Middleweight 8-1-08

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Rank

Fighter

Comments

1.

Anderson Silva

That sound you’re hearing right now is all the UFC’s light-heavyweights collectively pissing their pants. Don’t worry guys, he’s just “testing the waters.”

2.

Rich Franklin

Ace’s last match against Travis Lutter reminded us of how brilliant he can be when he’s not fighting Anderson Silva, who’s still the only middleweight to ever defeat him. We’d kill to see Franklin take on Dan Henderson and prove who really deserves the runner-up spot among the world’s middleweights.

3.

Paulo Filho

4.

Dan Henderson

5.

Robbie Lawler

Scott Smith may not be elite-level competition, but damn did “Ruthless” look sharp against him in their two recent bouts for EliteXC. With his heavy hands and iron chin, we don’t see him losing his EliteXC belt any time soon.

6.

Yushin Okami

7.

Frank Trigg

“Twinkle Toes” is a warrior, but with countless entrepreneurial interests vying for his attention, he may not be putting in the time to keep pace with the competition. Trigg hasn’t fought since December; if he doesn’t get a win over a quality opponent soon, he’ll be leaving this list.

8.

Kazuo Misaki

9.

Gegard Mousasi

10.

(tie) Yoshihiro Akiyama, Jason Miller

Because I like both of these guys, and because I’m pretty much over Matt Lindland.

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