1. Chuck Liddell
2. Mauricio Rua
3. Wanderlei Silva
4. Ricardo Arona
5. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
6. Tito Ortiz
7. Kazuhiro Nakamura
8. Renato Sobral
9. Quinton Jackson
10. Alistair Overeem
After watching Rua in the middleweight grand prix a year ago, i dont see how he could be behind liddell. Sure chuck hasnt lost in a while, but he hasnt exactly beaten any big name fighters besides couture (whos career was on the downside) and i guess babalu....on the flipside, Rua has beaten overeem and arona who are both on the top 10 list. His only recent loss was to Coleman, who is a heavyweight, and chuck has never fought against a heavyweight. So does anyone else think that Rua is the best lightheavyweight in the world?? Too bad he wont fight Silva (same camp), cuz that would be great!
2006-12-14 06:24:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Yes, Shogun Rua is the best Light Heavyweight in the world. However, he doesn't hold the title, and never will so long as Wandi is the champion. Chuck is a close second. He did fight and lost to Jeremy Horn as a heavyweight. Chuck is the man, but Rua faces tougher competition over in Pride. Hopefully he will run out of patience being Wenderlai's wingman and come over to the UFC. He has all the tools that Chuck has. However, Chuck has a better sprawl and more knockout power. Rua can fight well on the ground though, and can submit a fighter with as much authority as he can knock one out. It would be an excellent matchup if these two went head to head, and if that were to happen, I'd put my money on Rua.
2006-12-14 10:05:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I would put Liddell in 3rd and move the other two up. I would also switch Quinton and Alistair.
2006-12-14 23:01:40 · answer #2 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah
2006-12-14 20:23:04 · answer #3 · answered by Joe B 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋