Anderson Silva Tops the MMA 2009 P4P Top 10 (Revised)

 10. Thiago "The Pitbull" Alves

Alves is on a red-hot seven-match win streak featuring devastating knockouts of Karo Pariysan, Matt Hughes, and a dismantling of another Top 10 Welterweight Josh Koscheck. Next up, St. Pierre for the welterweight title in July.

9.Forrest Griffin

Griffin's back-to-back wins over Rampage Jackson and Shogun Rua, Griffin’s run as the sport’s 205-pound king came to a halt at UFC 92. Although, Griffin looked like every bit the man who defeated Shogun & Jackson through the fighter 10 or so minutes of his title defense, Evans took his crown. Despite that hiccup Griffin has still earned himself a spot in the top 10.

8. Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida

Undefeated at 14-0 and impressive victories over Rich Franklin, Sokoudjou, Tito Ortiz, and Thiago Silva. Machida moves himself into the Top 10. Machida’s fate is now in the hands of number 6 ranked Rampage Jackson. If Rampage beats Keith Jardine in March then he fights for the title but if he slips up against Jardine then Machida will fight for the title early this summer.

7. "Sugar" Rashad Evans

Light heavyweight champion! Even though many believe that Evans was getting beat by both Liddell and Griffin before capturing victories, he still became the champion. "Sugar" Rashad Evans undefeated and the world champion.

6. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson

Jackson after moving to the Wolfslair to train with the guys over seas and good buddy Cheick Kongo looked great in knocking out Wanderlei Silva. Rampage with a win of Keith Jardine in March will of earned himself a crack at his old Championship belt, which I believe he will win back.

 5. B.J. “The Prodigy” Penn

Penn previously ranked number 3 in these rankings drops two spots to number 5.  Penn is the current UFC lightweight champion and will next defend his belt against Kenny Florian. Penn is the type of fighter that will always remain a mystery. I think Penn is best served at 155 and not 170. At, 155, he has to stay in great shape in order to make weight and he’s more explosive with sharper cardio.  

4. Miguel Angel Torres

Torres not known by the casual MMA Fan is crushing everyone in his weight class. Torres known for his ground fighting abilities just dismantled Manny Tapia by only using his standup which is Manny's strength. Torres 35-1 is hard to argue against being in the Top 10.

3. Georges St. Pierre

After the Jan. 31 megafight with St. Pierre beating Penn even with the controversy of St. Pierre getting greased up. The question remains is how much did the grease keep Penn from using his world renowned jiujitsu? Only St. Pierre and Penn know the true answer. Anyway, St. Pierre won and in pretty dominant fashion. St. Pierre is in the 3 spot now looks forward to a matchup with welterweight Muay Thai wrecking machine Thiago Alves in July.  

2. Fedor "The Last Emperor" Emelianenko

After his win against Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski some could have a very valid point in saying the Fedor should be ranked number one p4p. However, In my p4p rankings I’m going to go by the top 3 ranked fighters last 5 performances and I see Silva finishing all of his opponents by submission or tko while St. Pierre has seen 2 decisions with Fedor winning all 5 by submission or tko like Silva. I’m putting Fedor at this spot above St. Pierre until both of them compete against their next challengers. If Silva slacks off in his title defense then Fedor could very well move into the 1 spot.

1. Anderson "The Spider" Silva

Silva is the owner of wins in his last nine bouts, all in impressive fashion! The Spider owns the best Muay Thai in the sport and also a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu. His next opponent, Thales Leites, is in for a world of hurt and he hasn't even received the first strike from Silva. The Spider stays in the top spot slighty because he’s finished 3 top ten middleweights and Fedor has finished two top ten heavyweights in his last five fights. Silva has completely cleaned out his division and Fedor still has Josh Barnett left to beat. Number 1 and 2 really could flip flop and some may even say GSP is number 1. For this list, I’m going with Silva having a slight edge over Fedor and Fedor over GSP.