Topic: Top Heavyweights - 265 lbs.
Derrick Lewis
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03.20.2022 | 2:26 AM ET
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03.21.2022 | 9:31 PM ET
That said, I think Volkov and Blaydes both retained some respect after those losses because they showed skills and dominated those fights before getting KO'd. Derrick just has that equalizer. Same reason why Paul Craig is lower than Ankalaev despite finishing him by submission. The whole fight matters, the context matters, not just a single W/L.
03.21.2022 | 9:46 PM ET
03.21.2022 | 9:47 PM ET
03.31.2022 | 12:01 AM ET
This site is cool, the way it allows for many different ranking philosophies to mesh together.
It would be tricky to continuously keep every fighter above anyone they beat in the last year, though I imagine that's not your only method to build a list.
If people took a "big picture" approach, say like body of work over the last few years...
Lewis is 5-3 with 1 win against your top 10 list and a loss to someone outside of it.
Blaydes is 6-1 with 2 wins against your top 10 list.
They have 2 common recent opponents in Dos Santos & Daukaus. Blaydes did better in both cases.
Anyway, I guess that's the beauty of letting everyone decide how they want to tackle their lists. Keeping everything uniformly applied is tricky at times. LOL
One thing I wish this site would consider, is not always capping divisions at 75 lists. If there were more than 75 lists that were less than a week old, (which there has been), it'd be nice to let more than 75 lists form the consensus ranks. The more input, the better, haha
That said, this system is really unique and I'd dare to say, the best approach to rankings that I've seen online.
* Edited at 03.31.2022, 12:14 AM ET *
"Facts > Feelings"
03.31.2022 | 3:32 AM ET
"đ´ No Quarter Given đ´"
03.31.2022 | 10:24 AM ET
03.31.2022 | 11:35 PM ET
I guess it will still come down to all the different philosophies people use. If you use more of a timeframe "profile" approach like essentially all sports do, you can often make a case for 1 fighter to remain above another, even after the lower one defeats the higher one.
That said, I can totally understand those who automatically pop the winner above the loser after they fight each other, I don't subscribe to that, but I acknowledge it's a thing. :)
Peace.
* Edited at 03.31.2022, 11:37 PM ET *
"Facts > Feelings"