The following is a listing of the best pound-for-pound mixed martial arts fighters in the world as of March 2010:

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The following is a listing of the best pound-for-pound mixed martial arts fighters in the world as of January 2010:

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The 2009 Inside Fights MMA Awards are finish with our fourth and final part where we reveal who won our Fight of the Year and Fighter of the Year awards. You can check out Parts 1, 2 and 3 to see who won our other awards.

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A team of writers at Inside Fights has worked together to decide upon this year’s awards for the individuals and organizations in the sport of mixed martial arts that went above and beyond the competition. Categories include Fighter of the Year, Knockout of the Year, Submission of the Year, and several other important awards to give credit where credit is due.

The series will be broken down into four parts, with this section following up parts one and two with “Knockout of the Year” and “Submission of the Year”.

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A team of writers at Inside Fights has worked together to decide upon this year’s awards for the individuals and organizations in the sport of mixed martial arts that went above and beyond the competition. Categories include Fighter of the Year, Knockout of the Year, Submission of the Year, and several other important awards to give credit where credit is due.

The series will be broken down into four parts, with this section following up Pt. 1 with “Fight Card of the Year” and “Story of the Year”.

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A team of writers at Inside Fights has worked together to decide upon this year’s awards for the individuals and organizations in the sport of mixed martial arts that went above and beyond the competition. Categories include Fighter of the Year, Knockout of the Year, Submission of the Year, and several other important awards to give credit where credit is due.

The series will be broken down into four parts, with this section leading it off with awards for “Breakout Fighter of the Year” and “Upset of the Year”.

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Last night Strikeforce served up two middleweight fights worth tweeting about.

Cung Le may have proved that he is the best pure kicker in the sport of mixed martial arts, but it was not enough to finish off the unflappable Scott Smith.

Le’s loss leaves us all to speculate, will Le ever compete in an MMA fight again?

In the evening’s other middleweight affair, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza made his Strikeforce debut an impressive one, having his way with veteran and former Olympian Matt Lindland.

Souza stated in his post fight comments that he expects nothing less then a title shot in 2010. The question is, who will he have to submit his way through?

With last nights shakeup in the division, lets take a look at the current Strikeforce middleweight standings.

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Our monthly fighter rankings are determined by a panel of Inside Fights staff writers and outside journalists. A first place vote is worth 10 points, second place is worth 9 points, and so on. The votes are then totaled and placed in the order in which they scored.

They are published in the first week of every month and take into account all shows leading up to the beginning of the voting process.

The most recent set of rankings: August 2009

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The August edition of the Inside Fights MMA Pound for Pound rankings are now live on Fox Sports, complete with a nifty slideshow for those of you who prefer to look at pictures instead of reading.

The Inside Fights Fighter Rankings are voted on by our staff and a select group of outside journalists. They are updated monthly and can always be found on the right sidebar of every page on this site.

LIGHTWEIGHT
Updated: July 27, 2009

1. BJ Penn
2. Shinya Aoki
3. Eddie Alvarez
4. Kenny Florian
5. Joachim Hansen
6. Tatsuya Kawajiri
7. Gray Maynard
8. Diego Sanchez
9. Frank Edgar
10. Gesias Calvancante

NOTES: Kenny Florian moves up one spot, perhaps in anticipation of his UFC 101 championship bout against BJ Penn in two weeks…Diego Sanchez debuts in the rankings after being named the number-one contender for the lightweight title. Sanchez has looked virtually unstoppable since dropping to lightweight and will face the Florian/Penn winner later in the year.