The Middle Weight Melting Pot

A look at the Potential Matches that could possibly be made in the UFC's Middleweight Division, as Viewed by 

THE FIGHT NETWORKS: John Ramdeen

 

Contenders:

Champion: Anderson Silva

Rich Franklin Dan Henderson Yushin Okami Patrick Cote Jason MacDonald Thales Leites Nate Marquardt Michael Bisping Chris Leben Martin Kampmann

Potential top ten:

Alan Belcher Nate Quarry Dean Lister Jeremy Horn Rousimar Palhares Demian Maia Ricardo Almeida Ed Herman Drew McFedries

High risk fighters:

Kendall Grove Evan Tanner Jorge Rivera Jason Day Pete Sell Alessio Sakara Rob Yundt Marvin Eastman James Lee

Potential match ups that can be sold:

Patrick Cote vs Anderson Silva Ricardo Almeida vs Anderson Silva Michael Bisping vs Anderson Silva Anderson Silva vs Yushin Okami (Hard sell) Michael Bisping vs Rich Franklin Rich Franklin vs Nate Marquardt Dan Henderson vs Nate Marquardt Chris Leben vs Michael Bisping Chris Leben vs Rich Franklin Rich Franklin vs Dan Henderson

 

Good match ups:

Alan Belcher vs Nate Quarry  Drew McFedries vs Ed Herman Chris Leben vs Drew McFedries Martin Kampmann vs Rousimar Palhares Martin Kampmann vs  Ricardo Almeida Martin Kampman vs Rich Franklin Demian Maia vs Chris Leben Demian Maia vs  Thales Leites Thales Leites vs Rich Franklin Chris Leben vs Rich Franklin

Now I know I went a little crazy but I was just trying to prove that the UFC middleweight division is full of good to great match ups. The problem is the champion is so dominant that he makes the division look weak.