Fight Picks and Predictions for UFC 105 by HumungusMMA
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...
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Jake Shields in the Mainstream
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) The first time I ever saw a Jake Shields fight, it was his smothering decision win over Mach Sakurai. I knew that...
Strikeforce In Review: Live Cageside
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Being cageside for this event was a great experience. While the bottom of the card lacked energy, the arena was electric for...
Fight Picks and Predictions for Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) What is the meaning of a Fedor vs. Rogers fight? It’s not clear. Rogers isn’t the cream of the crop, and he’s...
Picks and Predictions for Dream 12: Caged Heat
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Dream 12 represents Fight Entertainment Group’s concession to the modern age of MMA, adopting the cage (and no, they are not the...
Picks and Predictions for UFC 104: The Machida Era
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Any time you get to see Lyoto Machida fight, it is a treat. The man is an absolute master and his style...
October Divisional Top Ten Rankings
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) This month saw lots of small changes to the divisional top-ten rankings. That is lots of changes in the lighter weight classes....
Picks and Predictions for WEC 43: Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Beset by injuries, network negotiations, delays, and the other slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, WEC 43 will finally come to pass...
Dream 11 Quick Hits: Fernandes, Aoki Take Belts
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Dream 11 was a mixed bag. The Cinderella Story of the tournament, Joe Warren, got handled in controversial fashion, and the impressively...
Picks and Predictions for Dream 11: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, and The Embarrassing, and Bob Sapp
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) This is a card that lives up to all the negative stereotypes of Japanese MMA promotions: freakshow matches, wildly mismatched fights, and...
See you in April, Rampage
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) In case you, dear reader, do not have your finger on the pulse of MMA, yesterday (9/22/2009) Quinton “Rampage” Jackson put up...
Quick Hits for Sengoku 10: The Forgotten Card
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Sengoku 10 has flown very low under the radar, being a card primarily for hardcore japanese MMA fans, with even fewer major...
Pick and Predictions for UFC 103: Rich Franklin, 195lb Champion
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) The return of the old Crocop? Dos Santos to be the next heavyweight star? The return of the old Vitor? Kampmann to...
Picks and Predictions for Ultimate Fight Night 19: Placeholder Event
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) There are times when an event rolls around that seems to have captured the zeitgeist. To have become the zenith of sporting...
Picks and Predictions for UFC 102: The Loser’s Bracket
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) UFC 102 has the unusual distinction of being headlined by two losers, and featuring more losers than winners on the main card....
Picks and Predictions for Strikeforce: Carano vs. The World
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) The incredible mutating card, the irony is that the headling fight, the fight that had the biggest potential to fall apart or...
Picks and Predictions for WEC 42: Mighty Mites
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) If you’re wondering why this card is so hyped, look at these rankings. More top-ten bantamweights are on this card than not,...
UFC 101 Picks and Predictions: Sons of Mercury
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) UFC 101 brings Zuffa’s baby to the fighting city of Philadelphia, where the orange people from the shore meet the tough kids...
Sengoku 9: Light as a Feather, Never be Bored
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Sengoku, clearly run by hardcore fans for hardcore fans, has put together yet another delicious product to be overlooked by the mainstream...
Picks and Predictions for DREAM 10: WW Tourney Wildness
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Dream 10 has flown under the radar, and barring some kind of out-of-control wildness, it will likely continue to do so. Nevertheless,...