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UFC on Versus 4: The 5 Reasons Rick Story Is Not Ready for Nate Marquardt

No question, Rick Story has earned his place as a solid top 10 ranked welterweight.He is riding a six-fight win streak with his last two performances being impressive upsets over Johny Hendricks and Thiago Alves.There is no reason to believe that Rick …

No question, Rick Story has earned his place as a solid top 10 ranked welterweight.

He is riding a six-fight win streak with his last two performances being impressive upsets over Johny Hendricks and Thiago Alves.

There is no reason to believe that Rick Story does not have what it takes to defeat Nate Marquardt or any other welterweight in the world.

That being said, I just do not think he is ready for Marquardt yet. Of course Story CAN win, and I wish him the best of luck, but the smart money is on Marquardt.

Here are the five reasons why. 

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UFC on Versus 4: The 5 Reasons Rick Story Is Not Ready for Nate Marquardt

No question, Rick Story has earned his place as a solid top 10 ranked welterweight.He is riding a six-fight win streak with his last two performances being impressive upsets over Johny Hendricks and Thiago Alves.There is no reason to believe that Rick …

No question, Rick Story has earned his place as a solid top 10 ranked welterweight.

He is riding a six-fight win streak with his last two performances being impressive upsets over Johny Hendricks and Thiago Alves.

There is no reason to believe that Rick Story does not have what it takes to defeat Nate Marquardt or any other welterweight in the world.

That being said, I just do not think he is ready for Marquardt yet. Of course Story CAN win, and I wish him the best of luck, but the smart money is on Marquardt.

Here are the five reasons why. 

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UFC on Versus 4: The 5 Reasons Rick Story Is Not Ready for Nate Marquardt

No question, Rick Story has earned his place as a solid top 10 ranked welterweight.He is riding a six-fight win streak with his last two performances being impressive upsets over Johny Hendricks and Thiago Alves.There is no reason to believe that Rick …

No question, Rick Story has earned his place as a solid top 10 ranked welterweight.

He is riding a six-fight win streak with his last two performances being impressive upsets over Johny Hendricks and Thiago Alves.

There is no reason to believe that Rick Story does not have what it takes to defeat Nate Marquardt or any other welterweight in the world.

That being said, I just do not think he is ready for Marquardt yet. Of course Story CAN win, and I wish him the best of luck, but the smart money is on Marquardt.

Here are the five reasons why. 

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UFC on Versus 4: The 5 Reasons Rick Story Is Not Ready for Nate Marquardt

No question, Rick Story has earned his place as a solid top 10 ranked welterweight.He is riding a six-fight win streak with his last two performances being impressive upsets over Johny Hendricks and Thiago Alves.There is no reason to believe that Rick …

No question, Rick Story has earned his place as a solid top 10 ranked welterweight.

He is riding a six-fight win streak with his last two performances being impressive upsets over Johny Hendricks and Thiago Alves.

There is no reason to believe that Rick Story does not have what it takes to defeat Nate Marquardt or any other welterweight in the world.

That being said, I just do not think he is ready for Marquardt yet. Of course Story CAN win, and I wish him the best of luck, but the smart money is on Marquardt.

Here are the five reasons why. 

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Charles Oliveira and the 20 Most Mouth Watering Prospects in MMA Today

With some of the great fighters in the history of the sport such as Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture having recently retired, and others like Anderson Silva and Fedor Emelianenko soon to follow, it is time for a new breed of MMA superstars to arise and …

With some of the great fighters in the history of the sport such as Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture having recently retired, and others like Anderson Silva and Fedor Emelianenko soon to follow, it is time for a new breed of MMA superstars to arise and take the places of those legends.

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones has already reached the top of that mountain, but who else will follow Jones’ lead? Despite a recent setback against Jim Miller, Charles Oliveira appears to have the tools to become one of those fighters who will achieve greatness.

Let’s take a look at 24 other fighters who have the potential to do the same.

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Official B/R MMA Rankings June 2011: Top 10 Lightweights in MMA

Some of Bleacher Report’s best MMA writers have come together to give their opinions on who is the best-of-the-best in June. Each respective division voted on by these writers. Going along with Bleacher Report’s continuing efforts to provide our …

Some of Bleacher Report’s best MMA writers have come together to give their opinions on who is the best-of-the-best in June. Each respective division voted on by these writers.

Going along with Bleacher Report’s continuing efforts to provide our readers with the most unique content, we are also taking strides to compile consensus MMA rankings for each weight class.

It’s been a tough month for some of these fighters since the last time we did the rankings in mid-May. UFC 130, 131, Strikeforce Overeem vs. Werdum and even The Ultimate Fighter 14 finale have helped shape the rankings voted on by the writers of Bleacher Report MMA.

So here you are, the reader, the mid-June 2011 Bleacher Report official rankings as voted by our panel of writers from the MMA section.

 

Special thanks to those who contributed:

Nick Caron

Jason Schielke

Vince Carey

Sean Smith

Dwight Wakabayashi

John Heinis

Sal DeRose

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