Anderson Silva and Wanderlei Silva remained the two most buzzed about middleweight fighters from January to February. Wanderlei’s solid victory over Michael Bisping at UFC 110 kept him in the limelight, while fans are anxious for “The Spider” to return when defends his belt against Demian Maia at UFC 112. Both Maia and Chael Sonnen, who each scored wins at UFC 109 early in the month, jumped 13 spots in the rankings to 3rd and 4th. Three fighters fell from the top 20 middleweights in February. 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:
- January 2010 (#1 Rank: Anderson Silva)
- December 2009 (#1 Rank: Cung Le)
- November 2009 (#1 Rank: Anderson Silva)
| February Rank |
Middleweight Fighter | January to February Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderson Silva | No Change |
| 2 | Wanderlei Silva | No Change |
| 3 | Chael Sonnen | Up 13 |
| 4 | Demian Maia | Up 13 |
| 5 | Michael Bisping | Up 3 |
| 6 | Vitor Belfort | Down 3 |
| 7 | Dan Henderson | Down 3 |
| 8 | Nate Marquardt | Up 3 |
| 9 | Cung Le | Down 3 |
| 10 | Jason “Mayhem” Miller | Down 3 |
| 11 | Frank Shamrock | Down 2 |
| 12 | Yoshihiro Akiyama | Up 6 |
| 13 | Kazushi Sakuraba | Up 1 |
| 14 | Jake Shields | Down 1 |
| 15 | Dan Miller | Up 7 |
| 16 | Melvin Manhoef | Down 6 |
| 17 | Robbie Lawler | Down 2 |
| 18 | Yushin Okami | Up 8 |
| 19 | Goran Reljic | Up 15 |
| 20 | Chris Leben | Down 8 |
Dropped out of Top 20:
C.B. Dollaway (#21), Scott Smith (#32), Mark Munoz (#35)
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