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SPORTS / MARTIAL ARTS
List: Top Ten Mixed Martial Arts Fighters in North America
Date: December 2008
Source: Yahoo! Sports
Base: All mixed martial arts fighters fighting in USA or Canada during 2008.
Notes: The table is generated from Yahoo! Sports monthly poll of North America's mixed martial arts writers. Yahoo! Sports took each month of the poll from January through November and gave fighters 10 points for a first-place finish, nine for a second, and so on, down to one point for 10th place. Fighters who placed in the 'others receiving votes' category in any given month received no points. UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva took the top spot.
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Boxer
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Record in 2008
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Votes
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Anderson Silva
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3W 0L
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110
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Georges St. Pierre
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2W 0L
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87
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Fedor Emelianenko
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1W 0L
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84
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B.J. Penn
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2W 0L
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71
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Quinton Jackson
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1W 0L
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56
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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
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1W 0L
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51
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Urijah Faber
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2W 1L
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50
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Miguel Torres
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3W 0L
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30
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Randy Couture
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0W 1L
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23
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Forrest Griffin
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1W 0L
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16
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