MMA4Real's June Middleweight Rankings

by Kelvin Hunt on Jun 24, 2009 2:00 PM EDT in News Comment 8 comments

Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva

2. Dan Henderson

3. Nate Marquardt

4. Gegard Mousasi

5. Yushin Okami

6. Yoshihiro Akiyama

7. Jorge Santiago

8. Robbie Lawler

9. Demian Maia

10. Thales Leites

-#1 Anderson Silva will be taking on #4 ranked LHW Forrest Griffin at UFC 101. #2 Dan Henderson will be taking on unranked Michael Bisping at UFC 100 for the UFC #1 contenders spot. #3 Nate Marquardt will be taking on #9 Demian Maia at UFC 102. #4 Gegard Mousasi will be moving up to LHW to fight #7 ranked LHW Babalu Sobral at Affliction 3. #5 Yushin Okami is on the shelf with an injury currently. #6 Yoshihiro Akiyama will take on unranked Alan Belcher at UFC 100. #7 Jorge Santiago will be taking on unranked Vitor Belfort at Affliction 3 in a big MW fight. Belfort would crack the top ten with a win there. #8 Robbie Lawler just dropped a few spots due to his loss to highly ranked Jake Shields at the last Strikeforce event. #10 Thales Leites will be taking on Alessio Sakara at UFC 101. Some big fights coming up on the horizon with quite a few guys knocking on the door of the top ten.

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Where would you rank Bisping if he beats Hendo?

by cauliflower_ears on Jun 24, 2009 2:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Depends

On how he beats him…if he dominates him…or if he just wins a boring decision.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Jun 24, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

IF HE BEATS HIM BY KO OR TKO TOP 5 IF UD BOTTOM 5

by valtheguy on Jun 24, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm

Being the first guy to stop Henderson via KO/TKO would be very impressive…considering Bisping isn’t known for that.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Jun 24, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s funny that Mousasi came in as an underdog against Sobral. Lawler is a little high on that list for a guy that got tooled by a Welterweight.

by MMAMoneyLine on Jun 24, 2009 3:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

How does Jorge Santiago come in at #7, ahead of Demian Maia and Vitor Belfort or Mike Bisping don’t even get ranked?

Sure the guy has won a few fights in a row, but has he really beaten better competition than any of the other three mentioned or Lawler and Leites for that matter?

by E. Spencer Kyte on Jun 24, 2009 3:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Santiago-9 wins in a row and better competition….than Bisping has faced…I mean who has Bisping beat as a MW? lol…

Maia-Maia has beaten some good guys…but they have all been pretty one dimensional fighters as he is at this point(although he hasn’t shown the need to be able to strike yet). Plus Santiago winning and finishing 9 opponents in a row is pretty darn good(I know Maia is undefeated and finished all his UFC opponents as well).

Also…other than Lindland…Belfort hasn’t really beaten anyone at MW yet.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Jun 24, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

akiyama is pretty high imo for a guy with one good win in two years. especially since alan belcher and mousasi copied that win. 1-5 are pretty much dead on though.

also im with you about belfort. everyone craps on lindland cause hes old, but thats the only fight that anyone is ranking belfort on. terry martin and zikic are pretty much garbage wins.

by nigelzackit on Jun 24, 2009 4:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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