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Posted: 3/26/2009 4:53:21 PM | How about that! Some positive recognition in a major newspaper. The rankings themselves appear to come from Bloody Elbow. I saw a few mistakes (Karo Parisyan fights for WEC?!), but they look pretty solid.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/mma/rankings.htm?loc=interstitialskip
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Posted: 3/26/2009 5:26:04 PM |
...(Karo Parisyan fights for WEC?!)...
Might have something to do with him popping a couple Percocet before his last UFC fight.
...MMAWeekly.com is reporting that UFC welterweight Karo Parisyan has been suspended nine months and fined $32,000 (40% of his purse) for testing positive for three schedule 2 painkillers at UFC 94...
http://www.fightticker.com/story_0317091914_karo_parisyan_suspended_fined_stripped_of_victory_for_positive_drug_test_at_ufc_94 | |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 6:10:29 AM | The rankings weren't too bad.
Atleast they got the top dogs in their respective divisions right.
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Posted: 3/27/2009 8:25:13 AM | Overall, MMA Weekly has the best rankings. Cro Cop should be in the top 10 still. Overeem never beat Mirko, so why does he surpass him in the rankings? Bit of a head scratcher there.
As far as major publications go, it's not horrible, but it does lack insight.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot, Shinya Aoki is the best LW fighter in the world. | |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 9:40:36 PM | I would put Shinya Aoki on top of the LW fighters, but thats just my opionion
for the heavyweights
Alistair "Demolition Man" Overeem should be father up the rankings top 5 for sure.
I don't know why Sergei Kharitonov did not make the list, he should be on there instead of Fabricio Werdum. | |
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Posted: 3/28/2009 6:39:33 AM | Overeem has done nothing at heavy. So I have no idea how he could be top ten.
O, and for anyone who cares, Remy beat Overeem at the K-1 show.
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Posted: 3/28/2009 7:49:06 AM | | Aoki, I dunno. His jujitsu is very good, certainly. But his stand up is average. I think some of the UFC/WEC guys would be a real threat to him. | |
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Posted: 3/28/2009 12:32:14 PM | i just don't get why people like Aoki so much. Sure he has great Jiu Jitsu but he gets exposed in his stand up. I mean Hansen just beat him recently that should have greatly affected his ranaking but everybody who loves him just ignores that.
I don't get it. He would get utterly destroyed by most of the LW in the UFC including, SHerk, Penn, Florian, Griffin, Diaz, Edgar, Sanchez, and Maynard for sure.
I am iffy on whether Guida and Stevenson can beat him, Because I don't know if their standup is good enough to expose Aoki. Still Aoki is just a big fish in a little pond. | |
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Posted: 3/28/2009 5:32:39 PM |
Aoki, I dunno. His jujitsu is very good, certainly. But his stand up is average. I think some of the UFC/WEC guys would be a real threat to him.
What does it matter as long as he keeps getting wins over more impressive fighters than BJ Penn? Or are you simply criticing his striking?
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Posted: 3/28/2009 5:35:16 PM |
i just don't get why people like Aoki so much. Sure he has great Jiu Jitsu but he gets exposed in his stand up. I mean Hansen just beat him recently that should have greatly affected his ranaking but everybody who loves him just ignores that.
I don't get it. He would get utterly destroyed by most of the LW in the UFC including, SHerk, Penn, Florian, Griffin, Diaz, Edgar, Sanchez, and Maynard for sure.
I am iffy on whether Guida and Stevenson can beat him, Because I don't know if their standup is good enough to expose Aoki. Still Aoki is just a big fish in a little pond.
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Posted: 3/29/2009 9:30:47 AM |
What does it matter as long as he keeps getting wins over more impressive fighters than BJ Penn? Or are you simply criticing his striking?
Well, I guess I'm criticizing his overall skill level. All of the UFC fighters that Jerome named have great jujitsu, too - and are FAR better strikers. I have a hard time believing that Aoki would be able to walk through any of them. I hope that he decides to fight in the UFC at some point so we can find out. | |
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Posted: 3/29/2009 12:53:46 PM | Aoki has never beatin a better fighter than BJ Penn.
Infact, he has never faced a fighter better than BJ.........................................
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Posted: 4/5/2009 7:39:56 AM | LOL. Like I was saying..............
http://mma.fanhouse.com/2009/04/05/how-can-we-take-shinya-aoki-seriously-when-he-doesnt-have-a-chi/ | |
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