Rankings Update: Hendricks now top contender

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                    <p>This past weekend at UFC 181, Robbie Lawler earned a split decision win over Johny Hendricks. Rory MacDonald was supposed to meet the winner, but after the fight Dana White said that a trilogy fight between Lawler and Hendricks would make sense, and apparently the media agreed as well:</p>

Champion : Robbie Lawler
1    Johny Hendricks  -1
2    Rory MacDonald 
3    Tyron Woodley 
4    Carlos Condit 
5    Matt Brown 
6    Hector Lombard 
7    Kelvin Gastelum 
8    Demian Maia 
9    Tarec Saffiedine 
10    Dong Hyun Kim 
11    Jake Ellenberger 
12    Rick Story 
13    Jordan Mein 
14    Gunnar Nelson 
15    Ryan LaFlare 

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In other meaningful rankings news, Gilbert Melendez dropped one spot to number two and Khabib Nurmagomedov moved up to the number one contender at lightweight. He could be the next opponent for champion Anthony Pettis, but nothing is decided yet.

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O fuck this bullshit. Hendricks lost this fight. IMHO he lost their first fight tool. Move on to the next in line now.

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easedel - O fuck this bullshit. Hendricks lost this fight. IMHO he lost their first fight tool. Move on to the next in line now.
I thought Hendricks won both fights. Move on to the rubber match now. Phone Post 3.0

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Lombard should fight Hendrix next. Phone Post 3.0

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I am generally against rubber matches and I would like to see Rory fight for the title but in this instance I can't think of a situation more deserving of a rubber match. It has to happen. Too close to call

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crazydave - Lombard should fight Hendrix next. Phone Post 3.0


that is perfect.

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MMALOGIC -
crazydave - Lombard should fight Hendrix next. Phone Post 3.0


that is perfect.

Yeah, they need to get lombard in there for sure. Guy has been tooling guys. Phone Post 3.0

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Boring .. Iv seen that fight twice now and I don't wanna see it again ,
Carlos condit v Hendricks is intriguing .
I wanna see lawler - macdonald Phone Post 3.0

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Zzzzzz......... Phone Post 3.0

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The Power Double -
easedel - O fuck this bullshit. Hendricks lost this fight. IMHO he lost their first fight tool. Move on to the next in line now.
I thought Hendricks won both fights. Move on to the rubber match now. Phone Post 3.0
Thought Hendricks won both too, but glad Robbie is champ! Let's see Robbie/Rory 2 and have Hendricks/Gastelum for the no 1 contender spot Phone Post 3.0

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Mayhem_Monkey - Boring .. Iv seen that fight twice now and I don't wanna see it again ,
Carlos condit v Hendricks is intriguing .
I wanna see lawler - macdonald Phone Post 3.0

i dont wanna see carlos vs hendricks again so soon when they each could still have fresh,meaningful,compelling, intriguing match ups besides each other again.

hendricks vs woodley,brown,lombard,kelvin

condit vs brown,woodley,lombard,kelvin

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Bring in Askren, let him fight Hendricks.

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Yussarian - Bring in Askren, let him fight Hendricks.

i like this...giving Hendricks a taste of his own medicine would be so sweet.

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I've seen this fight twice, I don't want to see it again for at least a year or so.

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Hendricks has to fight someone else in the mean time, fighting the same guy 3 times in a row is way too much.

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can't imagine that a champion who lost by close/controversial decision would ever drop more than one place in the rankings, but okay, UG blog, we get it, you agree with Dana

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itsmontoya - I've seen this fight twice, I don't want to see it again for at least a year or so.

Exactly. You don't want this to be like Cain & Dos Santos. The way Hendricks fought in the 4th and 5th, he doesn't deserve that rubber match right now.

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Mayhem_Monkey - Boring .. Iv seen that fight twice now and I don't wanna see it again ,
Carlos condit v Hendricks is intriguing .
I wanna see lawler - macdonald Phone Post 3.0

i dont wanna see carlos vs hendricks again so soon when they each could still have fresh,meaningful,compelling, intriguing match ups besides each other again.

hendricks vs woodley,brown,lombard,kelvin

condit vs brown,woodley,lombard,kelvin
Brown and Lombard are booked for fights , not sure about the others.
This division isn't all that exciting at the moment . Phone Post 3.0

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This is playing out like the HW division. Cain vs. JDS IX the triple trilogy.

Next thing they are going to be coaching TUF like ole Shelftime Pettis.

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SQUEEZIE - 
Mayhem_Monkey - Boring .. Iv seen that fight twice now and I don't wanna see it again ,
Carlos condit v Hendricks is intriguing .
I wanna see lawler - macdonald Phone Post 3.0

i dont wanna see carlos vs hendricks again so soon when they each could still have fresh,meaningful,compelling, intriguing match ups besides each other again.

hendricks vs woodley,brown,lombard,kelvin

condit vs brown,woodley,lombard,kelvin


I would be ok with Carlos vs Hendricks ONLY if it is a 5 round fight.