The DOs and DONTs of Starting a Major MMA Promotion
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) As yet another organization promised to be “bigger than the UFC” flails about in its death throes, with contracted fighters entering limbo...
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UFC 90 Picks and Predictions
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) The biggest fights on this card are a tale of two replacements. First you have Cote, replacing a much more deserving (and...
Post UFC 89 Notes
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) UFC 89 mostly turned out the way I expected, although it did feature several fighters (Hardy, Taylor, Miller, Cane) firmly establishing themselves...
UFC 89 Picks and Predictions
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) UFC 89 as it exists today is a much weaker card than the one originally scheduled. The back injury that forced Thiago...
Quick Hits for Strikeforce: Payback
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Like the Strikeforce show at the playboy mansion, this card isn’t going to set anyone’s pants on fire, but it features a...
Elite XC on CBS II
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) As I previously outlined, EliteXC is in quite a bind with this show, and that really doesn’t change, regardless of who owns...
Post Sengoku 5 Notes
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) After this event my General Public Prediction Record remains at an undistinguished 26W-16L-1NC, mostly due to the unpredictable win of “King Mo”...
Sengoku 5 Quick Hits
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) World Victory Road is quickly becoming an also-ran promotion in my mind, but still has many elite fighters in various weight classes...
Post Dream 6 Notes
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Dream 6 really encapsulated all that makes up Japanese MMA. It featured world-class talent alongside has-beens and amateurs. The best production values...
Dream 6 Picks and Predictions
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) With Terry Martin’s victory on Saturday, my Public Bet History has improved, and this event could provide the opportunity to break back...
Quick Hits for Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Misaki vs. Joe Riggs Riggs has a lot of problems. His striking isn’t that crisp, he’s a flake, he gets injured a...
Post UFN 15 Notes
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) The story of Ultimate Fight Night 15, for me, was one of missed opportunities. Despite strong hunches that Belcher and Massenzio were...
UFN 15 Picks and Predictions
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Ultimate Fight Night 15 really is an ugly duckling of an event; the bulk of the card is fighters that have stumbled...
Post UFC 88 Notes
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) I have certainly gotten off to an ignominious start with my Public Bet History (-1.52 units so far) and General Public Prediction...
UFC 88 Picks and Predictions
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Wagering on sporting events can be a great way to add a little excitement to your viewing, to find out whether or...
EliteXC and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) EliteXC is in trouble. I don’t like seeing any MMA promotion in trouble, even if I don’t like the way they promote....
Post UFC 87 Notes
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) The purpose of these post-event notes is to answer the question “what have we learned?” Fights like Emerson vs. Gamburyan aside, there’s...