State of the UFC Welterweight Division

[bbman182]

Already Matched Up
Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz
Jake Ellenberger vs. Johny Hendricks
Carlos Condit vs. Rory MacDonald
Jon Fitch vs. Demian Maia
Josh Koscheck vs. Robbie Lawler
Jay Hieron vs. Tyron Woodley
Dan Hardy vs Matt Brown
Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Sean Pierson vs. Rick Story
Jordan Mein vs. Dan Miller
Patrick Cote vs. Bobby Voelker
David Mitchell vs. Simeon Thoresen
Pascal Krauss vs. Mike Stumpf
Justin Edwards vs. Gunnar Nelson
Che Mills vs. Matthew Riddle
Marcelo Guimaraes vs. Hyun Gyu Lim
Court McGee vs. Josh Neer
Brock Jardine vs. Kenny Robertson
Neil Magny vs. Jon Manley

Matchups to Make
Erick Silva vs Nate Marquardt
Martin Kampmann vs Tarec Saffiedine
Thiago Alves vs Yoshihiro Akiyama
John Hathaway vs Mike Pierce
Mike Pyle vs Jason High
TJ Waldburger vs Bobby Voelker
Sergio Moraes vs Kyle Noke
Claude Patrick vs Aaron Simpson
Papy Abedi vs Seth Baczynski
Colton Smith vs Robert Whittaker
James Head vs Roger Bowling
Amir Sadollah vs Stephen Thompson
Lance Benoist vs Nick Catone
Chris Clements vs Brian Ebersole
Duane Ludwig vs Keith Wisniewski
John Maguire vs Paulo Thiago
Mike Ricci vs Manuel Rodriguez
Benny Alloway vs Mike Smith
Bradley Scott vs Besam Yousef
BJ Penn vs Retirement
Matt Hughes vs Retirement
Matt Serra vs Retirement

Top Prospects to Sign
Yan Cabral 10-0
Brian Foster 18-5
Brandon Thatch 8-1
Assan Njie 13-2
Gael Grimaud 15-5
Michel Richard dos Prazeres 16-0
Krzysztof Jotko 12-0
Hernani Perpetuo 14-3
Andreas Stahl 7-0
Adam McDonough 8-0
Albert Mina 9-0
Nicolas Dalby 9-0
Chris Davis 8-0
Murad Abdulaev 11-0
Derek Medler 7-0
Ali Arish 17-2
Cory MacDonald 12-2

[Hufusopem]

i know the hype train stopped after the Sauna ko'd Lim, but I still think Hyun Gyu Lim is going to make a huge impact in the WW division.

I remember the KTT coach never bragged about KZ(called him a harder worker than a natural talent) but with Lim he seems sure hes going to be a contender.

i know coaches will all vouch for their fighters but hes never said anything like that about Dongi Yang or even KZ.

[Ecker707]

Brian Foster needs Trt and to be signed

[J THE NATURAL]

awesome . love the match ups

[mmartian]

Claude patrick has come into my gym a few times so i may be biased, but i think he beat ebersole and deserves a step up in competition an aaron simpson isnt that.

[bonsaireborn]

Hernani Perpetuo needs to be signed ASAP

[ThunderStruck]

The level of talent in the first 4 fights you listed is really impressive. Awesome matchups, no one could say they dont want to see one of these fights.

[nowkissthis]

I think the newly crowned SF WW champ Saffiedine should get the winner of GSP/Diaz. The rest of the SF champs get title shots.

[Michaelangelo]

Originally Posted by nowkissthis

I think the newly crowned SF WW champ Saffiedine should get the winner of GSP/Diaz. The rest of the SF champs get title shots.

The other champs had multiple title defenses though. As deep as 170 is, I don't think Saff will be leapfrogging anyone. I'd like to see him matched against some other wrestlers. Maybe if he beats someone like Fitch it could get him a shot at the belt.