THE UNDERGROUND TOP TEN POLL |
JANUARY 2001 |
HEAVYWEIGHT |
|
200 lbs. & Over
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|
RANK |
FIGHTER |
POINTS |
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1. |
Igor Vovchanchin |
323 (20) |
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2. |
Mark Coleman |
314 (12) |
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3. |
Randy Couture |
267 (2) |
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4. |
Pedro Rizzo |
203 |
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5. |
Kazuyuki Fujita |
177 |
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6. |
Kevin Randleman |
149 |
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7. |
Mark Kerr |
133 |
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8. |
Heath Herring |
101 |
|
9. |
Renato Babalu |
55 |
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10. |
Antonio Nogueira |
38 |
MIDDLEWEIGHT |
|
Under 200 lbs.
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|
RANK |
FIGHTER |
POINTS |
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1. |
Kazushi Sakuraba |
317 (29) |
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2. |
Tito Ortiz |
279 (2) |
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3. |
Vanderlei Silva |
227 |
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4. |
Frank Shamrock |
185 |
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5. |
Dan Henderson |
136 |
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6. |
Renzo Gracie |
135 |
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7. |
Jeremy Horn |
133 (1) |
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8. |
Vitor Belfort |
114 |
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9. |
Evan Tanner |
73 |
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10. |
Kiyoshi Tamura |
64 |
LIGHTWEIGHT |
|
Under 170 lbs.
|
|
RANK |
FIGHTER |
POINTS |
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1. |
Hayato Sakurai |
291 (24) |
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2. |
Jose “Pele” Landi |
202 (1) |
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3 (tie). |
Carlos Newton |
195 (2) |
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3 (tie). |
Matt Hughes |
195 |
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5. |
Pat Miletich |
191 (3) |
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6. |
Frank Trigg |
181 |
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7. |
Dave Menne |
157 |
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8. |
Fabiano Iha |
90 |
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9 (tie). |
Dennis Hallman |
35 |
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9 (tie). |
Shonie Carter |
35 |
BANTAMWEIGHT |
|
Under 155 lbs.
|
|
RANK |
FIGHTER |
POINTS |
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1. |
Kaoru Uno |
197 |
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2. |
Rumina Sato |
154 |
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3. |
Jens Pulver |
142 |
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4. |
Dennis Hallman |
131 |
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5. |
Alexandre Nogueria |
113 |
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6. |
Din Thomas |
94 |
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7. |
Takanori Gomi |
59 |
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8. |
Ryan Bow |
53 |
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9. |
Dokonjonosuke Mishima |
31 |
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10. |
Genki Sudo |
29 |
FIGHTERS WHO RECEIVED VOTES |
HEAVYWEIGHTS: Pete Williams (33), Josh Barnett (32), Carlos Barreto (10), Valentijn Overeem (9), Bobby Hoffman (9), Gilbert Yvel (7), Maurice Smith (4), Dan Severn (3), & Ian Freeman (2).
MIDDLEWEIGHTS: Chuck Liddell (33), Guy Mezger (25), Yuki Kondo (19), Akira Shoji (8), Elvis Sinosic (5), Hiromitsu Kanehara (1), & Mark Hughes (1).
LIGHTWEIGHTS: Tetsuji Kato (30), LaVerne Clark (30), Nathan Marquardt (7), Yves Edwards (3), Aaron Riley (3), Kenicho Yamamiya (3), & Matt Serra (1).
BANTANWEIGHTS: Naoya Uematsu (27), Joao Roque (23), John Lewis (19), Andre Pedernerias (5), & Phil Johns (2).