Tag: Ranking

UFC 155 Fight Card: Power Ranking the PPV Card Fights

UFC 155 is the reason why you don’t evaluate a book until you’ve actually finished reading it. Three fights in, and the Twitterverse was lighting up about this being one of the more boring pay-per-views in recent memory.  Those assessments came, of course, well before Joe Lauzon donated about a quart of his own blood […]

UFC 155 is the reason why you don’t evaluate a book until you’ve actually finished reading it. Three fights in, and the Twitterverse was lighting up about this being one of the more boring pay-per-views in recent memory.  Those assessments came, of course, well before Joe Lauzon donated about a quart of his own blood […]

UFC 155 Fight Card: Power Ranking Every Fight on the Card

UFC 155 centers around the heavyweight rematch between UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, but there is plenty of action left to be had on the 12-fight card. There will be fights in six different divisions at UFC 155, and nea…

UFC 155 centers around the heavyweight rematch between UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, but there is plenty of action left to be had on the 12-fight card. There will be fights in six different divisions at UFC 155, and nearly all have some sort of implication on the top ten rankings. […]

Ranking the Most Devastating Punchers in the UFC Right Now

What makes a puncher devastating? Stats—specifically KOs, TKOs and taps from strikes as a result of punches—are an easy and important starting point. But it certainly doesn’t end there. If those stoppages are of the one-punch variety, so much the better. If they provide the “wow” factor, which we all know when we see, that’s […]

What makes a puncher devastating? Stats—specifically KOs, TKOs and taps from strikes as a result of punches—are an easy and important starting point. But it certainly doesn’t end there. If those stoppages are of the one-punch variety, so much the better. If they provide the “wow” factor, which we all know when we see, that’s […]

TUF 16 Finale Results: Power Ranking the Preliminary Card Fights

Before the The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale kicked off at 9:00 p.m. ET, seven bouts were already in the record books.  The night’s preliminary action spanned across Facebook and Fuel TV, and brought no shortage of excitement, nor finishes. Of the seven TUF 16 Finale undercard fights just one made it to the final bell. All […]

Before the The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale kicked off at 9:00 p.m. ET, seven bouts were already in the record books.  The night’s preliminary action spanned across Facebook and Fuel TV, and brought no shortage of excitement, nor finishes. Of the seven TUF 16 Finale undercard fights just one made it to the final bell. All […]

UFC: Power Ranking the Incoming Strikeforce Stars

Strikeforce is finally shutting down. Finally. It took almost two years, some cancelled events, plenty of complaining from fans and figureheads alike, but it’s game over for the only promotion to really compete with UFC in the modern era. Now tho…

Strikeforce is finally shutting down. Finally. It took almost two years, some cancelled events, plenty of complaining from fans and figureheads alike, but it’s game over for the only promotion to really compete with UFC in the modern era. Now though, the stars of Strikeforce will be joining the UFC to bolster divisions and prove […]

Matt Hughes: Ranking His 10 Best Fights

The news came quickly and quietly. Matt Hughes, until a few years ago the best welterweight ever, kind of sort of announced in the not-exactly-nationally-circulated Iowa Daily Gate that, yes, he is fully retired. A few days later, he backtrac…

The news came quickly and quietly. Matt Hughes, until a few years ago the best welterweight ever, kind of sort of announced in the not-exactly-nationally-circulated Iowa Daily Gate that, yes, he is fully retired. A few days later, he backtracked on The MMA Hour broadcast. So the jury remains confused on the state of affairs here, but […]