Topic: Top Middleweights - 185 lbs.
Okami vs. Boetsch
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03.12.2012 | 7:29 AM ET
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03.12.2012 | 11:12 AM ET
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03.12.2012 | 11:13 AM ET
That's all I need to know :->
My ranking here needs a refresh too, I would put Boetsch on 10 or 9 ...
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03.12.2012 | 11:17 AM ET
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03.12.2012 | 11:19 AM ET
EDIT: As for the other rankings, Rashad's there for the lulz. Askren and Hieron are that high mainly because of Hieron's awesomeness. If Hieron were to rematch Ellenberger today, I'd still take him in the rematch. Askren's only ranked above him because he "beat" him, even though the decision was debatable.
* Edited at 03.12.2012, 11:21 AM ET *
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03.12.2012 | 11:19 AM ET
And yes my rankings are out of date.
Boetsch looked far from impressive in managing to come back against Okami. It's hard to argue that based on what we saw from him in that fight, that he'll be a contender in the division. What it does is make it really difficult to determine where to rank these fighters.
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03.12.2012 | 11:20 AM ET
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03.12.2012 | 11:22 AM ET
Bisping has already beaten Leben, who is in your Top Ten. Furthermore, Bisping definitely deserves to be in your Top Ten more than Nate Marquardt if you consider the fact that Marquardt's not even a Middleweight anymore. Marquardt's next fight is against Tyron Woodley for Strikeforce's vacant Welterweight title.
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03.12.2012 | 11:27 AM ET
@Greg
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Love that..
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03.12.2012 | 11:27 AM ET
And yes, Bisping defeated Leben. But then again, Wanderlei Silva defeated Bisping after that... Then Leben beat Wanderlei Silva after that. If timing means anything, it shouldn't be too difficult to understand my placement of Leben over Wandy and Bisping.
That's just my opinion for my personal rankings though, I totally understand how others have it differently in this case given Bisping's recent showings.
* Edited at 03.12.2012, 11:28 AM ET *
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03.12.2012 | 11:36 AM ET
"You have respect, you don't lose your teeth"
03.12.2012 | 11:40 AM ET
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03.12.2012 | 11:43 AM ET
@kao do u really think Boetsch is before Munoz, Stann and Bisping???
Posted a comment on ur profil too, thankxx to follow ;)
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03.12.2012 | 11:49 AM ET
But if Boetsch were to fight Munoz, I'd definitely take Munoz, as he has the style advantage going for him. I'd give Boetsch the nod against Stann, but not against Bisping.
&yupp np
* Edited at 03.12.2012, 11:49 AM ET *
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03.12.2012 | 12:25 PM ET
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03.12.2012 | 12:34 PM ET
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03.12.2012 | 2:42 PM ET
Lets look at how Okami and Munoz have fared since they fought each other -
Okami - 1 Win (Nate Marquardt), 2 Losses (Silva, Bosetch)
Munoz - 4 Wins (Aaron Simpson, C.B. Dollaway, Demian Maia, Chris Leben)
For Okami, beating Marquardt is impressive and losing to Silva shouldn't have seen move down the rankings much, however, the Bosetch loss pretty much dropped Okami's ranking stock a lot.
For Munoz, Simpson and Dollaway may not mean much, but Maia is a once top ten and still considered by many a top 15. and Leben is a solid win.
I put Munoz at #3 because after Sonnen, he's been the most consistant MW in UFC at the moment (Belfort needs a bigger win to go higher).
EDIT: I know I'm late to the party. I had this opened up, typed half, went to sleep and decided I wanted to finish it :D
* Edited at 03.12.2012, 2:46 PM ET *
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03.12.2012 | 3:59 PM ET
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