Top 10 for May, 2002   Heavyweight 1. Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira Brazil (649) 2. Josh Barnett USA (574) 3. Heath Herring USA (530) 4. Randy Couture USA (432) 5. Pedro Rizzo Brazil (421) 6. Ricco Rodriguez USA (305) 7. Mark ColemanUSA (265) 8. Tom Erikson USA (261) 9. Igor Vovchanchyn Ukraine (140) 10. Frank Mir USA (65) Light Heavyweight 1. Vanderlei Silva Brazil (559) 2. Tito Ortiz USA (548) 3. Vitor Belfort Brazil (495) 4. Chuck Liddell USA (493) 5. Ricardo Arona Brazil (401) 6. Murilo "Ninja" Rua Brazil (305) 7. Dan Henderson USA (391) 8. Mario Sperry Brazil (196) 9. Sanae Kikuta Japan (178) 10. Kevin Randleman USA (70) Middleweight 1. Murilo Bustamante Brazil (650) 2. Kazushi Sakuraba Japan (578) 3. Matt Lindland USA (542) 4. Paulo Filho Brazil (459) 5. Dave Menne USA (401) 6. Alex Steibling USA (297) 7. Andrei Semenov Russia (280) 8. Ivan Salaverry USA (264) 9. Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons Brazil (110) 10. Phil Baroni USA (74) Welterweight 1. Matt Hughes USA (631) 2. Anderson Silva Brazil (622) 3. Carlos Newton Canada (525) 4. Hayato Sakurai Japan (451) 5. Gil Castillo USA (391) 6. Frank Trigg USA (331) 7. Tetsuji Kato Japan (261) 8. Nathan Marquardt USA (175) 9. Kiuma Kunioku Japan (171) 10. Sean Sherk USA (104) Lightweight 1. Jens Pulver USA (647) 2. Takanori Gomi Japan (578) 3. B.J. Penn USA (551) 4. Kaoru Uno Japan (426) 5. Din Thomas USA (424) 6. D. Mishima Japan (326) 7. Rumina Sato Japan (274) 8. Ryan Bow USA (201) 9. Marcio "Cromado" Barbosa Brazil (125) 10. Matt Serra USA (74) Featherweight 1. Alexandre "Pequeno" Nogueira Brazil (650) 2. Tetsuo Katsuta Japan (590) 3. Katsuya Toita Japan (526) 4. Joao Roque Brazil (460) 5. Stephen Palling USA (395) 6. Naoya Uematsu Japan (304) 7. Baret Yoshida USA (301) 8. Hiroyuki Abe Japan (192) 9. Masahiro Oishi Japan (139) 10. Mamoru Japan (116)