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So it's been a while since I've heard anyone mention the Saku belts, or seen it referenced anywhere.
For people who don't know, once upon a time Sakuraba made his own belt which he awarded himself, because there were no belts in the organisation that he was in.
When Wanderlei Silva beat him, Sakuraba presented Wand with the Saku belt, presumably because it was the first person to beat him since he fabricated the belt for himself.
If we were to carry on passing the belt from loser to winner, I figured out the belt would be held by Junior Dos Santos. Which I find pretty fitting, as he is the top heavyweight in the top mma org in the world; it's funny how things work out!
Anyway, for those interested, here is the bloody lineage of the belt named Saku.
Sakuraba lost it to Wanderlei -
Wanderlei lost it to Mark Hunt -
Mark Hunt lost it to Josh Barnett -
Barnett lost it to Cro-Cop -
Cro-Cop lost it to Gonzaga -
Gonzaga lost it to Randy -
Randy lost it to Brock Lesnar -
Brock lost it to Cain -
Cain lost it to JDS, who is now the true holder of the Saku belt.
There was a fight before Wanderlei lost it to Mark Hunt, in which he Drew with Cro-Cop, now if Mirko had won that fight in the eyes of the judges, the belt would have made these transitions.
Saku<Wand<Cro-Cop<Big-Nog<Fedor<Werdum<Overeem
So even if cro-cop had won, the fight for the saku belt would have been decided by Overeem vs whoever was holding the UFC HW champions belt
Bit of useless trivia for you here before the world ends!
tl;dr here is a photo for you to look at
For people who don't know, once upon a time Sakuraba made his own belt which he awarded himself, because there were no belts in the organisation that he was in.
When Wanderlei Silva beat him, Sakuraba presented Wand with the Saku belt, presumably because it was the first person to beat him since he fabricated the belt for himself.
If we were to carry on passing the belt from loser to winner, I figured out the belt would be held by Junior Dos Santos. Which I find pretty fitting, as he is the top heavyweight in the top mma org in the world; it's funny how things work out!
Anyway, for those interested, here is the bloody lineage of the belt named Saku.
Sakuraba lost it to Wanderlei -
Wanderlei lost it to Mark Hunt -
Mark Hunt lost it to Josh Barnett -
Barnett lost it to Cro-Cop -
Cro-Cop lost it to Gonzaga -
Gonzaga lost it to Randy -
Randy lost it to Brock Lesnar -
Brock lost it to Cain -
Cain lost it to JDS, who is now the true holder of the Saku belt.
There was a fight before Wanderlei lost it to Mark Hunt, in which he Drew with Cro-Cop, now if Mirko had won that fight in the eyes of the judges, the belt would have made these transitions.
Saku<Wand<Cro-Cop<Big-Nog<Fedor<Werdum<Overeem
So even if cro-cop had won, the fight for the saku belt would have been decided by Overeem vs whoever was holding the UFC HW champions belt
Bit of useless trivia for you here before the world ends!
tl;dr here is a photo for you to look at