Matches to make post 136 edition

Let's hear em:

Frankie Edgar- Gilbert Melendez (and...NEW UFC LW champion of the world)

Jose Aldo- Chad Mendes

Chael Sonnen - Anderson Silva II (*retirement match announced by Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura)

Nam Phan - who cares

Joe Lauzon - Hmm, how about Nate Diaz

Anthony Pettis - Dos Anjos

Demian Maia - Tim Boetsch, hopefully not a squash match against Belfort

And for the losers:
Brian Stann - loser of Bisping/Mayhem

Gray Maynard - so many possibilities, returning Sherk, rematch with Jim Miller, and even though I never match W v L, I wouldn't mind seeing him fight Dunham either

Kenny - move back to 155 and be a stiff test for up and coming talent like the Barbozas of the the world

Leonard Garcia - get away from TV set

Melvin - Again so many possibilities at LW. Who knows, just get him a fight. Ross Pearson

Frankie Edgar- Jose Aldo who relinquishes 145 title and moves up
Jose Aldo- Frankie Edgar
Chael Sonnen - Anderson Silva II
Joe Lauzon - Jim Miller
Anthony Pettis - Melvin Guillard

Edgar v Guida/Bendo winner
Maynard v Gullard
Aldo v Mendes
Skinny back to LW
Sonnen v Anderson
Stann v Maia
J Lo v Showtime

Farmer1906 wrote:

Edgar v Guida/Bendo winner
Maynard v Gullard
Aldo v Mendes
Skinny back to LW
Sonnen v Anderson
Stann v Maia
J Lo v Showtime

+1

I think Kenny should stay at 145. Aldo always has a chance of losing or moving up. He just needs to pray that Mendes never gets ahold of the title. Style nightmare for Ken Flo.

Frankie vs Gil
Aldo vs Mendes
Maynard vs Bendo/Clay winner
Pettis vs Melvin
Lauzon vs Nate Diaz
Chael vs Silva for MW title
Stann vs Bisping win or lose after Mayhem
Maia vs Mayhem win or lose after Bisping

I wouldn't mind seeing Aldo vs. Frankie next, think both men have earned it.

LW has enough challengers lined up right now. No need to remove the kingpin from 145 yet. He still has a couple fights there

I didn't say anything about removing Aldo from Featherweight, although I can't see him remaining there long.

pettis vs gil for #1 contendership following the winner of bendo/guida

Ali wrote:

I didn't say anything about removing Aldo from Featherweight, although I can't see him remaining there long.

He's having issues making weight, he'll have to move up soon.

throwdownfight1 wrote:

pettis vs gil for #1 contendership following the winner of bendo/guida

Pettis hasn't earned this yet.

Edgar: Gilbert Melendez, or the winner of Clay Guida/Benson Henderson
Maynard: Guida/Henderson loser
Pettis: Edson Barboza or Ross Pearson
Stout: Raphael Dos Anjos
Sonnen: Anderson Silva
Stann: Yoshihiro Akiyama
Guillard: Dennis Siver rematch
Lauzon: Takanori Gomi, Nate Diaz, or Kenny Florian
Florian: Mark Hominick, or if he goes back up to Lightweight give him Evan Dunham or Joe Lauzon again
Aldo: Chad Mendes
Phan: George Roop
Garcia: Erick Koch
Maia: Rousimar Palhares or Yushin Okami(Palhares is more of a dream matchup, it doesn't hold much relevance as far as advancing in the division goes)
Santiago: Cut
Simpson: Tim boetsch
Schafer: Cut
Cantwell: Cut
Massenzio: Nick Ring
Beltran: Stefan Struve or Mark Hunt
Miocic: Pat Barry

I'm really hoping Bendo can beat Guida, cause he vs Edgar would be sweet.

And Guida Edgar would prob be pretty good too, cause I think Edgar would keep Guida from just grinding.

All the above mentioned are also great energy and stamina wise, and that is a big positive for a 5 rnder.

[quote="Ludo"]

throwdownfight1 wrote:

pettis vs gil for #1 contendership following the winner of bendo/guida

Pettis hasn't earned this yet.




well ludo it wasnt long ago pettis was about to get the title shot. i love gil buit then again his biggest wins have come against overhyped jap talent ala santiago. gil is not santiago. dude is top for sure but still hasnt proven himself against some of the elite that have come state side. pettis is not elite guy but both would be a good match for each other

I disagree Throwdown. Sure Pettis lost to Guida, but he was promised the next match-up with Frankie, when the draw happened. So after re-scheduling, Pettis fought Clay and lost, but won his next match. At least he fights, some of these guys don't seemingly want to do that.

Only matchs I really want to see ASAP is Chael vs Spider and Frankie vs Gil.

I take that back I hope Guida beats bendo and we then see a Pettis vs Ben Henderson rematch.

Gil needs to have at least one fight in the UFC before we start popping off about how great he really is. He has been fighting in lower class organization. Now I know the SF defenders ill come screaming out of the woodwork, but so far the only evidence I have seen might be Hendo-Shields. And might I point out that Shields hasn't exactly been kicking ass over in the UFC? And then Hendo TKO'd his last 3 competitors, even though I really only counted Calvacante, because he is younger and shows up in shape...

When Gil beat Kawajiri within an inch of his life in about 3 minutes, he earned the right to unify the titles. Dana will make it happen

bobbitt15 wrote:

When Gil beat Kawajiri within an inch of his life in about 3 minutes, he earned the right to unify the titles. Dana will make it happen

+1

timthebim wrote:

bobbitt15 wrote:

When Gil beat Kawajiri within an inch of his life in about 3 minutes, he earned the right to unify the titles. Dana will make it happen

+1

+2

Gil's wins on his 5 fight win streak = #1 contender for any LW title in the world. The thought that he needs a win in org is asinine and comical.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Gil's wins on his 5 fight win streak = #1 contender for any LW title in the world. The thought that he needs a win in org is asinine and comical.

Disagree. He still needs to beat an contender IMO. But I said the same thing about Diaz too. Seriously who the hell has Diaz beat? Glad he has to face Penn.

And what contender did Frankie Edgar beat to ge ta title shot? If you think he needs to beat a guy who fights under another acronyms letters, I suggest you watch his fights.

Frankie got the shot because of Maynards bad performance in the Fight Night and Maynard saying he wasn't ready for a title shot. He beat Franca, Sherk, and Veach. Before the Maynard loss he beat Spencer Fisher, Mark Bocek, Tyson Griffin and Jim Miller.