What am I missing here

http://www.sherdog.com/news/rankings...Rankings-32057

Sherdog's featherweight rankings. Mark Hominick dealt with Jose Aldo better than any challenger to date, was on top beating on a completely dejected Aldo on the last round , and has the best hands in the featherweight division. I would rank him number 2 or maybe 3 after the next challenger for the belt, however according to sherdog, he is not even top 10 material.... Do these people think before voting on this stuff or is it just who likes which fighter better type of selection? On the same token Fedor is i think number 7 or 8 in the HW division after losing 2 fights straight so.....

Idk enough about the 145 division to truly say, but after that fight, I think he deserves a spot up there.

While I concur that Hominick should ranked between #2 and #4 (Chad Mendez and Florian could arguable be placed above him but in reality Florian should be a ? until we see him at 145 a few times), here is what you were missing.

1) Aldo was physically ill. Several portugese speakers have noted observing he said to his corner "I should have taken the antibiotics" and they responded with usual pep talk.

2) the source is Sherdog.

Hope that helps.

um no............
they rank fucking chael above yushin when hes number 1 contender
they dont know how to rank shit
especially with p4p
THAT ANDERSON SHOULD STILL BE #1 ON!!!!

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Originally Posted by Brent Elton

um no............
they rank fucking chael above yushin when hes number 1 contender
they dont know how to rank shit
especially with p4p
THAT ANDERSON SHOULD STILL BE #1 ON!!!!

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Yeah. See my point #2 in the above post.

Anderson is unquestionably #1 p4p at the moment especially in the context of the Belfort and Shields bouts.

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Originally Posted by Eric Grant

While I concur that Hominick should ranked between #2 and #4 (Chad Mendez and Florian could arguable be placed above him but in reality Florian should be a ? until we see him at 145 a few times), here is what you were missing.

1) Aldo was physically ill. Several portugese speakers have noted observing he said to his corner "I should have taken the antibiotics" and they responded with usual pep talk.

2) the source is Sherdog.

Hope that helps.

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I see your second point but the first one is off base a bit. Aldo's physical condition has no bearing on the fight or its result. It is like saying, Randy was old when he fought Machida, if not things would be different.

Touche, I probably should have made point 2 point 1 and point 1 point 2. Sherdog is usually suspect when it comes to ranking things but Aldo being sick is something alot of people missed and the thread did ask "am I missing something?"

Hominick was outlanding Aldo on the feet for much of the fight but what Aldo connected with both standing and in the guard did FAR more damage. That + the takedowns made it a clear 49-46 bout but it was a great card and as I stated, I agree Hominick should be ranked in the top 5 at this point.

ya man i wasnt disagreeing i was just saying like ya... no shaking my head at the rankings cuz theyre so dumb

Yes it was obvious that Aldo was not the usual himself, hope he can pick himself up and we do not see a re-run of Nogeira being sick in the Frank Mir fight, but even after healing up still KO'ed by Cain. Ok bad example, Cain was gunna KO anybody that was put in front of him that night, Noguiera or not.

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Originally Posted by Brent Elton

um no............
they rank fucking chael above yushin when hes number 1 contender
they dont know how to rank shit
especially with p4p
THAT ANDERSON SHOULD STILL BE #1 ON!!!!

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Chael beat okami..so it actually makes sense hes ranked above him

I don't see any problem with the ranking. Just because he gave aldo a bigger fight than we expected doesn't mean he could beat any of the guys tha they have on the top ten.

Alright I guess that isnt quite fair to say..Hominick has the potential to be top 10 but hasnt beat anybody worth putting him into the top ten at 145.

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Originally Posted by Deimos

I don't see any problem with the ranking. Just because he gave aldo a bigger fight than we expected doesn't mean he could beat any of the guys tha they have on the top ten.

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Why did he get a title shot then? Either the ranking is wrong or UFC's decision to give him a title shot.