What time period was when the UFC HW division was the most entertaining and exciting to watch?

[Takes Two To Tango]

Circa 2009?

HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Brock Lesnar (UFC Heavyweight Champion)
2. Randy Couture
3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
4. Frank Mir
5. Shane Carwin
6. Cain Velasquez
7. Mirko Cro Cop
8. Junior dos Santos
9. Cheick Kongo
10. Heath Herring

 

[Gregoire1]

2012

 

[Evbo]

From Lesnar > Cain/JDS timeframe I reckon

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

Lesnar.

 

[Warhound925]

Yep, that time period. '09-'13ish. Man, HW was badass back then.

 

[The Boomerang]

When all the strikeforce guys merged over

Not just HW…I think that when the UFC had their deepest roster

 

[RockyLockridge]

Stipes rise. Basically the era where Cain was champ and after it up to stipe vs dc


Heavyweight
Champion: Cain Velasquez
1 Junior Dos Santos
2 Daniel Cormier
3 Fabricio Werdum
4 Antonio Silva
5 Travis Browne
6 Josh Barnett
7 Alistair Overeem
8 Frank Mir
9 Stipe Miocic
10 Roy Nelson