yeah. sorry sue. i hope you can look on the bright side and say "at least my thread is getting bumped to the top."

"I think that the fact that so many people have reacted to Jason's ranking shows that the system you have set up has flaws in accurately reflecting the performance and ability of the fighters on the list."

most people assume that a ranking list is a judgement of a fighters future performance. i have never stated that about my list. in fact i have openly and repeatedly denied it.


"According to your system, Jason could have won the K-1 Oceania and still stayed at #119 (if he had then lost against Greco). "

greco is unranked at the moment. if suttie lost to greco [not including a semi or final match of a tournament of course], jason would fall 5 ranks and greco would take the #119 rank as he would a title.

"Your comment about Errol Paris and Andrew Thompson would seem to suggest that you recognise that the rankings that the system has produced are not in touch with reality."

actually, these rankings very much are in touch with reality. thompson did indeed defeat abidi. parris then defeated thompson. what would happen or what will happen is speculation, not reality.

my utopia is where a guy like andrew thompson can step in the ring with abidi and knock him out. then his manager has the phone ring off the hook. iggy offers $50,000 for the fight. van dams offers $54,000. duncan james offers $130,000. gary turner...

now the list is only 3 years old, but i'm sure you can imagine what it will be like in a few years.