It was an interesting month, this July 2013. The pound-for-pound king was plucked from his perch. A new middleweight monarch rose up to replace him.
But there was more. There was an exciting UFC 162. There was an unexciting UFC on Fox 8. There was plenty of action on the minor league circuits. And, as always, there was plenty of crazy stuff going on outside of the cage.
Here’s a look at those in the MMA community—fighters, promotions and even a whole city—that experienced a rise or fall this month in their stock rating. I know the headline says “stayed the same,” but we don’t play that on my watch. You’re up or you’re down, brah. That’s that.
I originally was going to do 10, but I had to expand to 15. Here we go.