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Top 5 Best and Worst fighter years 2007

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#1 ·
The top 5 best and worst fighter years of 2007

The 5 best:

1. A. Silva – the most dominant fighter in MMA this year. He wrecked havoc and finished all his fights against very solid competition.

2. Randy Couture – Captain America comes out of retirement and beats 2 top 10 Heavy Weights. In my mind this is one of the most impressive accomplishments in the history of MMA.

3. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson – Finally establishes himself as one of the top if not the top fighter in a division stacked with talented fighters. KO’ing the Iceman and out lasting one of my favorite fighters Dan Henderson and SHoguns loss clearly established him as the guy to beat at 205. I think more than any other fighter he has shown the most improvement and taken his game to a whole new level.

4. Marcus Davis – I include ‘The Irish Hand Grenade’ on this list because the guy has quietly established himself as a very good fighter at 170 lbs. He fought 3 times and finished all his fights including 2 slick submissions and a brutal KO. Davis is one of the most exciting fighters out there right now and I’m looking for him to do big things in 2008.

5. Roger Huerta – 5 fights, 5 wins and he finished all his fights. I think his win over Guida really validated him as a top fighter at 155. I think he deserves the next title shot in another division stacked with talent.


Now for the worst:

1. CroCop – He’s had a rougher year than any other fighter in the UFC. When it was announced that CC would be coming to the UFC everyone thought he’d run through the UFC HW division. Well, a lackluster performance against an unsung opponent in Sanchez, a devastating KO by another guy that wasn’t really well known and being out struck by Kongo and losing on points to top it off ahs left many people wondering what happened to CC. More importantly it left CC wondering what his future in MMA is.

2. Chuck Liddell – An out of shape Chuck stopped Tito late last December. His next fight he was brutally knocked out by Rampage then was thoroughly beaten by The Dean of Mean. All in all, not a very good year for Chuck. With a win over Wandy, Chuck could erase some of what has been a very bad year for him. Am I the only one that thinks maybe Chuck should start training at a new gym? He’s been with Hack for so long now that I just don’t think his game has ever evolved to the point it needs to be.

3. Sean Sherk – Being involved in a steroid controversy is never a good thing.

4. Andre Arlovski – A snoozefest against Werdum and worst fight of the year candidate plus a prolonged contract dispute with the UFC which has seen AA on the sidelines makes 2007 a pretty bad year for him. Hopefully AA will be fighting again in 2008 and start knocking fools out again.

5. Diego Sanchez – ‘The Nightmare’ had a nightmare of a year. He suffered his first 2 losses including a loss to Koschek who is probably his biggest rival. Will Diego drop to 155 in 2008?


There’s my list, what are yours?
 
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#3 ·
Sokudjou should be in the top 5 no matter what happens against Machida and if he wins he should be #1.

If Mahcida wins he should be top 5.

Huerta i guess goes can go in the top 5 but he really shouldn't and btw he didn't finish Garcia.

I would put Frank Edgar ahead of Huerta.

My list would go

1. Anderson
2. Sokky
3. Rampage
4. Serra - even with the injury the guy won the WW title
5. Edgar
 
#6 ·
GSP won the title in 2006 and he doesn't really belong on the worst year either since he earned a title shot and could win the title again.
 
#5 ·
good thread bud, i agree with most of ur list but i am in between putting rampage ahead of randy ,his debut wasnt anything special but one with a tko then he smashed the most dominant lhw champion in a couple of mins,then had a 5 round war with hendo to unify both belts and was impressive.

and id put huerta ahead of davies just because he has faced better fighters.
 
#7 ·
Yeah, i remebered that he won the tilte after i hit enter and didn't feel like going back to correct. Losing to Serra is pretty bad though when you just got everything you wanted and to have it taken away in that fashion did not help. But I wouldn't put him in there. Just trying to be ironic, yet fell short with misinformation.
 
#8 ·
I really, really like him, but I think Rich Franklin oughta be on the worst year list. He came back strong against a good fighter, MacDonald, but then had a fairly lackluster performance against Yushin Okami and almost lost it in the 3rd Round.

After that, he lost to Anderson again and really put his career in limbo as long as Silva is the Champ at 185.
 
#9 ·
I agree in a way KDS but honestly 2-1 with two wins over guys who are probably in the top 10 of the UFC MW divison isn't that bad when you think about it.
 
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