Gymbo Knows

Top 10 Heavyweights

1. Fedor Emelianenko – Simply the best heavyweight fighter right now. He’s just levels above the heavyweight division.  Fedor will face Barnett in August which should make for an awesome fight.

2. Josh Barnett – Great fighter but we’ll see how good he really is when he meets up with Fedor in August. Barnett has the skills to beat Fedor but can he pull off the upset.  We shall see..

3. Frank Mir – Great performance against Nog to win the title.  Now must face Brock Lesnar in a rematch in UFC 100.  I doubt he’ll win the fight against Brock Lesnar this time. For now he’s ranked 3rd.

4. Brock Lesnar – Solid performance against Randy Couture.  He is getting better every fight and that is scary for the rest of the division.  I think he’s gonna rough up Frank Mir and become the official champion.

5. Randy Couture – Fought hard against Brock but was clipped by the very large hands of Brock Lesnar.  He faces off against Nog which fans have wanted to see for a while now.  I got a feeling Randy is going to take it to Nog and face the winner of Mir and Brock Lesnar.

6. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira – Looked old against Mir but he will look to regroup against Randy Couture.  If he can beat Randy he’ll get a crack at either a rematch with Mir or a showdown with the big man Brock Lesnar.

7. Allistar Overeem – Possible bout with Brett Rogers on the horizion for the Strikeforce title.

8. Tim Sylvia – Tim will be testing his boxing skills against former heavyweight champ Ray Mercer on June 13th.  I don’t know if beating a 50 year old guy in boxing makes you a good boxer eh but what do I know.  Either way he’s got a good fight withPaul Buentello coming up on the Affliction card in August.

9. Brett Rogers – Some how got a fight with Andre Arlovski and then some how knocked him out in 22 seconds.  This guy saw a golden oppurtunity and didn’t let it go to waste.  I’m not sold on him completely but I want to see him fight more top fighters.

10. Andre Arlovski – I’m not sure what is next for Andre.  He was suppose to box June 23rd but that won’t happen since he was knocked out by Brett Rogers in 22 seconds.  Not only did Brett knock out Andre Arlovski but he put Andre’s pro boxing debut on hold.

Honorable mentions: Junior Dos Santos, Shane Carwin, Mirko Cro Cop, Aleksander Emelianenko, Jeff Monson, Ben Rothwell, Fabricio Werdum.

Related articles

• Fedor Emelianenko set to face Josh Barnett on Aug. 1 (sports.espn.go.com)