Top 10 for July, 2002   Heavyweight 1. Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira Brazil (650) 2. Josh Barnett USA (578) 3. Heath Herring USA (522) 4. Randy Couture USA (424) 5. Pedro Rizzo Brazil (398) 6. Ricco Rodriguez USA (361) 7. Tom Erikson USA (276) 8. Mark Coleman USA (216) 9. Igor Vovchanchyn Ukraine (131) 10. Don Frye USA (101) Light Heavyweight 1. Vanderlei Silva Brazil (561) 2. Chuck Liddell USA (554) 3. Tito Ortiz USA (496) 4. Vitor Belfort Brazil (401) 5. Ricardo Arona Brazil (398) 6. Murilo "Ninja" Rua Brazil (349) 7. Dan Henderson USA (261) 8. Mario Sperry Brazil (195) 9. Sanae Kikuta Japan (173) 10. Kevin Randleman USA (70) Middleweight 1. Murilo Bustamante Brazil (650) 2. Kazushi Sakuraba Japan (549) 3. Anderson Silva Brazil (534) 4. Matt Lindland USA (519) 5. Paulo Filho Brazil (284) 6. Dave Menne USA (331) 7. Ivan Salaverry USA (278) 8. Alex Steibling USA (190) 9. Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons Brazil (112) 10. Phil Baroni USA (110) Welterweight 1. Matt Hughes USA (647) 2. Carlos Newton Canada (590) 3. Hayato Sakurai Japan (509) 4. Gil Castillo USA (438) 5. Frank Trigg USA (421) 6. Tetsuji Kato Japan (322) 7. Nathan Marquardt USA (235) 8. Kiuma Kunioku Japan (232) 9. Sean Sherk USA (132) 10. Amaury Bitetti Brazil (62) Lightweight 1. Jens Pulver USA (645) 2. Takanori Gomi Japan (579) 3. B.J. Penn USA (532) 4. Kaoru Uno Japan (425) 5. Din Thomas USA (424) 6. D. Mishima Japan (322) 7. Javier Vasquez USA (249) 8. Rumina Sato Japan (211) 9. Ryan Bow USA (163) 10. Matt Serra USA (115) Featherweight 1. Alexandre "Pequeno" Nogueira Brazil (637) 2. Tetsuo Katsuta Japan (571) 3. Katsuya Toita Japan (525) 4. Joao Roque Brazil (478) 5. Stephen Palling USA (392) 6. Hiroyuki Abe Japan (291) 7. Naoya Uematsu Japan (267) 8. Baret Yoshida USA (203) 9. Masahiro Oishi Japan (130) 10. Mamoru Japan (78)