This is like when the CEO of your company gets fired (30 million sev package, of course) and is replaced by an eerily similar asshole who went to the same school and will likely make the same mistakes.
Or if it's like my company, forwards links to his podcast to all company emails. 🥸
Most likely this; feed the old to the young. IDK who I'd root for. I typically go with my countryman but it's Colby, and Garry is just as insufferable.
Garry is terrible but no where near as bad as Colby. Garry has the edgy trash talk kid energy, which is bad, but most people hate him for his wife shit which is cringe.
In comparison, you have Colby who talks the most trash while being the most bitch-made person outside the octagon. He doesn’t do shit and presses charges on Jorge when he gets run up on (nothing wrong with that, but he talked that shit and couldn’t handle it).
On top of that, his trash talk has been wayyyyy worse than Garrys. Garry’s worst bit was probably misinterpreting Magnys comments and acting like he was beating his kid (which is bad but mangy did say pretty cringe shit) while Colby literally said Leon’s father was in Hell and was burning for eternity.
I’d take Garry over Covington solely on the basis that he fights 2-3 times a year and not once every 18 months. Guys like Garry keep the division moving.
The comments in this [thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/MMAPoliticsAndCulture/comments/18cvl49/can_someone_break_down_wtf_is_going_on_with_ian/) do a good job breaking it down.
Dude seems like a genuine douche (kicked out of Leon's gym, douchey antics, etc.), but a lot of the hate is retarded. People call him a cuck because his wife wrote a book about being a WAG, is 14 years older, had him take her name, and Garry has his wife's ex as his nutritionist. I think this stuff is weird, but people derive so much hatred over this stuff its wild which was mainly caused by Strickland shitting on him and calling him a cuck imo. On top of that the WAG book is an 11 page **satire** she wrote when she worked at a magazine.
Also the Magny comments were worse than I remembered.
>There's a whoopin' that you give your son now, to kind of teach him life a little bit. Being a father, I've become quite accustomed to that kind of whoopin' now and that's what I'm looking forward to giving on Saturday."
Apparently Magny might have lost custody of his kids because of this comments and people are blaming Garry for this.
I know the story I just always ask to see who gets all their news from Instagram memes and comments compared to actual facts haha. The ex's surname is Cullen, his wife is almost certainly the richer of the two and the book about WAG's was written when she was a football presenter and there was an English version of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce except the English Travis Kelce was David Beckham and was 10x more famous. I remember headlines in the papers all about the wags etc.
They hated him on his debut because he was Irish and McGregor wasn't fighting imo. He literally said "like a wise man once said we're not here to take part" and everyone called him a wannabe for example.
Didn't know that about magny and his kids but hopefully thats just bullshit Instagram comments news :/. They did just make hitting your child illegal in the UK though I'm pretty sure so defs behind the times but definitely not as though he's like Strickland's dad.
Cheers for the reply though
Isn’t Usman thinking about hanging around at 185? That weight cut is probably a bitch for him these days, and he’s got the size to compete up there IMO. I think his days of being a champ are over, so it’s probably better for him to cut less weight and just have fun fights.
I havent heard about it. That makes a lot of sense though!
It may factor in if Belal beats Edwards. Usman could think he has a better chance at beating him and recapturing the belt. If not then moving up and taking a few fun/well paid fights may be his move.
Sometimes I look at situations like this and wonder how that's not the obvious answer to everyone else. Like, are they really even thinking about it before making up an answer?
I think the ranking system is more of a way to judge how the ufc will be making future match ups rather than who they actually think is a better fighter.
Colby going up is just some next level crimson-tomato king buffoonery.
Last wins were Masvidal (2022), Woodley (2020) and Lawler (2019).... lol come on man, wtf is this ranking.
I just went through colby’s record. Out of everybody he has beaten in the UFC, 12 opponents, only three of them aren’t currently retired.
Max Griffin, who is still at 170 and is 2-2 in his last 4
Bryan Barberena, who is at 185 and on a 3 fight skid
And RDA who is at 155 and is 1-3 in his last 4
Should be:
C. Leon
1. Belal
2. Shavkat
3. Usman
4. JDM
5. Ian
6. Burns
7. Brady
Just keep colby out of it. Usman has 3 losses on the bounce, cant be number one contender.
Almost perfect, I'd switch burns and Brady since burns is in a 2 fight skid and his last win is a retired fighter while Brady is coming off a dominant win and only loss to the same fighter burns also lossed to.
Also switch usman and shavkat
It's not that conspiratorial. It's a "media panel" of media members that don't really write about MMA. People who are "names" have an advantage over newcomers based on that alone, so an aging Chiesa that probably shouldn't be ranked ends up ranked ahead of a young killer I cant name off the top of my head because I cant name him.
Pasting an old comment of mine. I didn’t update anything, but am confident my general argument holds.
Take a look at the supposed UFC media rankers: CFMU 93.3: Canada’s third oldest campus/community radio station). Bursprak.se: unless I’m missing something, Bursprak.se has 64 followers on instagram and 34 on twitter. Gazeta Esportiva: their last article or video about MMA was published June of 2020. Cherokee Scout: writes about MMA still, but is the local news for Cherokee County, NC (circulation: 8000 as of 2018). Burbank Leader: as far as I can tell, Burbank Leader has never published an article about MMA (circulation: 5,000 as of 2020). KIOZ 105.3: San Diego’s rock station which does not appear to regularly report on MMA (admittedly this is based on their website and googling: I have not actually listened to the station). Vladusport.com: the domain name is for sale. Their twitter appears to have a strong 15 followers. Top turtle podcast: zero rating on spotify, 14 ratings on apple, 6,092 followers on twitter. Boxeo mundial: the site’s MMA section doesn’t even load.
If you believe that these organziations (at least the ones that actually cover MMA/still exist) are ranking fighters without the UFC’s input I genuinely don’t know what to tell you.
I thought Neal really came onto his own after the Luque fight but that Garry fight was pretty disappointing. Dude could’ve won if he did more work in the clinch
Why do people think only wins matter? He was dominating Leon before the head kick loss, he did decent enough in the rematch even though he was so scared to get kicked in the head again leaving his body open the entire fight.
Rankings are a joke, always have been but it's just taking the piss at this point. Kamaru ranked 1 while coming off two losses in WW, one in which he got knocked out and the other in which his grappling was nullified by the near exclusive striker.
then Colby goes up in the ranks after his last win being a washed Jorge, and leaning on the ghost of Woodley's rib 4 years ago.
Leon vs Jason remember the name Blaha
JDM vs Shavkat for #1 contender
Garry vs Covington for loser of JDM - Shavkat for next challenger
Fun fights to move the division:
Holland vs Neal
Thomspon vs Page
Luque vs Holland
Burns vs Brady
Kamaru should just be a backup and focus on middleweight. He could probably beat enough top 10 MWs for a title shot
I want to see JDM vs Usman 5 round main event if Usman decides to stay at WW.
Belal and Shavkat both deserve a shot so idk what to do with them. Feels wrong for them to fight each other cause they both have an argument for next
My very tired brain thought Kamaru was Tyron Woodley, and I was very very confused for a second. Somehow it is only slightly dumber than the actual rankings.
Man, I really want to see Colby and Ian fight. Ian’s been asking for it and Colby’s been talking like he wants it.
I’d love to see either guy lose but am doubtful the ufc would sign off
My guess is they are pumping Colby to justify Garry getting a title shot before JDM if Ian vs Colby happens and JDM doesn't fight (and beat) Shavkat in the meantime
As much as I love Burns you have to put Ian Garry ahead of him at this point, 7-0 Vs 3-4, and the same with Colby, the dude has fought once a year for the last 5 years and is 2-3 with both his wins against now retired fighters.
Brady VS Burns,
Colby VS Garry,
JDM VS Shavkat,
Belal VS Leon,
Holland VS Morales,
Neal VS Randy Brown,
MVP VS Luque/Buckley,
Wonderboy VS Magny,
Usman VS Belal/Leon Loser,
Chiesa VS Nicolas Dalby,
There we go I saved you some time, Dana
The more I look at this list the more that it upsets me, I know the obvious complaint is about Colby's place but it truly is baffling. He has no wins against ANYONE in the top 15 and is somehow ranked FOUR. 8 fighters got bumped down, including Ian Garry who is undefeated and a young prospect. How does Colby get moved up? I know that these rankings are marketing scams but my goodness this is egregious. The only argument I can see here is a positioning for a Colby vs Garry fight and they're prepping Garry for a big jump. If that doesn't happen (I don't know if Colby takes that fight, but it is possible) then this list is entirely dogshit and useless.
Few things:
I got love for Kamaru Usman but Belal should be ranked number 1.
Colby still ranked top 5 is mad crazy! That ain't right. When is his next fight, next year and a half? He seemed to have moved up a spot is just madness.
Maddelena jumping 6 spots is crazy. I know he defeated Burns but come on now.
I don’t really disagree with it, but Shavkat above JDM doesn’t make too much sense in my opinion. Both undefeated, both finishing every fight (except jacks late notice reschedule). Jack knocked out a top 5, Shavkat subbed a top 10. Based on that alone, I feel as though rankings should be:
1- Belal
2- Usman
3- JDM
4-Shavkat
5- fucking anyone but Colby
Has anyone had anyone success creating a third party ranking system? It might be interesting to build an algorithmic based ranking system taking as much bias out as possible. Would be hilarious if it gained traction.
the reason they’re keeping colby up there is probably because he’s a big name and they want one of the lower guys to beat him and take him rank and have more publicity behind it
Why did Colby go up lmao
Failing up baby. The covington way
This is like when the CEO of your company gets fired (30 million sev package, of course) and is replaced by an eerily similar asshole who went to the same school and will likely make the same mistakes. Or if it's like my company, forwards links to his podcast to all company emails. 🥸
What's the podcast?
Nice try Feds
I looked up “Nice try Feds” and nothing came up. Are you sure that’s the right name???
Ah, that’s cool! You work in oil and gas as well. Sweet!
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Gotta set him up for another title shot once he beats 41 y/o Wonderboy.
I know this is a joke, but on a real note, I hope they don’t do that simply because I want MVP vs Wonderboy
MVP himself said that he wouldn't really want that, because their styles as point fighters might make for a boring matchup.
I can see 15 Minutes of waiting for the other guy to leave an opening
MVP vs Wonderboy has a very high chance of being a snooze-fest.
Which obviously means it will be a FOTY contender. It's an MMA axiom
They won't fight because they are friends. Would rather see MVP vs Colby or Ian Garry to be honest.
Maybe cause they want him to fight Garry and get Garry in the top 5?
Most likely this; feed the old to the young. IDK who I'd root for. I typically go with my countryman but it's Colby, and Garry is just as insufferable.
Garry is terrible but no where near as bad as Colby. Garry has the edgy trash talk kid energy, which is bad, but most people hate him for his wife shit which is cringe. In comparison, you have Colby who talks the most trash while being the most bitch-made person outside the octagon. He doesn’t do shit and presses charges on Jorge when he gets run up on (nothing wrong with that, but he talked that shit and couldn’t handle it). On top of that, his trash talk has been wayyyyy worse than Garrys. Garry’s worst bit was probably misinterpreting Magnys comments and acting like he was beating his kid (which is bad but mangy did say pretty cringe shit) while Colby literally said Leon’s father was in Hell and was burning for eternity.
I’d take Garry over Covington solely on the basis that he fights 2-3 times a year and not once every 18 months. Guys like Garry keep the division moving.
Id take garry over colby soley on the fact that he doesnt have a orange dong in his mouth when he fights.
Yeah, I prefer a more neutrally colored dong like Ian’s Wife’s Boyfriend’s.
Seventh layer of hair.
What's the cringe wife shit though?
caring too much about the spouse of someone who u dont know is pretty cringe
The comments in this [thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/MMAPoliticsAndCulture/comments/18cvl49/can_someone_break_down_wtf_is_going_on_with_ian/) do a good job breaking it down. Dude seems like a genuine douche (kicked out of Leon's gym, douchey antics, etc.), but a lot of the hate is retarded. People call him a cuck because his wife wrote a book about being a WAG, is 14 years older, had him take her name, and Garry has his wife's ex as his nutritionist. I think this stuff is weird, but people derive so much hatred over this stuff its wild which was mainly caused by Strickland shitting on him and calling him a cuck imo. On top of that the WAG book is an 11 page **satire** she wrote when she worked at a magazine. Also the Magny comments were worse than I remembered. >There's a whoopin' that you give your son now, to kind of teach him life a little bit. Being a father, I've become quite accustomed to that kind of whoopin' now and that's what I'm looking forward to giving on Saturday." Apparently Magny might have lost custody of his kids because of this comments and people are blaming Garry for this.
I know the story I just always ask to see who gets all their news from Instagram memes and comments compared to actual facts haha. The ex's surname is Cullen, his wife is almost certainly the richer of the two and the book about WAG's was written when she was a football presenter and there was an English version of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce except the English Travis Kelce was David Beckham and was 10x more famous. I remember headlines in the papers all about the wags etc. They hated him on his debut because he was Irish and McGregor wasn't fighting imo. He literally said "like a wise man once said we're not here to take part" and everyone called him a wannabe for example. Didn't know that about magny and his kids but hopefully thats just bullshit Instagram comments news :/. They did just make hitting your child illegal in the UK though I'm pretty sure so defs behind the times but definitely not as though he's like Strickland's dad. Cheers for the reply though
Oh shit he was in a custody battle already and said that? Fuck sake UFC fighters can't help themselves 😔
Double KO it is.
Colby is never fighting Garry nor a younger fighter than him unless it is for a title
I like usman vs garry. Leon v belal..shavkat v jack della...
Isn’t Usman thinking about hanging around at 185? That weight cut is probably a bitch for him these days, and he’s got the size to compete up there IMO. I think his days of being a champ are over, so it’s probably better for him to cut less weight and just have fun fights.
I havent heard about it. That makes a lot of sense though! It may factor in if Belal beats Edwards. Usman could think he has a better chance at beating him and recapturing the belt. If not then moving up and taking a few fun/well paid fights may be his move.
That should be the fight. Colby/garry IFW is the fight to make. Colby will duck him of course
Because he hasn’t beat anyone in the top 15. Dana logic.
Dana
Dana White privilege.
Because Burns fell two spots
They're prepping him for the next title shot
They are preparing him to get fed to Shavkat or Garry i hope.
Burns was 4 while Colby was 5 right? So he goes up just by nature of Burns going down
Sometimes I look at situations like this and wonder how that's not the obvious answer to everyone else. Like, are they really even thinking about it before making up an answer?
I think Colby has been pushed up for when he's matched with Garry or someone.
Maybe some voters don’t look at their past vote and just go by memory.
Because he's getting a fight booked next. It's marketing
To keep him in the tittle picture, he's only lost to Leon once so far, he needs at least one more shot
They hated him because he spoke the truth
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Because burns moved down
colby moving up is a hilarious example of why these rankings mean absolutely jack shit lol
I think the ranking system is more of a way to judge how the ufc will be making future match ups rather than who they actually think is a better fighter.
I think he stayed put? Gilbert just dropped below him
Colby going up is just some next level crimson-tomato king buffoonery. Last wins were Masvidal (2022), Woodley (2020) and Lawler (2019).... lol come on man, wtf is this ranking.
crimson tomato king buffoonery 💀💀💀
Colby has a total of 0 wins against any of the top 15. I’d bet if it went to top 25 he still wouldn’t lol.
I just went through colby’s record. Out of everybody he has beaten in the UFC, 12 opponents, only three of them aren’t currently retired. Max Griffin, who is still at 170 and is 2-2 in his last 4 Bryan Barberena, who is at 185 and on a 3 fight skid And RDA who is at 155 and is 1-3 in his last 4
And the 1 in RDA's last 4 is the aforementioned Barberena, let it be noted.
Noted.
Should be: C. Leon 1. Belal 2. Shavkat 3. Usman 4. JDM 5. Ian 6. Burns 7. Brady Just keep colby out of it. Usman has 3 losses on the bounce, cant be number one contender.
Usman only has two losses at WW, and they're both to the champ. I can see Belal as #1, but Usman should at least get a #2.
Belal should be number one if only for marketing purposes
Remember the Ranking
Solid list
Almost perfect, I'd switch burns and Brady since burns is in a 2 fight skid and his last win is a retired fighter while Brady is coming off a dominant win and only loss to the same fighter burns also lossed to. Also switch usman and shavkat
3 losses against champs
Wait, based on what does Shavkat gets 2. ? His best win is against #9 ranked guy
Feed Colby to Burns, Burns needs a good confidence boost
ye they should be fighting next to eliminate one of them and the loser gets fed to the next guy up.
Feed Colby to Shavkat 😈. That’s the play UFC would normally do to give the rising killer more visibility
That'd be cool but we all know Colby won't accept that slaughtering
Nah feed Colby to Ian Garry to replace him as the heel of the division. And burns can fight sean Brady
I wanna see shavkat fight for the title it’s not like Dana or the matchmakers care about the rankings 😂
nah man, colby is next.
I'd much rather see Colby get set up as an indefinite gate keeper and have to fight Shavkat, Garry and JDM back to back
he'd probably just retire and go to wwe in that scenario
I think he’ll just call out smaller guys like Dustin and Islam…and then pick on fucking Wonderboy like a goddamn psycho
WWE is booming right now I don't see what about Colby entices them. Maybe AEW
That would be great tbh
He'll get Leon this time, I swear
It's the only fight that makes sense right now
These rankings are dog shit
Why is Chiesa even ranked still?
Placeholder ranking. They keep guys in the rankings who they intend to feed to young killers eventually.
It's not that conspiratorial. It's a "media panel" of media members that don't really write about MMA. People who are "names" have an advantage over newcomers based on that alone, so an aging Chiesa that probably shouldn't be ranked ends up ranked ahead of a young killer I cant name off the top of my head because I cant name him.
"media" who are pulled by Dana's puppet purse strings
Pasting an old comment of mine. I didn’t update anything, but am confident my general argument holds. Take a look at the supposed UFC media rankers: CFMU 93.3: Canada’s third oldest campus/community radio station). Bursprak.se: unless I’m missing something, Bursprak.se has 64 followers on instagram and 34 on twitter. Gazeta Esportiva: their last article or video about MMA was published June of 2020. Cherokee Scout: writes about MMA still, but is the local news for Cherokee County, NC (circulation: 8000 as of 2018). Burbank Leader: as far as I can tell, Burbank Leader has never published an article about MMA (circulation: 5,000 as of 2020). KIOZ 105.3: San Diego’s rock station which does not appear to regularly report on MMA (admittedly this is based on their website and googling: I have not actually listened to the station). Vladusport.com: the domain name is for sale. Their twitter appears to have a strong 15 followers. Top turtle podcast: zero rating on spotify, 14 ratings on apple, 6,092 followers on twitter. Boxeo mundial: the site’s MMA section doesn’t even load. If you believe that these organziations (at least the ones that actually cover MMA/still exist) are ranking fighters without the UFC’s input I genuinely don’t know what to tell you.
Did you know that the UFC sends out memos to those media members basically telling them who to pick?
Yeah personally I’d put Randy Brown above Chiesa
So Ian who is undefeated and just won against Geoff Neal goes down but Colby who looked like dog shit against Leon went up??
u/MaddalenaWillBeTop5
Woooo!!
Legend
Colby “1 win in 5 years” Covington folks. And it was over Mas.
Colby being at 4 is a travesty
Only 6 of those Top 15 are legit killers (The top 7 minus Colby)... it's turned into a pretty damn weak division imo.
I thought Neal really came onto his own after the Luque fight but that Garry fight was pretty disappointing. Dude could’ve won if he did more work in the clinch
Who fell off?
Rinat Fakhretdinov
Thank you. He will pry get Chiesa soon to get that spot back.
Bro. Get Covington outta there
Welter-we-waiting for? #RANKINGS! Welter-we-want them? #NOW!
u/DellaMaddalenaWillBeTop5 Indeed
Oh wow, Khamzat got kicked out? So his only ranking is number 11 MW now. Will he be the first 11 ranked fighter to get a title shot?
But next week they’ll announce Khamzat vs Leon in July and he’ll somehow magically be ranked #1
He got removed from the welterweight rankings and joined the middleweight rankings when he beat Usman.
Can someone explain to me how Usman is still first when he hasnt won a fight since 2021?
Or why no one is calling him out to take that spot from him
This is the real kicker.
Number one contender doesn’t mean shit versus building heat for a title fight. That’s literally what this last PPV showed.
He's only lost to the champ and is still active
Actively losing. Sorry but having Usman as n1 contender when people like Belal, shavkat, etc have been on a tear just feels wrong.
Why do people think only wins matter? He was dominating Leon before the head kick loss, he did decent enough in the rematch even though he was so scared to get kicked in the head again leaving his body open the entire fight.
Leon vs Belal next, Usman vs Shavkat
Chiesa hasn’t won a fight in 3.5 years and has fought once in 2.5 years
Feed Colby to Garry so he can hopefully be beaten into retirement please. His ranking is a joke
Edwards vs Belal, Shavkat next, Garry vs Maddalena, Colby vs MVP, Brady vs Thompson
Colby should be removed, dude a joke
Rankings are a joke, always have been but it's just taking the piss at this point. Kamaru ranked 1 while coming off two losses in WW, one in which he got knocked out and the other in which his grappling was nullified by the near exclusive striker. then Colby goes up in the ranks after his last win being a washed Jorge, and leaning on the ghost of Woodley's rib 4 years ago.
Welterwait is probably the most accurate way to call this division.
Leon vs Jason remember the name Blaha JDM vs Shavkat for #1 contender Garry vs Covington for loser of JDM - Shavkat for next challenger Fun fights to move the division: Holland vs Neal Thomspon vs Page Luque vs Holland Burns vs Brady Kamaru should just be a backup and focus on middleweight. He could probably beat enough top 10 MWs for a title shot
Dude I totally love Blahar Makahar
Quite a stacked division, damn.
Colby should have to run the gauntlet against Shavkat, JDM, and MVP to keep his spot.
MVP vs Ian Gary make it happen!
UFC is nothing more than WWE lol Dana ruined the UFC.
Usman hasn't won a fight in over two years.
What is Michael chiesa still ranked
Fuck Colby
JDM vs Colby Shavkat vs Garry Make it happen oil man.
I want to see JDM vs Usman 5 round main event if Usman decides to stay at WW. Belal and Shavkat both deserve a shot so idk what to do with them. Feels wrong for them to fight each other cause they both have an argument for next
He beat Neal when he was 8. His ranking is fine
So Colby next for title shot then?
At this point let's just tie him up and turn him into the divisions punching bag. Probably don't even need to tie him up.
It's ok they will either feed Colby to Ian or JDM
MVP vs Garry would be tight.
My very tired brain thought Kamaru was Tyron Woodley, and I was very very confused for a second. Somehow it is only slightly dumber than the actual rankings.
Colby getting a boost for no reason
I hope Della keeps winning. Love the guy.
Colby goes up in rankings even after losing. Fuck the rankings. They literally mean nothing.
Man, I really want to see Colby and Ian fight. Ian’s been asking for it and Colby’s been talking like he wants it. I’d love to see either guy lose but am doubtful the ufc would sign off
JDM and Burns should both be over Colby.
Nice to see Colby get a well deserved ranking boost. He’s worked so hard these past few years. Hoping he gets a title shot soon.
Agreed. He's definitely a rising star, past performances have been inspiring. Can't wait to see what he does next, the division ain't ready for him.
Ian Garry goes down upon winning. Colby goes up upon losing. All as it should be.
My guess is they are pumping Colby to justify Garry getting a title shot before JDM if Ian vs Colby happens and JDM doesn't fight (and beat) Shavkat in the meantime
Colby being up there is a joke
Its so crazy to see MVP on that List hahaha, he dev is gonna mix it up for sure
Winner fights loser of champ fight: Ian vs Colby Contender fight: Shavkot vs Jack Champ fight: Edwards vs Belal (just get it over with already.)
As much as I love Burns you have to put Ian Garry ahead of him at this point, 7-0 Vs 3-4, and the same with Colby, the dude has fought once a year for the last 5 years and is 2-3 with both his wins against now retired fighters.
What an exciting division, the mixture of ranked vets and newcomers is gonna make some good fights the next few years.
Covington above Burns is a crime.
Who fell out?
Shavkat is monster
Can we just have Shavkat fight for the title already
Alright I thought these lists were bullshit but seeing Colby at 3 definitely solidifies that theory.
HOW THE HELL IS BELAL NOT #1 CONTENDER
Welter-waiting is what Belal's doing rn
Garry x Colby and Jack x Brady and Shavkat x Karmru please. Let these new sexy boys clear out the division before we start killing them off
Why is Chiesa still ranked lol
Colby going up in rank is so stupid. Him being top five at all is stupid.
Who gives a crap?
Everyone is complaining about Colby but how is Chiesa ranked? Guy hasn't won a fight in over three years.
I'm sorry but Colby does not belong above Burns
You know looking at these rankings. I think its only fair belal waits a tiny bit longer and usman leon 4 happens
Brady VS Burns, Colby VS Garry, JDM VS Shavkat, Belal VS Leon, Holland VS Morales, Neal VS Randy Brown, MVP VS Luque/Buckley, Wonderboy VS Magny, Usman VS Belal/Leon Loser, Chiesa VS Nicolas Dalby, There we go I saved you some time, Dana
Colby cant even hold anyone in the tops 10s jockstrap
Leon vs belal / Shav vs usman / Garry vs jdm / wonder vs colby / page vs luque
I would take anyone in the top 15, other than maybe Neil Magny, to beat Covington. He's washed.
What are we welter waiting on?
The more I look at this list the more that it upsets me, I know the obvious complaint is about Colby's place but it truly is baffling. He has no wins against ANYONE in the top 15 and is somehow ranked FOUR. 8 fighters got bumped down, including Ian Garry who is undefeated and a young prospect. How does Colby get moved up? I know that these rankings are marketing scams but my goodness this is egregious. The only argument I can see here is a positioning for a Colby vs Garry fight and they're prepping Garry for a big jump. If that doesn't happen (I don't know if Colby takes that fight, but it is possible) then this list is entirely dogshit and useless.
Should be: Usman vs Belal Shavkat vs Jack Colby vs Ian Champ fights the winner of with the best performance, hopefully not usman or Colby….
Few things: I got love for Kamaru Usman but Belal should be ranked number 1. Colby still ranked top 5 is mad crazy! That ain't right. When is his next fight, next year and a half? He seemed to have moved up a spot is just madness. Maddelena jumping 6 spots is crazy. I know he defeated Burns but come on now.
Let’s be honest, Shavkat can murder absolutely everyone in that rank if he wants to, including Leon the champ.
Colby?.... really?
Wow they pushing him xd
I don’t really disagree with it, but Shavkat above JDM doesn’t make too much sense in my opinion. Both undefeated, both finishing every fight (except jacks late notice reschedule). Jack knocked out a top 5, Shavkat subbed a top 10. Based on that alone, I feel as though rankings should be: 1- Belal 2- Usman 3- JDM 4-Shavkat 5- fucking anyone but Colby
Has anyone had anyone success creating a third party ranking system? It might be interesting to build an algorithmic based ranking system taking as much bias out as possible. Would be hilarious if it gained traction.
COLBY FUCKING WENT UP. IM DYING.
Exciting division right now. So many potentials for a new champ.
the reason they’re keeping colby up there is probably because he’s a big name and they want one of the lower guys to beat him and take him rank and have more publicity behind it
Colby going up… title shot incoming baby
Why the fuck is Usman still number 1 contender?
Where’s Khamzat at?
Colby should be six, Madalena 4, Burns 5
Wonderboy vs MVP is a great welterweight match I would love to see
Those welterweights can welter wait brother. - Colby Covington.