Originally Posted by IronMan @ MMAOpinion

The heavyweight division is a beautiful mess. There can be little dispute that the international heavyweight division is the best it has ever looked. In the wake of the first loss of an iconic fighter in Fedor Emelianenko (32-2-1 MMA, #2 IWMMAR) in almost a decade and the rise of a new heavyweight champion in Brock Lesnar (5-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC, #1 IWMMAR) with a victory that exposed a major problem in his standup.

Fedor Emelianenko realized his mortality taking on a fighter who was well below what many thought would constitute a serious threat to Emelianenko, and given the relatively recent loss that Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC, #3 IWMMAR) has to potential title contender Junior Dos Santos (11-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC, #6 IWMMAR), there is some confusion about the standing of Werdum in the sport as a whole. Does his victory over the greatest heavyweight in the world make him among the greatest? Or does it simply mean he was in the right place at the right time? And what’s the significance of that.