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The Top Heavyweights At the End of the Decade
(By MMATorch reader D. Nash)
Regarding Judd McGraw's list of Top Heavyweights At the End of the 2000s published yesterday, his list is the perfect example of the phrase "the numbers don't tell the whole story." Brett Rogers over Lesnar and Mir? Rogers's only fight against a formidable opponent before Fedor was Arlovski. Aside from that, he hasn't beaten enough great heavyweights to be considered no. 2. Don't disagree with the names, but definitely the order. Here's what this list should look like:
1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Brock Lesnar
3. Frank Mir
4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
5. Shane Carwin
6. Brett Rogers
7. Junior Dos Santos
8. Cain Velasquez
9. Josh Barnett
10. Andrei Arlovski
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Top Ten Fighters We Loved To Hate in the 2000s
(By MMATorch reader Matt Thomas of Chester, England)
1. Matt Hughes
2. Ken Shamrock
3. Tim Sylvia
4. Brock Leanar
5. Chris Leben
6. Phil Baroni
7. Wes Sims
8. Josh Koscheck
9. Frank Trigg
10. Nick Diaz
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As we count down the days until the end of 2009 and the end of the 2000s as we enter the "10s," we want to run batches or reader-submitted MMA Top Ten Lists. You can create a top ten list on anything at all, and base it around either the entire 2000s or just 2009. Here are some random ideas, but you can create a list based on any criteria...
-Ten MMA Fighters I'd Most Like to Walk Down a Dangerous Alley With from the 2000s
-Ten MMA Fighters I'd Most Like My Sister To Date
-Ten MMA Fighters I'd Last Like My Sister To Date
-Top Ten Worst Haircuts in MMA in the 2000s
-Top Ten Fights of 2009
-Top Ten Fights of the 2000s
-Biggest Flameouts of the 2000s
-Top Ten Worst Things Dana White did in the 2000s
-Top Ten Best Things Dana White did in the 2000s
-Ten Best Pride Fights of the 2000s
-Ten Ugliest Fighters of the 2000s
-Ten Biggest Mouths in MMA in 2009
...and so on. You get the idea. Submit your lists via email to mmatorch@gmail.com.
(And we mean, send not just the category, but your version of the ten names that belong on the list!)
We will publish reader top ten lists in coming hours and days. Please include your name and hometown. If you wish to send out a Christmas hello or New Year's shout-out to a loved one, please include that at the end!
Oh, and Happy Holidays from everyone at MMATorch!
[Wes Sims photo provided to MMATorch by Spike TV]
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