A Warning to Kenny Florian and His Fans
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) I don’t consider myself a B.J. Penn fan. As an athletically-challenged individual without any natural talents in the realm of sports,...
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Why a Super Heavyweight Division is a Horrible Idea
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) I know I said I wasn’t going to write another feature involving Brock Lesnar until his next title defense, but I...
The Best Month in MMA History
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) UFC 100 and the post-fight antics of Brock Lesnar have the Mainstream Media paying attention. Pardon the Interruption has discussed MMA...
Rush Still Reigns Supreme
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) UFC 100 is done and has been analyzed to death, so instead of continuing to beat the dead horse by talking...
Right or Wrong – Hendo’s a Fighter
By Katrina Belcher (KatrinaBelcher@mmaratings.net) Dan Henderson is a legendary fighter. He’s always struck me as a gentleman. During PRIDE he proved himself to be a worthy...
Supremely Talented and Startlingly Unknown
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) This is Fedor Emelianenko, the guy Dana White guaranteed would be in the UFC in the future and arguably the best...
The Difference is Acceptability
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) I’m going to keep today as short and simple as possible because I spent way too much time on this computer...
To Brock: Apology Not Accepted.
By Katrina Belcher (KatrinaBelcher@mmaratings.net) Yeah Brock – you sound really sincere. Well apology not accepted. Brock Lesnar is a bully and a low-life. You said in...
Talking MMA with Sarah Kaufman
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) The day before she stepped into the ring to fight Shayna Baszler, I told you not to sleep on Sarah Kaufman,...
Physical or Mental Strength – Which is the Ultimate Method for Success?
By Katrina Belcher (KatrinaBelcher@mmaratings.net) I’ve long wondered which plays a more important role in the success of a fighter: physical strength or mental strength? Certainly both...
The Inevitable Bobby Lashley Post
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Get ready for a tidal wave of Bobby Lashley discussions, ranging from Brock Lesnar comparisons (also as inevitable as this post)...
We Need an MMA Hall of Fame
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) To put it as simplistically as possible, we need a Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame. During the continuing discussions of...
Evan Tanner is Not a Hall of Famer
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) We’re closing in on UFC 100 – and the release of The UFC 100 – which means talks of who will...
Fight Rankings (top 10 from 2009):
4.64 – Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann (Fight Night 18) 4.64 – Mike Brown vs. Urijah Faber (WEC 41)4.61 – Miguel Torres vs. Takeya Mizugaki (WEC...
Event Rankings (top 10 from 2009):
4.56 – WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2 4.35 – UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida4.30 – WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone4.25 – UFC 100: Lesnar vs....
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) There has been a great deal of talk around the MMA sites lately about the progress being made by females in...
Picks and Predictions for TUF 9 Finale: The Dregs of a Dry Well
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) For a professional fight prognosticator, TUF finales can be seriously daunting. Young fighters training like professionals for the first time can make...
Post Strikeforce and WEC Wrapup: End of the Weak
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Well, Kenny Florian is the best commentator in MMA today, which isn’t saying much, but it is something. He knew what he...
Ups and downs in the heavyweight rankings
By Eric Kamander Unlike most team sports, in MMA the best fighters don’t get to all compete against each other, much less compete against each other...
Muddied Middleweight Waters
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Wanderlei Silva is getting a lot of attention heading into his catchweight tilt with Rich Franklin at UFC 99 this weekend...