After the aforementioned watershed weekend in MMA (see post below), I think it’s time to unveil my pound-4-pound MMA rankings and without further ado here they are.
1a. Anderson Silva 1b. Fedor Emilianenko
2. Georges St.-Pierre
3. B.J. Penn
4. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
6. Lyoto Machida
7. Jon Fitch
8. Andrei Arlovski
9. Urijah Faber
10. Dan Henderson
worthy of consideration: Sean [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 22, 2008
Pound-4-Pound rankings
July 22, 2008
MMA has watershed weekend
It’s not often you get to live during the early development of a major sport/league so as I continue to witness the exponential growth of MMA and the UFC in particular, I love to sit back and enjoy days like this past Saturday, July 19th when MMA fans were treated to two events with some [...]
July 16, 2008
The 137th Open Championship
… Goes down in a matter of minutes, really. And let me say that I’ve been anticipating this one, taking place at Royal Birkdale, since Sergio Garcia lipped out his par putt on the 72nd hole and lost in the playoff to Padraig Harrington last year and didn’t etch his name on the Claret Jug [...]
July 7, 2008
UFC 86: Post-fight Analysis
Tyson Griffin looked very good in his fight against Marcus Aurellio. His movement in stand up game was exceptional, the way he mixed up his punches and kicks and different levels was phenomenal. Aurellio just looked tentative the entire night. No aggression at all. Did not take advantage of his 6 in. reach advantage.
Josh Koscheck [...]
July 5, 2008
Immediate Reaction to UFC 86: BS decision in title fight
I know I didn’t post my analysis to the UFC 86 card and fight predictions but I had Quinton Jackson by TKO in Rd 2. I thought he would dominate Forrest because of the lack of power Forrest has, the stone chin that Rampage has and just the complete overall power of Rampage would own [...]
