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MMA Nemesis Top Ten 2012

Mike Hammersmith (Featured Staff Writer) | December 22, 2012 | 1:47 pm | Reply

In 1967, Murray Woroner had an idea for a program, where the greatest heavyweight boxers in history would fight each other to the delight of radio audiences. Considering boxing had been around, in various forms of rule-sets and legality, for a hundred years, this was a colossal undertaking. With the aid of 250 boxing experts, sixteen of the greatest pugilists in history were selected and given scores in 128 attributes ranging from punching power, to footwork, to confidence. These numbers were then fed into a state-of-the-art computer, very similar to the Spike TV series The Deadliest Warrior, and each fight was virtually simulated. When the dust settled at the end of several weeks of prime time programming, Rocky Marciano defeated Muhammad Ali to become the Greatest Heavyweight Boxer Ever. The problem was, basically no one, including the boxing experts involved in the project, agreed with this.

Mike Pyle Tops TUF 16 Payroll, Wants Top 10 Fighter Next

Joshua Wood (Lead Writer) | December 19, 2012 | 1:40 pm | Reply

Veteran fighter Mike Pyle walked away from Saturday’s TUF 16 Finale as the top earning with a win / show purse totaling $78,000. Pyle closed out the preliminary portion of the card with a TKO finish of James Head just under two minutes into the first round. The impressive win was his third consecutive win, all by way of knockout.

MMA Rankings for December 2012

Joshua Wood (Lead Writer) | December 5, 2012 | 2:13 pm | Reply

Things have been slow the last few months with regards to change amongst the MMA rankings. Injuries to champions and top fighters along with dominate champions have limited the movement but things are beginning to pick up. In November the UFC saw one of its champions return to action after a long layoff due to injury and the final month of the year will see many highly ranked fighters step into the cage.

Future Betting Odds: The Many Potential Opponents for Georges St-Pierre

Mike Hammersmith (Featured Staff Writer) | November 20, 2012 | 3:02 pm | Reply

On November 17th, after a 19 month layoff due to a knee injury, Georges St-Pierre returned to his division to unify the titles. Taking on a game challenger in Carlos Condit at UFC 154, GSP showed that not only was he back in fighting form, he was perhaps even better than he left. We saw not only his pure athletic abilities and prowess in different aspects of MMA itself, but the grit of a champion as he went five hard rounds, and bounced back from a near fall in the third round.

UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit Live Results

Joshua Wood (Lead Writer) | November 17, 2012 | 2:49 pm | Reply

The time has arrived, UFC 154 is upon use and hopefully the welterweight division can get back to some form of normalcy. Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre returns to action after a long absence to take on the interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit to unify the belts.

8-Bit MMA Poster: UFC 154

Ryan Valdez (Contributor) | November 16, 2012 | 5:14 pm | Reply

Another UFC event, another UFC 8 Bit poster for you guys. Just like Georges St-Pierre’s long lay off, 8 bit posters is back from its short lay off to present UFC 154 in 8-bit style. UFC 154 takes place in Montreal, Canada where Georges St. Pierre comes back from his long injury lay off to defend his title against interim champ Carlos Condit.

UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit Bold Predictions

Joshua Wood (Lead Writer) | November 15, 2012 | 3:08 pm | Reply

The UFC welterweight champion returns to action this weekend as Canada’s Georges St-Pierre looks to unify the belts at UFC 154 in Montreal. Also looking to unify the belt will be the interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit who defeated Nick Diaz way back in February by unanimous decision. St-Pierre has been out since April of last year after injuring his knee late last year that required surgery.

The Fight Report: UFC 154

Mike Hammersmith (Featured Staff Writer) | November 11, 2012 | 1:44 pm | 2 Replies

It’s finally time to unify the Welterweight titles again, as GSP returns from his long hiatus to defend his belt at UFC 154. His opponent is a familiar face in the gym as interim champion Carlos Condit will welcome his partner back to the cage. While the fighters may be friends outside the cage, make no mistake as these two are coming for blood in the main event.