All WW champions ranked

[Shay Brennan]

1. GSP - 12 title fight wins, 9 defenses, most takedowns, control and top time, strike defense and takedown accruacy,
2. Matt Hughes - 9 title fight wins, 7 defenses, almost all of his title fight wins were finishes
3. Kamaru Usman -- 6 title fight wins, 5 defenses, knocked out all of his title fight opponents although there were only 3 of them, longest win streak in WW history with 15, best TDD in WW history
4. Pat Miletich - 5 title fight wins, 4 defenses, first WW champion
5. Tyron Woodley - 4 title fight wins, 4 defenses although one of them was a draw
6. Leon Edwards - 3 title fight wins, 2 defenses, biggest comeback in WW history
7. Robbie Lawler - 3 title fight wins, 2 defenses, fight of the year with Rory, the other 2 wins were split decisions,
8.. BJ Penn - 1 title fight win, impressive submission of Hughes, considering the size and strength disadvantage
9. Johnny Hendricks - 1 title fight win, UD victory over Lawler also gave GSP his toughest fight at WW
10. Carlos Newton - 1 title fight win, good submission of Pat Miletich
11. Matt Serra - 1 title fight win, biggest upset in UFC history although it was later proven to be a fluke
12. Carlos Condit - 1 interim title fight win, a solid UD against an actual WW sized opponent
13. Colby Covington - 1 interim title fight win, not that impressive UD over LW RDA

Do you agree? If not then what is your list?

 

[Leinster Rugby]

I'm a bald, lying, wife-slapping, red-faced, disingenuous man-child unable to give credit to anyone who has even an iota of independence,





so I disagree and pick Usman number 1.

 

[TheMadHatter]

fantastic list. I might jumble up a couple of the bottom guys but that is just being nitpicky

 

[FreddieRoachsVoice]

Great list. I'd have Serra over Newton considering the gravity of Serra's 1 win but as the above poster said, the bottom of any list can be nitpicky.

Modernists will squawk about Woodley being low but most of his performances were AWFUL and Darren Till is absolutely not a "better quality win" just because you know who he is. Till was gifted a title shot solely based off of his nationality and basically never won again for the rest of his career. Woodley was getting Renan Barao level overhype during his time on top and there is a BIG drop off after the top 3 on this list.

Also, Usman would have probably claimed the #2 spot legitimately if he didn't waste so much time with rematches. Guy wins the title and his next 7 fights are against 4 different opponents? How the hell does that even happen??

 

[Oz.Pride]

The disrespect to Lawler is wild.

 

[Skarsgard]

It's a hard division to rank. GSP and Usman I think could have done well regardless of the era. Tyron when he was on was a force to be reckoned with as well. Jury is still out on Leon, but I like him.

As for the rest, they're a bit of toss-ups. Some fun champs/interims like Condit and Robbie, but some snoozers like Hendricks and Colby.

Miletich is too high though.

 

[sirmorbach]

Spot on. Maybe Lawler over Leon, and I say this as a Leon fan.

Great list. Well done, TS.

 

[AmericanMMA]

GSP lost to Hendricks (bs decision) and ducked the rematch. Only came back to face possibly the worst champ of all time (Bisping) in a fight he knew he’d win. Can’t give him the number one spot… he tapped to strikes.

GSP did not do ok in ufc.

 

[Tweak896]

Kind of crazy how Hughes started fighting MMA in 1998, and just 3 years later his record was 30-3 and UFC WW Champion when he was 2-1 in the UFC.

 

[WokeWarrior]

1. GSP - 12 title fight wins, 9 defenses, most takedowns, control and top time, strike defense and takedown accruacy,
2. Matt Hughes - 9 title fight wins, 7 defenses, almost all of his title fight wins were finishes
3. Kamaru Usman -- 6 title fight wins, 5 defenses, knocked out all of his title fight opponents although there were only 3 of them, longest win streak in WW history with 15, best TDD in WW history
4. Pat Miletich - 5 title fight wins, 4 defenses, first WW champion
5. Tyron Woodley - 4 title fight wins, 4 defenses although one of them was a draw
6. Leon Edwards - 3 title fight wins, 2 defenses, biggest comeback in WW history
7. Robbie Lawler - 3 title fight wins, 2 defenses, fight of the year with Rory, the other 2 wins were split decisions,
8.. BJ Penn - 1 title fight win, impressive submission of Hughes, considering the size and strength disadvantage
9. Johnny Hendricks - 1 title fight win, UD victory over Lawler also gave GSP his toughest fight at WW
10. Carlos Newton - 1 title fight win, good submission of Pat Miletich
11. Matt Serra - 1 title fight win, biggest upset in UFC history although it was later proven to be a fluke
12. Carlos Condit - 1 interim title fight win, a solid UD against an actual WW sized opponent
13. Colby Covington - 1 interim title fight win, not that impressive UD over LW RDA

Do you agree? If not then what is your list?

Matt & Pat miletich over Tyron woodley & Usman man if you dont stop.
Tyron Woodley Alone in his Prime Starches Matt hughes and dam near over 90 percent of your list and i can put my life on it.
like cut it out.

Gsp
Usman
Tyron
Hughes
Lawler
Leon

Leon has potential to pass over lawler hughes and tyron but he has to
beat Belal, shavkat, islam and move up and win double champ.

 

[HHJ]

Interims shouldnt count

 

[HHJ]

The disrespect to Lawler is wild.

They are going by title defenses primarily

 

[arcadeperfect]

Remove Colby from that list.

 

[Aegon Spengler]

That’s a very good list. Mostly agree with it

 

[don't ask]

Usman too low and Colby too high, but otherwise great list.

 

[NoSmilez]

Pat shouldn't be that high.