Author Gerry Rodriguez

On November 12, 1993 the UFC held its inaugural event in Denver and the martial arts world was introduced to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and a non assuming man by the name Royce Gracie. I remember watching it on pay per view and being fascinated by the fact it had no rules (there were), the teeth knocking blows, and just the sheer violence being displayed. Then I saw Royce Gracie step inside the octagon and latch himself onto his opponents like he was an anaconda and literally squeeze the breath out of his opponents. I didn't know what mixed martial arts were at the time but I knew I had to watch every subsequent event the UFC would ever hold; and I have.

For the first round of past Saturday’s main event against Nick Diaz, BJ Penn displayed the boxing skills that many consider among the best in mixed martial arts. He displayed the slick ground game that earned him the nickname of, “The Prodigy”; then the first round ended.

By now you've already heard the buzz about UFC 136 being one of the “best” UFC cards of all time. It seemed like every MMA website was rushing to put up polls in hopes of readers voting for UFC 136 to be number 1. Although I agree that it was one of the most entertaining cards from top to bottom; I will not say it was the best ever. So what card do I think was the best UFC card of all time? I'd like to think that it hasn't happened yet and will continue to watch all future events in hopes that they top this one.

Last Saturday we were treated to two simultaneous MMA events. UFC Live 6: Cruz vs. Johnson on the Versus network and Bellator 52 on MTV2. I had initially intended on switching between both channels and sticking with whichever fights were more exciting; it didn't take long for me to decide.