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Strikeforce Signing Bonanza: Manhoef, Noons, Prangley and Canadian TV Deal
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
The phones must have been ringing off the hook these last couple of days at the Strikeforce offices, as the San Jose-based Mixed Martial Arts promotion announced a slew of signings and a television deal that will see the December...
Fight Week Previews: TUF 10 Finale, Part I
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
My apologies for being gone for so long. I know you've missed me.
Quick and painful version: I had to get a real job and it starts at five o'clock in the morning, so coming home and writing went on the back burner for a...
Independent World MMA Rankings: November 2009
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November 27, 2009: The November 2009 Independent World MMA Rankings have been released. These rankings are independent of any single MMA media outlet or sanctioning body, and are published on multiple web sites.
In addition to the numerous MMA web sites that publish the Independent...
Armageddon is Coming: An Interview with Armageddon Fighting Chamionships President Darren Owen
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
Darren Owen's long-time dream became a reality this past August, as Armageddon Fighting Championships (AFC) held their first event in Victoria.
After years of legal wrestling and venues pulling out at the 11th hour like they...
November Pound-for-Pound Rankings: Classic David Bowie
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
The November installment of the Pound-for-Pound rankings deliver a whole lot of ch-ch-changes...
Injury and illness has bumped Brock Lesnar from the list for the time being, much to the adulation of his anti-fan club, while a number...
My Subjective Decision is Better: Looking at Controversial Decisions from a Different Angle
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
Quickly: Who is getting the better of this exchange?
The fact of the matter is that there is no definitive answer, and getting three people to agree certainly wouldn't be the easiest task of the day.
In all honesty, coming...
UFC 106: 10 Things We Learned Last Night
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
1. Best Entrance Music Ever
Before breaking down the fights, let's get one thing clear: the choice of "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba as Forrest Griffin's entrance song was awesome.
Coming off an embarrassing...
UFC 105 Fight Week Previews: Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
A lot of people are lamenting this bout being atop the marquee for UFC 106.
They complain about two fighters coming in on losing streaks; one not having stepped into the cage for over a year, the other coming off an embarrassing...
UFC 106 Fight Week Previews: Anthony Johnson vs. Josh Koscheck
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
Quickly put together in the wake of Brock Lesnar's inability to headline UFC 106, this is a welterweight matchup many fans have been looking forward to since it was announced.
Anthony "Rumble" Johnson is widely considered...
Fight Picks and Predictions for UFC 106: Reheated Leftovers
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By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net)
It should be sinking in around now that Zuffa is desperate with respect to main event fights for the next couple of months. They've put the money down for the venue and the PPV slot, but with all the various injuries, illnesses, and...
UFC 106 Fight Week Preview: Amir Sadollah vs. Phil Baroni
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
Am I the only one who looks at this picture of Phil Baroni and immediately thinks of a stylized-MMA version of "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff?
While Jason "Mayhem" Miller brings flare to the fight game, he additionally...
Fight Picks and Predictions for WEC 44: Lightning in a Bottle
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By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net)
The WEC promotion is putting on another fabulous fight consisting of massively underpaid divisional elite fighters on a network with very little visibility. It's the kind of thing that harkens back to the UFC of many years ago.
...
WEC 44 Fight Week Previews: The Main Card
15 days ago by
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
Hard to believe that it was just over a year ago that Mike Brown shocked the WEC by sending then-Featherweight champion Urijah Faber crashing to the mat with a well-placed punch, claiming the championship and a place atop the divisional...
UFC 106 Fight Week Previews: Luis Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
After years of being considered one of the top 205-pound talents outside the UFC, Antonio Rogerio "Minotoro" Nogueira will make his debut against fellow Brazilian light heavyweight Luis Arthur Cane.
From here on out,...
WEC 44 Fight Week Previews: The Prelims
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
As the signage says, WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo takes place this Wednesday night from The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.
With such a short time frame before the fights take place - and coming off the busy week that was UFC...
UFC 106 Fight Week Preview: Karo Parisyan vs. Dustin Hazelett
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
Nothing like starting off a Monday morning with a little McLovin!
Fresh off the heals of Saturday's free show from Manchester, the Frankenstein monster of UFC cards lands in our laps from Las Vegas this weekend. Illness and...
UFC 105: 10 Things We Learned Last Night
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
1. Time to Fix Things... And Fast
Controversial decision aren't good for business and the UFC has had back-to-back main events end with a lot of people questioning the results, and it obvious that the current issues with judging...
Sengoku 11 Review
19 days ago by
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By Adam K. Strong (AdamStrong@mmaratings.net)
World Victory Road held Sengoku 11 yesterday from the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan and was shown on HD Net. Like its rival promotion Dream, Sengoku is a fledgling organization growing out of the tall shadow cast by Pride Fighting...
Fight Picks and Predictions for UFC 105 by HumungusMMA
19 days ago by
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By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net)
UFC 105 is not the most sparkling card Zuffa has ever put together, which should come as no shock since Zuffa's revenue-sharing contracts with their big stars heavily disincentivize them from taking part in the weak-selling foreign...
UFC 105 Fight Week Previews: Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
Two weeks ago, this fight was of little interest to me. Last week, I was looking forward to a free show on Spike TV, a couple of the fights on the undercard and a little interested in seeing who came out on top in the Main Event....
UFC 105 Fight Week Previews: Dan Hardy vs. Mike Swick
20 days ago by
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
Though many are looking at this fight simply as a match-up to decide who will become the next victim of Georges St-Pierre, looking beyond this fight will cause you to miss some fireworks.
Regardless of where you stand on whether...
UFC 105 Fight Week Previews: Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang
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By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net)
What a difference one fight can make...
Heading into his fight with Dan Henderson at UFC 100, it was widely believed that a victory would have put Michael Bisping at the top of the marquee for this event opposite Anderson Silva...
MMA 101: Banana Split, gogoplata, and kimura are MMA techniques?
20 days ago by
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By Katrina Belcher (KatrinaBelcher@mmaratings.net)
As per my previous article, many of the techniques associated with MMA are routinely utilized and practiced in other combat sports disciplines on an international level and they have been practiced safely.
The evolution of MMA...
Hugging it Out, or MMA's Mainstream Conundrum
21 days ago by
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By Michael Ford (MichaelFord@mmaratings.net)
Last week, fellow writer Spencer Kyte discussed his Jorge Gurgel Theory, which he suggested was an impediment to the mixed martial arts becoming mainstream. While I agree with much of the article, I disagree with his contention that the...
MMA 101: What are holds, take downs and submissions?
21 days ago by
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By Katrina Belcher (KatrinaBelcher@mmaratings.net)
Many people are not familiar with the technical aspects of MMA and have viewed the vast arsenal of the technical elements of the sport of MMA as confusing and in some cases “barbaric”. However, MMA techniques by their...
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