Just so we're clear, this is you and this is you asking where, as in what rankings, is he ranked, correct?
The actual source i used was a ranking from the month before Goodridge fought Fedor. From Fight Matrix, which is the actual rankings from Fight Matrix.
YOU keep saying you debunked things, yet YOU have posted rankings from 2001, 2002, and 2004... not 2003, the year of the fight that's in question. YOU have yet to provide a source that backs up your statement.
And to be a top 10 fighter, you DO NOT have to beat a top 10 fighter.
So, you answered one third of the actual question, and posted the ONLY place you can find him, which is known to be an unreliable and inaccurate source, yet you still believe that you've answered the question or somehow proved he was top 10? That's not reality. That's you being pathetically dishonest, as you have been the entire time.
The
actual rankings from 2001 show that Fight Matrix is wrong. That one simple fact that neither he nor Val Overeem were ranked top 10 in 2001
immediately and definitively debunks your entire basis of "proof",
right from the start. It shows the error in Fight Matrix's algorithm-generated rankings. Not only is it an error, it's a serious error pitting him as #5. He's somehow ranked over the likes of Barnett, Rizzo, Igor, Fujita, Sperry, and Ricco - without ever having a top 10 win himself. It's WRONG. Plain and simple. Here, again, are the actual rankings from 2001:
1. Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira
2. Randy Couture
3. Heath Herring
4. Mark Coleman
5. Josh Barnett
6. Pedro Rizzo
7. Igor Vovchanchin
8. Kazuyuki Fujita
9. Mario Sperry
10. Ricco Rodriguez
The
actual rankings from 2002 shows that Gary Goodridge was not ranked in 2002 either, further proving you wrong. Yet that just isn't good enough for mama, is it? You want to insinuate that wins over Achmed Labasanov and Lloyd van Dams somehow snuck Gary Goodridge into the top 10 in 2002 because fight matrix said so, even though you know how ridiculous it is to say it outright. So ridiculous, in fact, that you avoid actually saying it. Amirite? Let's also not forget to mention (I haven't previously) that the time between Gary beating 0-0 MMA legend Lloyd van Dams and fighting the #1 HW Fedor, was almost exactly one year. The man beats an MMA newcomer a year before his fight with Fedor, yet somehow still holds his imaginary rank over the actual top 10 fighters? Please tell me how that is possible? Here are the actual rankings from the middle of 2002:
1. Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueria
2. Josh Barnett
3. Heath Herring
4. Randy Couture
5. Pedro Rizzo
6. Mark Coleman
7. Ricco Rodriguez
8. Igor Vovchanchyn
9. Mario Sperry
10. Semmy Schilt
Wait, what? No Gary Goodridge? How can that be!?! Omfg! Fight Matrix though, right? So, that's apparently not good enough for you to realize, understand, and accept that Gary Goodridge was not top 10 in 2003, because he faces Lloyd van Dams in August of 2002, so surely that is what finally earned Gary his rank, right? Even though we've already established that Fight Matrix incorrectly put him in the 2001 top 10 in the first place (at #5 nonetheless), and continued to have him incorrectly ranked afterwards (as
proven by the actual historical rankings), this still isn't good enough for you. You need to see rankings from August 10th 2003 because nothing else will prove it. You can't use basic logic and problem solving skills to see that Fight Matrix is incorrect or inaccurate, no no no, you need a ranking from August 10th 2003! Nothing else will suffice! Despite the fact that you can't provide an actual ranking August 10th 2003 yourself to show that he was ranked. Unfortunately for me, you're aware that this particular month and year are unavailable, so you will cling onto it like nobody's business, thinking it somehow proves you right. The historical rankings for 2003 show the 205 lbs division because it was the year of the MW GP, and I've yet to find a reliable source to show 2003. We couldn't possibly use our brains and analyze the data that we have to immediately come to the obvious conclusion could we? Nope, not mama! She's so stubborn that it has to be August 10th 2003 or nothing else, even though she can't provide it herself to prove me wrong. Wow, crazy. Let's now look at the end of 2003/ early 2004:
1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira
3. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic
4. Tim Sylvia
5. Josh Barnett
6. Andrei Arlovski
7. Heath Herring
8. Mark Coleman
9. Pedro Rizzo
10. Ricco Rodriguez
The
actual rankings here, again, show no Gary Goodridge. Weird. So, he held his imaginary rank through two years of fighting unranked fighters and a year of inactivity, but for some strange reason was immediately tossed out of the top 10 after losing to the #1 HW in the world? Why would that make sense? This, of course, is no good for mama either. Remember, she refuses to use her brain and analyze the available data, so if it's not August 10th 2003, it's nothing. She doesn't even care anyway, right? Why is Arlovski in there? Holy shit these rankings are bad! Arlovski was 5-3! HAHAHAHAHA. Oh, wait. He beat Matyushenko, who beat Rizzo, earning them both top 10 spots because they beat top 10 fighters. Mama quickly got off this narrative when a comparison was made against another of Fedor's imaginary top 10 wins with a very similar, but less logical, scenario.
So, there we have it. I really provided nothing of substance, no sources, no rankings, no explanations. I just made all of this up. That's your narrative, right? August 2003 or bust! Fuck, you're good at this, mama.
