FightLines: UFC Light Heavyweights
by Mike Fagan on Jan 8, 2010 1:00 PM EST
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JARDINE > LIDDELL > W SILVA > JARDINE
What is this crap? FightLines: FAQ
Oh snap, we're back. Did we go away to bring back a new and improved FightLines? Nope. Tinker with the finer points of the system? Nope. Unable to efficiently create graphs because of a computer crash and having to work on a half-decade old laptop? You got it!
Anyway, FightLines has returned and I'm excited to see all the haters come out of the woodwork because they're unable to comprehend a graph full of nodes and lines.
With only a single loop eliminated (and that loop featuring two guys at the end of paths and the other guy way at the hanging out with Houston Alexander and Brandon Vera), there's not much surprise here. Machida reigns supreme, followed by Rashad, and Forrest maintains his spot with unlooped victories over Rampage and Shogun.
The addition of Antonio Rogerio Nogueira to the UFC 205 mix really adds to the depth at the top of the division. Nogueira provides an interesting matchup for any of the guys in title contention, including a potential rematch with 2005 FOTY co-participant Shogun Rua.
We all know about the decline of former 205 mainstays Wanderlei Silva, Chuck Liddell, and Tito Ortiz. FightLines really highlights the fact that none of those guys have a significant win in the UFC over the last three years. Now, Wanderlei beat Jardine and Chuck beat Wanderlei, but as we can see above, that doesn't mean much in the big picture of the division.
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Oh god. Its been a while for these. I love them, but when I saw it I prepared myself to sit here all day to explain these to people.
Some people think I am a dumb, ugly human being, but really I am a beautiful ape, with exceptional verbal skills.
Yeah, but they're the whole reason we put up with Fagan.
:-)
Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ.
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I’m only using fights in the UFC.
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by Mike Fagan on Jan 8, 2010 1:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Just to see if I understand the graph correctly...
If in a future match-up Jackson beats Evans, then we have a Jackson-Evans-Griffin loop, which essentially means the graph stays the same?
Right, cuz that entire loop would be taken out.
by ufc4 on Jan 8, 2010 1:53 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
It would change in the sense that Rashad wouldn’t have a win path to Forrest and Forrest to Rampage.
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by Mike Fagan on Jan 8, 2010 2:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No significance. The colors just act as a guide, and I didn’t go back to check for continuity.
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by Mike Fagan on Jan 8, 2010 3:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I’m assuming you and Mike know I was kidding but probably a good idea don’t want to get the trolls started.
by ufc4 on Jan 8, 2010 3:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I didn’t see it but I assume you were being a bastard.
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by Mike Fagan on Jan 8, 2010 3:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I certainly wouldn’t expect any more.
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by Mike Fagan on Jan 8, 2010 6:04 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I’m sorry but I’m really not sold on these things. I don’t see how any conclusions can be drawn from this at all.
They’re the best representation of a division in one easy-to-digest medium and are a great tool for matchmaking.
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by Mike Fagan on Jan 8, 2010 3:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly. These things are awesome.
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito Ortiz on Vitor Belfort at Affliction:DOR
by Rundownloser on Jan 9, 2010 12:16 AM EST up reply actions
I would think that there would be more beat loops. I am a little disappointing that’s not. In such a big division in such a close sport, I would think more would happen. If more were in this graph, I could suggest other ways to handle them. With one, I feel that to be unnecessary.
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A couple of fights are not represented here
Two that pop out are:
Jardine over Liddell and
Munoz over Schafer
Also what is with the random groups like Gustafsson over Hamman?
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