Topic: Top Light Heavies - 205 lbs.

top light heavyweights in mma

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ladylover213
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07.04.2011 | 4:22 PM ET

1. jon jones

2. rampage jackson

3. shogun rua

4. lyoto machida

5. rashad evans

6. phil davis

7. lorenz larkin

8. mo lawal

9. feijao cavalcante

10. gegard mousasi

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p4pgoat
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11.20.2011 | 5:06 PM ET

Phil Davis needs a good boxing coach.

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MachidaKarate4Life
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11.20.2011 | 5:09 PM ET

I wanna see Davis/Bonnar, Bonnar is a tough dude and Davis still needs to tweak a few things, the top five fights will come eventually.
JustynOfOsiris
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11.20.2011 | 5:11 PM ET

@machida good point, agreed!

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themysticalninja
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11.20.2011 | 6:16 PM ET

Only change is Hendo moving up to #3. Since it was such a close fight (and a war) Rua stays #8. It would be slightly unfair to drop him out of the #10 just because he lost.

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11.20.2011 | 6:29 PM ET

I think 8 is a little low anyways.. Come on. Hes better than Jackson, Davis hasnt done enough to earn 5th yet and he beat Machida twice. He lost to the no.2/3 in a match which could have been a draw. Im considering swapping Rua and Evans.. I probably will

edit: I did. Although I think Ruas being underrated abit now.

* Edited at 11.20.2011, 6:36 PM ET *

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JustynOfOsiris
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11.20.2011 | 6:32 PM ET

No Evans is above Rua but Rua is for sure top 5

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11.20.2011 | 6:38 PM ET




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JustynOfOsiris
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11.20.2011 | 6:42 PM ET

@kayak your rankings make no sense

Elaborate on why you have people where they are please.

* Edited at 11.20.2011, 6:44 PM ET *

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Bigj383
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11.20.2011 | 7:09 PM ET

After last night

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themysticalninja
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11.20.2011 | 7:10 PM ET

If Rua was ranked higher before UFC 139 he would have been dropped to 8th place anyway. He beat Machida ONCE - Yes we all know who truly won in their first match up but since the judges ruled it a win in favour of Machida, that's them tough breaks. His match with Henderson could have been a draw but again it was ruled in favour of Henderson. Again tough break and all that. Rua in UFC has been inconsistant, even if a few defeats aren't his fault. 

He's better than Jackson? Explain what you mean by that sentence.

Rampage's last lost was to Jon Jones and before that he won two. Yeah Matt Hamill wasn't exactly a top 10 and his victory against Machida was another controversial one but still he was declared the winner. Evans is the true #1 contender, Machida is the interim #1 contender (eh can't exactly say he's the "false" #1 contender now) and Davis is undefeated and his win against Nogueira pushed him up the rankings. And Mousasi has been the very consistant.

I could see Rua and Machida switching places but that's really it. 


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MachidaKarate4Life
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11.20.2011 | 7:40 PM ET

I'm shocked by some of these rankings, someone actually had Thiago Silva who is 1-1-1 since the Machida loss ahead of Machida, I will never see where people get he is a top ten, his best wins are Houston Alexander and Keith Jardine and he had to cheat to beat Brandon Vera who was handling him in the stand up.

And Nedkov, Babalu, Gracie, and Matyushenko in the top ten? That's awful, just awful.
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11.20.2011 | 11:14 PM ET


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11.20.2011 | 11:19 PM ET


Henderson moves up to #4

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HaZe
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11.25.2011 | 1:26 AM ET


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themysticalninja
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03.08.2012 | 1:48 PM ET

Changes:

Davis drops down 1 spot to #5
Gustafsson moves up to #4
Bader moves back into #7
Rampage falls down to #10, meaning Machida and Rua move up to #8 and #9 respectively.

* Edited at 03.08.2012, 1:48 PM ET *

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Anik
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03.08.2012 | 1:58 PM ET

What better than to rank the guy who beat him below the guy who he lost to, especially when it's only been one loss.

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themysticalninja
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03.08.2012 | 2:03 PM ET

Your referring to Rua and Machida...Eh they are tied but I can't edit the ranking numbers ^_^

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03.08.2012 | 2:17 PM ET

But Mousasi would just die to both of them.. 

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themysticalninja
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03.08.2012 | 2:24 PM ET

Maybe but he's been more consistant then Machida and Rua. Yeah I know weaker compitition and how can someone that talented draw with Jardine ¬_¬ But still I feel he's just good enough to be put in at #6. Of course Machida or Rua winning would most likely see them shoot past him.

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Anik
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03.08.2012 | 2:52 PM ET

@themysticalninja I was talking about Phil Davis and Alex Gustafsson but ya, Shogun and Lyoto too.

Problems man.

And also, everyone and their mother thought Mousasi beat Jardine. He was robbed. And he had a point deduction.



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