Fedor Emelianenko rose to the top of Tapology’s MMA Buzz Rankings in November following his first appearance in the Strikeforce promotion. Fedor’s fight against Brett Rogers marked the return of mixed martial arts to U.S. network television on CBS, and drew a surge of casual fan interest. Also rising in the rankings was UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, who had to pull out of his title defense with Shane Carwin due to a serious bacterial infection. The fill-ins, Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin, each enjoyed spikes in fan buzz to third and fifth in the rankings, respectively. The lone new major champion in November, featherweight Jose Aldo, rose 169 spots yet only reached 22nd in the rankings in a sign of the difficulty the WEC is having in promoting its best talent. Full Top 50 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 50 Overall Buzz Rankings for recent months:
- October 2009 (#1 Rank: Lyoto Machida)
- September 2009 (#1 Rank: Kimbo Slice)
November 2009 Rankings
| November Rank |
Fighter | October to November Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fedor Emelianenko | Up 4 |
| 2 | Brock Lesnar | Up 1 |
| 3 | Tito Ortiz | Up 11 |
| 4 | Randy Couture | Up 14 |
| 5 | Forrest Griffin | Up 10 |
| 6 | Anderson Silva | No Change |
| 7 | Brett Rogers | Up 14 |
| 8 | Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson | Down 6 |
| 9 | Lyoto Machida | Down 8 |
| 10 | Chuck Liddell | Down 3 |
| 11 | Jason “Mayhem” Miller | Up 11 |
| 12 | Bobby Lashley | Down 4 |
| 13 | Rashad Evans | Down 1 |
| 14 | Quinton “Rampage” Jackson | Down 1 |
| 15 | Brandon Vera | Up 30 |
| 16 | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira | Up 40 |
| 17 | Dan Hardy | Up 47 |
| 18 | Shane Carwin | Down 7 |
| 19 | Marcus Jones | Up 128 |
| 20 | Josh Koscheck | Up 72 |
| 21 | Gegard Mousasi | Up 25 |
| 22 | Jose Aldo | Up 169 |
| 23 | Ken Shamrock | No Change |
| 24 | Cung Le | Up 79 |
| 25 | Matt Hughes | Up 18 |
| 26 | Alistair Overeem | Up 18 |
| 27 | Jake Shields | Up 22 |
| 28 | Royce Gracie | Up 6 |
| 29 | Anthony Johnson | Down 5 |
| 30 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | Up 11 |
| 31 | Vitor Belfort | Down 21 |
| 32 | Georges St. Pierre | Down 4 |
| 33 | Wanderlei Silva | Down 8 |
| 34 | Thiago Silva | Down 8 |
| 35 | Andrei Arlovski | Down 16 |
| 36 | Mauricio “Shogun” Rua | Down 32 |
| 37 | Dan Henderson | Down 10 |
| 38 | Houston Alexander | Up 12 |
| 39 | Diego Sanchez | Down 10 |
| 40 | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | Down 2 |
| 41 | Denis Kang | Up 47 |
| 42 | Phil Baroni | Up 124 |
| 43 | Tim Sylvia | Down 12 |
| 44 | Cain Velasquez | Down 28 |
| 45 | Fabricio Werdum | Up 92 |
| 46 | Michael Bisping | Up 57 |
| 47 | Frank Mir | Down 15 |
| 48 | Roy Nelson | Down 33 |
| 49 | Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic | Up 26 |
| 50 | Antonio Silva | Up 48 |
Dropped out of Top 50:
BJ Penn (#52), Bob Sapp (#54), Rich Franklin (#58), Bas Rutten (#66), Keith Jardine (#70), Wes Sims (#90), Marius Zaromskis (#105), Ben Rothwell (#110), Joe Stevenson (#139), Shinya Aoki (#182), Yoshiyuki Yoshida (#225)
these rankings are a fucking joke… it is stupid shit like this that makes most real mma fans ignore sites like yours.
Ken Shamrock at 23 is rather surprising (first time I see this ranking) I mean he hasn’t fought in forever not to mention being old and washed up.
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[...] 50 Overall Buzz Rankings for recent months: – December 2009 (#1 Rank: Kimbo Slice) – November 2009 (#1 Rank: Fedor Emelianenko) – October 2009 (#1 Rank: Lyoto Machida) – September 2009 (#1 Rank: Kimbo [...]