Found January 24, 2012 on Cage Writer:
The most annoying conversation that emerges following a champion's dominant victory, are the cries of a division being cleared out. It's almost never the case. Champs age, suffer injuries and the field of developing fighters beneath them eventually catches up. Jon Jones is already getting that ridiculous treatment at light heavyweight, so Adam Hill from the Las Vegas Review-Journal put together a list over at ESPN.com to shine a light on the guys who may end Jones' dominance at 205 pounds. Phil Davis was tabbed the No. 1 prospect contender. The parameters he used were active fighters who have not held a UFC belt in the weight class and haven't previously fought for a title in the weight class. Check out the entire list here (sorry it's Insider access only). The list included fighters like: 8. Ryan Jimmo (16-1), UFC The Canadian got knocked out in the first round of his MMA debut way back in 2007. Since then, he's lost one fight .... 3. Gegard Mousasi (32-3...
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