epwar - Everyone is putting him there based off a K-1 win (which has been avenged)! This is the guy to beat Fedor? C'mon! Seriously, how is he ranked in MMA top ten lists when you only look at his MMA record. Lets go back to when he won the Strikeforce title:
*Win Kazuyuki Fujita KO (Knee) K-1 - Dynamite!! Power of Courage 2009 12/31/2009 1 1:15
*Win James Thompson Submission (Guillotine Choke) Dream 12 - The Cage of the Rising Sun 10/25/2009 1 0:33
*Win Tony Sylvester Submission (Guillotine Choke) UG 11 - A Decade of Fights 10/17/2009 1 1:23
*Win Gary Goodridge Submission (Kimura) UG 10 - The Battle of Arnhem 11/9/2008 1 1:47
*NC Mirko Filipovic No Contest (Knee to the Groin) Dream 6 - Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Final 9/23/2008 1 N/A
*Win Mark Hunt Submission (Keylock) Dream 5 - Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final 7/21/2008 1 1:11
*Win Tae Hyun Lee KO (Punches) Dream 4 - Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals 6/15/2008 1 0:36
*Win Paul Buentello Submission (Knees to the Body) Strikeforce - Four Men Enter, One Man Survives 11/16/2007 2 3:42
Not a single top ten opponent in two and a half years but people put him in the top ten???
But it's the same with most of the top 10 ranked fighters, besides the veterans. For example, Valesquez's only big win was against Nog (Yes, his dominance of Kongo is nothing to miminise). For Lesnar it was his victory over the inconstent Mir and his complete dominance of Herring. What propelled Carwin into the top ten was his come back KO of Gonzaga.