So i guess our next steps will be to evaluate the leagues and fiugure out criteria on how to score. I know Clayton is one of the main judges, and if we want to try for impartiality we could use Sheer Terror, Sebowski, Abrantes, and plenty of others.
So in the mean time we can evaluate our own leagues and make any minor additions if we were to open up free agency for anybody. One reason i keep plugging away with being allowed to grab free agents is because a true warrior of the sport doesn't have an MMA home in our landscape, and i would like to give him one (as soon as I heard him walk to the Octagon with LL Cool J's "I'm Bad" blasting, I just knew we had to have him on the team).
And While we wait, I think it would be fun to see how some of our leagues would do against each other. Scoobus is closest to what I see, so let's say Scoobus has started a nice reputable league in a smaller town. They are the bog boys on the block there (i'm seeing them at the Greg Jackson's MMA of a mid size town). Well, unfortunately, that does not last long and the big bad wolf from Philadelphia comes strolling through eye'ing up the situation, chewing bubble gum and having the fighters ready to kick ###. Just so happens, Mo runs out of bubble gum, and there is only one way this can go.......ding, ding, ding
retired: Lesnar, Tank Abbott
HWY: Ubereem and Travis Browne
LHW: Texeira, Thiago Silva
MW: Phillipou, Uriah Hall
WW: Erick Silva, Michael Page
LW: Eddie Alvarez, Edson Barboza
Featherweight: Anthony Pettis and Cub Swanson
BW: Ronda Rousy and Dom Cruz
Flyweight: Sergio Pettis, Azamat Gashimov
vs
125 - Ian McCall, Darrell Montague
135 - Brad Pickett, Cat Zingano
145 - Erik Koch, Dennis Siver
155 - Benson Henderson, Khabib Nurmagomedov
170 - Rory MacDonald, Thiago Alves
185 - Michael Bisping, Alan Belcher
205 - Alexander Gustafsson, Phil Davis
HW - Daniel Cormier, Fabricio Werdum
Retired/HOF - Mirko Cro Cop, Kazushi Sakuraba
I don't know how to do this prettier, so let's look at the potential match-ups:
Brock Lesnar and Tank Abbott vs. Cro Cop and Sakuraba (they chose to do it tag team style)
HWY: Overeem vs. Cormier; Travis Browne vs. Werdum
LHW: Glover Tex vs Gustaffason; Thiago Silva vs. Phil Davis
MW: Consta Phillipou vs. Bisping; Alan Belcher vs. Uruiah Hall
WW: Erick Silva vs. Rory McDonald, Michael Page vs. Thiago Alves
LW: Eddie Alvarez vs. Benson Henderson; Barbosa vs. Khabib
Featherweight: Anthony Pettis vs. Eric Koch, Cub Swanson vs. Denis Siver
BW: (Wow, we don't need a mixed tag match here) Rousey vs Cat Zangano, and D. Cruz vs. Brad Pickett
Flyweight: Sergio Pettis vs. Uncle Creepy; Azamat Gashimov - Montague
I would love to have this fight in 2 years since a big part of my league is youth and building for the future, but if we say it isn't how do people this this card would go? Who would win more? Which division would be dominant?
I will let others throw their opinions in before i throw my 2 cents in.