Countdown To UFC 160 (Video)

UFC 160: Dana White Vlog – Day 1 (Video)

Updated UFC Middleweight Rankings

Champion : Anderson Silva
1 Chris Weidman
2 Vitor Belfort
3 Yushin Okami
4 Michael Bisping
5 Costa Philippou
6 Ronaldo Souza
7 Luke Rockhold
8 Mark Munoz
9 Chael Sonnen
10 Tim Boetsch

IMO Vitor should be over Weidman. OKami is ranked too high & Boetsch beat him. Souza hasn’t done enough & Rockhold the last Strikeforce MW champ beat him. Munoz should be higher. Chael should be much higher if he was still a MW. Carmont is undefeated at 5-0 in UFC.

MY MW ranking are as follows.
1 Vitor Belfort
2 Chris Weidman
3 Michael Bisping
4 Luke Rockhold
5 Mark Munoz
6 Costa Philippou
7 Tim Boetsch
8 Yushin Okami
9 Ronaldo Souza
10 Francis Carmont

Let me hear your opinion. what would your MW rankings be?

UFC on FX 8: Post-Fight Press Conference (Video)

Fight Camp Update: UFC on FX 8

MMA Playground

Nice event last night, there were ups and downs, action, but sometimes it was a little bit slow. First of all, great job by the UFC giving the fight of the night to Martins and Larsen who were on the facebook portion of the card. Personally, I think Masaranduba should have got the sub of the night over Jacare considering that he finished his arm triangle from half guard. Zeferino looked good in the first round, until he began to fade, then Natal just took over the fight. I’m interested to see how Zeferino would have fared with a full training camp, and the UFC may decide to give him another shot in the big show. Dunham vs dos Anjos ended in a very controversial decision for dos Anjos – unanimous, no less. I thought it was a close fight, but in the end, I had Dunham winning the 2nd and 3rd rounds. No octagon jitters for Jacare last night, he went out there and took care of business by dominating Camozzi in every aspect of the fight. Ask most people what they thought about the main event last night, and chances are you will see three letters in succession: T-R-T. It’s kind of upsetting that a guy as talented as Vitor is tarnishing his legacy in this way. Even if what he accomplishes is pure skill, people will always point to the TRT that undermines his hard work and accomplishments. He could go out and beat Anderson Silva tomorrow and there will always be an asterix beside it in the eyes of the fans. On the other hand, it’s sure to do great things for his wallet, and isn’t that why these guys fight in the first place?

$50,000 Bonuses

Fight of the Night: Lucas Martins and Jeremy Larsen
Knockout of the Night: Vitor Belfort
Submission of the Night: Ronaldo Souza

UFC on FX 8 Points

Leading the charge for our camp last night was EllisD1 with a huge 104 points. He was a contender last season, and he greatly redeemed himself from a poor first event – way to bounce back. nomomrnicekyle placed first in our inaugural event, and here he is, holding it down in the 2nd place spot – It’s great to be consistent, but to be consistently great is just scary… Machida949 posts up his biggest score ever on the playground, putting him in 3rd place for this event. Banned2 also posts up his largest score ever, 100 points right on the nose lands him in 4th place. We have a tie for 5th place between bvrasp and lilgunned with the rest of the pack in hot pursuit.

Overall Points

He was last season’s silver medalist, last night’s silver medalist, but in the overall rankings he’s golden – He’s nomomrnicekyle… How does he do it? I bet he’s on TRT. bvrasp is in 2nd place, followed by relative newcomer Hellfirex11 who came up from 5th place to settle into 3rd. Trip_2 was tied for 7th before last night, and he ended up 4th, good deal. botl435 also made big strides, rounding out the top 5 with a leap from 11th place. This season is just getting started, so anyone could come back to win it in the end. Keep the pressure on, stay consistent, and never… EVER… miss an event, mahalo.

UFC on FX 8 Points

1 104 EllisD1
2 103 nomomrnicekyle
3 101 machida949
4 100 Banned2
5 98 bvrasp
5 98 lilgunned
7 97 robnashville
8 95 Hellfirex11
9 94 Tripp_2
10 92 botl435
11 89 chosen141
12 88 way2swayzee7
13 85 chim55
13 85 dan-o1
15 81 bennymma1

UFC on FX Wagers

1 $2,677 way2swayzee7
2 $1,630 Tripp_2
3 $565 EllisD1
4 $540 bvrasp
4 $540 machida949
6 $515 robnashville
6 $515 Hellfirex11
8 $450 chim55
9 $445 dan-o1
10 $375 CallMeCletus
11 $368 brokenbrain
12 $360 RampageisReal
12 $360 gnrsmith
14 $350 RearNakedSmoke
15 $290 bboy0835

Overall Points

1 184 nomomrnicekyle
2 170 bvrasp
3 168 Hellfirex11
4 166 Tripp_2
5 162 botl435
6 161 lilgunned
6 161 way2swayzee7
7 156 Banned2
8 155 robnashville
8 155 bennymma1
9 153 machida949
9 153 Paquet90
10 147 chim55
11 146 EllisD1
12 143 dan-o1
13 139 RampageisReal
14 137 chosen141
14 137 dashamas
15 136 gnrsmith

Overall Wagers

1 $3,779 Tripp_2
2 $3,772 way2swayzee7
3 $2,885 bebop2109
4 $2,697 Banned2
5 $2,104 bvrasp
6 $2,043 brokenbrain
7 $1,935 Hellfirex11
8 $1,923 RearNakedSmoke
9 $1,883 ferdayz
10 $1,830 RampageisReal
11 $1,805 gnrsmith
11 $1,805 chim55
11 $1,805 EllisD1
12 $1,800 machida949
13 $1,686 dashamas
14 $1,680 dan-o1
15 $1,575 bboy0835

Reminder: The heavyweight title is on the line next week, and Mark Hunt squares off with Junior dos Santos! Get those picks up and down…

Dansette