There are fighters that are good, fighters who are great and fighters who you'd bet on no importance who their opponents are. Who will be the absolute best fighters in the UFC? The fighters who define their heaviness classes and possibly could compete at a weight class higher.The UFC has five weight classes. Each weight class, apart from heavyweights spans 15 lbs and each class has their own personal sets of tried and true stars and outstanding performers.The lightweight class goes from 155lbs to 170 lbs and features such great fighters as Sean Sherk, Spencer Fisher, Frank Edgar, BJ Penn, Joe Stevenson, Hermes Franca and Kenny Florian.Welterweights go from 170lbs to 185 lbs and most definitely has such notables as Matt Hughes, Matt Serra, Diego Sanchez, Jon Fitch, Karo Parisyan, Josh Koscheck and Georges St Pierre.Middleweights are between 170lbs and 185lbs. Top level UFC middleweight fighters include Anderson Silva, Rich Franklin, Evan Tanner, Dan Henderson (sometimes), Y ushin Okami and Jason MacDonald.The UFC light heavyweight division is just might be by far the most talent deep of most the divisions in the UFC and covers 185lbs to 205lbs. The light heavyweight division has fighters such as Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Keith Jardine, Shogun Rua, Forrest Griffin, Stephan Bonnar, Wanderlei Silva and Houston Alexander.Heavyweight would be the heaviest of most divisions by the UFC (there is no super heavyweight division). The UFC heavyweight division with it's recent resignation of Randy Couture uses a serving of an identity crisis, but features fighters like Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, Mirko Cro Cop, Tim Sylvia, Brandon Vera and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.Away from these five divisions, I could truthfully only find four fighters that we would insist on playing notwithstanding who they were fighting (for their own divisions), but even while acknowledging that there is always one guy who you know might, just might take them down.In terms of I'm concer ned, the king of the total number of lightweights in the UFC isn't including the current title holder, the fact is he's never held the UFC lightweight title. BJ Penn is most appropriate known to new UFC fans to be a former coach at the Ultimate Fighter TV series as well as for holding a beat Jens Pulver. Long term fans will remember youthful BJ Penn who completely dominated competition in the UFC lightweight division before being defeated by Pulver and then leaving the UFC. Penn returned to the UFC as a considerate welterweight and defeated then welterweight champion Matt Hughes by submission.In a re-match event, Penn dominated Hughes early on, but was eventually defeated by ref stoppage. Previously it was later determined that BJ Penn had suffered a broken rib for the reason that match. BJ also experienced good showing against another top UFC welterweight, Georges St Pierre. In that fight BJ hurt St Pierre too soon, but eventually lost an incredibly close split decision. Th ere was one lightweight within the UFC who We d insist on playing anytime, it is BJ Penn. Honorable mention while in this category goes to Sean Sherk, who I'd bet on each and every time, except when he fights BJ Penn.The UFC welterweight division is stuffed with talent and full of matches which could go in any event. To illustrate Matt Serra poses an issue for many UFC welterweights, however for others I think he is outmatched bigger and strength. There is one guy within the UFC welterweight division who I feel stands head and shoulders higher than the majority, Georges St Pierre can match any one of the other welterweights in size, strength, speed, arise abilities and wrestling.He is still likely the most total fighter in every of mixed martial arts. Using Georges physical advantages you have to look into Matt Hughes in addition. Hughes uses a victory over St Pierre, but St Pierre avenged that loss which includes a dominant TKO stoppage of Hughes. There was one welterweight within the UFC that we would put money on each and every time, it really is Georges St Pierre.Of the total number of the divisions in the UFC, the middleweight division is the easiest to distinguish a dominant fighter. Anderson Silva has dominated almost any bout he's been in since joining the UFC middleweight division mid way through 2006. Silva has taken out 5 top UFC middleweight fighters and shall be king of your division for quite a time.As a matter of fact, the sole guy who I see giving Anderson Silva trouble is his next opponent. Silva takes on Pride 185lb champion Dan Henderson in what should be an outstanding match at 185lbs, still you have to make Silva the possibility on favorite given his performances during the last year plus a half.I didn't have a pick within the UFC light heavyweight division. Sure, Quinton Jackson has looked great in his matches against Chuck Liddell and Dan Henderson, but still I wouldn't pick Quinton against say Wanderlei Silva. I'm Wander lei Silva were bound to have problems with his former Chute Box team-mate, Shogun Rua, or maybe even against Chuck Liddell, a fight which happens on December 29th. I can not locate a single light heavyweight fighter by the UFC who If i recall can defeat all top contenders, that's the true mark of your talent laden division.Since Randy Couture has left the UFC heavyweight division I do see a top dog emerging. That top dog is Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Big Nog has defeated Cro Cop, Barnett and merely every fighter (except Fedor) that Pride has put in place front of him. I expect Nogueira to perform the same against then entire listing of existing UFC heavyweights. Fighters like Lesnar aren't ready for him, fighters like Sylvia and Cro Cop aren't full enough to match up with Nogueira on the ground. I should have see Gabriel Gonzaga giving Big Nog an outstanding match after about another year of experience.Five divisions, four sure picks to secure any match up for their divisions . The UFC is stacked with talent and there handful of truly outstanding fighters-athletes who make watching mixed martial arts a real joy. Penn, St Pierre, Anderson Silva and Nogueira are all stand out fighters inside their respective UFC divisions but expect any of them to be title holders some time during 2008.
