Post Strikeforce Notes: The Wolf’s Wound
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Strikeforce/EliteXC events remind me of my dating life. They don’t happen nearly enough. They’re usually pretty fun and well put-together. The girls...
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Back in the Light Heavies Again
By Garth Hansen (garthansen@mmaratings.net) Well, since I last visited the LHW division things have shaken out pretty well. Rashad still holds the title, and despite the...
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz –Dysfunctional Cyborg
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Some events are remarkable because of the implications for the division. Some events are remarkable because they are going to feature bitter...
Live at WEC 40 in Chicago: My Cup Runneth Over
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) The Chicago arm of MMA Ratings was able to view WEC’s 40th installment live from cageside. We were able to enjoy front-row...
Dream 8 Picks and Predictions: Japanese MMA has still got it
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) For those of us in North America, this card will take place very early Sunday morning, a nice precursor to the WEC...
Ultimate Fight Night 18 Notes – Better than House Reruns
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Certainly the story of this event is betting success, with my plays going 4-0 for +5.65u, which is always nice to have...
UFN 18 Picks and Predictions: Put the Good Fights on TV Next Time
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Ultimate Fight Night 18 breaks a now-unusual dry spell of several weeks for high-level North American MMA. It also serves as an...
Picks and Predictions for UFC 96: Boom or Bust
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) This card has a lot of potential, but it could also be a complete disaster. A not-so-competitive main event between top-tier fighters...
Not-So-Intelligent Defense – Save the Fighter, Kill the Sport
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Recently, our own Katrina Belcher put pen to proverbial paper in defense of referee Marc Goddard’s stoppage of Josh Koscheck’s fight with...
Post WEC 39 Notes – The Champ is Here
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Mike Thomas Brown was in many ways seen as little more than a placeholder champion, a talented fighter that had gotten a...
Knocked Out or Just Poor Ref’ing?
By Katrina Belcher (KatrinaBelcher@mmaratings.net) There’s been a lot of discussion about the referee stoppage in the Koscheck vs. Paulo Thiago fight during UFC 95. Seems to...
Picks and Predictions for WEC 39: Don’t Forget The Little Guys
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) With all the shenanigans going on in Zuffa’s other product, this card has been severely overlooked, especially considering it features a fight...
Post UFC 95 Notes – Free Is A Good Price
By Nicholas Bailey (nwbailey@mmaratings.net) As the UFC begins to wind down its separation of the wheat from the proverbial chaff, we are seeing higher talent fighters...
UFC 95: A UK UFC Card that Doesn’t Suck!
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) As indicated in the title, it’s a bit of a surprise how much fun this card could be, given that the UK...
Rob Browning to Join the TUF 9 Fighter Cast
By Katrina Belcher (katrinabelcher@mmaratings.net) According to MMAjunkie.com, “Robert Browning (1-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), the younger brother of controversial season-eight cast member Junie Browning, was one of...
Tonya Harding – Still Trying to Find Her Place…in MMA?
By Katrina Belcher (katrinabelcher@mmaratings.net) Tonya Harding an MMA fighter? She is, at least according to her Website “…one of the most influential or perhaps controversial persons...
Post Ultimate Fight Night 17 Notes – The Killing Fields
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Joe Rogan standing next to a DEA agent. Insane. I wonder how big the guy’s eyes would have bugged if he’d seen...
Ultimate Fight Night 17 Preview – Please Let Me Stay In The UFC
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) As part of their continuing quest to boot losers out of their promotion, the UFC has assembled a fight night card that...
2008 Irrelevants Awards Winnersss
By Garth Hansen (garthhansen@mmaratings.net) So I’m watching the same episode of House for the third time in like four days, and a sit bolt upright, dislodging...
Post UFC 94 Notes – More MMA Than You Expected
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Capping off a stretch that would give even the most hardcore MMA fan excitement fatigue, UFC 94 had a shocking number of...
