This division has been stale for a while now so it was nice to see some high level light heavyweight action at UFC 119. 1. Mauricio Rua
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UFC 118 was a lightweight smorgasbord with the lightweight crown on the line between BJ Penn and Frankie Edgar. Add the Gray Maynard/Kenny Florian fight, which will be for the next title shot and some clarity was given to MMA’s most competitive division. 1. Gray Maynard Even though BJ Penn regains the lightweight strap against [...]
It wasn’t just the middleweights that were shaken up this past Saturday, but a number of top welterweights were also in action like Thiago Alves, Jon Fitch, Matt Hughes and Ricardo Almeida. 1. Georges St. Pierre Easily the most talented WW in the world and perhaps the most dominant champ for a division. GSP is [...]
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Posted: July 24, 2010 in RankingsTags: Brock Lesnar, Fabricio Werdum, Fedor Emelianenko, Junior Dos Santos
The heavyweight division probably had the greatest upheaval of any this summer with the legend Fedor Emelianenko going down and Brock Lesnar’s title defense against undefeated Shane Carwin. 1. Brock Lesnar I’m not 100% sold on this ranking, but since Fedor’s loss, it makes the most since, unless you believe in the whole lineal champ thing. [...]