MMA Heavyweight Rankings

1. Fedor Emelianenko (Russia)
2. Josh Barnett (U.S.)
3. Frank Mir (U.S.)
4. Andrei Arlovski (Belarus/U.S.)
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil)

6. Brock Lesnar (U.S.)
7. Randy Couture (U.S.)
8. Tim Sylvia (U.S.)
9. Sergei Kharitonov (Russia)
10. Alistair Overeem (Holland)

Others receiving consideration: Shane Carwin, Gabriel Gonzaga, Cheick Kongo, Ben Rothwell, Mirko Filipovic, Junior dos Santos