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OK I WOULD WATCH THIS MAYBE

This is absolutely awesome!

Who knows, maybe we’ll get to see some Hughes/Sanchez action…

@Dennis,

hey Dennis, there is a new entry in the t-shirt contest today. its looks pretty good.

YO MAN THAT NEW DESIGN IS THE SHIZNIT

LOL Doc,

Don’t know who Sarah is, but it’s obvious she is a pro.

She got the blood stains idea from me though.

…and who says that you have to stick to one design?

It’s your site, so you could decide to use ideas, or portions of different shirts to come up with “The Immaculate T Shirt” design….

…or T-I-T-S for short…..

LMFAO

haha. no rules that say I have to do anything.

I just didn’t want you to miss seeing a new design put up (since you’ve been following it so closely of course). lol

just don’t follow up with shorts with MMAHQ.com across the az….

because that would just be some “Assinine Sprawl Shorts”, or…..

you get the idea………… A-S-S….

Guess what you get if you wear the shirt and shorts together?

……man’s best friend.

LOL U TWO ARE NUTS

YO DENNIS DO THEY STILL HAVE LINLAND #1

I don’t think an early May fight will be a problem for Diego since he didn’t really fight on April 7. He should be well rested for this.

I’d like to see them all sign up… BJ, Jens, KOS, Luke, GSP, Serra, etc…

Let’s find out who’s really got the stones…

@Patrick

sorry bro….

MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)

#1 Middleweight Fighter in the World: Matt Lindland

2. Anderson Silva

3. Paulo Filho

4. Rich Franklin

5. Dan Henderson

6. Denis Kang

7. Nathan Marquardt

8. Robbie Lawler

9. Kazuo Misaki

10. Frank Trigg

Even these azwipes can’t deny the ICEMAN his rightful place on the thrown..

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)

#1 Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Chuck Liddell

2. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

3. Dan Henderson

4. Wanderlei Silva

5. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

6. Ricardo Arona

7. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

8. Quinton Jackson

9. Tito Ortiz

10. Kazuhiro Nakamura

YO DENNIS CAN U LIST THE LIGHTWEIGHTS

LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160 pounds and lower)

#1 Lightweight Fighter in the World: Hayato Sakurai

2. Takanori Gomi

3. Gilbert Melendez

4. Nick Diaz

5. Tatsuya Kawajiri

6. Shinya Aoki

7. Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro

8. Joachim Hansen

9. Mitsuhiro Ishida

10. Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto

MMAWeekly Rankings last updated on April 10, 2007

WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)

#1 Welterweight Fighter in the World: Matt Serra

2. Georges St. Pierre

3. Matt Hughes

4. Josh Koscheck

5. BJ Penn

6. Diego Sanchez

7. Karo Parisyan

8. Jon Fitch

9. Jake Shields

10. Akira Kikuchi

wow now thats a big jump for serra i didnt think he would go all the way to number one with just one win

and you might also notice that koscheck jump right passed diego and b.j. penn with his win over sanchez

I see Hughes but that doesn’t look like Diego

I would love to see those two fighting in the PRIDE GP. I think they would put on some excellent and exciting fights.

Re: MMAWeekly Welterwight Rankings…
Koschek is better than BJ Penn all of a sudden, how? Look at their opponents’ caliber and their history versus their opponents. How can you put Koschek above Penn??? After Koschek beats Hughes, which Penn was well on his way to doing before injuring himself, then he deserves to be ranked above Penn.

I think you guys are not considering ring activity. BJ Penn has not fought since UFC 63 in September of 06. GSP and Serra fought 3 days ago. As soon as BJ fights again, I’m sure it will change. What I’m saying is that these rankings must also be based on time between fights.

@the fight critic

I totally agree with you, but the bigger question is……….drumrole..

How can a guy that’s never knocked out anyone in his ten years of fighting, win one fight and jump to the top of the list?

MY TOP 5 LIST OF THE UGLIEST DUDES IN MMA FIGHTING.

#1. WANDERLEI SILVA
#2.TIM SYLVIA
#3. MATT LINLAND
#4.GEORGE ST. PIERRE’S TEETH
#5.I DONT KNOW BOYS WHO DO U THINK NUMBER FIVE SHOULD BE???

@Amir

Ok, lets talk activity…..Does Serra have anywhere close to half the activity of the rest of the list?

Matt definately goes up to #2…

Munson ain’t so pretty either.

without a doubt……

Matt Hughes is still #1 of all time, that is until somebody can even come close to his record….

@DENNIS ITS SIMPLE … I HAVE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT ALL THOSE DUDES OVER THERE ARE REALLY HIGH!

and for you Amir……….also his activity.

@Patrick

LOL, yea they must be doping it up with Diego….

Hey Doc,

…as for T-shirts, I really like the idea of using Sarah’s front with my back!

man I forgot to list in the Grand Prix hopefuls……Joe Stevenson, Melvin Guillard, Roger Huerta, Spencer Fisher, & Kenny Florian!

…and the Diaz bros.

@ Dennis,

He fought 3 days ago and beat the #1 welterweight in the world, that has to count for something. When GSP beat down Hughes, he overtook the #1 spot too. And, we were talking about Kos over ranking BJ for that matter. What I;’m saying is that timing has a lot to do with the rankings. It depends on when everyone fights during the year. If Matt Hughes and Diego fight in this upcoming Grand Prix, it will also have a big impact on the ranks.

LOL MUNSON KINDA IS UGLY …. DIEGO SMOKED TOO MUCH DRO TO FIGHT SATURDAY……

@Amir

Sure, anytime you win a fight, it should help a fighter gain in the standings, like Nick Diaz for example. Even though he beat Gomi, he did not jump to #1, but did gain in rank.

That’s more realistic.

Not going from almost total obscurity to #1 for one fight.

Half the guys on the list have beat Serra!

HERES WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN… DANA WHITE IS GONNA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THAT BELT OUT OF SERRAS HANDS… NO ONE LIKES SERRA…..

KOS FIGHTS SERRA AND WINS… KOS A CHAMP LOL
MATT AND GEORGE…. THEN GEORGE AND KOS…. THEN
GSP IS THE ****** MAN AGAIN

OK YALL THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN

SERRA WILL TAKE ON KOZ …. WINNER KOZ
MATT WITH TAKE ON GSP…. WINNER GSP
THEN GSP WILL TAKE ON KOZ

AND GSP WILL BE THE F–KING MAN AGAIN

going by the MMAweekly book, if Josh Haynes gets a lucky punch on the Cro Cop, he automatically is rated the #1 HW fighter in the world….

NO, it just means he holds the belt…. that is IF it’s a title fight.

…other than that, he’s still sux as Josh Haynes with a lucky punch.

All I’m trying to prove is that Serra has the belt in his trophy case, as Gatties put it, but it doesn’t necessarily make him the best in the world…..or in his case, even in the top ten!

YO THIS CARLOS CONDIT KID… IS HE GOOD WHATS HIS RECORD?

…and prove once and for all, that those dumbazez at mmaweekly, are as Patrick put so eloquently………HIGH.

Better record than Serra………..and more active!

Carlos Condit
Record 20 - 4 - 0 (Win - Loss - Draw)
Wins 9 (T)KOs (45.00%)
11 Submissions (55.00%)

Losses 3 Submissions (75.00%)
1 Decisions (25.00%)

Association Fit NHB
Height 6′1 (185cm)
Weight 170lbs (77kg)

Y DONT THEY BRING THAT CAT IN THE UFC?

Just a matter of time………… DANA WILL CONTROL THEM ALL!!!

MUWAHAHAHAHA.

Serra has been fighting frequently (including TUF show). As for your comment: “Half the guys on the list have beat Serra!”

He lost to Karo and BJ (that’s 2 out of 10 not 5 out of 10)
in very close fights for that matter. If you don’t want to give the guy respect because he is small or doesn’t fight the way you would like him to fight, just say that. I for example, hate the way Matt Hughes fights by taking guys down and laying on top of them forever and has absolutely no striking skills. A knucklehead who admitted he doesn’t even have a strategy going into a fight. Serra knew all along what he was going to do, and he did.

Comment 24: As per this dandy of yours…”How can a guy that’s never knocked out anyone in his ten years of fighting, win one fight and jump to the top of the list?”

Are you serious? Serra has won his fights by submissions and a few close decisions. That’s like asking how come Liddell has never submitted anyone? it’s not what he does. And actually Matt Serra has been fighting for 7 years not 10…and this was not one fight…like I stated before, he had the momentum of being in the public eye from TUF show.

Yea i agree with amir, Serra is a vet whos been around and really, hes overcome alot of adversity to get where hes at. BUT i agree with Dennis in the sense that he is definately NOT the #1 welterweight in the world. I got pure respect for Serra, but im sure he himself wouldnt say hes the best in the world hehe hes a humble guy and im sure he wouldnt presume to make a statement like that. Like patrick said those guys are high heh

NO WAY SERRAS RIGHT HAND WAS ALL LUCK

@BV…. nicely said…. as usual

@Amir
You’re presuming that I don’t like Serra…. I really admire the guy, and have been recognizing his knowledge of MMA for many years.

However, he’s not only been fighting for 7 years! Just because the first date you see on Sherdog is August 1999, you are making a bad assumption.

That’s when he won the the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gold medal at the 1999 World Championships, not when he “started” fighting. He is a submission master….Renzo’s #1.

But……still no where close to being the best in the world by any means…

OR U KNOW WHAT I BET DIEGO CONVINCED GSP TO TAKE A COUPLE HITS OF THE MARY JANE AND IT SCREWED UP GEORGE CUZ HE NEVER DOES IT TO THE POINT WHERE HE WANT MESSED UP LOL…

MATT SERRA DESERVES TO BE IN THE NUMBER 10 SPOT MAYBE EVEN NUMBER 9 NOT NUMBER 1 LOL

I would like to see Henderson fight Anderson Silva or Rich Franklin, that would be an awesome fight.. get some agressive competition going on in that division because really, it’s not too exciting at the moment…

I would definately be interested in watching Hollywood totally destroy the spider.

SERRA WILL LOSE HIS FIRST TITLE DEFENSE.

I AGREE STEVEO

Thank you Stevo. That’s all I’ve been trying to say.

These are fights worth paying bucks for, they don’t even need to be title fights, like I would like to see a rematch of Penn vc St. Pierre .. and perhaps Kendall Grove vs Matt Hughes, (perhaps in a year or so when Kendall develops a little more).

@@@@@@@@@@@DENNIS

YO DUDE Y DO YOU THINK GSP LOST HIS FIRST TITLE DEFENSE?????????????

@PAtrick

….very simple mon ami, he let Serra fight his fight.

…the same reason Hughes, Franklin and Silvia lost.

If Rush would have set the pace, he would have won.

Just look back at the tapes….. look close at the champion’s eyes and facial expressions. In every case, they had the “deer in the headlights” expression.

Like it was their first fight…clearly, none of their heads were in the octagon.

I think that’s the real reason for the ICEMAN’s winning streak of knockouts….

Chuck’s lets his opponent believe that they are setting the pace, so they wind up inevitably charging into his defense, and getting knocked out.

Chuck’s pace IS his defense……so his opponents never really get to set the pace from face up into the lights.

yup! like dennis said, they didnt fight their fight, you also said that in another post dennis, and really thats wats up. YOU NEED A GAMEPLAN, i think GSP went into that fight prepared for anything and he was waiting for the right opportunity, that was the wrong gameplan for this fight. Hughes too, he just went out there prepared for anything and waited to see what would happen. you have to KNOW what will happen and MAKE it happen! go out there and do what you have already planned to do, even if your a better fighter, if you dont have a strategy your at a disadvantage.

yup!

Right before GSP got knocked silly he was watching the clock. I think he was planning to fight a longer fight, maybe into the 3rd or 4th round and his mindset was on that, he was ready for the round to end and Serra was ready to win the fight in that round. The other observation I made, and it could be absolutely nothing, was that GSP spit a ton of water in the octagon, (as is his “thing”) before the fight, and he slipped during the fight, could he have actually slipped on the water he spit before the fight? Funny if that happened.

i dont know but serra shouldnt be number one but did any one see the african assasin ko arona the guys a beast next josh thompson in my opinion has to be the sorriest sack hes big for nothing i dont know i just hate that guy thought i should say it here

hey hillbilly u never explained why u stole my idea on linland being number one on mmaweekly whats up with that at least give me credit

i know this is going back a few posts but i was wondering about this so i had to ask. dennis mentioned the lightweights he would like to see from the ufc and said all ufc lightweights but the pride lightweight div. is 160lbs and your more likely to ufc welterweights then lightweights get in to it. i was just wondering if you just wanted to see those guys fight in it or were you just having a brain ****?

i think the line up they have now is pretty good but i would like to see a few more ufc fighters just because i think pride has real good fighters in there that dont match up well against hughes or sanchez. i think melendez or gomi could knock out hughes. also i noticed that there is not enough fighters on the poster for a GP they need four less or four more. lets hope its four more and they are from the ufc that would be 6 ufc and 10 pride. my picks from ufc would be hughes, sanchez, parisyan, st.pierre, huerta, and joe stevenson.

@dr j
do you have any word on when sherk is gonna be finished building his new bionic shoulder and defend that gawd damn lightweight title?

@RJ
according to “The Shreveport Times” March 17, Sean states that he’ll be ready to fight in a month or so…..

Rough translation: Come April….just waiting to beat up on GSP.

@MMAkansas

I noticed the same thing…