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Frank Mir better take Cro Cop serious at UFC 119

September 14, 2010   Josh Davis   No comments

On September 25, 2010 at UFC 119, Frank Mir finds himself in a must win situation.  In the main event of the evening, Mir will face Mirko “Cro Cop” Filopivic in a fight where he has little to gain, but so much to lose.

On paper, this is a fight that Mir should win as he is the bigger, stronger fighter with some of the best submissions the heavyweight division has to offer.  Even though Cro Cop might have the advantage in a striking war, he has not looked like the vicious striker he was while fighting in pride.  Even in his recent victory over Pat Barry at UFC 115, Cro Cop did not display the crisp striking skills that made him one of the most feared fighters in the sport. 

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The Evolution of MMA

May 23, 2010   Jake Russell   1 Comment

During the days of the first UFC events, fighters wanted to find out which discipline was superior. Most of the fighters went into the cage with the knowledge of only one discipline. One of the most noteworthy examples is UFC Hall of Famer, Royce Gracie. The Gracie family put jiu-jitsu into the mainstream and MMA would not be where it’s at today without them.

In his early days, Gracie popularized Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in his bouts in the UFC. He became famous for defeating opponents much larger than him and holds the most submission victories in UFC history with 11. Back then, there was no other fighter in the sport who had an upper hand on Gracie once the fight hit the mat. Because of that, Gracie knew all he had to do was take the fight to the ground.

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What qualifies as fight of the night?

November 24, 2009   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   2 Comments

Every UFC event concludes with the nightly honors given out for Fight of the Night, Knockout of the Night and Submission of the Night. The latter two are fairly straightforward and usually pretty simple to pick. The Fight of the Night honor is suppose to be awarded to the best fight but that doesn’t always happen.

Saturdays UFC 106 fight of the night award went to the Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson fight. Several people including myself questioned how a fight with an illegal knee and several eye pokes could get the award. Though I think this fight card really didn’t have a clear-cut fight of the Night candidate. I thought the Ortiz vs. Griffin fight was more worthy of the honor but with the lopsidedness of the third round I can see how it didn’t win.

At times there seems to be a hidden agenda in place for the award. Looking back on the last half dozen events the fight that won the fight of the Night award really wasn’t the best fight. The most glaring one to me is when Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin won Fight of the Night at UFC 101. I’m at a lose as to how a 3 minute one-sided fight could even be considered. Here is a list of the last six UFC’s Fight of the Night winners followed by which I thought deserved it. Let me know what you think

UFC 106

Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson (2ndrd Sub. win for Koscheck)
» Ortiz vs. Griffin [see above] 

UFC 105

Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang (2ndrd TKO win for Bisping)
» Wilks vs. Brown might have been a better choice

UFC 104

Pat Berry vs. Antoni Hardonk (2nd rd TKO win for Berry)
» Machida vs. Rua should have won.

UFC 103

Rick Story vs. Brian Foster (2nd rd Sub win for Story)
» UFC got it right here!

UFC 102

Randy Couture vs. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
» UFC got it right here!

UFC 101

Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin (1st rd TKO for Silva)
» Any other fight would have been a better call here

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