UFC 93 Picks and Predictions – Which 185lber is the best 205lber?
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) UK Fans are desperate for MMA, so they’ll buy anything the UFC puts out, and the UFC has some important fights that...
Opinion
Dr. MMA’s Column: My Problem With WAMMA
By Tim Lee (timlee@mmaratings.net) My personal problems with WAMMA is that some of people in the committee work for promotions, train fighters, or sponsor fighters. Ranking...
2008 Irrelevant Awards
By Garth Hansen (garthhansen@mmaratings.net) There’s a lot of awards being given out, and a lot of well-planned and -executed awards being given out, at the end...
Post K-1 Dynamite Notes – The Revolution Has Begun
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Appropriately for a K-1 event, the most stirring part of this event were the kickboxing bouts and knockouts. In an exciting night...
Post Sengoku 7 Notes – Rise of the Mo
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) This was a very solid fight card. Betting-wise, I got absolutely hosed, with a net result of -4.5 that wiped out my...
Welcome Tim Lee!
I’m happy to welcome “Dr. MMA” Tim Lee as a contributor to MMA Ratings. Tim writes for MMAFightSpace.com, and is the brains behind the scenes of...
Sengoku 7 Predictions and Analysis
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) While it won’t have the paegenty or theatrics of the recent K-1 dynamite production, this card should provide a surprisingly solid after-dinner...
TWOTHOUSANDNINE
By Warren Piece (warrenpiece@mmaratings.net) The following is a short list of some of the fights I am most looking forward to in the new year. Let...
Post UFC 92 Notes – The End of an Era
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Despite a lot of exciting fights, dramatic finishes, and an absolute gem of a main event, this card was bittersweet, and not...
K-1 Dynamite 2008 – The Freaks are Back
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) In typical K-1/Japanese MMA fashion, this card makes very little sense as anything aside from a spectacle. There’s the usual parade of...
Mir vs. Lesnar 2 or This is What Happens When Bad Meets Evil
By Warren Piece (warrenpiece@mmaratings.net) So, the UFC Heavyweight mini-touranment has finally shaken out and we are left with Mir vs. Lesnar 2 to decide who is...
Professional Female MMA Fighters…Say What?
By Katrina Belcher (katrinabelcher@mmaratings.net) Being a female in the MMA world, I’ve talked to a lot of men about my involvement in this industry. I find...
UFC 92 Preview – Ultimate 2008 indeed!
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Ultimate 2008 indeed. This card brings us two sterling matchups in the prestige division of MMA, light-heavyweight, featuring four of the best...
Welcome Katrina Belcher!
I’m happy to welcome Katrina Belcher as a contributor to MMA Ratings. Katrina is The Ultimate Female Fighter. That is she is the founder and editor...
TUF 8 Finale – No event could have made up for having to watch Junie
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) Well, I regret the fact that TUF 8 even existed as a season. I regret watching grown men drink urine, behave like...
Ultimate Fight Night 16 Notes – Krom Was Pleased
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) UFC: Fight for the Troops was somewhat of a throwback event, with the raucous and unruly crowd, the booing, the late stoppages,...
Adrenaline MMA 2 Notes or A Miletich Fighting Systems’ Christmas
By Warren Piece (warrenpiece@mmaratings.net) I first want to make it clear that I am not a big fan of Cox, but I realize that some people...
Welcome Warren Piece!
I’m happy to welcome Warren Piece as a contributor to MMA Ratings. Warren, who also writes at New York Fight Scene, will be adding a variety...
Ultimate Fight Night 16 Preview – Where do I belong?
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) The story of Ultimate Fight Night 16 is “where do I belong?” Every event has fighters asking themselves some variant of this...
WEC 37 Notes
By Nicholas Bailey (nbailey@mmaratings.net) WEC 37 didn’t exactly live up to the hype, although Miguel Torres did. Any two-hour live TV event weighed down by a...