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Solid rankings. Maybe move Robert Whittaker up one or two places imo.
I agree with you but I feel like Vitor and Cung would disagreeThank you for putting Rich in the top 5. He's a class act, and was the best in his time. Often overlooked but never an easy out for anyone!
Poatan, Du Plessis, Strickland and GSP should be above Bisping despite having one defense.
Thank you for putting Rich in the top 5. He's a class act, and was the best in his time. Often overlooked but never an easy out for anyone!
Whittaker should be higher, he's been the Max Holloway of his division and would have had a long title reign if Izzy didn't exist.
Same here.(I do dislike his lookalike, Jim though.)
Izzy is a 2x MW Champ with 6 defenses.1. Anderson Silva - 10 defenses, 11 title fight wins
2. Israel Adesanya - 5 defenses, 8 title fight win, 3x MW champion
3. Chris Weidman - 3 defenses, 4 title fight wins
4. Rich Frankllin - 2 defenses, 3 title fight wins
5. Murilo Bustamante- 1 defense, 2 title fight win
6. Robert Whittaker - 1 title fight win but very impressive resume(Romeo 2x, Gastelum, Cannonier, Costa, Brunson, Jacare), He has fought pretty much everyone
7. Luke Rockhold - 1 very good title fight victory, but also impressive MW resume and 2 Strikeforce title fight wins
8. Michael Bisping - 1 defense, 2 title fight wins
9. DDP - Good resume but his title fight win was controversial
10. Poatan - Impressive finishes over 2 champions but too few MW bouts
11. Sean Strickland - 1 title fight win although very impressive and over the second best MW ever
12. Evan Tanner - 1 good title fight finish but too man losses
13. GSP - Only 1 win at MW agaisnt one of the weakest MW champions, although a finish
14. Dave Menne - losing UFC record and the one title fight win was a UD
Do you agree? If not then what is your list?
If Anderson didn't exist wouldn't Henderson have beaten Franklin? Or a prime Marquardt.You can especulate that for many in history.
Both Belfort and Henderon beat Silva's best wins in each other and Rich Franklin and would've been heavily favoured over any other MW tittle contender of that era. What if Anderson didnt exist.
Wrong middleweight.Poatan and Strickland over DDP honestly. Frank Shamrock deserves to be in there too. He's definetely better than half than this list for beating Tito.
Yes Henderson actually beat Franklin apart from doing better vs common opponents, and would be favoured vs any version of MarquardtIf Anderson didn't exist wouldn't Henderson have beaten Franklin? Or a prime Marquardt.
Posting a list of clowns is supposed to do what? Bisping got his ass handed to him by silva and hendo. No wonder why he ducked the entire top 10 at mw.
Been meaning to go back and rewatch that one. I remember thinking Ace had done enough to get the nod but either way it was a very close fight. Would have been interesting to see them go 5 rounds.Yes Henderson actually beat Franklin apart from doing better vs common opponents, and would be favoured vs any version of Marquardt
Stfu loser he won both fights takes a clown to know a clown.Posting a list of clowns is supposed to do what? Bisping got his ass handed to him by silva and hendo. No wonder why he ducked the entire top 10 at mw.
Agreed. You can say Hendo and Silva deserved the win in their humble opinnion but if the majority disagrees with you then it aint a robbery.
This is very trueIt sucks, but it’s not really a defense if the title isn’t at stake. No matter what happened, the belt was going home with Anderson, so he unfortunately wasn’t really defending anything.
In Oliveira’s case, the challenger made weight. And actually IIRC they stripped him, so it was vacant and Gaethje had the opportunity to win it, as he made contracted weight.
Beat the champ,beat them. Did it all with one eye. Don't take it so bad buddehBispong got his ass handed to him by Silva and Henderson. Not to mention ducking the entire top 10 at mw. Dude is the worst champ ever at MW if not all of the ufc. And a 1 eyed pos at that.
Silva and Hendo beat the piss out of that one eye POS.Beat the champ,beat them. Did it all with one eye. Don't take it so bad buddeh