Here is the first installment of the Bleacher Report MMA Rankings.
Each month, on the first and 15th of the month we will publish divisional rankings. On the first of each month we will post our pound-for-pound rankings.
The rankings were voted on by n…
Here is the first installment of the Bleacher Report MMA Rankings.
Each month, on the first and 15th of the month we will publish divisional rankings. On the first of each month we will post our pound-for-pound rankings.
The rankings were voted on by numerous writers on Bleacher Report and do not reflect any of their rankings personally.
The rankings are an average of each writer’s vote for each weight class.
In a light heavyweight bout between Gegard Mousasi and Tsuyoshi Kurihara, it only took 10 seconds for this knockout to occur.
Mousasi is a devastating striker, and in only his 11th career bout, he helped prove it even more.
In the beginning Kurihara co…
In a light heavyweight bout between Gegard Mousasi and Tsuyoshi Kurihara, it only took 10 seconds for this knockout to occur.
Mousasi is a devastating striker, and in only his 11th career bout, he helped prove it even more.
In the beginning Kurihara comes in strong and gets within close range of Mousasi. Then, Mousasi ends up turning the tides and gets a couple good strikes in and lands a beautiful knee to the dome of Kurihara.
Kurihara quickly drops to the mat and Mousasi gets another shot or two in before the ref finally stops the fight, only ten seconds into the match.
This bout started a string of knockouts for Mousasi. In Mousasi’s next two fights, he would earn a knockout victory within the first minute of the fight. Mousasi is currently 30-3-2 in his MMA career coming off a heavily criticized draw with Keith Jardine.
Mousasi most recently won the Dream light heavyweight title and is the former holder of Strikeforce’s light heavyweight title. A scary thought considering Mousasi is only 25 years old and still becoming a better fighter.
Since the knockout in December of 2005, Kurihara has won four straight bouts with his most recent win coming in March of last year. Kurihara spent four years away from the sport of MMA between 2006 and 2010. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the reason to his absence from MMA.
Here is the first installment of the Bleacher Report MMA Rankings. Each month on the first and 15th of the month we will publish divisional rankings. On the first of each month we will post our pound-for-pound rankings.The rankings were voted on by num…
Here is the first installment of the Bleacher Report MMA Rankings. Each month on the first and 15th of the month we will publish divisional rankings. On the first of each month we will post our pound-for-pound rankings.
The rankings were voted on by numerous writers on Bleacher Report and do not reflect any of their rankings personally. The rankings are an average of each writer’s vote for each weight class.
Here is the first installment of the Bleacher Report MMA Rankings. Each month on the first and 15th of the month we will publish divisional rankings. On the first of each month we will post our pound-for-pound rankings.The rankings were voted on by num…
Here is the first installment of the Bleacher Report MMA Rankings. Each month on the first and 15th of the month we will publish divisional rankings. On the first of each month we will post our pound-for-pound rankings.
The rankings were voted on by numerous writers on Bleacher Report and do not reflect any of their rankings personally. The rankings are an average of each writer’s vote for each weight class.
Here is the first installment of the Bleacher Report MMA Rankings. Each month on the first and 15th of the month we will publish divisional rankings. On the first of each month we will post our pound-for-pound rankings.The rankings were voted on by num…
Here is the first installment of the Bleacher Report MMA Rankings. Each month on the first and 15th of the month we will publish divisional rankings. On the first of each month we will post our pound-for-pound rankings.
The rankings were voted on by numerous writers on Bleacher Report and do not reflect any of their rankings personally. The rankings are an average of each writers vote for each weight class.
Rampage Jackson may only be fighting for a couple more years. In an interview with ESPN he said: “I’ve always said I’ll retire when I’m 35. I don’t want to fight past 35. There are young guys coming in and doing good. I’ve been fighting for a long time…
Rampage Jackson may only be fighting for a couple more years. In an interview with ESPN he said:
“I’ve always said I’ll retire when I’m 35. I don’t want to fight past 35. There are young guys coming in and doing good. I’ve been fighting for a long time and it’s no secret that I don’t fight the same way I used to,” Rampage told ESPN. “I’ve got a lot of injuries, one or two things that bother me. But when I’m fighting, the injuries don’t bother me, it’s the training that gets old. Going through each camp I go through all these pains and think, ‘Man I don’t want to do this anymore’. But after the fight I say, ‘OK, I’ll give it one more’. So who knows? But at 35 I’m done.”
Rampage has given a lot so far in his MMA career and has seemingly veered off from his old ways in recent years. Rampage seems to have lost his knockout power and will to fight.
The man who is considered a possible contender for the light heavyweight title, is now the main event at UFC 130 after injuries forced Maynard/Edgar III off of the card.
If Rampage does retire in a couple of years, maybe that does leave open the door for the young guys. But MMA will lose one of it’s most vocal and great personalities
Here is the first installment of the Bleacher Report MMA Rankings.