i dont think hes top 5, he just got knocked by a no name

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according to Inside MMA, Thiago is not a no-name…they’ve actually ranked him #6 in the world if you can believe that

McArthur- do you really think he should be up there? Or that the stoppage was legit?

One more thing, I’m assuming you’re the Craig McArthur that Facebook’d me, Arik Furner?

Thank you Ricky. I’ve been wanting and saying a Hughes/Koscheck fight for dunno how long now. At least someone agrees

Syn…I had this convo with OD last week…There is no way I see Thiago up there at 6…we listed fighters such as KOS, Kamp, Hardy, Carlos, Serra, Karo, Swick, and Rumble amoung others that have more high profile wins but because Thiago takes out KOS and is undefeated at 10-0 he is #6…it rediculous also because other than KOS I don’t recognize 1 name that he’s beaten. Its weird to because the Inside MMA ranks are the best ones imo…and yes that was me on facebook ;)

Yeah i agree with you.

I went to Fight Magazine . com to try to find the article on Hughes, and got suckered in to looking at their fighter rankings. Check out their Welterweight ranks and try to find Josh Kos. I lol’d when I found him (finally). and also laughed at number 2 and 4. seriously, check them out.

I know…they let their readers vote…but still who would vote for whats-his-name at #2 and Swick at 4…its very strange that they publish that

I laughed. Kos at 29. Gomi at 39. Aoki at 20. Coleman at 12. Trigg at 11. Jardine at like 40 something. Its fucking crazy

popularity contest

What the hell kinda of rankings are those? The funny thing is I would assume (and this would be my fault) that if you subscribe to Fight or frequent their site that you not just be a casual fan and you would know something if you were going to go through the trouble.

Just had a lokk, their rankings are seriously f*cked up!

Their LW rankings are HORRIBLE!

How is Florian ABOVE BJ when their fight is upcoming???

and look where Gomi is???

and Tyson below Huerta and all the others???

the most accurate list i saw was the viewer’s choice!

once you get over the fact that the ranking SUCK and aren’t accurate, its kinda funny

Mania doesn’t normally post Hughes’ interviews. They get them from his blogs on his website.

I agree about the physical apearance, i posted the exact same comparison a couple of months back, he was huge in the gracie fight and he looked, small, skinny, and unhealthy. Have you seen the videos of him lately though, he’s looking huge again, remember that all he could do when the knee injury was healing was weight lifting and i think he will be much bigger than he was in the alves fight, as for him loosing his athleticisam, did he really have much in the first place, he never really looked light on his feet and had a super fast shoot for a takedown like say gsp, he would just overpower most people with superior wresting. As for the lytle fight i think he was playing it safe because he really needed a win at that point. I dont think that loosing to gsp and alves means your finished, i deffinatly don’t see him being champ again but i could see him getting another shot at some point before he retires, if he wants it enough. thats probably the biggest question at this point, its obvious that he wants to win this fight badly but does he have the motivation to continue training the way he needs to, if he does i think he could still beat most in the WW devision.
I see him taking this by UD or 2nd RD TKO, i think serra will be to eager to just hit him in the face, then he’ll get taken down and i dont see him subing hughes and once hughes starts raining down gnp serra will just cover up. In a way i feel a little bad for whoever looses this because they’ll just never live it down, i think it will be worse for serra though

I think it’d be worse for Hughes, at least if Serra loses they can always say he’s small for WW and he needs to move down to LW; but if Hughes loses he has no where to go. As far as the trash talk goes, it’ll be forgotten inside of a month after the fights over.

Im a hughes fan and I agree that he has lost a step and also that the sport is passing him by without him evolving. The main reason he looked bigger for the gracie fight was because it was at a higher weight i believe. Im not sure, but maybe 176 or something of that nature.

what can a former champ in the sport really look forwad to after the chance of another title fight is hopeless?

but I don’t here’s to hopin’ for the ever elusive double KO

its been so long for either of them I honestly don’t feel I can even back up what I’m saying

Well the Alves fight really shows how bad Hughes stand up is, he wasn’t even using any strikes to set up a TD, he was so desperate he just shot in from the outside on about every attempt.

Serra better striking than GSP? You just might be out of your mind Space.

Gems like this are why there should be some sort of IQ requirement to post here. Or you have to have watched more than five MMA fights. Or you have to prove you’re old enough to drive. Or something.

Don’t bother JJ!He’s in outer space!