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Yesterday 2 more top MW's in Belcher and Boetsch got knocked down the ranks with Philippou moving up into the top 10 by the next update.
With Palharas also losing recently that makes 3 top 10 fighters dropping down. Leben's loss will make sure that he as a perrenial fringe top 10 MW stays out for a while.
One view expressed by FlyThai yesterday was that yesterdays card and Philippou's win and emergence proves how 'elite and stacked the MW division is'. He compared it to the LHW division pre Jones when top LHW's were beating each other up and anyone could beat the other. I don't see MW that way. I think the division is struggling to find depth and strength.
How do you see the status of the contenders at MW? Ranks the division as a whole and your top 10 MW's.
EDIT (current top 10 and my top 10 revised)
Current top 10 others
1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Chris Weidman
4. Michael Bisping
5. Tim Boetsch
6. Mark Munoz
7. Vitor Belfort
8. Yushin Okami
9. Luke Rockhold
10. Brian Stann
Other contenders:
Alan Belcher, Hector Lombard, Jake Shields, Alexander Shlemenko, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza.
my revised top 10 and others
1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Chris Weidman
4. Michael Bisping
5. Yushin Okami
6. Vitor Belfort
7. Mark Munoz
8. Luke Rockhold
9. Phillipou
10. Tim Boetsch
other contenders
11. Hector Lomabard
12. Belcher
13. Brian Stann
14. Jake Shields
15. Jacare
15. Shlemenko
With Palharas also losing recently that makes 3 top 10 fighters dropping down. Leben's loss will make sure that he as a perrenial fringe top 10 MW stays out for a while.
One view expressed by FlyThai yesterday was that yesterdays card and Philippou's win and emergence proves how 'elite and stacked the MW division is'. He compared it to the LHW division pre Jones when top LHW's were beating each other up and anyone could beat the other. I don't see MW that way. I think the division is struggling to find depth and strength.
How do you see the status of the contenders at MW? Ranks the division as a whole and your top 10 MW's.
EDIT (current top 10 and my top 10 revised)
Current top 10 others
1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Chris Weidman
4. Michael Bisping
5. Tim Boetsch
6. Mark Munoz
7. Vitor Belfort
8. Yushin Okami
9. Luke Rockhold
10. Brian Stann
Other contenders:
Alan Belcher, Hector Lombard, Jake Shields, Alexander Shlemenko, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza.
my revised top 10 and others
1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Chris Weidman
4. Michael Bisping
5. Yushin Okami
6. Vitor Belfort
7. Mark Munoz
8. Luke Rockhold
9. Phillipou
10. Tim Boetsch
other contenders
11. Hector Lomabard
12. Belcher
13. Brian Stann
14. Jake Shields
15. Jacare
15. Shlemenko
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