but mmaweekly and dorkus do not...who is right?
MMAweekly must be right. They have a domain name and everything!
Crocop'sLeftLeg - jesus christ
I don't even have him in the top 10, due to inactivity. He hasn't fought since he flipped out on those money-changers in the temple, and that wasn't even a sanctioned event.
BJ is 1. at 155, maybe at 170.....sorry its true
mikey burnett - BJ is 1. at 155, maybe at 170.....sorry its true
+1
I hear some guy who fights in local shows thinks Jorge Gurgel is the best. He didn't give his reasons for thinking that, but who cares? The fact that he is a pro fighter means his opinion alone is worth more than silly "reasons" and "facts".
Just BJ is the best LW doesnt mean he should be ranked #1 at LW right now.
Wasa-B - Just because BJ is the best LW doesnt mean he should be ranked #1 at LW right now.
+ 1
it is absolutely RETARDED to say bj is the best fighter in the world but ranked #2...makes no fucking sense..keep your bcs nerd mathematics BS....rankings are supposed to tell us who is the best PERIOD
I'm not surprised humility is an unknown trait on the UG.
"Everyone knows BJ is the best LW in the world"
Not everyone; some of us think he might be, but hasn't proven it yet.
goku - it is absolutely RETARDED to say bj is the best fighter in the world but ranked #2...makes no fucking sense..keep your bcs nerd mathematics BS....rankings are supposed to tell us who is the best PERIOD
But rankings have to have some sort of system. Who is the best is an opinion, in this case BJ being number 1 is a very commonly held opinion but not universal and such agreement is very rarely the case, hence a system for actual ranking. Its really not that hard to understand is it?
orcus reasoning is hilarious to me. Only a couple of years ago he was arguing why those guys in Japan should be ranked higher for no reason at all over their UFC counterparts. But now that BJ is involved in the discussion he is fine with that reasoning
Aoki himself says BJ is #1, but you are going to argue against it?
Seriously?
mikey burnett - BJ is 1. at 155, maybe at 170.....sorry its trueMikey, how can you even consider him for #1 at 170????
disbeliever - I predict many more BJ PENN threads before the 31stI predict many more BJ PENN threads after the 31st.
"The logical fallacies on this thread are many"
LOL. Since rankings are an INductive argument, and NOT a DEductive argument, Appeals To Authority are not logical fallacies.
Some of you should take a logic class, or at least read a book on it.
Saku12 -goku - it is absolutely RETARDED to say bj is the best fighter in the world but ranked #2...makes no fucking sense..keep your bcs nerd mathematics BS....rankings are supposed to tell us who is the best PERIOD
But rankings have to have some sort of system. Who is the best is an opinion, in this case BJ being number 1 is a very commonly held opinion but not universal and such agreement is very rarely the case, hence a system for actual ranking. Its really not that hard to understand is it?
the system is there to approximate who the best fighter is when it is unclear...thats the WHOLE POINT of the system...here, who the best fighter is, already is pretty clear...no matter what you do, no system will ever be 100% fool proof or logical or mathematical. it will always be partially subjective because the fighters never fight the exact same opponents and each other....so please stop trying to make an argument that somehow the ranking system is purely logic or is absolutely correct..it is not...it is supposed to tell us who the best fighter is...so it is absolutely retarded to say that you think the best fighter is ranked #2...its just utter nonsense...
A lot of fuckers, including pro fighters, used to say Rickson is the no. 1 on the planet. Maybe he is, but he has to show it.
"but he has to show it."
The fight with GSP will show a lot I figure... one way or the other.