End of 2013 Fighter Rankings

Chris Weidman is still the best middleweight and is
even higher on the pound for pound list now as well.

2013 was a great year for MMA.  The 2 greatest pound for pound fighters on the planet have fallen from the top of the totem pole and new stars have emerged.  This is how my rankings are heading into 2014.  (Not taking Lim/Saffiedine into effect until next rankings)

Men's Pound for Pound:

1. Jose Aldo (1)
2. Jon Jones (2)
3. Chris Weidman (5)
4. Georges St. Pierre (4)
5. Renan Barao (6)
6. Demetrious Johnson (8)
7. Cain Velasquez (7)
8. Anderson Silva (3)
9. Urijah Faber (14)
10. Johny Hendricks (9)
11. Vitor Belfort (10)
12. Anthony Pettis (12)
13. Dominick Cruz (11)
14. Chad Mendes (15)
15. Junior Dos Santos (16)
16. Benson Henderson (18)
17. Frankie Edgar (19)
18. Gilbert Melendez (20)
19. Joe Benavidez (13)
20. Michael McDonald (17)

Heavyweight:

1. Cain Velasquez (1)
2. Travis Browne (2)
3. Daniel Cormier (3)
4. Fabricio Werdum (4)
5. Junior Dos Santos (5)
6. Mark Hunt (6)
7. Stipe Miocic (7)
8. Antonio Silva (9)
9. Gabriel Gonzaga (10)
10. Josh Barnett (8)
11. Stefan Struve (11)
12. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (12)
13. Frank Mir (13)
14. Alistair Overeem (14)
15.  Roy Nelson (15)
16. Ben Rothwell (16)
17. Brendan Schaub (17)
18. Cheick Kongo (18)
19. Shawn Jordan (19)
20. Soa Palelei (NR)

Dropping Out: Vitaly Minakov (20)

Light Heavywight:

1. Jon Jones (1)
2. Glover Teixeira (2)
3. Alexander Gustafsson (3)
4. Rashad Evans (4)
5. Phil Davis (5)
6. Gegard Mousasi (6)
7. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (7)
8. Ryan Bader (9)
9. Emanuel Newton (8)
10. Shogun Rua (13)
11. Rampage Jackson (10)
12. Dan Henderson (11)
13. Chael Sonnen (12)
14. Attila Vegh (14)
15. Jimi Manuwa (16)
16. Rafael Cavalcante (17)
17. James Te-Huna (15)
18. Thiago Silva (18)
19. Muhammed Lawal (19)
20. Ryan Jimmo (20)

Middleweight:

1. Chris Weidman (1)
2. Vitor Belfort (3)
3. Anderson Silva (2)
4. Ronaldo Souza (4)
5. Lyoto Machida (5)
6. Tim Kennedy (6)
7. Michael Bisping (7)
8. Alexander Shlemenko (8)
9. Mark Munoz (9)
10. Yushin Okami (10)
11. Yoel Romero (11)
12. Thales Leites (12)
13. Tim Boetsch (13)
14. Luke Rockhold (14)
15. Cung Le (15)
16. Alan Belcher (16)
17. Francis Carmont (17)
18. Costa Philippou (18)
19. Rich Franklin (19)
20. Lorenz Larkin (20)

Welterwight:

1. Georges St. Pierre (1)
2. Johny Hendricks (2)
3. Carlos Condit (3)
4. Matt Brown (4)
5. Robbie Lawler (5)
6. Dong Hyun Kim (6)
7. Rory Macdonald (7)
8. Jake Ellenberger (8)
9. Jake Shields (9)
10. Demian Maia (10)
11. Ben Askren (11)
12. Tyrone Woodley (12)
13. Martin Kampmann (13)
14. Nick Diaz (14)
15. Tarec Saffiedine (15)
16. Hector Lombard (16)
17. Steve Carl (17)
18. Josh Burkman (18)
19. Josh Koscheck (19)
20. Brandon Thatch (20)

Lightweight:

1. Anthony Pettis (1)
2. Gilbert Melendez (2)
3. Benson Henderson (3)
4. Josh Thomson (4)
5. TJ Grant (5)
6. Khabib Nurmagomedov (6)
7. Rafael dos Anjos (7)
8. Michael Chandler (8)
9. Eddie Alvarez (9)
10. Nate Diaz (10)
11. Jim Miller (13)
12. Donald Cerrone (11)
13. Gray Maynard (14)
14. Edson Barboza (16)
15. Joe Lauzon (17)
16. Melvin Guillard (15)
17. Norman Parke (19)
18. Rustam Khabilov (20)
19. Bobby Green (NR)
20. Pat Healy (12)

Dropping out: Tatsuya Kawajiri (18)

Featherweight:

1. Jose Aldo (1)
2. Chad Mendes (2)
3. Cub Swanson (3)
4. Ricardo Lamas (4)
5. Dustin Poirier (6)
6. Frankie Edgar (5)
7. Conor McGregor (7)
8. Chan Sung Jung (8)
9. Shinya Aoki (9)
10. Erik Koch (10)
11. Dennis Siver (11)
12. Paticio Freire (13)
13. Darren Elkins (14)
14. Clay Guida (15)
15. Dennis Bermudez (16)
16. Daniel Straus (17)
17. Pat Curran (18)
18. Nik Lentz (12)
19. Hatsu Hioki (19)
20. Charles Oliveira (20)

Bantamweight:

1. Renan Barao (2)
2. Urijah Faber (3)
3. Dominick Cruz (1)
4. Rafael Assuncao (5)
5. Michael McDonald (4)
6. Brad Pickett (6)
7. Eddie Wineland (7)
8. T.J. Dillashaw (9)
9. Bibiano Fernandes (10)
10. Marlon Moraes (11)
11. Takeya Mizugaki (14)
12. Yuri Alcantara (12)
13. Mike Easton (13)
14. Tyson Nam (15)
15. Eduardo Dantas (16)
16. Joe Warren (17)
17. Erik Perez (18)
18. George Roop (19)
19. Bryan Caraway (20)
20. Sergio Pettis (NR)

Dropping Out: Scott Jorgensen (8) (due to change in weight class)

Flyweight:

1. Demetrious Johnson (1)
2. John Dodson (3)
3. John Lineker (4)
4. Joe Benavidez (2)
5. John Moraga (5)
6. Ian McCall (6)
7. Jussier Formiga (7)
8. Darrel Montague (8)
9. Ali Bagautinov (9)
10. Tim Elliot (10)
11. Zack Makovsky (NR)
12. Scott Jorgensen (NR)
13. Louis Gaudinot (NR)
14. Dustin Ortiz (NR)
15. Alptekin Ozkilic (NR)

Women's Pound for Pound:

1. Ronda Rousey (1)
2. Cristiane Santos (2)
3. Sara McMann (3)
4. Jessica Aguilar (4)
5. Alexis Davis (5)
6. Cat Zingano (6)
7. Marloes Coenen(8)
8. Jessica Eye (9)
9. Sarah Kaufman (10)
10. Miesha Tate (7)
11. Barb Honchak (20)
12. Michelle Waterson (11)
13. Liz Carmouche (12)
14. Jessica Penne (13)
15. Amanda Nunes (14)
16. Carla Esparza (15)
17. Zoila Gurgel (16)
18. Shayna Baszler (17)
19. Jessica Andrade (18)
20. Rosi Sexton (19)