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Originally Posted by Newb
Im sick of hearinh how winning the OWGP makes him fighter of the year. Look at his opponents.
Minowa (Total freakshow fight)
Yoshida (Not freakshow, but really no challenge either)
Wanderlei (Full props for that win)
Barnett (Whom he's already beaten twice, and Mirko breezed through Wandy in about 2 minutes while Barnett fought a war with Nog.)
Compare that to Barnetts year:
Aleks E (Top 10 HW)
Hunt (Top 10 HW, albeit an extremely overrated one)
Big Nog (number 2 heavy in the world)
And thats not even counting wins over Nak and Pastula, which arent exactly amazing, but it just shows what a busy year hes had. And two of the fighters he beat were fighters Mirko couldnt get past.
Josh Barnett=Fighter of the year.
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His resume of opponents is better, but to many people here, Barnett was awarded a BS decision over Nog, and Cro Cop already beat Barnett before. It was highly unlikely that Barnett would win again. Even though Cro Cop had an easier time with Wand than Barnett did with Nog, Cro Cop won and Barnett lost. And I would be willing to bet that if they fought again this year, Cro Cop would beat him again.