In MMA a Loss Doesn't Mean as Much as Boxing

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I'm back. We won 14-13 btw, I have a dodgy knee (ACL injury) so wasn't at my best but managed 3 goals.

I've said before my expectations are higher, I've also said I'm not interested in the practicalities of fights or the excuses behind them not happening. I'll go into more detail later on.

I absolutely did not change any goal posts, I responded to the flow of conversation with Bogo.

I am very rigid in my thinking, it's a personality disorder of mine. I mean sure fighting anyone in the top ten is a good fight, but not as good as the top 5. For example Joshua has now knocked out 4 men from the top ten (Whyte, Martin, Brezeale, Molina) that is good. But not as good as if he'd have faced Povetkin, Ortiz, Wilder and Parker. I do strive for better match making and I do get frustrated when fights don't come off at the highest level.

I totally agree in disagreeing with rankings. However in an attempt to be objective I stuck to the most neutral rankings I could find. We can all inflate rankings of individuals but upon what basis do we have? They have 50 voting members so I assume they can do a better job than me. For the record, I've no idea why Vetyeka is ranked so high.

That did not happen. I listed all 17 divisions and matched the 1v2 ranked fighter. Bogo said he expected 8 of those fights to come off. I sort of agree, I never see Canelo and Golovkin fighting but the other 7 seemed fair enough. Now out of the other 9 divisions he said he wasn't bothered about 3 of them. So that leaves 6, that is where the contention is. Now I'll go into the detail I mentioned earier:

HW, we have Wlad v Joshua. That's a great fight. But who is Povetkin fighting next? Who is Ortiz fighting next? Who is Wilder fighting next? If they aren't fighting each other it in really good enough. I suppose in theory they could all be facing top ten ranked opponents, but will that be the case? If not I'm not happy.

LHW, we have Ward v Kovalev 2, maybe. That's also a great fight, but who is Stevenson fighting next? Who is Joe Smith fighting next? Who is Cleverly fighting next?

MW, we have Golovkin v Jacobs, great fight again. But who is Canelo fighting next? Saunders fighting next? Lemieux fighting next?

LMW, I disagree Charlo v Williams is the best fight that could be made. We have Canelo (who knows what he's doing?) Andrade, Lara who are they all facing next?

WW , Brook v Khan and Garcia v Thurman are great fights. But what about Pacquaio? Bradley, Porter who are these guys facing? This is probably the division I'm most happy with as well as LWW, SFW and CW btw.

LW we have Zlaticanin v Garcia which is a great fight. But who is Linares fighting next? Flanagan? Barthelemey?

FW we have Frampton vs LSC which is a very good fight. But who is Russell fighting next? Vetyeka? Selby?

I will lay out what my expectations are, every year should see at least once the 1v2 ranked fighters facing each other. 1v3 is good, 2v5 is good but not good enough for me. I expect the 1v2 to actively seek a fight. I then expect the rest of the top ten to be facing each other.

I don't care about business, economics or networks. I only care about seeing the best fight each other. The fights I've listed and the ones Bogo discussed are all good fights and I will watch them, but every time the number 1 ranked fighter faces someone who isn't number 2, it frustrates me even if I results in a good fight. Every time top 5 opposition face people outside of the top ten it frustrates me. That is what I mean by the best fighting the best. I demand 1v2 and I demand ranked opponents facing each other. You should want the same. Let's see how 2017 goes. I 2016 the amount of 1v2 matches was pitiful. We had Pacquaio v Bradley (ironically a fight no one else wanted) and Crawford v Postol. That was literally it, I'm not saying other good fights didn't happen, what I'm saying is, according to the TBRB only twice did a match occur between 1and2. Now for me having a 30 matchest between members of the top ten against each other does not make up for that apalling statistic. I'm not sure how many times the ring had 1v2 match ups because I stopped using them after GBP took over.

Also, Bisping facing Henderson was slated, but a man rematching someone who knocked him out viciously isn't too bad. Silva was a Kate replacement for Cormier I think, only reason I could accept that fight anyways.