Pretty sure these rankings were updated immediately after UFC 159, but as I pick them up today, they're dated Thursday. Maybe they corrected some typos? I dunno. Nobody really seems to be archiving these things besides me. (I'm sure somebody else is, but I'm too lazy to spend much time looking. If you find one, let me know!)
Voting panel (74): Marcelo Alonso (Portal do Vale-Tudo ) Kenai Andrews (MMA Crossfire) Ian Bain (MMAOpinion.co.uk) Jeremy Botter (Houston Chronicle/Bleacher Report) * David Brown (Cherokee Scout) Andrea Bruni (MMA Café ) Tim Burke (Bloody Elbow) Romain Cadot (vladusport.com) Jeff Cain (MMAWeekly.com) Flavio Canto (Sensei SporTV) Fraser Coffeen (Bloody Elbow) Steve Cofield (ESPN Radio) Jorge Corrêa (UOL (Brazil)) Davi Correia (Veja.com) Mark Daniels (Boston Herald) Stephanie Daniels (Tapout Radio) ** Gareth A Davies (Daily Telegraph UK) * Gene DeAngelo (WWUZ FM) Mauricio Deho (UOL (Brazil)) Dave Deibert (Post Media News) Kevin Dodrill (Fisher Radio) Bob Emanuel (Scripps Howard News Service) Christoffer Esping (MMAnytt.se) Heidi Fang (MMA Fight Corner) Paulo Favero (O Estado de S Paulo ) Steve Feitl (Asbury Park Press) Joe Fernandez (Chicago Sun-Times) Joe Ferraro (Sportsnet) Mario Filho (OSS TV) Jason Floyd (TheMMAReport.com) Scott Fontana (amNewYork) Ryan Frederick (InsideFights.com) Frank Fuhrig (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) Grant Gordon (Burbank Leader) T.P. Grant (Bloody Elbow) Andreas Hale (FightNews) Chris Hall (Bloody Elbow) * George Halvatzis Jr. (MMAmania.com) Randy Harris (WTAN Sports) Simon Head (Mirror Online) Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com) Rafa Hernandez (Univision) Ana Hissa (Mundo da Luta ) Dennis Holstein (Genickbruch.com) Steve Jeffery (CFMU 93.3 FM) Mike Johnston (Sportsnet) Steve Juon (Wrestling Observer) Abe Kanan (The Abe Kanan Show SiriusXM) Case Keefer (Las Vegas Sun) Ron Kruck (Inside MMA) Johan Lekeborn (Fightplay.tv) Claudia Lima (VIP) Alexandre Matos (MMA Brasil) Justin Mayer (Armed Forces Network) Franklin McNeil (ESPN.com) Jani Mesikämmen (FightSport Magazine) Eric O'Brien (Clear Channel) Chris Palmquist (MixedMartialArts.com) Eddie Pappani (KIOZ San Diego) Nick Peet (Fighters Only) Klima Pessanha (Globoesporte.com) Ken Pishna (MMAWeekly.com) Marc Raimondi (NY Post) Ivan Raupp (Globoesporte.com) Fernando Rudnick (Gazeta do Povo) Marcelo Russio (Canal Combate ) Wojslaw Rysiewski (MMARocks.pl) Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Neil Springer (Sun Media) Ski Stachofsky (Impact Syndicate) * Michael Steczkowski (Fightline.com) Dorian Szuecs (groundandpound.de) Jeff Wagenheim (SI.com) Artem Yalanskiy (iSport.ua)
* not in previous panel ** did not submit pound-for-pound rankings
Pound-for-Pound 1 Anderson Silva 2 Jon Jones 3 Georges St-Pierre 4 Jose Aldo 5 Benson Henderson 6 Cain Velasquez 7 Demetrious Johnson 8 Renan Barao 9 Dominick Cruz 10 Frankie Edgar
Flyweight Champion : Demetrious Johnson 1 Joseph Benavidez 2 John Dodson 3 Ian McCall 4 John Moraga 5 Jussier Da Silva 6 Louis Gaudinot 7 Chris Cariaso 8 John Lineker 9 Darren Uyenoyama 10 Timothy Elliott
Bantamweight Champion : Dominick Cruz 1 Renan Barao (Interim Champion) 2 Urijah Faber 3 Michael McDonald 4 Eddie Wineland 5 Brad Pickett 6 Raphael Assuncao 7 Scott Jorgensen 8 Brian Bowles 9 Mike Easton 10 Ivan Menjivar
Featherweight Champion : Jose Aldo 1 Chad Mendes 2 Ricardo Lamas 3 Frankie Edgar 4 Chan Sung Jung 5 Cub Swanson 6 Dennis Siver 7 Dustin Poirier 8 Clay Guida 9 Erik Koch 10 Nik Lentz
Lightweight Champion : Benson Henderson 1 Gilbert Melendez 2 Anthony Pettis 3 Gray Maynard 4 (8) Josh Thomson 5 Donald Cerrone 6 (7) TJ Grant 7 (6) Nate Diaz 8 (4) Jim Miller 9 (NR) Pat Healy 10 (9) Rafael dos Anjos Out: Khabib Nurmagomedov
Welterweight Champion : Georges St-Pierre 1 Johny Hendricks 2 Carlos Condit 3 Rory MacDonald 4 Jake Ellenberger 5 Demian Maia 6 Nick Diaz 7 Martin Kampmann 8 Tarec Saffiedine 9 Robbie Lawler 10 Josh Koscheck
Middleweight Champion : Anderson Silva 1 Chris Weidman 2 Vitor Belfort 3 Yushin Okami 4 Michael Bisping 5 Luke Rockhold 6 Constantinos Philippou 7 Mark Munoz 8 Ronaldo Souza 9 Chael Sonnen 10 (NR) Tim Boetsch Out: Alan Belcher
Light Heavyweight Champion : Jon Jones 1 Lyoto Machida 2 Alexander Gustafsson 3 Dan Henderson 4 Glover Teixeira 5 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 6 Rashad Evans 7 Mauricio Rua 8 Phil Davis 9 Gegard Mousasi 10 Ryan Bader
Heavyweight Champion : Cain Velasquez 1 Junior dos Santos 2 Daniel Cormier 3 Fabricio Werdum 4 Antonio Silva 5T Alistair Overeem 5T (6) Roy Nelson 7 Frank Mir 8 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 9 Mark Hunt 10 Travis Browne
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Well, if you're Rich Franklin, how do you feel? It was obvious after tonight that he is without a doubt the second best middleweight in the universe. Sadly, it is his fate to have to fight the best.