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Dana White, Chael Sonnen and the 25 Most Interesting Personalities in MMA

They don’t always drink beer.Or maybe they do. Either way, they are…the most interesting people in MMA.Some are current fighters. Some are long retired. Some are highly respected.Some are highly loathsome. Some work their magic outside the…

They don’t always drink beer.

Or maybe they do.

Either way, they are…the most interesting people in MMA.

Some are current fighters. Some are long retired. Some are highly respected.

Some are highly loathsome. Some work their magic outside the cage. Some are not fighters but still work their magic inside a cage, in the sense that they are incarcerated.

One thing (maybe the only thing) they all have in common is their interestingness. And I did this based more on personality and personal life than fighting style (sorry, Fedor).

Even if you have a different top 25, it’s pretty clear…these guys are interesting.

Please enjoy.

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Brock Lesnar and the 10 Fighters Who Could Benefit from Trainer Freddie Roach

Freddie Roach is known for molding boxing champions.  Recently, he has worked with pound-for-pound kingpin, boxing’s equivalent of Anderson Silva, Manny Pacquiao.  Roach was a very good boxer in his days in the prize ring and now he is an eve…

Freddie Roach is known for molding boxing champions.  Recently, he has worked with pound-for-pound kingpin, boxing’s equivalent of Anderson Silva, Manny Pacquiao.  Roach was a very good boxer in his days in the prize ring and now he is an even better trainer than he was a fighter.

This slideshow will explore the men fighting in MMA who could benefit greatly from his technical boxing instruction and training.  Some you will agree with and some you may shake your head at.  I will try and explain why these ten men were chosen for the list.

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Brock Lesnar: Memorable Quotes from the Former UFC Champ

Last week major news broke out that Brock Lesnar was forced to pull out of his UFC fight with Junior dos Santos at UFC 131. Lesnar will be undergoing another bout with diverticulitis. The last time Lesnar battled the disease he was out for a year. Sinc…

Last week major news broke out that Brock Lesnar was forced to pull out of his UFC fight with Junior dos Santos at UFC 131.

Lesnar will be undergoing another bout with diverticulitis.

The last time Lesnar battled the disease he was out for a year.

Since joining the UFC in 2008, Lesnar has been the company’s biggest draw.

Besides being a former WWE champ, Lesnar is known for his huge size, and memorable quotes.

Here are some of the former champ’s most famous quotes.

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The 10 Most Controversial Decisions in MMA History

“Don’t leave it to the judges,” is an endlessly repeated refrain inside the world of MMA. Those six words have been uttered by everyone from the freshest MMA fan to the UFC’s president Dana White.Often fans that have watched the fight from the comfort …

“Don’t leave it to the judges,” is an endlessly repeated refrain inside the world of MMA. Those six words have been uttered by everyone from the freshest MMA fan to the UFC’s president Dana White.

Often fans that have watched the fight from the comfort of their own homes have slapped their heads in wonder when the judges scorecards were read at the conclusion of a fight.

To paraphrase Bob Dylan, the times may be a-changin’ in MMA, more specifically with the UFC. UFC 131 will be the first UFC event that will allow the judges video monitors. Later this week, the Nevada State Athletic Commission will discuss allowing video monitors at UFC 130.

The judges are currently at a disadvantage to those viewing the fights at home. The judges, get one angle and can often miss the subtle (or not so subtle) nuances the at home viewer can easily see.

If judges are allowed monitors at every MMA event, the following controversial decisions  may have turned out different.

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Official B/R MMA Rankings May 2011: Top 10 Bantamweights in MMA

Click here to read and see the entire rankings.Rankings slideshow written by Sean Smith These bantamweight rankings were voted on by a panel of ten writers from around the Bleacher Report MMA community. These ten writers answered the call and gave…

Click here to read and see the entire rankings.

Rankings slideshow written by Sean Smith

 

These bantamweight rankings were voted on by a panel of ten writers from around the Bleacher Report MMA community. These ten writers answered the call and gave us a great first set of rankings for the Bleacher Report MMA community.

If you poll different writers you would end up with completely different rankings, each unique in their own way.

No one writer had the same rankings and the top ten—especially the fighters ranked at number ten and number nine—were different and showed the vast difference between the writers rankings.

Now, these rankings were published before UFC 130 and feature some of the fighters from the only UFC event in May.

Fighters like Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Matt Hamill, Frank Mir and Roy Nelson have graced the different divisional rankings from around the Bleacher Report writers who were asked to fill out who they thought was in their divisional top ten.

 

Official B/R MMA Rankings May 2011: Top 10 Bantamweights in MMA

Here is the first installment of the Bleacher Report MMA Rankings. Every two weeks, 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…

Here is the first installment of the Bleacher Report MMA Rankings. Every two weeks, 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.

 

Special thanks to those who contributed

Jason Schielke

Nick Caron

Nick Colon

J.P. Smith

Dale De Souza

Blake Dreisbach

Andrew Mahlmann

Michael Evans

Sean Smith

Sal DeRose

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