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Originally Posted by goodtimes  Most of those LW's I mentioned aren't in the UFC. |
Shonie and Din were in the UFC when they defeated Serra. And LW is one of the most talented divisions, period.
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Originally Posted by goodtimes Also, everyone talks about how deep LHW is and Hendo is currently #2 there. Where are the fighters that GSP beats who decide to move up in weight? |
Hendo was MW and LHW champ before Anderson ever beat him. And he continued fight at MW after Anderson beat him, racking up wins against Palhares and the most epic KO of all time against Bisping. He took one "Franklin-Weight" bout against Rich, but that was more of a "mini-superfight". He has been campaigning for a rematch against Anderson for a long time too. He didn't go back to LHW until he lost to Shields. And Shields... well.. he just moved up to MW :P
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Originally Posted by goodtimes By coming off of losses I mean they recently lost fights, doesn't have to be the last one. Ellenberger just got KO'ed by Kampmann, Kampmann and Fitch got KO'ed by Hendricks. Being 1 fight removed from brutal 1st round KO's allows guys to stay top contenders? |
"Coming off of losses" means they lost their last fight. But I understand that you misspoke. And a KO loss to a top tier fighter doesn't knock you all the way down the mountain. Look at how Cain rebounded with one win against Bigfoot, Franklin needed just two wins to rematch Anderson, Randy Couture and Uriah Faber made a living out of getting title-shots based on their latest win, etc.