It’s been long overdue, but we finally have a Facebook page!

Fightmatrix.com on Facebook

Notable Info

• Rankings update display effects from recent WEC, Shooto, GCM, TFC, and other shows.

Notable Info

• Most shows from this weekend have been added, including those from UFC, UWC, M-1, Ring of Combat, and others.
• We have also done some minor division re-alignment to better handle results from organizations using non-standard weights in their bouts.

As a result of the above changes, there will be fluctuations resulting in fighters moving divisions, especially in Featherweight and Bantamweight.

Notable Info

* Rankings updated with effects from recent shows from PalaceFC, UFC, and others.

The new look of Fightmatrix.com is just the first of many improvements we will be making in 2009!  Please bear with us as we iron out the minor kinks in the new site, and let us know in our forum what you think of the new design!

Numerous sources have put out the headline: Affliction show #2 postponed.  Apparently, the show has been delayed until January and moved from Las Vegas to Anaheim.  Only time will tell if the show comes off at all.  Thoughts?

This is how UFC 86 stacks up.  I will extend a word of caution for anyone looking to wager on Cote, as Almeida’s ranking is still volatile due to the fact he is only one fight off of a long bout of inactivity.  He still needs to once again prove himself against a good opponent and has his chance to do so here.

UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
[#1] Quinton Jackson vs. [#4] Forrest Griffin

Middleweight
[#18] Patrick Cote vs. [#91] Ricardo Almeida

Lightweight
[#21] Joe Stevenson vs. [#60] Gleison Tibau

Welterweight
[#5] Josh Koscheck vs. [#36] Chris Lytle

Lightweight
[#14] Marcus Aurelio vs. [#15] Tyson Griffin

Heavyweight
[#7] Gabriel Gonzaga vs. [NR] Justin McCully

Lightweight
[#108] Jorge Gurgel vs. [#122] Cole Miller

Lightweight
[#121] Melvin Guillard vs. [#159] Dennis Siver

Lightweight
[*] Justin Buchholz vs. [*] Corey Hill

Ranking Note: Gray font represents an approximate ranking. An asterisk represents a fighter who is ranked, but too low for an approximation. These two scenarios will clear up slightly as we move forward. “NR” means the fighter is not ranked, due to inactivity, or due to a rating that is at or below the default starter rating.

Since this is such a large event, we figured we would air our predictions out there for all to see.  As a statistical based site, we’re going to analyze this based more on statistics and trends versus style analysis.  So, enjoy!

+1


Light Heavyweight
[#7] Sokoudjou vs. [#17] Kazuhiro Nakamura

FightMatrix Comments: Kind of disappointed this didn’t make the main card (per Wikipedia).  Statistically, these two are hard to get a read on.  Nakamura tends to lose decisively against top-notch competition, but win decisively versus the rest.  Sokoudjou on the other hand, took the scene by storm with two dominant wins over two Top 10 Light Heavyweights, before putting on an embarrassing performance against Machida.  Some would like to say those wins against Nogueira and Arona are flukes, but we’re not foolish enough to dismiss two back-to-back quality wins.  Sokoudjou regroups and batters Nakamura for the stoppage.  Sokoudjou wins by (T)KO



Main Card

Keep Reading

Did you know they have Mixed Martial Arts in New Zealand?

 I did not, until I discovered this great site!  Check out www.newzealandmma.com!

We would like to thank our readers Rabbit, IcyB, and GaryMac for helping us out with the Unknown Division fighter list, as well as making other contributions to improve the accuracy of our rankings.

You too can be a FightMatrix.com contributor!  Leave us a message in our forum if you would like to help us out!

If you are a MySpace.com user as well as a fight fan, please add us to your friends list!

http://www.myspace.com/combatsport

Love our rankings?

Hate our rankings?

Wondering why your favorite fighter is not ranked?

Want to help us out with the unknown weight division fighters?

Now you can do all that, and more, by posting in our new discussion forums!

Please leave us some feedback – we appreciate it!

An early version of the FAQ page is now available with answers to commonly asked questions, along with contact information for the site operators.  Please visit the page by clicking here, or by clicking the “FAQ” link in the right frame.