Post by dvewlsh on Feb 16, 2015 23:17:42 GMT 1
Ranking Andrei is.... Very difficult.
He provides what was the same problem that Badr stomping on Gerges did way back when; he clearly doesn't belong with the other names yet. The Gerges DQ win fucked up the HW rankings for a very, very long time. Then the weird Gerges loss to Rico made Rico a top Heavyweight when he wasn't a top Heavyweight. The second win over Gerges things had changed, so it wasn't a total loss, but still.
I wanted to put an asterisk next to both Rico and Andrei because for all intents and purposes Andrei should be #1. If he gets a few more wins against legitimate competition I'm going to place him at #1, but Balrak doesn't really count. He hasn't been fighting top competition and holds one win over a guy that is [sadly] the #1 guy.
Here's what I've been able to find for records of his;
fightlife.ru/en/fighter/439-Andrey-Gerasimchuk
The best guy that he's fought is probably Patrice Quateron, who beat him in 2012. His record (above) is unimpressive to say the least and the fact that I can't find solid resources on him over the past two years means that ranking him makes the rankings unpredictable. If some random Russian fighter beat him last year then that guy lays claim to being ranked as well and the entire rankings could end up a spotted mess to make room for Gerasimchuk.
If he goes on to beat Gerges and keep winning in that Kunlun tournament and keeps facing legit competition then I'm more than willing to give him a better claim at the top, but if he goes back to Russia and is losing to guys we've never heard of who aren't that good, then, well, no.
I had a similar problem with Steve Moxon. Steve Moxon has random, good wins (like over Aikpracha), but then has a ton of losses. Those losses outweighed his one win over Aikpracha, who has better wins overall still. Askerov is no longer ranked, Larsen isn't ranked, etc.
For Marcus it was similar to the Andrei problem. Literally don't know enough about the guy that beat him, but if he keeps fighting top guys and smoking them like he did Marcus then he can be ranked.
I wanted Kehl higher but the only wins that he has right now from the K-1 MAX tournament aren't exactly the best, plus the win over Buakaw was... Well, the win over Buakaw. Fighting Varol again isn't exactly great but the Petrosyan fight is... Yeah, kind of scary.
He provides what was the same problem that Badr stomping on Gerges did way back when; he clearly doesn't belong with the other names yet. The Gerges DQ win fucked up the HW rankings for a very, very long time. Then the weird Gerges loss to Rico made Rico a top Heavyweight when he wasn't a top Heavyweight. The second win over Gerges things had changed, so it wasn't a total loss, but still.
I wanted to put an asterisk next to both Rico and Andrei because for all intents and purposes Andrei should be #1. If he gets a few more wins against legitimate competition I'm going to place him at #1, but Balrak doesn't really count. He hasn't been fighting top competition and holds one win over a guy that is [sadly] the #1 guy.
Here's what I've been able to find for records of his;
fightlife.ru/en/fighter/439-Andrey-Gerasimchuk
The best guy that he's fought is probably Patrice Quateron, who beat him in 2012. His record (above) is unimpressive to say the least and the fact that I can't find solid resources on him over the past two years means that ranking him makes the rankings unpredictable. If some random Russian fighter beat him last year then that guy lays claim to being ranked as well and the entire rankings could end up a spotted mess to make room for Gerasimchuk.
If he goes on to beat Gerges and keep winning in that Kunlun tournament and keeps facing legit competition then I'm more than willing to give him a better claim at the top, but if he goes back to Russia and is losing to guys we've never heard of who aren't that good, then, well, no.
I had a similar problem with Steve Moxon. Steve Moxon has random, good wins (like over Aikpracha), but then has a ton of losses. Those losses outweighed his one win over Aikpracha, who has better wins overall still. Askerov is no longer ranked, Larsen isn't ranked, etc.
For Marcus it was similar to the Andrei problem. Literally don't know enough about the guy that beat him, but if he keeps fighting top guys and smoking them like he did Marcus then he can be ranked.
I wanted Kehl higher but the only wins that he has right now from the K-1 MAX tournament aren't exactly the best, plus the win over Buakaw was... Well, the win over Buakaw. Fighting Varol again isn't exactly great but the Petrosyan fight is... Yeah, kind of scary.