The most important match is calculated by added both fighters’ pre-fight ranks together, then sorting it by the lowest amount first.
1st Place: Georges St. Pierre vs. BJ Penn II
T-2nd Place: Mike Brown vs. Urijah Faber II
T-2nd Place: Shinichi Kojima vs. Yuki Shoujo
Rounding out the Top 10
4th: Lyoto Machida vs. Rashad Evans
T-5th: Mike Brown vs. Leonard Garcia
T-5th: Miguel Torres vs. Takeya Mizugaki
7th: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski
8th: Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin
9th: Jake Shields vs. Robbie Lawler
10th: Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites
Note: The above list was calculated after the fact. Although approximate, it should be extremely accurate.
Credit to CrowCrucifix for the idea.. Blame me for the medal colors. Its ashame I couldn’t break out bronze due to the tie.