Top 10 for December, 2001   Heavyweight 1. Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira Brazil (636) 2. Randy Couture USA (599) 3. Heath Herring USA (498) 4. Pedro Rizzo Brazil (430) 5. Mark Coleman USA (396) 6. Josh Barnett USA (378) 7. Igor Vovchanchyn Ukraine (274) 8. Kazuyuki Fujita Japan (202) 9. Ricco Rodriguez USA (138) 10. Mario Sperry Brazil (110) Light Heavyweight 1. Tito Ortiz USA (560) 2. Vitor Belfort Brazil (554) 3. Vanderlei Silva Brazil (542) 4. Chuck Liddell USA (449) 5. Dan Henderson USA (392) 6. Ricardo Arona Brazil (304) 7. Vladimir Matsushenko Belarus (270) 8. Sanae Kikuta Japan (190) 9. Vernon "Tiger" White USA (98) 10. Kevin Randleman USA (79) Middleweight 1. Kazushi Sakuraba Japan (615) 2. Dave Menne USA (560) 3. Frank Juarez Shamrock USA (438) 4. Murilo "Ninja" Rua Brazil (430) 5. Matt Lindland USA (422) 6. Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons Brazil (331) 7. Paulo Fihlo Brazil (276) 8. Renzo Gracie Brazil (196) 9. Andrei Semenov Russia (125) 10. Ikuhisa Minowa Brazil (60) Welterweight 1. Anderson Silva Brazil (630) 2. Hayato Sakurai Japan (560) 3. Matt Hughes USA (554) 4. Carlos Newton Canada (504) 5. Pat Miletich USA (374) 6. Gil Castillo USA (308) 7. Shonie Carter USA (254) 8. Frank Trigg USA (249) 9. Tetsuji Kato Japan (101) 10. Kiuma Kunioku Japan (98) Lightweight 1. Jens Pulver USA (638) 2. B.J. Penn USA (597) 3. Kaoru Uno Japan (521) 4. Takanori Gomi Japan (425) 5. Din Thomas USA (422) 6. Dennis Hallman USA (304) 7. Rumina Sato Japan (298) 8. D. Mishima Japan (205) 9. Fabiano Iha Brazil (115) 10. Ryan Bow USA (91) Featherweight 1. Alexandre "Pequeno" Nogueira Brazil (650) 2. Tetsuo Katsuta Japan (570) 3. Katsuya Toita Japan (534) 4. Baret Yoshida USA (459) 5. Joao Roque Brazil (368) 6. Naoya Uematsu Japan (354) 7. Stephen Palling USA (257) 8. Hiroyuki Abe Japan (179) 9. Masahiro Oishi Japan (124) 10. Mamoru Japan (96)