Strikeforce announced their “Best of 2010” fan-voted awards. Among the categories are Fight of the Year.
How did Strikeforce’s best fights stack up against the rest of the top fights of the year?
Strikeforce’s Fight of the Year list includes:
• Rafael Feijao vs Mo Lawal
• Nick Diaz vs. K.J. Noons II
• Billy Evangelista vs. Waachiim Spiritwolf *
• Antonio Silva vs. Mike Kyle
Note that Strikeforce will also let you add a fight that isn’t on the list.
* MMA Ratings doesn’t cover ratings for Strikeforce Challengers cards.
As it turns out, out of Strikeforce’s 8 major events in 2010, none of their fights made the cut for MMA Ratings’ Fight of the Year candidates. Do you think any of them should make the cut? You can rate the MMA Ratings Fight of the Year candidates by clicking the stars for your favorite fights right here:
Here’s a list of the best Strikeforce fights from 2010 and their ratings at the time of posting (click the links to rate them):
Some takeaways from this include:
• Marloes Coenen vs. Sarah Kaufman (Diaz vs Noons II) was the highest rated female fight of 2010.
• Both Cristiane Santos and Marloes Coenen each appear in two Strikeforce 2010 top 10 fights.
• Both Nick Diaz and Karl James “KJ” Noons each appear in two Strikeforce 2010 top 10 fights.
