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....
Opinion
There is Room for Everyone in the MMA Audience
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) With Mixed Martial Arts’ rise to the brink of the mainstream, fans have been flocking to the sport in droves. Many...
Could UFC 102 Mark the End of Randy Couture’s UFC Career?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Understand right off the bat that this is 100% speculation and the results of spending too much time thinking about a...
Friends As Foes: Tackling the Teammate Debate
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) MMA Weekly is reporting that uber-talented light heavyweight prospect Jon Jones has joined forces with Greg Jackson and his team in...
Does a WEC-UFC Merger Make Sense?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) At the Press Conference following UFC 101, Dana White said that the idea of combining the two Zuffa-owned organizations was being...
Independent World MMA Rankings: August 2009
These rankings are independent of any single MMA media outlet or sanctioning body, and are published on multiple web sites. Some of the best and most...
Shane Carwin to Face Brock Lesnar at UFC 106?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Shane Carwin’s name usually resides in the top section of any “Who can beat Brock Lesnar?” list concocted by those who...
Anderson Silva Ascends to the Top in August
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) I was wrong. Very, very wrong as it turns out, and so were a lot of people. Anderson Silva was, is...
Gina (shudder!) lost — Is this the end of Women’s MMA in America?
By Katrina Belcher (KatrinaBelcher@mmaratings.net) So after all the hype, our great American female hope, Gina Carano, lost to Cristiane Santos last night. Big deal. Does anyone...
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...
Gina Carano vs. Cris Cyborg: Redefining What It Means To Hit Like a Girl
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) There couldn’t be a better tag line for this fight than the one used in the title above, one which I...
Brian Bowles: Shouldn’t We Wait for the Encore?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) When Matt Serra dropped Georges St-Pierre to capture the UFC Welterweight title, very few people in the MMA community would have...
Divisional Dominance: Good or Bad for the UFC?
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) With a win Saturday night, Lightweight champ B.J. Penn pushed his undefeated streak at 155 pounds closer to eight years. Since...
10 Things I Learned Last Night from UFC 101
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) 1. Anderson Silva Stands Alone as the P4P KingWhen you flatten a former Light Heavyweight champion with a quick right jab...
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,...
El Guapo. Liver-Shot Bas. Bas Rutten.
By Katrina Belcher (KatrinaBelcher@mmaratings.net) He’s all three and so much more! Recently I had the pleasure and honor of interviewing Bas Rutten. Yes – THE Bas...
Belinda Dunne – Queen of POP!
By Katrina Belcher (KatrinaBelcher@mmaratings.net) If the female fighters of POP are the Princesses of Pain, then Belinda Dunne is their Queen. Recently I had the opportunity...
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...
B. J. Penn: “I Think GSP Does Steroids”
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Over these last few weeks, I’ve actually started to find myself defending B.J. Penn a great deal. As I’ve stated time...
Strikeforce Stupidity: Fedor Needs to Fight for the Title, Period.
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Scott Coker has had himself a pretty impressive week, and it’s only Wednesday. He scooped up the consensus top heavyweight in...