By Jillian Bullock

When people look at MMA champions Georges St. Pierre, Jon Jones or Anderson Silva, many MMA fans, commentators and reporters believe they are pound-for-pound the greatest mixed martial arts fighters in their division. Many also believe that since they are superbly dominant as fighters and they have the ability to go through each opponent who stands before them that there are no other MMA fighters who can actually beat these amazingly talented warriors during a bout.

The 29 year-old Welterweight champion, St. Pierre, 22-2, hasn’t lost a match since 2007. To understand how impressive St. Pierre is as a fighter, it should be noted that he has not lost a round, not one round, in over three years. What St. Pierre has going for him other than his unrelenting MMA cardio conditioning, which includes gymnastics in his regimen, but his striking game is superior. He is also considered one of the most disciplined athletes in the world, which helps St. Pierre stay focused even when his opponents trash talk him. He doesn’t give in to the mind games.

Written By: CR Hess

At 6’2, 184 pounds, Anderson “The Spider” Silva is without a doubt the most successful mixed martial artist to date. From his debut in the UFC in June of 2006 against hard hitting knockout artist Chris Leben, to top Japanese contender Yushin Okami in 2011, Silva has carried the weight of everyone’s expectations from the start.

Written by: Aiden Rudd

For several years now, Anderson Silva has been given the title of Pound for Pound best fighter in the world.  Not many people are stupid enough to argue that point.  The real argument from experts and fans alike is “who is number two?”  Many people have weighed in on the argument, including recently UFC President Dana White. Georges St. Pierre, the long time UFC Welterweight Champion, has often been given the title of ‘Number 2’. But, he has come under scrutiny from fans over his last few fights, for being a boring fighter.

Discounting a corner stoppage against BJ Penn, he hasn’t finished a fight since he beat Matt Serra to regain his title in April 2008. Fedor Emelianenko has been up there but has lost three on the bounce and has been finished in two of them and was stopped by the doctor in the third. Jose Aldo has also looked less than impressive in his last two MMA fights.

By Jillian Bullock

World famous martial artist Brue Lee created Jeet Kune Do, which means “Way of the Intercepting Fist,” and he believed that only what worked for you should be used in martial arts and the rest discarded. Mixed martial arts can actually be compared to Jeet Kwon Do, which is a hybrid fighting system or fighting styles and theories from several different martial arts.

This is a new column to the MMA Zone.  I will rate each of the UFC’s weight classes.  The first in this series will be the middleweight division, where Anderson Silva has defeated all challengers since coming into the organization in 2006.

1. Anderson Silva – 14 consecutive wins