Paginate pre-ordered list

I need to paginate a list of results having the search return the results in the order I presented the list to the search. I'm trying to paginate a list of users but I'm using a separate table to define the order, there is no column in the users table to use for the order. 

Here is an example of what I mean: 

$liked = $this->Like->getMostLiked(); // <-- returns a pre-ordered list the way I want

$this->loadModel('User');

$like_list = array(); 

foreach ($liked as $user):

$list = $this->User->find('first', array(

'contain' => array('Like'),

'conditions' => array('User.id' => $user )));

array_push($like_list, $list);

endforeach;

echo debug($like_list); die;  // <-- returns the list of results in exactly the order I want

The only real problem I'm having is that I need my results to be paginated. I played around with custom pagination but things are not working out the way that I would like. 

Thanks in advance, 

ED 

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