A legend from his days in Pride, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic certainly isn't the same fighter who was once the most feared striker in the sport, and he hasn't been through any of his fights with the UFC. Keep that thought fresh.

Most recently, Gilbert Yvel fell at the hands of "Cigano." Before the fight, Yvel was viewed as an underdog with more than a puncher's chance, as the Dutch striker is both dangerous and a little bit crazy. After just two minutes and seven seconds inside the cage with dos Santos, he morphed into an over-hyped creation of the UFC Marketing Department who fooled a bunch of rubes into believing he was a threat.

Oh those silly rubes.

Sure, dos Santos has four wins in four attempts with the UFC, but who has he really beaten? Certainly no one near as talented as either Shane Carwin or Cain Velasquez has done away with.

Carwin is 3-0 with three first round stoppages.

Most recently, the Colorado native dispatched Gabriel Gonzaga. In this particular instance, Gonzaga is often referred to as a legitimate title contender at best, and a talented gatekeeper at worst. After all, the guy beat Cro Cop!

What no one ever mentions that he lost to Werdum back at UFC 80... by strikes... to the guy who has no stand-up, remember? Additionally, Carwin's ability to finish the fight after being rocked by "Napao" is a testament to his power and determination, nothing else. It doesn't raise any red flags whatsoever. None. Stop talking about it.

Before that, Carwin ran through both Neil Wain and Christian Wellisch. How could you have not heard of those two monsters? Wain's tough as nails and never fought again, while Wellisch once fought Cheick Kongo, and that guy is a beast. After all, he beat Cro Cop!

Admittedly, next to Shane Carwin, Cain Velasquez looks like a killer.

The former Arizona State Sun Devil has five UFC wins to Carwin's three, and dispatched the guy (O'Brien) who beat the guy (Wellisch) that Carwin beat in his debut.

As if that wasn't enough, American Kickboxing Academy's star heavyweight started his career in the UFC by stopping Brad Morris, before beating the aforementioned Jake O'Brien and Denis Stojnic.

Often left out of the conversation here are the facts that (1) Morris had all of one more fight in his career - a loss to Jason Brilz at light heavyweight, and (2) Stojnic next faced Stefan Struve, losing to the Dutch giant by submission.

To his credit, Velasquez took a step up in competition for his fourth fight in the UFC, facing off with French kickboxer Cheick Kongo at UFC 99.

Despite being handed a case of "The Jimmy Legs" by Kongo's right hand a time or two, Velasquez persevered and claimed a unanimous decision victory, no small feat, considering Kongo is a Top 10 Heavyweight. After all, the guy beat Cro Cop!

Any reference to Kongo's non-existent ground game are muted out by the sound of the Velasquez supporter shouting, "La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la" at the top of their lungs with their fingers jammed in their ears.

Don't bother bringing up the whole "If Kongo beating Cro Cop is a major victory, why doesn't dos Santos' win over Cro Cop count for anything?"...