UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva topped the Middleweight Buzz Rankings in November for the second straight month. Despite not having fought since August, fans appear to now be continually interested in the return of “The Spider” to active competition. Making the biggest moves up the rankings in November were a trio of Strikeforce middleweights in Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Cung Le, and Jake Shields. With a title fight taking place during the month between Miller and Shields as well as the announcement of Cung Le’s return to the ring in December, Strikeforce is building a division that is generating strong interest. Full Top 20 rankings are below.
Tapology’s Buzz Rankings measure fan interest in individual MMA fighters based on online searches and pageviews for information about each athlete. The rankings are not a measure of a fighter’s skill or competitive standing within their division, but rather how much activity or “buzz” surrounds them (positive or negative).
Top 20 Middleweight Buzz Rankings for recent months:
- October 2009 (#1 Rank: Anderson Silva)
- September 2009 (#1 Rank: Vitor Belfort)
November 2009 Middleweight (185 lbs) Rankings
| November Rank |
Middleweight Fighter | October to November Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderson Silva | No Change |
| 2 | Jason “Mayhem” Miller | Up 1 |
| 3 | Cung Le | Up 14 |
| 4 | Jake Shields | Up 3 |
| 5 | Royce Gracie | Up 1 |
| 6 | Vitor Belfort | Down 4 |
| 7 | Wanderlei Silva | Down 3 |
| 8 | Dan Henderson | Down 3 |
| 9 | Denis Kang | Up 7 |
| 10 | Michael Bisping | Up 8 |
| 11 | Frank Shamrock | Down 1 |
| 12 | Renzo Gracie | Up 27 |
| 13 | Evan Tanner | Up 17 |
| 14 | Nick Diaz | Down 3 |
| 15 | Robbie Lawler | Up 17 |
| 16 | Chris Leben | Up 4 |
| 17 | Scott Smith | Up 28 |
| 18 | Yoshihiro Akiyama | Down 10 |
| 19 | Jake Rosholt | Up 54 |
| 20 | Mamed Khalidov | Up 34 |
Dropped out of Top 20:
Kazushi Sakuraba (#22), Chael Sonnen (#26), Yushin Okami (#27), Nate Marquardt (#33), Rickson Gracie (#39), Jorge Rivera (#56)
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