By Michael David Smith
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B.J. Penn was thoroughly manhandled by
Georges St. Pierre when he tried to move up to welterweight at
UFC 94, but he's still the best lightweight in mixed martial arts, and he has a big lightweight title fight against
Kenny Florian coming up this summer.
On my list of the 10 best lightweights in MMA, Penn is first and Florian is fourth. Second on the list is
Shinya Aoki, who is about to follow in Penn's footsteps and try moving up to welterweight, in Aoki's case to participate in Dream's upcoming welterweight tournament. The full lightweight Top 10 is below.
Top 10 Lightweights in MMA 1. B.J. Penn
2. Shinya Aoki
3. Sean Sherk
4. Kenny Florian
5. Eddie Alvarez
6. Joachim Hansen
7. Gray Maynard
8. Josh Thomson
9. Gesias "JZ Calvan" Cavalcante
10. Satoru Kitaoka
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