Topic: Top Welterweights - 170 lbs.
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01.30.2012 | 4:10 PM ET
TEAM DIAZ CELEBRATE!!!
HAHA
"im an OT (ORIGINAL TAPOLOGIST), I used to write for cagepages.com. NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT LEFT HAND SHOT"
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01.31.2012 | 3:23 AM ET
"One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it." Jose Ortega y Gasset
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- DelRose
01.31.2012 | 8:03 AM ET
"That hole is tighter than a nuns nasty"
01.31.2012 | 9:24 AM ET
"I Get Better."
01.31.2012 | 9:54 AM ET
But even if you hate GSP, to not have him ranked as the #1 welterweight means you're letting your bias against him dictate your rankings. He's the champion and he's convincingly beat top fighter after top fighter after top fighter.
Diaz has beat several good fighters and the people who claim he hasn't faced any top-10 fighters need to give it a rest already. Diaz is a top-5 welterweight now. But regardless of he's your favorite or not, there's no legitimate way to say that he's beat more, tougher opposition than GSP.
As for the "he's been inactive" excuse, that's a double-standard. GSP had a major, but common injury and he's on a quicker-than-expected timeframe to return. Fighters miss this amount of time constantly and you don't change their place in the rankings.
This is Anik's excuse, and yet Anik has Shane Carwin, who lost a full year due to neck surgery, and then came back and got his ass kicked and is now on a 2-fight skid, as his #4 ranked heavyweight.
Rank Diaz at #2 or #3. You can make the argument. But if you say he's #1 you're really just saying he's your personal favorite and that your rankings shouldn't be taken seriously.
"I live, I die, I live again."
01.31.2012 | 10:02 AM ET
"“All of a sudden, he was shooting for a takedown, and I’m like, ‘Oh, you’re a wrestler now? Remember, I’m the black belt in jiu-jitsu. And you’re shooting on me now? This is a wrap." - Nate Diaz"
01.31.2012 | 11:50 AM ET
I find it interesting that while @jersey may have Nick Diaz as the #1 WW, he still has GSP as the #3 pound for pound fighter behind only Silva and Jones.
Same with @rorschach.
* Edited at 01.31.2012, 11:54 AM ET *
"I would agree with you, but then we would both be wrong."
01.31.2012 | 12:36 PM ET
"Albert Fish... I mean that guy was a real jerk!"
01.31.2012 | 12:39 PM ET
"Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one" - Benjamin Franklin
01.31.2012 | 1:01 PM ET
RIGHT NOW Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit are fighting for the interim UFC Championship in the WW division. GSP is out AT LEAST till November. So right now I have Diaz/Condit at #1 and #2.
There's my reasoning...
"I'm bi-polar...nice jab, mean hook."
01.31.2012 | 1:12 PM ET
"It does not make sense that humans deliberately malfunction. - Upgrade"
01.31.2012 | 1:17 PM ET
"One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it." Jose Ortega y Gasset
01.31.2012 | 1:20 PM ET
"“All of a sudden, he was shooting for a takedown, and I’m like, ‘Oh, you’re a wrestler now? Remember, I’m the black belt in jiu-jitsu. And you’re shooting on me now? This is a wrap." - Nate Diaz"
01.31.2012 | 1:20 PM ET
"I'm bi-polar...nice jab, mean hook."
01.31.2012 | 1:27 PM ET
"One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it." Jose Ortega y Gasset
01.31.2012 | 1:29 PM ET
"I'm too old to be run by the fears of dumb people "
01.31.2012 | 1:37 PM ET
When most of GSP's fans love him because he's the Champ and certain people don't like Unique/Awesome fighters that are too "gangster" or "thug"...in other words - REAL. "YAY look at GSP he has a a cool headband and is the best, oooh and he's classy"
**** all you ************s.
...see I should've just backed out.
"I'm bi-polar...nice jab, mean hook."
01.31.2012 | 1:40 PM ET
"I'm too old to be run by the fears of dumb people "
01.31.2012 | 1:54 PM ET
"I'm bi-polar...nice jab, mean hook."
01.31.2012 | 2:03 PM ET
"I'm too old to be run by the fears of dumb people "
01.31.2012 | 4:56 PM ET
* Edited at 01.31.2012, 4:58 PM ET *
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