Per the latest rankings. I know he had a nice winning streak and everything, but he was completely outclassed by Werdum and was basically Duffee's punching bag until he landed his own big shot. I'd pick all of the "HW Contenders" on the Sherdog list over him--Travis Browne, Cheick Kongo, Mark Hunt, Ben Rothwell, Stefan Struve. Some of those fights might be competitive and Russow may LnP Hunt for a decision, but I still wouldn't put money on him. I'd also take Roy Nelson over Russow as well as Duffee in a rematch.
Simply saying that others belong in the #10 spot before him isn't "sleeping." If it were a Top 15 list, he'd belong somewhere between #12 and 15 IMO.
We Russow fans are used to it But I don't blame the detractors, he's got those love handles, trains part time and doesn't have any top 10 wins. That being said, the man is still awesome.
Russow hasn't beaten a top ten and therefore shouldn't be a top ten. I like Russow, but Officer Rod Farva isn't a contender.
No, put listing a bunch of fighters you believe will beat Russow and saying he might LnP Hunto to victory is indicative of teh zzzzzzzzzzzzzs.
Don't pay attention to these rankings. Look at MW : Palhares is in the contenders list, while Lombard is nowhere.
It is quite mind boggling really... He did not belong there even before the Werdum fight, but remaining top 10 AFTER he was easily tooled like that. Don't know what to say... Struve, Hunt, Browne, Miocic to the very least deserve to be ahead of him
Also, this is strictly a Sherdog thing. Somebody must love him there. On the consensus BE rankings (that summarizes the outout from various rankings) Russow is #16, much more in line with my opinion of him. http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/11/27/3697830/bloody-elbow-november-2012-meta-rankings-heavyweight
It has happened in the past, sure, but I still don't agree with it. How can you move up if you don't fight up? The only way I agree is if guys fall off the list and you move up by default. This may be what happened.
Bisping went to a split decision with Rashad at LHW and a close, controversial UD with Sonnen at MW. Yes, he was KO'd once by Hendo, but has shown he can hang with top fighters. Again, Russow was manhandled the one time he fought a Top 10 guy. To make matters worse, he was destroyed on the feet by a guy who's known mostly for his BJJ.
