MMA Fighter World Rankings

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  1. speeds

    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Yeah that's not making sense, Aoki/Penn flipped.

    Arlovski wasn't a P4P fighter but was a top ranked heavyweight. Dan Henderson and Rich Franklin were also top ranked middleweights before Silva made them look like shit.

    GSP shouldn't leap over Fedor and Anderson because he fought a smaller fighter who showed he didn't belong, IMHO.
     
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    up until GSP's dominance, BJ Penn was ranked top 4 in the P4P rankings and considered better than anyone Silva or Fedor has faced in the last 3 years.
    GSP has dominanted his weight division and now a top P4P fighter and made him look out of his league. That deserves consideration IMO.
     
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    Old rankings system dead, new rankings system up.
     
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