Anderson top PFP fighter?

First off, a heads up to everyone. One the first day of each month, I will post my top 10 rankings for 7 divisions (HW, LHW, MW, WW, LW, FW, 135 and below) as well as pound for pound rankings. So be on the look out for that.

Now, coming off the second lackluster performance in a row from Anderson Silva, people are questioning whether or not Anderson should still be considered the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world today. Now I should say now that I believe Anderson, Fedor, and GSP are all worthy candidates, all can make strong arguments for being the number 1 guy, and there is no wrong way to rank these guys. With that said, I still believe that Anderson Silva should be ranked the top fighter in the world today.

Let's look at the stats. I consider any fight within the past three years to count in terms of rankings. In that time, Anderson Silva has gone 10-0, including 9-0 in the UFC. At least 6 of those wins have been against guys who were top 10 ranked at the time (Franklin x2, Marquardt, Henderson, Cote, and Leites). And he hasn't had competitive fights with most of them. He has blown them out. Not only that, he has fought at a higher weight class once and he has finished 9 of those 10 opponents. No resume over the past three years comes close to that.

Fedor is 6-0 over the past three years. Only two of those fights have been against top 10 heavyweights (Sylvia and Arlovski). Yes he demolished Sylvia in 36 seconds, but Arlovski looked good against him for a few minutes. So for the lack of quality opposition, I can't rank Fedor at number 1. GSP, yes he has breezed through his last 5 opponents, all top welterweight fighters, but I just can't overlook that lost to Serra yet. Yes he avenged that loss, but it still happened. However, coming off his last couple performances combined with Silva's last two performances, if GSP looks amazing against Thiago Alves, I might have to move him up to number 1.

So right now, I still have Anderson Silva as the number 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Like I said, there is no real wrong way to rank Anderson, Fedor, and GSP. Each can make solid cases for the number one spot. For now though, I have Anderson number 1, GSP number 2, and Fedor number 3.