LowKick.com Community MMA Rankings for April 20th

Following his impressive victory over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 128, Jon Jones stormed into the LowKick.com Community P4P Rankings right into the 4th place, slightly behind the UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo. Fedor Emelianenko continued his slide down, currently occupying the 10th spot in the P4P rankings.Next weekend’s UFC 129 main card will feature three high profile fights, with GSP vs. Shields, Aldo vs. Hominick and Couture vs. Machida all set to change the current Top 10 formations.Next

Strikeforce Diaz vs. Daley CompuStrike Review: Time for Computerized Scoring System?

Last Saturday’s Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley event was one of the ages, with majority of the bouts ending with a dramatic finish. Three out of four bouts on the main card ended with a decisive finish. The one fight that ended in a uniamous draw was the bout between “The Dean of Mean” Keith Jardine and Gegard Mousasi. Thanks to the good people at Compustrike, we were able to follow every strike, every takedown, and every submission attepmpt. Let’s take closer look at Strikeforce’s main card from last

Strikeforce Diaz vs. Daley Recap and Analysis

Paul Daley was walking into hostile territory Saturday night in San Diego. The fans may have been in the 619, but they brought the atmosphere of Stockton, California to the Valley View Casino Center. It was clear that Paul Daley was public enemy number one and they couldn’t wait to see Mr. 209 himself, Nick Diaz enter the six-sided cage. As soon as Diaz made his walk into the cage, the whole arena exploded. This was the main event and the first major Strikeforce event under ZUFFA’s rule. Even UFC president

Eddie Alvarez: MMA’s Rocky Balboa

The city of Philadelphia, best known through the world as “the city of brotherly love”. Home of the famous cheese steak sandwiches, the Philadelphia Phillies, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. But the city of Philadelphia is also known for their fighting culture. The Philly Style of boxing is known through out the world. “The Executioner” Bernard Hopkins is a legend in the sweet science and probably the city’s best known fighter. But for the non-boxing fans when you think of

Fans are the sure winners in ZUFFA-Strikeforce deal

Earlier today, Ariel Helwani from MMAfighting.com dropped a bomb on the Mixed Martial Arts world. Dana White has publicly announced that UFC’s parent company has purchased Strikeforce. Now with this recent news, what does that mean for the Strikeforce promotion? What does that mean for it’s most important asset, their fighters? Many of the fighters and personnel under the Strikeforce banner have had a past with the UFC and ZUFFA.
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BlogKick: MMA Needs One Super League

MMA is currently structured according to the media and entertainment aspect of it, and less so the sporting. There is no ‘MMA League’ like that of the NFL or Premiership, where all the top teams in that respective sport play each other at least once a year. The closest equivalent MMA has is the UFC. The UFC certainly boasts the most stacked and impressive roster out of any MMA promotion, but there are still so many great fighters out there that never get to fight each other.

Top 10 Fighters currently not on LowKick.com Community Top 10 P4P Rankings

The rankings system here on LowKick comes pretty close to perfect, in my eyes. Pulled from around 500 votes, the rankings are the culmination of every single users own personal rankings list. When each list is added, a fighters is awarded points for how highly rated they are. So if enough people consider Jose Aldo the P4P king, then he will earn his spot at the top, because you voted him there.Of course, everybody will have a different opinion, and a different P4P list.