let's discuss our LW rankings

alright bill hopefully this should work for you ...

Yeah, the last time I saw Green, I realized he needed to be ranked on my listing.  I am just not as fast as I should be in keeping this updated.  But Myles Jury and Bobby Green have a date with my Rankings.  I haven't gotten far enough to know where, but I'll figure it out.  

Where do you suggest Jury and Green go?

@bill Bobby Green just beat Pat Healy, pretty decisively at that. And he's ninth on yours. I think he's somewhere between 11-15 for me, i'm not sure though.

* Edited at 02.22.2014, 5:41 PM ET *

Where would you insert Myles Jury?

I think he's right around the top 20, probably not quite in there yet. Like 21-25.

New announced LW fights since my last report.

Michel Prazeres vs. Mairbek Taisumov, March 23, 2014, UFC Fight Night, 38, Shogun vs. Henderson 2
Ramsey Nijem vs. Beneil Dariush, March 11, 2014, UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs. Nelson
Mark Bocek vs. Evan Dunham, April 16, 2014, TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia
KJ Noons vs. Sam Stout, Apirl 16, 2014, TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia
Jim Miller vs. Bobby Green, April 26, 2014, UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira
Justin Salas vs. Ben Wall, May 10, 2014, Fight Night 40
Erik Koch vs. Daron Cruickshank, May 10, 2014, Fight Night 40
Jamie Varner vs. James Krause, May 24, 2014, UFC 173: Weidman vs. Machida
Al Iaquinta vs. Mitch Clarke, May 24, 2014, UFC 173: Weidman vs. Machida

Top Tier: Anthony Pettis, Benson Henderson, Gilbert Melendez, TJ Grant, Josh Thomson, Michael Chandler, Eddie Alvarez, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Pat Healy, Nate Diaz

Mid-Tier: Gray Maynard, Rafael Dos Anjos, Donald Cerrone, Diego Sanchez, Jim Miller, Joe Lauzon, Jamie Varner, Melvin Guillard, Rustam Khabilov, Jorge Masvidal, Bobby Green,

Bottom Tier: Myles Jury, Michael Johnson, KJ Noons, Ross Pearson, Sam Stout, Curt Warburton, Kyle Watson, Matt Wiman, Andre Winner, Yves Edwards, Edson Barboza, Mark Bocek, Danny Castillo, Mac Danzig, Evan Dunham, Michael Johnson, John Makdessi, Anthony Njokuani, Aaron Riley, Shane Roller, George Sotiropoulos, Thiago Tavares, Paul Taylor, Gleison Tibau.

My 11-19

11. Gray Maynard
12. Rafael Dos Anjos
13. Donald Cerrone
14. Diego Sanchez
15. Jim Miller
16. Joe Lauzon
17. Jamie Varner
18. Melvin Guillard
19. Myles Jury
20. Michael Johnson
21. Rustam Khabilov
22. Bobby Green
23. Jorge Masvidal
24. KJ Noons
25. Ross Pearson
26. Sam Stout
27. Gleison Tibau

Coming LW fights:

Kazuki Tokudome vs. Yui Chul Nam, March 1, 2014, UFC Fight Night: TUF China Finale
Michael Johnson vs. Melvin Guillard, March 8, 2014, UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Jimi Manuwa
Diego Sanchez vs. Myles Jury, March 15, 2014, UFC 171, Hendricks vs. Lawler
Renee Forte vs. Frank Trevino, March 15, 2014, UFC 171, Hendricks vs. Lawler
Leonardo Santos vs. Norman Parke, March 23, 2014, UFC Fight Night, 38, Shogun vs. Henderson 2
Michel Prazeres vs. Mairbek Taisumov, March 23, 2014, UFC Fight Night, 38, Shogun vs. Henderson 2
Ramsey Nijem vs. Beneil Dariush, March 11, 2014, UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs. Nelson
Mark Bocek vs. Evan Dunham, April 16, 2014, TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia
KJ Noons vs. Sam Stout, Apirl 16, 2014, TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia
Donald Cerrone vs. Edson Barboza, April 19, 2014, UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne
Pat Healy vs. Jorge Masvidal,  April 19, 2014, UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne
Khabib Nurmagovedov vs. Rafael dos Anjos, April 19, 2014, UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne
Yancy Medeiros vs. Joe Ellenberger, April 26, 2014, UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira
Jim Miller vs. Bobby Green, April 26, 2014, UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira
Justin Salas vs. Ben Wall, May 10, 2014, Fight Night 40
Erik Koch vs. Daron Cruickshank, May 10, 2014, Fight Night 40
Jamie Varner vs. James Krause, May 24, 2014, UFC 173: Weidman vs. Machida
Al Iaquinta vs. Mitch Clarke, May 24, 2014, UFC 173: Weidman vs. Machida

Presently, the following are not matched up in fights yet: Takanori Gomi, 

Some of the above fighters are just after having fought recently.

Injured: TJ Grant, Anthony Pettis, Ross Pearson, Gleison Tibau,

Since my last report, Rustam Khabilov beat Jorge Masvidal in convincing fashion.

Many promising coming fights include: Michael Johnson vs. Melvin Guillard, Donald Cerrone vs. Edson Barboza, Pat Healy vs. Jorge Masvidal, Khabib Nurmagovedov vs. Rafael dos Anjos, Diego Sanchez vs. Myles Jury, Jim Miller vs. Bobby Green.

Two fights I wouldn't mind watching would be: TJ Grant vs. Pat Healy and Jorge Masvidal vs. Rafael dos Anjos.  

With respect to my Rankings, even though Bobby Green beat Pat Healy in convincing fashion, it is by far the biggest win of his career, and everyone ranked above him have better career records.  But I have my eye on Green and am prepared to fast-track him up on greased skids if he keeps it up.

The big news in the LW division is that Gilbert Melendez refused to sign the contract the UFC offered him.  He went to Bellator, agreed to terms with them, and then the UFC exercised their matching rights option.  So, Melendez is staying in the UFC.  One of the items in the contract was a title fight with Anthony Pettis.  So, that preempts all the other LW challengers: Aldo, Henderson, Thomson, Grant, etc. 

And the other big news is that Nate Diaz has supposedly asked for out of his contract.  What happens with Nate remains to be seen.  

* Edited at 02.28.2014, 4:34 PM ET *

New announced LW fights since my last report.
Ramsey Nijem vs. Beneil Dariush, April 11, 2014, Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Nelson
Takanori Gomi vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg, April 26, 2014, UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira
Yancy Medeiros vs. Joe Ellenberger, April 26, 2014, UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira
Danny Castillo vs. Charlie Brenneman, April 26, 2014, UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira
Justin Salas vs. Ben Wall, May 10, 2014, Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva
Yves Edwards vs. Piotr Hallmann, May 24, 2014, UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw
Danny Mitchell vs. Li Jingliang, May 24, 2014, UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw
Nick Hein vs. Drew Dober, May 31, 2014, Fight Night: Munuz vs. Mousasi
Elias Siverio vs. Ernest Chavez, May 31, Fight Night: Sonnon vs. Wanderlei
Benson Henderson vs. Rustam Khabilov, June 7, 2014, Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov
Colton Smith vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira, June 28, 2014, Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens

Top Tier: Anthony Pettis, Benson Henderson, Gilbert Melendez, TJ Grant, Josh Thomson, Michael Chandler, Eddie Alvarez, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Pat Healy, Nate Diaz

Mid-Tier: Gray Maynard, Rafael Dos Anjos, Donald Cerrone, Diego Sanchez, Jim Miller, Joe Lauzon, Jamie Varner, Melvin Guillard, Rustam Khabilov, Jorge Masvidal, Bobby Green,

Bottom Tier: Myles Jury, Michael Johnson, KJ Noons, Ross Pearson, Sam Stout, Curt Warburton, Kyle Watson, Matt Wiman, Andre Winner, Yves Edwards, Edson Barboza, Mark Bocek, Danny Castillo, Mac Danzig, Evan Dunham, Michael Johnson, John Makdessi, Anthony Njokuani, Aaron Riley, Shane Roller, George Sotiropoulos, Thiago Tavares, Paul Taylor, Gleison Tibau.

My 11-19

11. Gray Maynard
12. Rafael Dos Anjos
13. Donald Cerrone
14. Diego Sanchez
15. Jim Miller
16. Joe Lauzon
17. Jamie Varner
18. Melvin Guillard
19. Myles Jury
20. Michael Johnson
21. Rustam Khabilov
22. Bobby Green
23. Jorge Masvidal
24. KJ Noons
25. Ross Pearson
26. Sam Stout
27. Gleison Tibau

Coming LW fights:
Ramsey Nijem vs. Beneil Dariush, April 11, 2014, Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Nelson
Mark Bocek vs. Evan Dunham, April 16, 2014, TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia
KJ Noons vs. Sam Stout, Apirl 16, 2014, TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia
Donald Cerrone vs. Edson Barboza, April 19, 2014, UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne
Pat Healy vs. Jorge Masvidal,  April 19, 2014, UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne
Khabib Nurmagovedov vs. Rafael dos Anjos, April 19, 2014, UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne
Yancy Medeiros vs. Joe Ellenberger, April 26, 2014, UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira
Jim Miller vs. Bobby Green, April 26, 2014, UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira
Takanori Gomi vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg, April 26, 2014, UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira
Yancy Medeiros vs. Joe Ellenberger, April 26, 2014, UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira
Danny Castillo vs. Charlie Brenneman, April 26, 2014, UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira
Justin Salas vs. Ben Wall, May 10, 2014, Fight Night 40
Erik Koch vs. Daron Cruickshank, May 10, 2014, Fight Night 40
Justin Salas vs. Ben Wall, May 10, 2014, Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva
Yves Edwards vs. Piotr Hallmann, May 10, 2014, UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw
Danny Mitchell vs. Li Jingliang, May 10, 2014, UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw
Jamie Varner vs. James Krause, May 24, 2014, UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw
Tony Ferguson vs. Katsunori Kikuno, May 24, 2014, UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw
Michael Chiesa vs. Francisco Trinaldo, May 24, 2014, UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw
Anthony Nijokuani vs. Vinc Pichel, May 24, 2014, UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw
Al Iaquinta vs. Mitch Clarke, May 24, 2014, UFC 173: Weidman vs. Machida
Nick Hein vs. Drew Dober, May 31, 2014, Fight Night: Munuz vs. Mousasi
Elias Siverio vs. Ernest Chavez, May 31, Fight Night: Sonnon vs. Wanderlei
Benson Henderson vs. Rustam Khabilov, June 7, 2014, Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov
Colton Smith vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira, June 28, 2014, Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens

Injured: TJ Grant, Anthony Pettis, Ross Pearson, Gleison Tibau,

Since my last report, Michael Johnson beat Melvin Guillard in a UD and Melvin was released from the UFC.  Myles Jury defeated Diego Sanchez by UD.

Many promising coming fights include: Donald Cerrone vs. Edson Barboza, Pat Healy vs. Jorge Masvidal, Khabib Nurmagovedov vs. Rafael dos Anjos, Jim Miller vs. Bobby Green, Benson Henderson vs. Rustam Khabilov.

Two fights I wouldn't mind watching would be: TJ Grant vs. Pat Healy and Jorge Masvidal vs. Rafael dos Anjos.  

The big news in the LW division is that Gilbert Melendez will now fight Anthony Pettis at the end of 2014.

* Edited at 03.28.2014, 1:25 PM ET *

After the Bellator mess of a PPV last night, I thought this was a good time to rethink the LW rankings. Alvarez has 3 career losses, 1 to WW Nick Thompson and 2 subs to Aoki and Chandler. Even though Aoki was generally considered top 10 in his day and is still active, the lack of crossover fights and the dominance of the UFC have left him forgotten and now the only wins over ranked fighters that either Eddie or Chandler have are each other so I've dropped both out of the top 10. I've got Eddie and Chandler at 12 & 13 between Cowboy and Bobby Green. Not ready to drop them that far just yet but you can't keep someone in their spot just because they were there. Put Brooks in at #40 cuz it was split win and he was KOed by Saad Awad but that's his only career loss. 

Thoughts? 

my LW rankings

This is the best way I can think of to organize the 155 rankings after tonight.

1. Pettis is champ, so unless you drop him for inactivity, he's your #1.
2. Khabib beat RDA (and like 40 other people), so he's #2.
3. RDA beat Bendo, who was previously #2.
4. I won't drop Bendo any lower than I have to, he still beats most of the division.
5. Melendez is used to being ranked higher, but like it or not, he lost to Bendon.
6. Bobby Green got here by beating...
7. Josh Thomson, who got here by beating...
8. Nate Diaz, who is out indefinitely.
9. Myles Jury might deserve to be here anyway, but he got bumped up because...
10. Diego Sanchez has that win (on paper at least) over Ross Pearson, who had to move up after knocking out Maynard. So Maynard dropped below Pearson (#12 I think).

Along with Maynard, I dropped T.J. Grant out of the top 10 for inactivity.

Not bad but you don't have to give a fighter credit for a disputable decision win. I flip-flop on whether to rank Melendez ahead of Henderson all the time because I think he should've won. I look at fights like that as draws and wish there were more of them to reflect reality but you especially don't have to rank Diego ahead of Ross. 

I'll have to think about how I'll change mine. Bottom line is last night makes EVERY position debatable, even #1.

Is it because Henderson just fought at WW that we can't add him to the LW rankings?

Its not always consistent where tapology will let you rank fighters. Dan Henderson's last fight was at 185 but I can't add him to my MW rankings.

@boredoms I noticed a similar issue with trying to add Stephen Puetz back into the LHW rankings since he fought Tybura at Heavyweight.

Alvarez jumps up 15 spots to #5.

What's taking people so long to rank Conor? He's still at #10 right now in the consensus rankings. 

* Edited at 11.23.2016, 4:20 PM ET *