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Posted on November 13, 2012 by jcs
With the big Welterweight Championship fight approaching, I thought I would do a repeat of our Light Heavyweight analysis from yesterday, but for the Welterweight division. The noise and fluctuations in this division are minimal in comparison. Furthermore, the gaps seen in this list between #2-#3, and #3-#4 are quite comical.
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Posted on February 3, 2012 by jcs
Notable Info With Jose Aldo’s latest victory, he takes a big leap from #21 to #16 in the Absolute rankings. He is also much closer to taking the #1 spot at Featherweight. Chael Sonnen’s latest victory inches him past Paulo Filho to enter the Top 5 All-Time Middleweight list. Ben Henderson finally breaks into the [...]
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Posted on November 7, 2011 by jcs
Dan Henderson has recently become the first fighter to reach the Top 50 in three divisions: Heavyweight (#46), Light Heavyweight (#8), and Middleweight (#4). There are 46 fighters (including Dan) who are on two divisional Top 50s. Norifumi Yamamoto is his closest, active competitor as he is in three Top 55s. A good streak at [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2011 by jcs
Bantamweight (135) [#22] Eduardo Dantas (11-2-0) vs. [#39] Ed West (17-5-0) Eduardo Dantas is the All-Time #22 ranked Bantamweight fighter. Last 3 Fights: Eduardo Dantas (3-0-0) 2011-09-24: W vs. [#32BW] Wilson Reis (12-4-0) via KO (Flying Knee and Punches) in 1:02 of round 2 2010-12-11: W vs. [NA] Samuel de Souza (1-2-0) via Submission (Armbar) [...]
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Posted on October 3, 2011 by oleg
We’re on a roll with new features today – thanks forum member kedbecker for this suggestion! In our fighter search, you can now quickly look up the highest a fighter has been ever ranked in our generated historical ranking sets. For example, if you search for ‘Sakuraba’ you can quickly see the highest ranking for [...]
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Posted on September 22, 2011 by jcs
First, a run-down of the particulars: Inception of the championship occured on 10/14/1993, the first “top contender” match-up that took place within this division. Vacancies after inactivity periods were fulfilled by the next “top contender” match. Absence of such, was not a problem at Heavyweight. Your current lineal Heavyweight champion is Alistair Overeem The full [...]
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Posted on September 22, 2011 by jcs
First, a run-down of the particulars: Due to potential metric conversion issues and weight class changes, a limit of 206 pounds is observed for this list. Inception of the championship occurred on 12/21/1997. The late start was due to the lack of guidance by an organization, with no semblance of matchmaking. Before the UFC, the Light Heavyweight [...]
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Posted on September 22, 2011 by jcs
First, a run-down of the particulars: Due to potential metric conversion issues and weight class changes, a limit of 187 pounds is observed for this list. Inception of the championship occured on 5/18/1989, the first fight in the division. Sporadic periods of inactivity were observed throughout the first half of the lineage. Clear “top contender” [...]
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Posted on September 22, 2011 by jcs
First, a run-down of the particulars: Due to potential metric conversion issues and weight class changes, a limit of 172 pounds is observed for this list. Inception of the championship occured on 1/13/1990, the first fight between two top fighters that resulted in a clear #1. Sporadic periods of inactivity were observed throughout the first [...]
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Posted on September 22, 2011 by jcs
First, a run-down of the particulars: Due to potential metric conversion issues and weight class changes, a limit of 161 pounds is observed for this list. Inception of the championship occured on 1/13/1990, the first fight between two top fighters that resulted in a clear #1. Sporadic periods of inactivity were observed throughout the first [...]
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