By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) The November installment of the Pound-for-Pound rankings deliver a whole lot of ch-ch-changes… Injury and illness has bumped Brock Lesnar from the list for the time being, much to the adulation of his anti-fan club, while a number of entertaining events since the last time we rolled out these rankings…
By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) Some people weren’t too happy with my decision to include the UFC Heavyweight Champ in last month’s installment of the Pound-for-Pound rankings, clinging to the usual arguments made against Brock Lesnar. This month, I counter with this: Lesnar had the same size advantage in his first fight against Frank Mir…
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 and forever shall be the top Pound-for-Pound fighter in the world until he tells us all that enough is enough and he’s done stepping inside the cage. As much…
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 about MMA’s ascent into the mainstream or Bob Ryan’s ridiculous belief that soccer will be a bigger North American sport than Mixed Martial Arts, we’re ready to tackle more…