How do you rank the main 3 WEC Lightweights?

[XThe GreatestX]

Benson Henderson
Donald Cerrone
Anthony Pettis


all time

 

[Headkicktoleg]

Cerrone all time legend
Henderson HOF
Pettis meh

 

[Reach4theSky]

Pettis meh

None of those other two were on a Wheaties box..

 

[BrokenSword]

Has to be Pettis, Benson then Cowboy. All brilliant fighters and I miss the WEC.

I never would have predicted Benson winning the UFC lightweight title first, and Pettis losing to Guida in that upset.

 

[Herwald]

1. Pettis
2. Bendo
3. Cowboy

 

[chiefwiggum]

Has to be Pettis, Benson then Cowboy. All brilliant fighters and I miss the WEC.

I never would have predicted Benson winning the UFC lightweight title first, and Pettis losing to Guida in that upset.

I though Pettis won the guida fight. He was more aggressive beat him up from the bottom and went for many submissions.

I may remember it wrong as it’s been a while since I’ve seen it.

it was kind of similar to mousassi beating up king mo off his back. But they gave the fight to the guy on top as they don’t know what they’re watching.

 

[Rvd Slmr]

Bendo is obviously 0-2 against Pettis, but you can argue that he has better wins overall. It's like Cain and JDS, Cain may have won the trilogy, but Junior has better wins. Cow-Boy is clearly third though.

 

[TheSpider]

1. Benson - 3 title defenses

2. Pettis - 1 title defense

3. Cowboy - 0 title wins

 

['Suga Daddy']

Cerrone all time legend
Henderson HOF
Pettis meh

Yeah not like Pettis has 2 wins over both the other guys

 

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

Benson
Pettis
Cowboy


In terms of excitement

Pettis/Cowboy




Benson

 

[Epicness]

Pettis
Benson/Cowboy tied 2nd

Cowboy may not have won the belt but id argue the 2nd half of his career has been alot better/more decorated then Benson

Weird that i never realized theyve each fought eachother multiple times too. Neat. WEC GOAT promotion

 

[XThe GreatestX]

Pettis
Benson/Cowboy tied 2nd

Cowboy may not have won the belt but id argue the 2nd half of his career has been alot better/more decorated then Benson

Weird that i never realized theyve each fought eachother multiple times too. Neat. WEC GOAT promotion

The second half of benson’s career makes this whole discussion close otherwise I’d say he was #1

 

[Headkicktoleg]

Yeah not like Pettis has 2 wins over both the other guys

He also sucks compared to both.

 

[TooTricky]

Pettis beat both of them, but I would rank last.

One of the hardest group to rank in MMA history, imo.

Bendo
Cerrone
Pettis

 

['Suga Daddy']

He also sucks compared to both.

Very competent argument, if he sucks, then what about the guys that can't win against him in two attempts?

 

[TripTictonic]

An even harder question would be to rank the careers of all the wec legends. Then you have to include Faber, Cruz, Aldo, Condit, Nick, etc. Long live the WEC.

 

[Herwald]

Bendo is obviously 0-2 against Pettis, but you can argue that he has better wins overall. It's like Cain and JDS, Cain may have won the trilogy, but Junior has better wins. Cow-Boy is clearly third though.

I'm not mad at anyone interchanging Bendo with Pettis, but Ant stayed in the big leagues, hasn't stopped fighting killers and strangled Chiesa, KO'd Wonderboy (what Woodley couldn't pull off in 10 rounds) along the way. That edges him out for me.

 

[Headkicktoleg]

Very competent argument, if he sucks, then what about the guys that can't win against him in two attempts?

Benson is carrying an organization and Cowboy is the #2 draw. Pettis headlines prelims for fight nights.

 

[Headkicktoleg]

An even harder question would be to rank the careers of all the wec legends. Then you have to include Faber, Cruz, Aldo, Condit, Nick, etc. Long live the WEC.

WEC >>>>PRIDE >>UFC

 

['Suga Daddy']

Benson is carrying an organization and Cowboy is the #2 draw. Pettis headlines prelims for fight nights.

You're wrong, but even if you were right it's irrelevant to ranking the fighters on skill.