Comments on: Sengoku 11/1 Saitama Super Arena card

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:17:59 +0000

Hansen is nearly impossible to rank. He has beaten Aoki, Uno, JZ, & Gomi. Yet he has lost to Alvarez, Mitsuoka, Aoki, Kawajir, Sakurai, & Ribeiro. He is almost the Keith Jardine of the Lightweights. Big wins. Big losses. neither will probably ever be considered top in the world at this point because they are so inconsistant.

The Lightweight Division itself is stacked. The Top 20 of the division is stacked. in no particular order:

Penn, Sherk, Florian, Maynard, Edgar, Franca, Stevenson, Diaz, Griffin, Huerta, Hansen, Aoki, JZ, Uno, Ishida, Kawajiri, Ribeiro, Gomi, Thomson, Melendez, Alvarez.

That’s actually 21, not sure which guy to take out of that list. So this lightweight tournament will really have no effect on the division.

As for the Middleweights…. If Santiago wins, he isn’t Top 15, but he will at least continue his streak against decent competition. This will only strengthen his name. But he still needs to beat somebody in the Top 10 before he will improve his standing in the sport.

By: D.Capitated

D.Capitated — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:42:50 +0000

Interesting side note: Ishii’s transition to MMA is now on the front page of ESPN.com.

By: Zach Arnold

Zach Arnold — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:07:02 +0000

IceMuncher for the win.

By: IceMuncher

IceMuncher — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:54:19 +0000

Hansen’s an inconsistent, win one lose one fighter. I don’t think a win over him is enough to break into the top 15 in the deepest division in MMA. Just think of all the great LWs in UFC and Dream, as well the top guys in smaller shows, like Thomson, Melendez and Varner. So many guys have wins over very good fighters it’s not even funny.

By: skwirrl

skwirrl — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:26:32 +0000

If Eiji Mitsouka wins the LW tournament he’s top 15 no doubt. He already posted a win over Hansen. Winning the tournament convincingly can prove its no fluke. Not as good on paper… but likely better in reality than most ZUFFA PPV’s.

By: IceMuncher

IceMuncher — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:11:40 +0000

^^^
Look at the dates. FO is bumping the same post.

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:07:23 +0000

“The winner’s of these two tournaments… Are they even Top 15?”

You’ve said this a few times already. We understand your shtick…its cool that you love Zuffa cock. No on 8!!!

By: rainrider

rainrider — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:58:20 +0000

> Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Yuki Sasaki

Split decision or unanimous decision. No other result.

I really wanted to see Sasaki revenging his loss to the Brazilian, but wait, it could happen in the final.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:45:21 +0000

Its a really good card. Setting up the NYE event.

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