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Great pick. Guy dominated WW for years and was actually undersized. He started out a wrestler and picked up a decent boxing game as his career went on. He out boxed Nick Diaz FFS. He even took 2 rounds from Hughes when Hughes was still unstoppable. First LW champ even the UFC brought back the division.Ryan Bader.... He's pretty much an afterthought at this point, but his resume is phenomenal. Besides that one bad loss to Tito, he's only lost to Bones, Rumble, Machida, and Glover. Meanwhile, he's defeated Little Nog (2x), Rampage, Cavalcante with one hand, Rashad, Phil Davis (2x), Latifi, King Mo, Vassell, and Jardine. After the big 3 (Bones, DC, Rumble), you can make the case that Bader has been the next best LHW over the last decade.
Matt Serra.... Most people scoff and dismiss him as a fluke, but he had a very stellar career. Marred by close losses (caught by Shonie with seconds remaining when he was about to win a decision, a great fight against BJ in '02, and a close SD loss to Din Thomas), Serra was always a threat and was only finished once. Heavy hands and a great ground game. A very solid overall fighter.
Sean Sherk.... Doesn't receive enough recognition as one of the best LWs ever. He split time at WW and still compiled a 36-4 record and only ever lost to the absolute best of the best (Hughes, BJ, GSP, and Frankie). He dominated Florian to win the LW title. The dude was 5'6 and may have had shorter arms than Artem and he still wrecked most of his opponents.
36-4-1 (that's a hell of a record)
Wins
Nick Diaz
KenFlo
Manny Gamburyan
Karo (x2)
21 stoppage wins
Losses
Hughes
GSP
BJ
Frankie
(Nothing but all time greats)
I think Serra is underrated. I thought he got screwed against Hughes and should have won 29-28.