MMA Power rankings: The Light Heavyweights
A continuation of the best and most talented fighters in MMA today.
A continuation of the best and most talented fighters in MMA today.
In my efforts to compile a list of “Stupid MMA Quotes” for my most recent article I unearthed many other quotations that I would have liked to include but that didn’t quite qualify as “stupid”. Some were inspirational, others rekindled memories of legendary fights of the past but my favourite quotes were the ones that made me laugh. Since the previous article was well received I have decided to create a second collection of my favourite MMA quotes; The ROFL Files.
First up is
The co-main event at UFC 126 will feature Forrest Griffin and Rich Franklin. Both of these fighters are former UFC Champions, Griffin at Light Heavyweight and Franklin at Middleweight.
Griffin won the Light heavyweight title when he out pointed Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in a controversial unanimous decision in 2008. He went on to lose the title to Rashad Evans less than six months later. From there he suffered a humiliating loss at the hands of Anderson Silva in which he was knocked down three
(“When you put your focus on one thing, you tend not to focus on the journey. Once you…
The highly anticipated main event at UFC 126 sees UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva, attempt to defend his middleweight title for a record 8th consecutive time against former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Vitor Belfort. Silva will enter this fight a heavy favourite with an astonishing 12 consecutive wins in the UFC. Belfort is currently on a 5 fight win streak with 4 of those fights ending by knockout, the most recent coming against Rich Franklin at UFC 103. Silva and Belfort feature at number
Fedor Is Not Top 3 P4P
When we talk Pound for Pound “P4P” it refers to who currently are the best fighters on this planet regardless of weight, and never has a topic been so heavily debated in MMA as who should be ranked where in the P4P discussion. Nothing has been bugging me more than people clinging to one of the greatest fighters from Pride that hasn’t appeared in the UFC Fedor Emelianenko, and blindly ranking him number 1 on the P4P list as a way to keep Pride alive in some
Cain Velasquez has a date with Junior Dos Santos, and Jake Shields — God help us — is still likely to face the…
Let me just start by saying I have nothing against the Post-TUF era fans. I love and embrace the casual fans, they
(“Wrestling should be a means to an end…You should be taking guys down so you can ground-and-pound the…
Ever since UFC 12 February 1997 Weight Divisions where apply to Mix Martial Arts. With the emerge of this weight class divisions competition started getting more fair to MMA fighters.
No longer bigger fighters would used their advantages on their opponents (even if Royce Gracie didn’t need it to win the first 3 UFC events) the creation of this, made the sport look more legit and human reasonable.
Years past and fighters start to rise in each division, Champions emerge and contenders line up on the