January WAMMA Rankings (Before Affliction DoR)

This information is courtesy of WAMMA.  You can view their rankings page for an explanation on how these rankings are determined:

Arrows indicate whether a fighter has moved up ()
or down () since the previous month’s rankings.

Released January 21, 2009

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Heavyweight

WAMMA Undisputed Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko
1	Andrei Arlovski
2	Frank Mir
3	Josh Barnett
4	Brock Lesnar
5	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
6	Randy Couture
7	Tim Sylvia
8	Gabriel Gonzaga
9	Alistair Overeem
10	Fabricio Werdum
Also Receiving Votes	Ben Rothwell Aleksander Emelianenko Mirko Filipovic Sergei Kharitonov Junior dos Santos Cheick Kongo

Light Heavyweight

1	Rashad Evans
2	Quinton Jackson
3	Forrest Griffin
4	Lyoto Machida
5	Chuck Liddell
6	Thiago Silva
7	Wanderlei Silva
8	Keith Jardine
9	Dan Henderson
10	Rich Franklin
Also Receiving Votes	Mauricio Rua Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Vladimir Matyushenko Luis Cane Renato Sobral

Middleweight

1	Anderson Silva
2	Robbie Lawler
3	Yushin Okami
4	Gegard Mousasi
5	Nathan Marquardt
6	Matt Lindland
7	Jorge Santiago
8	Michael Bisping
9	Demian Maia
10	Kazuo Misaki
Also Receiving Votes	Thales Leites Paulo Filho Yoshihiro Akiyama Frank Trigg Chael Sonnen

Welterweight

1	Georges St. Pierre
2 (tie)	Thiago Alves
2 (tie)	Jon Fitch
4	Jake Shields
5	Josh Koscheck
6	Matt Hughes
7	Diego Sanchez
8	Carlos Condit
9	Matt Serra
10	Mike Swick
Also Receiving Votes	Karo Parisyan Dustin Hazelett Jay Hieron Nick Thompson

Lightweight

WAMMA Undisputed Lightweight Champion Shinya Aoki
1	B.J.Penn
2	Eddie Alvarez
3	Kenny Florian
4	Joachim Hansen
5	Sean Sherk
6	Gesias Calvancante
7	Josh Thomson
8	Tatsuya Kawajiri
9	Takanori Gomi
10 (tie)	Satoru Kitaoka
10 (tie)	Tyson Griffin
Also Receiving Votes	Gilbert Melendez Mitsuhiro Ishida Nate Diaz

Featherweight

1	Mike Thomas Brown
2	Urijah Faber
3	Leonard Garcia
4	Wagnney Fabiano
5	Dokojonsuke Mishima
6	Hatsu Hioki
7	Jeff Curran
8	Norifumi Yamamoto
9	Akitoshi Tamura
10	Takeshi Inoue
Also Receiving Votes	Jose Aldo Jens Pulver Hideki Kadowaki Antonio Carvalho Rafael Assuncao Hiroyuki Takaya Yuji Hoshino Kevin “Cub” Swanson

Bantamweight

1	Miguel Torres
2	Brian Bowles
3	Masakatsu Ueda
4	Masakazu Imanari
5	Koetsu Okazaki
6	Takeya Mizugaki
7	Marcos Galvao
8	Atsushi Yamamoto
9	Will Ribeiro
10	Joseph Benavidez
Also Receiving Votes	Chase Beebe Manny Tapia

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