MMA Rankings, Records, Statistics

Posted on January 29, 2015 by oleg

UFC 183: The return of Anderson Silva!  Does anything else need to be said about this card?  Frankly I would buy this Pay-Per-View for the main event alone.   However I will stick to one of the ground rules I laid out when starting the ‘Bang for Your Buck‘ series: $25 is the ceiling for any […]

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Posted on January 22, 2015 by oleg

Good news, fight fans!  This weekend’s UFC on FOX 14, live from Stockholm Sweden, will be broadcast on the Fox network (as if that wasn’t clear from the title…).  That means this event is free – free as in free beer, no PPV cost, no need to estimate the cable prices or Fight Pass subscription rates.  Any US […]

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Posted on January 22, 2015 by jcs

Light Heavyweight (205) [#3] Anthony Johnson (18-4-0, +185) vs. [#6] Alexander Gustafsson (16-2-0, -232) Alexander Gustafsson is the All-Time #19 ranked Light Heavyweight fighter. Last 3 Fights: Anthony Johnson (3-0-0) 2014-07-26: W vs. [#12LHW] Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (21-6-0) via KO (Punches) in 0:44 of round 1 2014-04-26: W vs. [#5LHW] Phil Davis (13-2-0) via UD […]

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Posted on January 15, 2015 by oleg

My original intent for the ‘Bang for Your Buck’ series was to analyze upcoming UFC PPV events to determine whether the fight card is worth the asking price.  However, even before I was done writing the first installment in this series (UFC 182), it became readily apparent that most events will not meet this threshold.  A part of […]

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Posted on January 14, 2015 by jcs

Featherweight (145) [#7] Conor McGregor (16-2-0) vs. [#19] Dennis Siver (22-9-0) Last 3 Fights: Conor McGregor (3-0-0) 2014-09-27: W vs. [#18FW] Dustin Poirier (16-4-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:46 of round 1 2014-07-19: W vs. [#52FW] Diego Brandao (18-10-0) via TKO (Punches) in 4:05 of round 1 2013-08-17: W vs. [#15FW] Max Holloway (11-3-0) via […]

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Posted on January 2, 2015 by oleg

Happy New Year, readers! It’s 2015, and after a somewhat lackluster year in MMA, UFC closed out 2014 with a bang, following up one of the better cards of the year in UFC 181 with an equally solid Fox event.  2015 also looks to be starting off on the right note, with four events slated […]

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Posted on December 30, 2014 by jcs

Light Heavyweight Championship (205) [#1/#4DD/#1P4P] Jon Jones (20-1-0, -164) vs. [#2/#10P4P] Daniel Cormier (15-0-0, +136) Jon Jones is the All-Time #1 ranked Light Heavyweight and #6 ranked Absolute fighter. Last 3 Fights: Jon Jones (3-0-0) 2014-04-26: W vs. [#8LHW] Glover Teixeira (22-4-0) via UD (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) 2013-09-21: W vs. [#6LHW] Alexander Gustafsson (16-2-0) via […]

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Posted on December 26, 2014 by jcs

Lightweight (155) [#82] Satoru Kitaoka (34-13-9) vs. [#89] Yoshiyuki Yoshida (17-6-0) Last 3 Fights: Satoru Kitaoka (2-1-0) 2014-10-05: W vs. [#381LW] Richie Whitson (12-6-0) via UD () 2014-04-29: W vs. [#228LW] Naoto Miyazaki (11-3-3) via UD () 2013-12-31: L vs. [#74LW] Ramazan Esenbaev (7-1-1) via KO (Punches) in 0:19 of round 2 Last 3 Fights: […]

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Posted on December 16, 2014 by jcs

Middleweight (185) [#2/#9DD] Lyoto Machida (21-5-0, -636) vs. [#12] C.B. Dollaway (15-5-0, +453) Lyoto Machida is the All-Time #13 ranked Absolute fighter. Last 3 Fights: Lyoto Machida (2-1-0) 2014-07-05: L vs. [#1MW/#1DD/#4P4P] Chris Weidman (12-0-0) via UD (49-45, 48-47, 49-46) 2014-02-15: W vs. [#8MW] Gegard Mousasi (35-5-2) via UD (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) 2013-10-26: W vs. […]

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Posted on December 13, 2014 by jcs

Heavyweight (243) [#3] Junior dos Santos (16-3-0, 242.0lb, -404) vs. [#9] Stipe Miocic (12-1-0, 243.0lb, +318) Junior dos Santos is the All-Time #4 ranked Heavyweight and #20 ranked Absolute fighter. Last 3 Fights: Junior dos Santos (1-2-0) 2013-10-19: L vs. [#1HW+/#2DD/#3P4P] Cain Velasquez (13-1-0) via TKO (Slam and Punch) in 3:09 of round 5 2013-05-25: […]

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