The Reign of every CONSENSUS #1 HW -- from Mark Kerr to Francis N'Gannou

CoffeeAndBeer said:
Historic look at every Consensus #1 Heavyweight in the world and their reign.

The write-ups included are from the Rankings Orgs at the time (from that month) the fighter took over the Consensus #1 Ranking.




Mark Kerr -- 0 years, 11 months

HW - 1998 - Dec 5? - Domingo's NHB Rankings
1. Mark Kerr - Mark Kerr is possibly the most destructive force in NHB fighting today. He is/was an Olympic caliber wrestler (he tied with Coleman in '92), plus he has adapted well with various submissions, strikes, and positions from BJJ as well as Muay Thai. Kerr's wins of note came over: Paul Varelans, Maestre Hulk, Fabio Gurgel, Dan Bobish and Duane Cason. Kerr defeated Branko Cikatic via disqualification at Pride-2, "The" Pedro at Pride-3, and Hugo Duarte at Pride-4. Kerr is the most active top tier fighter in the biz right now, and his competition has been good for the most part. The current rumor mill has him facing Vovchanchin at Pride-5.

0 Wins vs Top 10 Ranked Opponents (HW+) in that span




Igor Vovchanchyn -- 0 years, 7 months*

HW - 1999 - OCT/NOV - Black Belt Magazine/Stephen Quadros (published Jan 2000)
1. Igor Vovchanchin (Ukrain) -- He out-gunned former top dog Mark Kerr to achieve a controversial "no contest." he earned a split decision over Carlos Barreto, beat up Akira Shoji and defeated Gary Goodridge with a technical knockout. He owns the best record in the over-200-pounds category and is the winner of five eight-man NHB tournaments. At 5 feet 6 inches and 235 pounds, he is a small guy with a big punch.

1 to 3 Wins vs Top 10 Ranked Opponents (HW+) in that span*

*Igor was intermittently #1 during Coleman's subsequent reign




Mark Coleman -- 1 year, 5 months

HW - 2000 - MAY^ - Sav's NHB-Chris Savarese
1.Mark Coleman: The "Hammer" is back w/ a brand new attitude. The former UFC Champ wins the prestigeous Pride GP 2000 to get back in the top 5. Handled Morais,Shoji and the always tough Igor V. with ease. Has many good wins in his career. Also has beaten Frye and Severn.

1 Win vs Top 10 Ranked Opponents (HW+) in that span




Minotauro Nogueira -- 1 year, 6 months

HW - 2001 - OCT (13?) - MMA Media
1. Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira (137)
[no cool write-up, but here are the...] Voters in this month's poll: Aaron Crecy (USA) Full Contact Fighter, Tom Gerbasi (USA) www.Maxfighting.com, Ryan Graham (USA) Freelance MMA writer, Josh Gross (USA) Full Contact Fighter Magazine, Hidetake "Shimauo" Hirashima (JAPAN) Shooto World Network www.shooto.net/en.htm, Hideto Ida (JAPAN) www.Boutreview.com, Yoshinori Ihara (JAPAN) www.Boutreview.com, Anthony Lynch (USA) www.freestylefights.com, Garrett Poe (USA) www.sherdog.com, Marcel Remkhelawan (Holland) De Aktuel Magazine, Jake Rossen (USA) Freelance MMA Writer, Sean Shelby (USA) www.grapplersworld.com, Jeff Sherwood (USA) www.sherdog.com,Russell Taylor (CANADA) www.fightcenter.com, Jeff Thaler (USA) Freelance MMA writer

3 Win vs Top 10 Ranked Opponents (HW+) in that span




Fedor Emelianenko -- 7 years, 3 months

HW - 2003 - APR - Fighters & Broadcasters Poll
1. Emelianeko Fedor - 108 Points - (11 first place votes) ... Voters include:
Fighters - Josh Barnett, Steve Berger, Chris Brennan,Yves Edwards, Dan Henderson, Matt Lindland, Duane Ludwig, Nathan Marquardt, Pat Miletich, Sean Sherk,Pete Spratt, Evan Tanner, Din Thomas;
Broadcasters - Jeff Osborne (Hook N Shoot and UFC); Ryan Bennett (UFC, IFC and WEC), Monte Cox (Extreme Challenge), J.T. McCarthy (UCC), Joe Ferraro (UCC), Joel Goulet, Jeff Marek - Mojo Radio.

10 Wins vs Top 10 Ranked Opponents (HW+) in that span




Brock Lesnar -- 0 years, 4 months

HW - 2010 - Jul 6 - L.A. Times MMA/Todd Martin
1. Brock Lesnar - It was a chaotic month for heavyweight MMA, highlighted by the surprising submission defeat of the great Fedor Emelianenko and a wild UFC title fight between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin. Lesnar now reigns as the heavyweight division's best. Velasquez and Dos Santos will be the next challengers for the UFC heavyweight title. Werdum skyrockets up the rankings but Fedor may have the chance to redeem himself and avenge that loss.

1 Win vs Top 10 Ranked Opponents (HW+) in that span




Cain Velasquez -- 1 year, 1 month (1st stint)

HW - 2010 - Oct 29 - Bloody Elbow-USAToday Consensus
1. Cain Velasquez - 98 (UFC)
Obviously the epic news this month is the rise of #1 Cain Velasquez after his demolition of #2 Brock Lesnar at UFC 121. He'll defend his title against #5 Junior dos Santos in early 2011.

1 Win vs Top 10 Ranked Opponents (HW+) in that span




Junior Cigano -- 1 year, 1 month

HW - 2011 - Nov 22 - Sherdog
1. JUNIOR DOS SANTOS (14-1) Despite suffering a serious knee injury only 11 days prior, dos Santos did on Nov. 12 what no heavyweight before him could: stop Cain Velasquez. Now perched atop the ranks as the MMA world
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CoffeeAndBeer said:
Fedor? He's in a no-lose situation.

He can come back and lose... and nothing changes. His legacy is set.
Or, he can come back and win... and he just adds to his legacy.

No-lose situation.
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Realistically yes, but haters will sh*t hard on him every time he loses.
 
Taric said:
Actually Nogueira does.
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Minotauro has the most top wins in history of MMA, but Fedor had the most top wins as the nr. 1 fighter in the world.

Fedor's reign was sick. Especially since it is almost impossible to reign at HW. What Fedor did for 10 years was nothing short of insane.
 
HW has always been a poor division. It's exciting and Pride's HW division was more interesting due to the 'mystique' of Fedor, CC, and Nogueira. But it's always been a poor developed division compared to the lighter classes.
 
AmericanCharm said:
Igor Vovchanchyn was only 5'6? I remember he was listed at 5'8 in pride but the always inflated fighters heights (as do the ufc) but its crazy to think a 5'6 guy was a top HW.
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He was like a Neadnertal. I don't think he was that small. He weighed around 240 pounds in his prime.

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Thick guy.

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Cool thread, thanks for putting this together.

That Jones fan is disturbed by this because he knows the same form of evaluation puts Wanderlei ahead of Jones.
 
LHWBelt said:
Hmmm. Alright ...

Barnett > Randy - Stripped for steroids. Don't see how this makes the belt a paper belt, any champ that tests positive for steroids is going to get stripped and Barnett rightfully lost his belt.

Rizzo > Randy - Randy was clearly still near the top of the division and lost to a steroid user so he got to take on the 13-1 Ricco Rodriguez who had wins over Arlovski, Williams and Monson. Randy lost.

Sylvia smashed Ricco and got the belt. He defended once and then Mir broke his arm. Mir was out too long because his motorcycle accident so he had to vacate. Arlovski then took out Sylvia for the title then defended a couple times. Sylvia worked his way back then KO'ed Arlovski and won the 3rd match. Then he defended against Monson.

Randy comes back and completes one of the best career comebacks ever by coming out of retirement and tooling the defending champ. He follows that up by taking out a man like 15 years younger than him in Gonzaga. An inexperienced but bad match up in Lesnar comes along and takes the belt. He proceeds to have a couple defenses before where we're at now:

Cain> Lesnar
JDS > Cain
JDS > Mir
Cain > JDS
Cain > Bigfoot
Cain > JDS
Werdum > Cain

So yeah the beginning of the division was iffy but the UFC wasn't a big deal then. Since then Barnett was stripped due to steroids, standard procedure. And Mir vacating because of his accident which would happen today too. Explain to me how it's a paper belt again.
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The Champ left the promotion...then LOST (actually lost twice, back-to-back right away)... that's enough right there. The Title lineage went off to Japan with Randy. The Ufc had to prop-up two other fighters for the so-called "Paper/UFC" HW Championship. But to go further...

What "belt" did Josh Barnett win anyway? Barnett beat Randy to win that "belt" right?... well, Randy had already lost to Valentijn Overeem as the reigning "Ufc Champ."

So Josh Barnett beat Randy (ignoring that Randy lost before for that)... the fact that the Ufc decided to "strip" their Champ is just more bogus-ness. Nobody beat Barnett for him to lose the title. No commission even imposed sanctions on Barnett.

But lets ignore Barnett... what "belt" did Ricco win anyway? Same retread-ed belt that Randy held when he lost TWICE in other promotions. Sylvia, Frank Mir, Arlovski, they all fall in that retread-ed lineage. "Paper" 5Xover.
 
HP_Nut said:
While Fedor was lording over Pride, UFC HW division was dominated by Arlovski & Sylvia during that period. They were the 2 guys who were UFC champs for most of Fedor's entire reign in Pride. Seriously, people who weren't even watching MMA back then shouldn't comment, you're just regurgitating what Dana says
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... and Mir.

When the "UFC Champ" meant 3rd or 4th best.
 
Redhawks100 said:
HW has always been a poor division. It's exciting and Pride's HW division was more interesting due to the 'mystique' of Fedor, CC, and Nogueira. But it's always been a poor developed division compared to the lighter classes.
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Nah, its never been a massively deep division but in that era I think there was a lot of excellent talent at the top and it was right at the forefront of MMA's advancement.

Heck even someone like Mark Coleman who wasn't right at the top anymore compares very favourably to Sonnen who was getting title shots at MW a decade later.
 
moreorless87 said:
Nah, its never been a massively deep division but in that era I think there was a lot of excellent talent at the top and it was right at the forefront of MMA's advancement.

Heck even someone like Mark Coleman who wasn't right at the top anymore compares very favourably to Sonnen who was getting title shots at MW a decade later.
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Not even close lol
 
TheLoneWolf527 said:
Here's where things get weird. Cain > JDS. If say JDS beats Werdum, who's considered the best heavyweight? It becomes an MMAth situation. What about Arlovski and Stipe? Would they beat Cain or JDS if they fought (or fought again in Stipe's case)?

Consensus is hard when guys rarely go on long streaks at HW.
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Miesha > Holly > Ronda > Miesha

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Stipe Miocic -- 0 years, <1 month...

HW - 2016 - May 15 - Sherdog

1. Stipe Miocic (15-2) - It has been 52 years since the city of Cleveland had any kind of major sports championship, but in front of 45,000 Brazilian fans in Curitiba, Miocic snapped that streak by taking Fabricio Werdum’s UFC heavyweight championship with a beautiful right hook. The Strong Style Fight Team product is now staring down the barrel of challenges from the likes of Cain Velasquez, Travis Browne and Alistair Overeem in his first potential title defense.

1 Win vs Top 10 Ranked Opponents (HW+) in that span
 
Only 10 top 10 wins in a 7 year reign, lol

GSP, Jon Jones and Anderson all got that many in way less time, Fedor should have spent less time fighting cans.
 
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