Sherdog's Top 10 Pound-For-Pound Fighters

1. Anderson "The Spider" Silva (27-4)

2. Georges "Rush" St. Pierre (20-2)

3. Jose Aldo (18-1)

4. Frankie Edgar (13-1)

5. Jon Fitch (23-3, 1NC)

6. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (19-4)

7. Jake Shields (26-4-1)

8. Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida (16-1)

9. "Suga" Rashad Evans (15-1-1)

10. Gilbert Melendez (18-2)

Does this Top 10 look familiar? The answer is YES. Sherdog's P4P Top 10 has not made one change since their last P4P list. I would have expected them to move Jake Shields a spot up after his lackluster split-decision win over Martin Kampmann at UFC 121. I honestly think he doesn't deserve to be at #7 on this list. The top three have engraved their names onto this list and will probably stay there for a while. In my opinion, there are three things wrong with this list:

1. Fedor Emelianenko is not on this list. To some, he was "exposed" back in June when he was submitted by Fabricio Werdum. Fedor is a human, and was eventually going to lose. I think it is utter bullshit to completely drop him from the list after being given #3 back before this loss. I will always stand by the fact that he should always be on this list

2. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua is only number #6. Why is this a problem you ask? Because he is one spot behind the talented wrestler Jon Fitch. Jon Fitch has 5 straight Unanimous decision victories and is looking for another shot at GSP's WW title, which is a lost cause. The only thing Jon Fitch has proven to me in the past 2 years is that he is unable to finish an opponent. On the otherhand, Shogun is a champion and just "KTFO'd" Lyoto Machida which is an incredible feat. I just think that they should switch places on this list. It doesn't really mean much, but it would make me as an MMA fan happier. Just sayin'.

3. Cain Velasquez should be on this list somewhere. I sort of wish there was an 11 spot, because all of these guys to deserve to be on this list, but so does Cain. Why? Because he just completely dethroned Brock Lesnar and exposed Lesnar's striking ability. He also proved that size doesn't matter. Alot of fans, me being one of them, were not going to be surprised if Lesnar used his size to pressure Cain and take him down. This was not the case. Cain proved he has great wrestling and ended up finishing Brock by TKO late in Round 1. The guy is 9-0 with 8 TKO/KO's. That's showing something. If he beats the #1 contender Junior dos Santos in their future match up, hopefully Cain can jump onto this prestigious list.

By Shawn LeLievre