Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Urijah Faber-Jens Pulver II/WEC Featherweight Rankings

According to a report from mmaweekly.com, Urijah Faber vs Jens Pulver II has been set for WEC 38 on January 25th. I am personally very disappointed to hear this because Jens has slipped so far down in the featherweight rankings (according to my WEC featherweight rankings) due to the beatdown he took against Leonard Garcia, that a win against him wouldn't really say anything for Urijah. The whole idea about this matchup is that their first match drew 1.2 million viewers, the largest TV audience the WEC has ever had. It really sucks when these fights are determined by money and not talent...The original word was that Urijah would be facing Jose Aldo, an up and coming Brazilian who is 2-0 so far during his time in the WEC. A win against Aldo would have meant a lot more for Urijah.

Speaking of those rankings, here is my current list (just for the WEC) given the recent events at WEC 36:
1) Mike Brown
2) Leonard Garcia
3) Urijah Faber (just give it time)
4) Wagnney Fabiano
5) Akitoshi Tamura
6) Jose Aldo
7) Hiroyuki Takaya
8) Jens Pulver
9) Josh Grispi
10) Cub Swanson
11) Micah Miller
12) Diego Nunes (we'll see how long he stays here)
13) Cole Province
14) Jonathon Brookins

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