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11-21-2008, 06:53 AM
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Funklord of the USA and the Nicest Guy on Sherdog
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Originally Posted by ILoveSakuraba
The sherdog list is really just god awful.
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It looks like it could be heavily influenced by the need to retain access to UFC fighters. A more rational list might piss Dana off to the point that he would try to prevent that.
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“He's dodging all the well-rounded HWs who might challenge him. Fedor will not be fighting Arlovski" (09/25/08)
"Fedor's last fight against a prime HW was ... 2005" (06/14/09)
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11-21-2008, 06:55 AM
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Funklord of the USA and the Nicest Guy on Sherdog
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Originally Posted by Farnum
Nog (x2) and Crocop were also considered more dominant than Silva's opponents at the time.
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Not only was Nog more dominant than Silva's opponents when Fedor first beat him, he was more dominant than Silva himself. Arguably both he and CroCop were better p4p when they fought Fedor than Silva is now.
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“He's dodging all the well-rounded HWs who might challenge him. Fedor will not be fighting Arlovski" (09/25/08)
"Fedor's last fight against a prime HW was ... 2005" (06/14/09)
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11-21-2008, 06:56 AM
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 Red Belt
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Location: Sweden
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I don't see any complaining about whitebelts and trolls now, even if there are more now than ever 
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11-21-2008, 06:58 AM
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 White Belt
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Finland
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I think this is better list than the one in article "Sherdog.com’s Pound-for-Pound Top 10".
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Fedor Emelianenko, Wanderlei Silva, B.J. Penn, Mauricio Rua, Lyoto Machida, Robbie Lawler, Matt Hughes, Roger Huerta, Clay Guida, Aleksander Emelianenko.
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11-21-2008, 06:59 AM
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Kung Fu Masta
Join Date: Aug 2008
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Originally Posted by Jack V. Savage
Yeah, why would they put Nogueira on the poll?
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Arona made the poll. He voted for Big Nog.
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11-21-2008, 07:20 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Winterthur
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Just checked it again Fedor and Silva are going up while GSP and Penn lost some, despite their current media presence.
And finally someone chose Nog.
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11-21-2008, 07:24 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Austria
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Originally Posted by ipu82
Haha yes, even on an American UFC favoured website.
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thats it
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11-21-2008, 07:31 AM
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 Brown Belt
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ipu82
Haha yes, even on an American UFC favoured website.
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No.
This site has a ridiculous Pride bias and the Fedor nuthuggery knows no bounds.
Pretty much the only poll that ever results in Anderson not getting the top spot, because all you guys are living in the past.
It's cool though, even Sherdog recognized A Silva as number 1 yet again.
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11-21-2008, 07:33 AM
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Brown Belt
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: NY
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Originally Posted by Makai
Anderson Silva.
Fedor recently beat a guy who in his last three, got wooped by Couture(Raped by Lesnar), finished by NOG, and barely beat a mediocre LHW who had a broken hand in Vera.Why the fuck was he the #1 contender to the proclaimed #1 HW in the world?
Show me any defense from Anderson, where he fought a guy who was coming off of a loss?
Hell, In the last year Lesnar has even fought better competition than the "#1 HW"
Lesnar:
Mir
Herring
Couture
Fedor:
HMC
Sylvia
The only ranked opponents Fedor has ever beaten are Cro Cop and NOG. He decisioned them both.
Anderson beat 3 ranked opponents in Nate, Rich and Hendo. All three former champs. None of them made it out of the second round. And Andersons losses dont matter in this argument. We are talking about right now, current PRIMED Anderson.
So until Fedor beats Barnett and AA, he doesnt belong in the same category as GSP and Silva.
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People are not going to like you, even though of course most of what you say is true.
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11-21-2008, 07:37 AM
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Brown Belt
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: NY
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Originally Posted by Jack V. Savage
It looks like it could be heavily influenced by the need to retain access to UFC fighters. A more rational list might piss Dana off to the point that he would try to prevent that.
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Hardly. Sherdog's lightweight rankings frequently ignore deserving UFC lw fighters in favor of guys from other promotions.
I do think Fedor should be #2 though. I don't see how the fight against Fitch moved him past Fedor if Fedor was ahead before. If GSP beats Penn, then that's a different story.
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