Sherdog’s Top 10: Greatest Bantamweights
Sherdog's Top 10 Bantamweights
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A word about criteria: My main measure for this list was greatness for one’s era and how long that era lasted. I believe the majority of other contributors used a similar rubric. Ranking historical fighters based on who would beat whom doesn’t make sense, since the division as a whole keeps improving and evolving. For instance, Miguel Torres would be demolished by any current top 20 bantamweight, but he was clearly amazing for his era. Nevertheless, fighters from earlier eras may be penalized for competitive their division was or was not. There were fewer decent fighters in the 90s when compared to even the 00s, let alone today.
By way of honorable mention, our bantamweight poll featured a number of current and former greats who received at least one vote, but not quite enough to crack the Top 10. In descending order, they are: Marlon Moraes, Brian Bowles, Kyoji Horiguchi and Sergio Pettis.
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