Aleksander Emelianenko
9. Fabricio Werdum
10. Jeff Monson

September 2006

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Mirko Filipovic
3. Josh Barnett
4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
5. Tim Sylvia
6. Andrei Arlovski
7. Aleksander Emelianenko
8. Mark Hunt
9. Fabricio Werdum
10. Jeff Monson

January 2007

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Mirko Fillipovic
3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
4. Josh Barnett
5. Tim Sylvia
6. Andrei Arlovski
7. Fabricio Werdum
8. Mark Hunt
9. Brandon Vera
10. Aleksandr Emelianenko

August 2007

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera
3. Gabriel Gonzaga
4. Mirko Filipovic
5. Josh Barnett
6. Randy Couture
7. Tim Sylvia
8. Andre Arlovski
9. Fabrizio Werdum
10. Alexander Emelianenko

September 2007

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Randy Couture
3. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera
4. Josh Barnett
5. Gabriel Gonzaga
6. Tim Sylvia
7. Andre Arlovski
8. Fabrizio Werdum
9. Cheik Kongo
10. Mirko Filipovic

December 2007

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Randy Couture
3. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera
4. Tim Sylvia
5. Josh Barnett
6. Gabriel Gonzaga
7. Andre Arlovski
8. Fabricio Werdum
9. Cheick Kongo
10. Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic

February 2008

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera
3. Randy Couture
4. Tim Sylvia
5. Andre Arlovski
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Gabriel Gonzaga
8. Cheick Kongo
9. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic
10. Ben Rothwell

June 2008

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
3. Randy Couture
4. Tim Sylvia
5. Andrei Arlovski
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Josh Barnett
8. Gabriel Gonzaga
9. Mirko Filipovic
10. Ben Rothwell

September 2008

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
3. Josh Barnett
4. Randy Couture
5. Andrei Arlovski
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Tim Sylvia
8. Gabriel Gonzaga
9. Ben Rothwell
10. Mirko Filipovic

January 2009

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Andrei Arlovski
3. Josh Barnett
4. Frank Mir
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
6. Brock Lesnar
7. Randy Couture
8. Gabriel Gonzaga
9. Tim Sylvia
10. Cheick Kongo

March 2009

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Andrei Arlovski
3. Josh Barnett
4. Frank Mir
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
6. Brock Lesnar
7. Randy Couture
8. Tim Sylvia
9. Ben Rothwell
10. Alistair Overeem

June 2009

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Josh Barnett
3. Frank Mir
4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
5. Brock Lesnar
6. Randy Couture
7. Brett Rogers
8. Andrei Arlovski
9. Shane Carwin
10. Alistair Overeem

September 2009

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Brock Lesnar
3. Josh Barnett
4. Frank Mir
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
6. Brett Rogers
7. Andrei Arlovski
8. Randy Couture
9. Shane Carwin
10. Junior Dos Santos

[nodogoshi]

Source, please.

[Johan Lofgren]

Source, please.

Mostly mmaweekly from 2001-07 then sherdog from 07 on.

[nodogoshi]

Source, please.

Mostly mmaweekly from 2001-07 then sherdog from 07 on.

Thanks. I've been curious to see a timeline-based ranking of this sort. The source is important, I think.

[DB]

Fedor is a GOAT, rankings even show that

[Johan Lofgren]

Source, please.

Mostly mmaweekly from 2001-07 then sherdog from 07 on.

Thanks. I've been curious to see a timeline-based ranking of this sort. The source is important, I think.

Yeah there aren´t many rankings out there from back then. Right now I think the Consensus rankings are most accurate.

[nodogoshi]

Source, please.

Mostly mmaweekly from 2001-07 then sherdog from 07 on.

Thanks. I've been curious to see a timeline-based ranking of this sort. The source is important, I think.

Yeah there aren´t many rankings out there from back then. Right now I think the Consensus rankings are most accurate.

Frankly, rankings now are a joke.

Ever since Fedor lost and Lesnar was somehow elevated to #1, I haven't seen a decent top 10 list, period.

Cain is a hell of a fighter, but he isn't the #1 heavyweight. Frankly, Werdum should be #1 imo. I rate Fedor behind him at #2; even though I think Fedor is better, he needs to prove it. For all we know, Werdum could beat him again. I don't mind Cain at #3. I don't consider Lesnar top 5, but I understand he's there as much for politics as anything.

[Johan Lofgren]

Source, please.

Mostly mmaweekly from 2001-07 then sherdog from 07 on.

Thanks. I've been curious to see a timeline-based ranking of this sort. The source is important, I think.

Yeah there aren´t many rankings out there from back then. Right now I think the Consensus rankings are most accurate.

Frankly, rankings now are a joke.

Ever since Fedor lost and Lesnar was somehow elevated to #1, I haven't seen a decent top 10 list, period.

Cain is a hell of a fighter, but he isn't the #1 heavyweight. Frankly, Werdum should be #1 imo. I rate Fedor behind him at #2; even though I think Fedor is better, he needs to prove it. For all we know, Werdum could beat him again. I don't mind Cain at #3. I don't consider Lesnar top 5, but I understand he's there as much for politics as anything.

I agree the rankings are overrating the UFC fighters. Fedor and Werdum should be #1 and 2 IMO.

[Nycto Da 6'0]

Yep. Werdum is the first guy to beat a 7 year standing #1 Heavyweight, and goes to 3 on most lists, but Edgar jumps someone like Alvarez to go from #8 to #1 for out pointing BJ. Serra goes from 10 or whatever to #1 for beating GSP. Every UFC fighting in the post TUF era has jumped to #1 after beating the #1 guy, but no if you finish him in 69 seconds, being the first one ever.

[goddamnsleepingpill]

great thread and excellent point Nycto, ufc fighters are gods and all other fighters are fucking peasants to every pussy ass kissing writer out there.

[Johan Lofgren]

The UFC HW division is built on Big Nog. This is how the fighters got their ranking:

Unranked Mir beat #2 Nog to become #3 HW in the world.

Lesnar beat #3 Mir and became #2.

Carwin beat Mir and became #4.

Cain beat Nog to become #3.

Lesnar beat Carwin to become #1.
Cain beat Lesnar to become #1.

[kinosis]

The UFC HW division is built on Big Nog. This is how the fighters got their ranking:

Unranked Mir beat #2 Nog to become #3 HW in the world.

Lesnar beat #3 Mir and became #2.

Carwin beat Mir and became #4.

Cain beat Nog to become #3.

Lesnar beat Carwin to become #1.
Cain beat Lesnar to become #1.

Yeah, it's a complete joke. And once those guys get tot he top it's like they can never drop. Lesnar has gotten the crap kicked out of him twice in a row and didn't even fight for a year before that, and sherdog STILL has him at #2?! Frankly, most of the ufc guys belong at the end of the top 10 list, they are about like Bigfoot in terms of doing big things.....except they don't have as many fights.

[London Calling]

There was a good Sherdog thread before that had a list of all the rankings they had ever released, but unfortunately it got deleted. One of the people here at TT made it.

no clue why it got deleted

[Johan Lofgren]

The UFC HW division is built on Big Nog. This is how the fighters got their ranking:

Unranked Mir beat #2 Nog to become #3 HW in the world.

Lesnar beat #3 Mir and became #2.

Carwin beat Mir and became #4.

Cain beat Nog to become #3.

Lesnar beat Carwin to become #1.
Cain beat Lesnar to become #1.

Yeah, it's a complete joke. And once those guys get tot he top it's like they can never drop. Lesnar has gotten the crap kicked out of him twice in a row and didn't even fight for a year before that, and sherdog STILL has him at #2?! Frankly, most of the ufc guys belong at the end of the top 10 list, they are about like Bigfoot in terms of doing big things.....except they don't have as many fights.

And like you said before Barnett deserves to be Top 10. He was #2 in 2009 and is undefeated since 2006.

[blueyedsamurai]

serra moved to number 1 after beating GSP and that should of happened to werdum, but it was a chance for the zuffa sites to claim the top spot finally which is why its bullshit

[Nycto Da 6'0]

The UFC HW division is built on Big Nog. This is how the fighters got their ranking:

Unranked Mir beat #2 Nog to become #3 HW in the world.

Lesnar beat #3 Mir and became #2.

Carwin beat Mir and became #4.

Cain beat Nog to become #3.

Lesnar beat Carwin to become #1.
Cain beat Lesnar to become #1.

Don't leave CroCop and thus, Gonzaga out of this too

[Johan Lofgren]

The UFC HW division is built on Big Nog. This is how the fighters got their ranking:

Unranked Mir beat #2 Nog to become #3 HW in the world.

Lesnar beat #3 Mir and became #2.

Carwin beat Mir and became #4.

Cain beat Nog to become #3.

Lesnar beat Carwin to become #1.
Cain beat Lesnar to become #1.

Don't leave CroCop and thus, Gonzaga out of this too

Yeah they were involved but what gave the UFC #1 and #2 was Nogs #2 ranking.

[sakuraba78]

The UFC HW division is built on Big Nog. This is how the fighters got their ranking:

Unranked Mir beat #2 Nog to become #3 HW in the world.

Lesnar beat #3 Mir and became #2.

Carwin beat Mir and became #4.

Cain beat Nog to become #3.

Lesnar beat Carwin to become #1.
Cain beat Lesnar to become #1.

war johan!! same with gg and cc

[Johan Lofgren]

The UFC HW division is built on Big Nog. This is how the fighters got their ranking:

Unranked Mir beat #2 Nog to become #3 HW in the world.

Lesnar beat #3 Mir and became #2.

Carwin beat Mir and became #4.

Cain beat Nog to become #3.

Lesnar beat Carwin to become #1.
Cain beat Lesnar to become #1.

war johan!! same with gg and cc

The truth is out there..

[overhand right]

Fedor has always been fighting top 10 opponents. there's been a shift in power in the HW rankings since the fall of Pride in 2007 to the UFC and has continued to do so. This has left the choice of opponents for Fedor somewhat limited but he's continued to fight top 10 guys from outside the UFC. A successful run in the SF heavyweight tourney ought to give him 2 fringe or actual top 5 opponents.