http://mmaweekly.com/topten.asp

So in the lightweights, Nick Diaz goes from being #3 or 4 to being out of the top 10 completely, without having a fight since beating Gomi. Oh, speaking of Gomi, he's somehow #1 again, despite losing to the now non-top 10 Diaz. Well that makes perfect sense- who can argue with that? At least Sherk is back in the top 10.

For some reason, the welterweight rankings use different reasoning than the lightweight rankings. Matt Serra comes in and blasts GSP and takes his #1 spot, which actually does make sense, yet the same does not happen in the lightweights (Diaz-Gomi). At least Koshcheck is ranked higher than Sanchez, but above BJ Penn? Nah.

I'm still dumbfounded that Lindland continues to be the top middleweight, despite not having fought a middleweight in a while. I guess as long as you continuously fight guys out of your listed weight class, you're still the best in that weight class even if you lose. Once again, who can really argue with that?

In the heavyweights, we once again see the contradictory "reasoning' of MMA Weekly. Gonzaga convincingly beats CroCop, yet is ranked three spots below him. The same reasoning is obviously used in the heavyweights as the lightweights, but that reasoning is very different from the welterweight reasoning.

Just when you think they can't get any worse, they actually get much worse.

Maybe the reason for Gomi/Diaz rankings is the fight being ruled a NC due to Diaz testing for such a high amout of marijuana.
Silly if you ask me.
I don't ever think a fighter should be catapulted to #1 based on 1 fight. To me, rankings are based on your level of competition, how often you compete, and your # of wins. I guess after one fighter beats another fighter that is regarded as upper tier, he should have to prove he belongs there by winning a few more fights against top comp.
Serra is a good example. Let him face those that are considered top of the WW's, have him win, then crown him #1.

Hmm. Interesting.

I think I just view rankings in the same way I view champions- if you beat the top guy, you should take his spot. After all, you just dethroned the king. So if you beat the champion, you should become the champion. Similarly, if you beat the #1 ranked guy, you should become the #1 ranked guy.

Because it just seems to me, otherwise, rankings and champions lose legitimacy.

yeah, I agree to a point. He beat the number 1 guy, thus he's number 1.
Do I think Serra is #1? No. I think he'd lose to Hughes, Penn, GSP if they fought again, hell, even Diego, and I hate Diego. Who knows though, maybe Serra is actually a Top level fighter that will shock me and start beating all the top WW's in UFC and then start taking apart Pride.
One more example. If someone like Mark Coleman could 1 time out of 10 land 1 lucky punch on Fedor and win the fight, I' still wouldn't rank him number 1.

It's mmaweekly what else need be said? I'm sad the Pride LW GP was postponed but maybe Diaz will somehow be in it. 6 months??

Well my question is, how can Nevada or California (forgot which one it was) prohibit a fighter from fighting in another country like Japan?

That's where the LW GP will take place, right?