FanHouse Georges St Pierre

After his UFC 106 victory over Anthony Johnson, Josh Koscheck proclaimed that he -- not Dan Hardy -- deserves to be the next contender to Georges St Pierre's title.

As you'll see in my rankings of the Top 10 welterweights in MMA, I think Koscheck is right -- sort of. I believe Koscheck deserves to be higher-ranked than Hardy, but I also think Hardy is more deserving of a shot at St. Pierre. The reason is simple: Koscheck has already had a fight with GSP, losing to him at UFC 74. Hardy hasn't gotten his chance yet.

So because I'd like to see GSP get a new challenge, I think Hardy is a fitting No. 1 contender, even though Hardy is just below Koscheck on the list below.

Two days ago, I don't think anyone had Jose Aldo listed as one of the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in mixed martial arts. But after what Aldo did to Mike Brown on Wednesday night, I don't think there's any way to exclude him.

After a big win at UFC 101, Anderson Silva has moved up the mixed martial arts pound-for-pound rankings. But is he now the No. 1 fighter in the world? Not in my rankings, which are below.

The MMA Twitter mailbag on a Monday morning after a wild weekend in mixed martial arts is all about the pound-for-pound rankings. Is Anderson Silva back on top after his destruction of Forrest Griffin at UFC 101? How high does B.J. Penn climb after whipping Kenny Florian? And what do we do with Brian Bowles and Miguel Torres after Bowles' shocking upset at WEC 42?

Plenty of debate on the matter is below.

Our new UFC twitter mailbag features questions about UFC welterweight Jon Fitch, which UFC fighters could beat Fedor Emelianenko, and my prediction of which UFC champion will be the next to lose his belt. But we start with the brutal knockout at UFC 100.

A year ago, almost everyone considered UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva the best pound-for-pound fighter in mixed martial arts.

What a difference a year makes. Now, hardly anyone considers Silva the best fighter in MMA -- even though the Spider is still the champ, and has gone 3-0 in the past year.

Our first MMA twitter mailbag, in which you tweet the questions and I post the answers, features discussions about UFC 100, Dana White, Fedor Emelianenko, Brock Lesnar, Bobby Lashley, the upcoming Dream 10 card, and more.

Georges St Pierre dominated Thiago Alves for 25 minutes on Saturday night at UFC 100, solidifying his spot as the No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter in mixed martial arts. But he's still not close to No. 1.

I still consider Fedor Emelianenko the best fighter in MMA, in any weight class, by a significant margin. Fedor has a tough test against Josh Barnett on August 1 at Affliction Trilogy, and maybe Barnett will shock the world and force me to reconsider my pound-for-pound rankings, but for now, as you'll see below, it's still Fedor, alone at the top.

Georges St. Pierre has, in his last five fights, avenged his only two career losses and beaten the three toughest opponents the UFC could find for him. He's dominated all five fights, winning all 18 rounds. So what's next for GSP?

Take a look after examining my list of the Top 10 welterweights in MMA.

All 22 fighters will step on the scales for the UFC 100 weigh-ins at 7PM ET on Friday, and if you can't be there in Las Vegas, you can watch the weigh-ins here at FanHouse. These weigh-ins should be particularly interesting, as UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will have to spend some time in the sauna to get down to the heavyweight limit of 265 pounds for his fight with Frank Mir, while No. 1 welterweight contender Thiago Alves sometimes has trouble getting down to 170 pounds, which he'll have to do if he wants to take champion Georges St Pierre's belt.

The video is below.