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Rankings: UFC 104 Resonates
Expectations are relative: beating Ben Rothwell
didn’t do so much for Andrei
Arlovski, but it helped propel Cain
Velasquez into the
Sherdog.com list of the sport’s top ten heavyweights. Velasquez
makes the move after going to 7-0 last Saturday, delivering a
beating to the former IFL contender that made him look like -- a
former IFL contender.
What the sudden postponement of the Brock Lesnar/Shane Carwin bout does for Velasquez’s immediate future is TBD: the soonest he’d get a title shot would probably be in late spring or summer, assuming Carwin/Lesnar happens in January or February. If he fights before then, he risks that placement. On the other hand, he might want another bout before trying his luck against two guys that could palm a swiss ball.
Los Angeles was also good to Chael Sonnen, who posted his third underdog victory in a row by defeating the very tough, very bathroom-break-worthy Yushin Okami, moving him to a #7 slot. He’s already lost to middleweight contender Demian Maia, though; his best hope is that Dan Henderson bails for Strikeforce, leaving him and Nate Marquardt in the immediate title loop.
The only man in immediate danger of losing top placement in any division is Fedor Emelianenko, who fights Brett Rogers next Saturday. And if that happens, you can expect one uniform response from any rankings system: Server Unavailable.
What the sudden postponement of the Brock Lesnar/Shane Carwin bout does for Velasquez’s immediate future is TBD: the soonest he’d get a title shot would probably be in late spring or summer, assuming Carwin/Lesnar happens in January or February. If he fights before then, he risks that placement. On the other hand, he might want another bout before trying his luck against two guys that could palm a swiss ball.
Los Angeles was also good to Chael Sonnen, who posted his third underdog victory in a row by defeating the very tough, very bathroom-break-worthy Yushin Okami, moving him to a #7 slot. He’s already lost to middleweight contender Demian Maia, though; his best hope is that Dan Henderson bails for Strikeforce, leaving him and Nate Marquardt in the immediate title loop.
The only man in immediate danger of losing top placement in any division is Fedor Emelianenko, who fights Brett Rogers next Saturday. And if that happens, you can expect one uniform response from any rankings system: Server Unavailable.
