I think its the whole fact that he is in UFC and has risen up to the point of being the clearest contender. I’m sure 45 Huddle agrees with that one.

MW is pretty good based on accomplishments except for Marquardt and Leitas. Who has Marquardt he beaten worth a shit again? Misaki before he was any good? Everybody forget he got busted for roids too, despite the UFC’s super beatable system. From the looks of Muscle and Fitness this month he’s back on his good supplements again. And Leitas? Really? Top 10? Really? Cote is more deserving. (and he’s not deserving at all)

LW is good except for Florian as 2, (this is based on accomplishments right?), who has never beaten a 155 lber worth a crap. Lost to Sherk when Sherky still liked to wrestle. BJ is heavily overrated too, (in so much as he’s treated godly instead of barely #1 based on accomplishments), so this will be weird if Florian beats him and still in reality isn’t the best 155 in the world.

FW and Bantamweight are also solid. The 1 beef I have with FW is Garcia who got massively overrated in a losing effort to Roger Huerta. Garcia will lose to anybody in the top 10 and some outside it.

Bantam… Ribeiro should never fight again. Don’t even tempt him to come back as it could be a death sentence. The man had his skull caved in on a curb after coming off a motorcycle if what I read was accurate. Manny Tapia… How is he still overrated after Torres crushed him like any one of the other 20 some cans on his record? Curran should be in there at 8-10. His losses have come to 1 and 2 at 145 and a rising star via decision. If excuses are made to forgive Sardine’s losses how does Curran get screwed?!?

Now to the truly WTF stuff

What was being smoked to put Rich “I’ve never beaten a top contender in his prime in my life” Franklin, ahead of the man that beat him just a few months ago? AT THAT WEIGHT?!?! Franklin’s win over Wand wasn’t even impressive I scored the damn thing for Wand! (still a win but nowhere near the kind of performance necessary to leapfrog a man that just beat you)

Also… Rashad is still at 2 after getting dismantled by Machida? Draw with unranked Tito who is his 3rd best opposition. KO Liddell… Absolutely murdered and embarrassed by Machida. I don’t know if he landed a punch the entire fight. Not even top 5. Should be even with Sardine.

Once again though… HW and 170 are very well justified if different.

If he beats Forrest it is a way different story. Way different.

Oh I forgot about Rani, but from what I remember it was at bantamweight and Yamatoto should have been DQed.

Kid Yamamoto should not be ranked higher than Joe Warren who beat him and Chase Beebe. Will Riberio should not be ranked so high because he hasn’t fought in a while.

Agree on Ribeiro, disagree on Kid.

Warren’s got two big wins, but he’s 2-0. Yamamoto fought a tough battle with Warren and came off knee surgery, plus has a much larger established body of work.

These ranking’s suck. To many problems. I like Sherdog’s rankings better. Atleast it is up to date.

My general opinion is that a fighter is as good as he or she is, and a good fighter will want to fight in the weight class where he or she is most competitive.

The places where you see the most trouble are Bantamweight/Featherweight/Lightweight and Middleweight/Light Heavyweight.

Bantamweight is a really sparse weight class, and the same is true at Featherweight. Sometimes fighters have to take the gigs that are available instead of the fights that are “right” for their build and capabilities.