Most
of the MMA community knew the day would eventually come when kingpin Zuffa
would merge its two brands – the Ultimate Fighting Championship and World
Extreme Cagefighting – but it was still a bit of a shock as to how much out of
left field it seemed when it act…
Fight of the Year – Anthony Pettis vs. Ben Henderson (WEC 53)
If you didn’t already know that the WEC always seems to deliver, then it’s too late to find that out now, as this was the last fight in the history of that organization. With the promotion’s three weight classes being dumped into the UF…
WEC 53 marked the final event in the history of the UFC's little brother, but the organization did not go out without a bang. The undercard featured five first-round finishes in seven fights, but the main card featured a fight of the year candidate in Ben Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis. Here is how th…
by David McKinney
Not exactly the PRIDE 06 GP, but we'll take what we can get
The terms “tournament” and “grand prix” elicit so much excitement in the world of mixed martial arts that there are organizations – like Bellator and Shine Fights – who base their entire business models around the bracek…
by David McKinney
2010 was a banner year for mixed martial arts, with more fights than ever before shown on TV and a ton of new stars surfacing with that exposure. Two of those new stars have won my respective male and female fighter of the year awards:
Male Fighter of the Year – Dominick Cruz
Press Release:
New York, NY, December 14, 2010 – Bellator Fighting Championships, a growing force in the world of mixed martial arts, has a new television home, MTV2. It was announced today jointly by Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney and Eric Conte, SVP, Programming and Production, MTV2. The…
by David McKinney
Josh Koscheck was unable to shock the world at UFC 124, but instead UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre showed that he is without a doubt the best fighter in the sport by using a newfound lead jab to keep Koscheck at bay throughout the entire fight. Thiago Alves made a triu…
UFC 124 showed what a dominant champion Georges St-Pierre is, and it also showed what a hotbed the Canadian MMA market is. For the first time following UFC 124, I will post my pound-for-pound MMA rankings:
Pound-for-Pound
by David McKinney
UFC
124 was certainly a banner event for the UFC. An attendance record was set, and
Montreal was the only town outside of Las Vegas to host more than one event
this year. Hometown hero Georges St-Pierre didn’t disappoint the crowd of more
than 23,000 in the main event, as he used a…
by David McKinney
The job for Strikeforce matchmaker Rich Chou is simple - get the three fighters who earned knockouts at "Babalu vs. Henderson 2" title shots. For UFC matchmaker Joe Silva, the job is a much tougher. Not only does he have a new influx of WEC fighters to incorporate into his organiza…
