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michoncoker
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06.20.2012 | 11:08 AM ET

The 3 fighters that helped catapult that division

Heavyweight- Emelianenko, cotour, Big Nog
Light-heavyweight- Liddell, Rua & Griffin
Middleweight- W. Silva, Franklin & A. Silva
Welterweight- St. Pierre, Hughes & Fitch
Lightweight- Penn, Pulver & Edgar
Featherweight- Faber, Aldo & Jung
Bantamweight- Cruz, Torres & Yamamoto
Flyweight- McCall,, Johnson, Benavidez
Who's yours?

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Brazilian Jitz
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06.20.2012 | 11:16 AM ET

you nailed all of them IMO

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cal1
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06.20.2012 | 11:18 AM ET

Tito / Shamrock fued was awesome PR for Zuffa in the early days. I know they are among some of the most hated fighters but they made 205 the division that really mattered early on.

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06.20.2012 | 11:28 AM ET

HW - Fedor, Couture, Nog - no disagreements there
LHW - Liddell, Shogun, Wandy - Forrest and Rampage are right behind them
MW - Anderson, Hendo, Franklin
WW - Hughes, GSP - I cant come up with a 3rd
LW - Penn, Pulver, Gomi
FW - Faber, Aldo, Brown
BW - Cruz, Torres, Kid
FLW - McCall, Benavidez, Johnson

Bonus
Women's MMA - Carano, Cyborg, Rousey

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06.20.2012 | 11:33 AM ET

I went with 5.

HW - Fedor, Big Nog, Mirko, Coleman, Couture
LHW - Wanderlei, Chuck, Saku, Tito, Rampage
MW - Anderson, Hendo, Franklin, Misaki, Filho
WW - GSP, Hughes, Miletich, Condit, Fitch
LW - Gomi, Penn, Pulver, Aoki, Melendez
FW - Aldo, Faber, Mike Brown, Kid, Hioki
BW - Cruz, Faber, Torres, Bowles, Beebe
Fly - Johnson, Benavidez, McCall, Uru****ani, Yamaguchi


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