Diego Sanchez (A) beat Kenny Florian (B) on 4/9/2005
Kenny Florian (B) beat Joe Stevenson (C) on 11/15/2008
Diego Sanchez (A) ??? Joe Stevenson (C) on 2/21/2009
Rory Markham (A) beat Pat Healy (B) on 4/7/2007
Pat Healy (B) beat Dan Hardy (C) on 10/30/2004
Rory Markham (A) ??? Dan Hardy (C) on 2/21/2009
In both instances, the involved matches are not very close in terms of date. The Sanchez/Stevenson path agrees with the current ratings, while the Markham/Hardy path does not.