Decent list and order! 3 questions:
Do you automatically rank champs first?
Also how long do you wait before someone drops out of rankings due to inactivity? My rule has generally been one year.
How many fights do you go back when taking into account a resume? Ie. Werdum's resume over TJ's?
Surprised you rank Thompson in #10 though it's a reasonable pick and pretty interchangeable. Resume and recent 5 fights id have placed Werdum
I don't automatically rank champions first, no. That said all of the other possible picks either became champions (Dillashaw, Holloway, Ferguson, Whittaker), or completely fell out of P4P contention (Lawler, Aldo, Cruz).
Let's be totally honest here, Cruz should easily be on the list due to resume, but there has to be somewhat of a balance.
Conor's resume is very impressive, but nobody else on this list arguably lost to someone of Diaz's level twice. Conor's inactivity also severely hurts himself.
Werdum's resume is great if you start going back years, in recent years he wins fights, but looks terrible doing so. His last two wins were against absolute cans in my opinion.
Number 10 is pretty interchangeable, I'd have no problem with Cody, Cruz or Rockhold - that said, Thompson has been more active than two of them and has beaten the better competition than some of those names, without getting knocked out cold by Michael Bisping.
It's a tough line to walk.
