MMA power rankings

Rankings have become a mess in MMA. Some folks like myslef want to use wins over quality competition as the main means to judge fighters at the top of the game (rankings wise). Some others want to judge rankings on more of a “whom would beat whom” basis. Personally I don’t abide by that philosophy, but certain folks do and the endgame is always in one way or another “agree to disagree”. After some thoughts over this weekend I think I have a pretty good solution. Power rankings: Judging a fighter solely on t

Overeem vs. Werdum will determine the #1 MMA Heavyweight in the World

Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament will kick-off next month, with some very exciting match-ups on the bracket. Of course, the first event will mark the return of Fedor Emelianenko to the Strikeforce cage, but in my opinion, the most important bout of the first round is the collision between Alistair Overeem and Fabricio Werdum. In his fight against Antonio Silva (Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey on February 12th), Fedor Emelianenko will look to make a statement that he’s still the driving force