Fighters in the pool

[JazMerkin]

What its really for is guys being voted out of the ratings, having to win a fight before they are eligible to be voted into the ratings again. A perfect example would be someone like Firat Arslan... he has not been active at all but he is in the pool because he was removed from the ratings. I just feel these types of fighters should have to win a fight before we consider them for the ratings again

I agree with that, I just find it a bit annoying that we have very few complete divisions. I'd like to think by the time we'd had this running a year, we'd have them all full for the Top 10.

I also think regarding the pool, we should be able to elect fighters to it regardless of whether they have an upcoming match-up

That's a good idea & I don't think anyone will disagree with you, all we need to do is put up a vote & see how the committee feels.

As for filling vacancies we haven't done too bad I think, 160 & 108 have been the hardest to fill imo. 135 has upcoming fights that can fill positions & 154 is very active also with good fights in the future to fill ratings

Yeah, 160 is one where I feel there are definitely issues, we've only got one guy in the pool (Geale) who is really worthy of being ranked at present. Plus with David Lopez dropping out soon having not fought at the weight in a year, I feel we definitely need some new people in there. I'll put people up rather than keep desperately looking for something to fill the void.

I know what you mean about filling them, but it frustrates me that our Top 10 rankings are generally Top 9s or even 8s. We obviously have to keep it moving, but I think I'm gonna get pro-active filling these vacancies over the next month.