In looking back at the decade, I can’t think of another sport that grew so big quicker than MMA. In the United States, the UFC became a household name by the end of the decade. In Japan, MMA has dominated sports culture and shattered ratings records over the last ten years. While thousands have competed in MMA, only a handful have single handedly made an impact. Today I look back at the MMA Fighter of the Decade.

I can’t ever imagine another decade where MMA will experience the kind of growth that it experienced in the last ten years. The UFC came to pay-per-view here in the United States simply as a vehicle to promote Royce Gracie and Gracie BJJ. As we finish the decade, the “barbaric” events that created the UFC have morphed into a sport featuring Olympic and championship athletes from all over the world.

How do you come up with one MMA Fighter of the Decade? I based my decision on a variety of factors. The first factor would be success. It would be ridiculous to give this award to someone with a subpar record, no matter how big of a star he may be. Two, I look at the quality of opponents. There are some guys that step up and face the best, while there are others who do the best they can to avoid the competition. Third, I look at longevity. As impressive as Brock Lesnar is, he has had four fights in the UFC, and has only fought once in 2009. Four, I look at the impact of the fighter and how well they drew as an entertainer and box office attraction. Finally, I look at reputation and how the fighter is perceived in the world of MMA.

MMA Fighter of the Decade – Fedor Emelianenko

In doing the research for this blog, I put all of the obvious names on paper. The obvious names are Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, Anderson Silva, Georges St. Pierre, BJ Penn, Royce Gracie, and of course Fedor. The more research I did, the more Fedor just kept blowing these guys away in all of the criteria. By the time I was finished with my research, Fedor ran away with this award. Let’s break down all of the factors and see why Fedor Emelianenko is the MMA Fighter of the Decade.

1 – Success. Fedor has only lost one match in the entire decade. As a matter of a fact, the only loss Fedor suffered came at the end of the year 2000. He hasn’t lost a match in nine years. His overall record is 31-1-1. He fights an average of just under three fights a year, which is a lot in an era where most of the UFC champions fight 1-2 times a year. He has 24 fights that ended by either submission or knockout. There is no other fighter that even comes close to Fedor’s MMA record over the last decade.

2 – Quality of Opponents. Fedor is not a guy that won 31 fights over tomato cans. When Fedor finally made the jump from Rings to Pride, he fought top-level competition right off the bat. He has wins over four former UFC heavyweight champions. He has three wins over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (when he was considered arguably the best fighter in the world), as well as wins over Semmy Schilt, Mark Coleman, Kevin Randleman, Ricardo Arona, Mirko Cro Cop (when he was considered unbeatable), Tim Sylvia, Andrei Arlovski, Matt Lindland, and Mark Hunt just to name a few. He fought most of those guys in their primes. There is no other UFC or MMA fighter that has the same number of quality wins overt he course of ten years that Fedor has. Not even close.

3 – Longevity. Fedor has been fighting for the entire decade. There were some years where he fought five times in one year. UFC president Dana White has criticized Fedor for not fighting frequently over the last few years. However, he has fought the same or more times than almost all of the top UFC fighters have over the last few years. In Pride, he fought 3-5 times a year. Just think for a second about how impressive it is to fight five times in one year! Randy Couture only fought more than twice a year once in 2000 and he is regareded as an MMA legend. Chuck Liddell never fought more than three times in one year. Fedor was a machine for most of the decade.

4 – MMA Impact. This is the only category where Fedor loses to anyone and that would be Chuck Liddell. Fedor was a ratings machine during most of the decade in Japan and some international markets. In the United States, Fedor has been a huge disappointment on pay-per-view and television. He had modest success with Strikeforce depending upon how you judge his CBS ratings. The chances are pretty good that Fedor could walk into a local gas station and nobody would know who he is, whereas Chuck Liddell is a mainstream celebrity. If the criteria were even all of the way for Fedor and Chuck, than Chuck would win based on the impact he had in MMA. Unfortunately, Chuck’s record and his slide over the last few years preclude that from happening. At the same time, Fedor was a megastar in Japan but those days are behind him.

As you can tell, this was really an race between Fedor and Chuck Liddell. While other fighters like Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz have had huge impacts on MMA over the decade, their records completely discount them from consideration. Couture was 23-8 and only beat one high-quality opponent in Chuck Liddell. I think Randy’s stature in the MMA world is more hype than fact. Tito hasn’t beaten anyone in years, unless you count an inexperienced Forrest Griffin three years ago as a huge win. There is no denying that Fedor has eclipsed all of the MMA heavy hitters in terms of big opponents and big matches.

I also think it wouldn’t be fair to write an article about the best MMA fighter of the decade without mentioning BJ Penn. Penn won championships in two different weight classes in the UFC. Penn has been one of the most dominant fighters in his division over the decade. It is arguable that if not for Penn himself, he may have run the table and went undefeated over the decade. Penn’s implosions kept him from reaching his potential until the end of the decade. Unfortunately those implosions came during the two biggest fights in Penn’s career. My suspicion is that if Penn could have pulled off those wins over GSP and Matt Hughes, we may be talking about BJ Penn as the Fighter of the Decade.

I don’t think there will be another fighter to dominate a decade like Fedor did. BJ Penn has a shot over the next ten years, but he has to win a  few Super Fights to be considered. Sure, there will be guys like Brock Lesnar that may fight once or twice a year but I don’t know if he will ever have the consistent level of competition that Fedor had in Pride FC. I can’t ever envision  a fighter that fights and beats high-quality opponents five times a year the way Fedor did a few times over the last decade. Dana White can make fun of Fedor all day, but nobody in the UFC has ever accomplished what Fedor has been able to do in MMA over an entire decade.

Fedor Emelianenko is truly the MMA Fighter of the Decade.

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Some of us still have to wait another week to open our holiday gifts. UFC fighter Frank Mir got his gift a week early. The former UFC heavyweight champion has agreed to fight for the interim title at UFC 111. Mir will meet Shane Carwin in a match to determine the UFC heavyweight interim champion in Newark, NJ this March.

I don’t have a doubt in my mind that Mir’s impressive fight at UFC 107 against Cheick Kongo motivated Dana White’s decision to make the interim title fight. Not only was Mir’s 72 second win over Kongo impressive, his interviews before and after the fight put him right back in the limelight. Dana White is anything but a dummy and moved fast to capitalize on Mir’s relevance. This will be Mir’s first crack at the title since losing the belt to Brock Lesnar back in July at UFC 100.

I give Shane Carwin a ton of credit for his patience over the last few months. He went from training to fight Brock Lesnar in September to the fight being delayed, to his own surgery, and now to having a brand new opponent. I also give Dana White a ton of credit for keeping Carwin in the title mix after promising him the match. Carwin’s ranking as a number one contender in the heavyweight division is very dubious. Many skeptics feel that Carwin got the fight for reasons other than his record. While Carwin is undefeated, he doesn’t have the big win that generally gets someone a title match in the UFC.

The fight will be added to UFC 111 and will be billed as a co-main event to headline alongside of Georges St. Pierre defending his UFC welterweight title against Dan Hardy. Ironically, GSP and Frank Mir co-main event once again after co-headlining the most successful UFC show in history, UFC 100. Thiago Alves is also slated to return on the show. Looking at the UFC schedule over the next several months, it is possible that the UFC could jack this show up with a Rampage Evans-Rashad Evans grudge match to take advantage of the close proximity to the New York market.

The big news here is that the UFC has finally moved on from Brock Lesnar after months of speculation. Dana White said over the weekend that he would give Lesnar up to six weeks to get healthy before he moved to an interim title fight. Lesnar’s camp has recently stated that Brock was doing well. White must not have been convinced otherwise he would have never made this fight. White has been extremely patient with Lesnar who hasn’t fought since July. This will only add further fuel to the speculation that Brock Lesnar is done fighting. It will be very interesting to see what kind of response comes from the Brock Lesnar camp.

All in all I think this has the potential to be a great fight. These are two of the most explosive fighters in all of MMA. Carwin has never been past the first round, while Mir has only fought once past the second round. Carwin is about as much of a Brock Lesnar clone as Frank Mir will ever fight in MMA. Should Lesnar comeback at some point in 2010, a fight against the winner would do tremendous business no matter who wins this fight. In the meantime, both Carwin and Mir are big talkers and the pre-fight hype should be a lot of fun. Get ready for some early fireworks, lots of hype, and a whole lot of tension leading up to UFC 111.

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The UFC rebounded after several disappointing shows with a great closeout to 2009. UFC 107 lived up the hype with decisive finishes, great fights, lots of blood, and dominant performances. BJ Penn and Frank Mir both looked tremendous in their wins at UFC 107. Unlike recent UFC shows, there were no questionable decisions…just questionable futures.

BJ Penn continued to look better and better as he put on a clinic against Diego Sanchez. I thought the fight would be closer, but BJ dominated the fight from the start to the finish. BJ almost finished the fight early in the first round after a vicious upper cut. Diego survived and kept coming for four more rounds. In the fifth round, BJ landed a great high kick to the Sanchez’s head which opened up a nasty cut. Penn opened the cut up more with punches until the fight was stopped due to the severity of the cut. Regardless, Sanchez would have lost as Penn dominated all five rounds.

Frank Mir talked a lot of trash on Cheick Kongo before the fight. I don’t know if there is anyone other than Tito Ortiz in the UFC that is better at selling a fight than Mir. Kongo felt disrespected going into the fight, refusing to do the traditional stand-off at the weigh in. Mir predicted he would put Kongo to sleep, and that he did. The new bulked up Mir landed a great left and followed up with a guillotine to put Kongo out cold in a little over one minute in Round 1. It was one of the most impressive performances in a high profile match I have seen in a long time in the UFC.

It is only right to start talking about the futures of both Penn and Mir following UFC 107. Let’s start with Penn. There is nobody left in the lightweight division that looks remotely exciting against Penn on paper. Tyson Griffin is a name thrown around a lot lately, but I don’t think anyone is excited about a Penn-Griffin match. Penn made Kenny Florian look like such a joke, that a rematch would be less appealing than their first bout.

BJ Penn has made it known that he wants a rematch with Georges St. Pierre. GSP won’t be fighting again until March. Penn will have to have at least one more fight before the GSP rematch becomes a reality. Until then, I don’t know who you match Penn up with to give the fans an exciting fight.

Frank Mir’s future is also a big question and it all comes down to Brock Lesnar. There are still conflicting reports as to Lesnar’s health. Lesnar’s camp says he is coming around, while Dana White said that he has seen no evidence to confirm that. White has stated said that if Lesnar is still in doubt after the next 30-45 days that the division would move on without him. Regardless, Lesnar already has a match scheduled with Shane Carwin if he comes back in the next few months. Should Lesnar not come back, Cain Velasquez and Carwin would fight for an interim title with the winner likely fighting against Lesnar. Either way, Frank Mir looks like the odd man out.

After Mir’s dominant performance over Kongo, I am starting to think that the UFC’s inability to sign Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brock Lesnar may have turned out to be a blessing in disguise. As huge as that fight would be, Mir vs. Lesnar III will shatter MMA records. These two already have the best rivalry in combat sports, and Mir’s decisive win only adds fuel to that fire. Mir has never stopped talking about Lesnar and has been marketing the trilogy since the UFC 100 post-show press conference. Ironically, Lesnar’s controversial post-fight confrontation with Mir may wind up producing the biggest gate in MMA history. My advice should Lesnar be ready to fight again is to make this fight Lesnar’s next fight.

I know that Dana has already promised Shane Carwin the fight, but Dana White has broken fight agreements in the past. Is it fair to Carwin? No, but he did something very similar to Dan Henderson after Vitor Belfort beat Rich Franklin. There are rumblings of a July UFC event at Comiskey Park in Boston, MA. Sit Mir until the fight, because this fight falls apart the second Mir loses. Make Carwin vs. Velasquez and give them the winner of the Mir-Lesnar fight. There is too much money on the table to risk doing anything else but making Mi vs. Lesnar each other’s next fight. Like Mir, the fight would mean a hell of a lot less if Lesnar loses his next fight. Mir-Lesnar III won’t reach Pacquiao-Mayweather numbers, but they will be a lot more respectable than anything else on the UFC horizon.

Either way, the UFC has two huge money matches on the table for 2010. Georges St. Pierre vs. BJ Penn and Frank Mir vs. Brock Lesnar in addition to Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort, Rampage Jackson vs. Rashad Evans, and Lyoto Machida vs. Shogun Rua II puts the UFC in a great position to turn around their recent slump of disappointing events. Unfortunately when it comes to the MMA game, these fights could slip through their hands as soon as they get them if Mir, Penn, Lesnar, or St. Pierre are upset before the matches are made. It would take a lot of luck to keep these guys undefeated throughout the year before making these matches. You already get the feeling that by the end of UFC 107 that UFC 2010 is a volcano ready to explode.

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The UFC ended 2008 and entered 2009 with a ton of hot fights on the horizon. The UFC really hit its stride in the spring and summer featuring one super fight after another. Unfortunately, injuries and illness bit the UFC hard and the biggest company in MMA is struggling to close out the year. However, the UFC has announced several big fights and returns for early 2010 over the last few weeks that should get all MMA fans excited for 2010.

Lost in all of the news over the last several weeks had been the UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre. Mysterious injuries and illnesses to other UFC champions have put St. Pierre in the back of the minds of most fans. Finally, it looks like the UFC has a return date in mind for GSP. FanHouse.com is reporting that GSP will defend the UFC middleweight title against Dan Hardy at UFC 111 in March 2010.

It seems like it was just yesterday that GSP was walking into the octagon to fight Thiago Alves at UFC 100. The fight was yet another dominant performance by arguably the most underrated MMA fighter of the decade. Yet, the memorable moment of the fight came between rounds. In between rounds, GSP told his corner that he thought he tore his groin. He was right, yet he continued the fight and continued to dominate Alves with a torn groin. The guy is a warrior and I am very excited for his return to the octagon.

Also this past week, UFC 110 got a huge boost. Antonio Rodridgo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez is back on after being canceled due to an illness to Nogueira. MMAJunkie.com is reporting that these two heavyweights will meet at UFC 110 in Australia to determine the top contender to the Lesnar vs. Carwin winner. Nogueira is a legend from the Pride FC era, and has been hampered by staph infections during his tenure in the UFC. Nogueira rebounded from a bad loss to Frank Mir with an impressive win over Randy Couture back in August and looked back to form. MMA fans are excited to see more of the Minotauro who dominated Pride FC for several years.

I think the bigger news from this report is what isn’t being said. Nobody is reporting that this would be a match for the UFC heavyweight title. What this tells me is that Brock Lesnar is expected to make a full recovery. By using GSP as an example, Dana White let GSP sit out 10 months and did not strip him of the UFC welterweight title. I am going to assume that Dana White would show Brock Lesnar the same courtesy. Unless something is said over the next few weeks, I am going to hope for the better and assume that Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin will be back on in either March or April depending upon his recovery.

Wanderlei Silva will make his long awaited return to the octagon in 2010. Silva will meet polarizing UFC star, Michael Bisping at UFC 110 in Australia. It is amazing as to how many international fights Bisping gets isn’t it? Combined with Nogueira-Velasquez, this is shaping up to be the first super-show of 2010. While Silva has had a disappointing record since entering the UFC, his fights have been anything but disappointing. Bisping will need this win to earn back a lot of the credibility that he lost after being embarrassed by Dan Henderson at UFC 100.

The UFC didn’t want to waste any time with a Lyoto Machida-Shogun Rua rematch. Dana White tried to line it up for New Year’s weekend. Unfortunately, an injury to Machida required surgery and the fight has been put on hold. The good news is that all reports indicate that Machida will be ready to fight sometime in the first quarter of 2010. As of this writing, this will be the first mega super-fight I expect that will come out of the UFC in 2010. While it has taken years to see some rematches in the UFC, it is nice to know that this one is still coming in the near future.

Finally, a huge story that got buried in the Ortiz-Griffin fallout is the impending return of former UFC champion, Rampage Jackson. Jackson agreed to fight Rashad Evans in December as part of the deal for participating in The Ultimate Fighter. Rampage crushed those plans when he abruptly announced his retirement from MMA and his new career in the movies. While most journalists speculated that Jackson would come back, it was looking less likely the more he blogged and talked trash on the UFC and Dana White. Well, Dana White dropped an interesting tidbit at a UFC 106 press conference.

White talked a bit about an upcoming bout between current TUF coach Rashad Evans and Thiago Alves in January. “Rashad has a fight with Thiago Silva in January,” White said. “If Rashad is able to get out that with a win he’ll fight Rampage next.” So apparently, Dana White is expecting Rampage Jackson to return. I have no idea why Evans would need to beat Alves to get the match, and quite frankly I don’t think he will have to when it’s all said and done. The idea of finally getting that Rampage-Rashad grudge match already has me excited. Regardless of what you think of Rampage as a coach on TUF, he has done a better job of anyone other than Ken Shamrock of selling his fight on the show. The fight has the potential to shatter records previously set at UFC 100.

So, as we wind down 2009, the UFC won’t be going out with the usual year-end bangs that fans have been used to watching. But the good news is that we won’t have to wait long to see the UFC start churning out some big fights and some big stars. It looks like things will start to come full circle in the UFC starting in mid-February. The impending returns of GSP, Minotauro, Rampage Jackson, Wanderlei Silva, and possibly Brock Lesnar is enough to make any MMA fan forget about the slow close to 2009 for the UFC.

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UFC 100 saw Brock Lesnar silence his doubters including myself. Lesnar destroyed Frank Mir via knockout. Not only did Lesnar hand Mir a loss, but he also rearranged his face by the end of the fight.

I remember as a kid hearing other kids say they would rearrange the others face before a fight. Brock Lesnar literally rearranged Frank Mir’s face. Mir looked like he had been hit multiple times by a baseball bat. The bat happened to be the hands of Brock Lesnar.

I had this one all wrong. I thought Mir would take him out with a submission early or even stand up with him. Lesnar took Mir down early in the first round. Lesnar had Mir trapped with an arm locked and a face open. Lesnar just unloaded on a helpless Mir for more of the round.

Mir’s face already looked like a wreck going into Round 2. Mir went for broke and tried to stand up with Lesnar. The two went down and once again Mir was trapped. Lesnar used his power to dominate Mir against the cage. Lesnar punched Mir’s face until he knocked him out.

The action continued after the fight. Even the most bitter rivals hug after a fight understanding that hype=money. Not Brock Lesnar. Lesnar immediately got in Mir’s face and said, “talk your sh*t now!” Lesnar had to be pulled away by several security guards. Was this classless or an ex-pro wrestler working a gimmick? Either Brock is the most sensitive massive fighter I have ever seen or he is selling the trilogy.

Lesnar wasn’t the only champion to dominate at UFC 100. Georges St. Pierre put on a clinic St. Pierre owned Thiago Alves with ground and pound game for five rounds. Even more impressive, St. Pierre told his corner before the fifth round that he felt he had torn his groin. St. Pierre won the following round with the injury.

Dan Henderson silenced any of his own doubters with his best UFC performance yet. Henderson knocked out Michael Bisping in Round 2. Henderson followed the knock out with a flying punch to the face. Henderson admitted in the post-interview that he knew Bisping was out when he threw the punch. Hendo proudly admitted to throwing the extra punch because of Bisping’s mouth.

It should be pointed out that Renato Sobral got fired for pulling something similar at UFC 74. Babalu refused to release a choke off of David Heath  after the match was officially over. In all fairness the ref did not immediately stop Henderson’s fight until after Hendo landed the second punch. Henderson continued to joke about the cheap shot on Bisping at the press conference. Henderson is swimming in dangerous territory with this one whether you like Bisping or not.

For Lesnar, the big money lays with a Mir rematch. The heavyweight division is rather weak on paper. I can’t see anyone other than Mir giving Lesnar any kind of competition. Let’s face it, UFC needs to get Fedor in here immediately. There is nothing bigger on the horizon in the division other than a Fedor-Lesnar Dream Match.

Dana White agrees and talked about it at the post-fight press conference. “Eventually Fedor is going to be here,” White said. “I want Fedor. We’ll end up getting that deal done and then we’ll do Brock vs. Fedor and we’ll do a huge fight.”

Hallelujah!

St. Pierre has less competition than Lesnar. There is nobody currently in the welterweight division that is going to handle St. Pierre’s ground game. Mike Swick looks to be the next victim. St. Pierre was asked about fighting Anderson Silva after the fight. He didn’t sound very keen on it. At this point, it is going to have take someone having a lucky night to dethrone the welterweight champion.

Henderson will undoubtedly reap the rewards of last night. He is very popular with UFC fans right now. Henderson should get a rematch with Anderson Silva by the end of the year. If Hendo can do the unthinkable, he ccould reach Couture-level status. Henderson is the only guy to win a round from Anderson Silva in UFC. He is fully capable of pulling off an upset.

Overall I thought it was a tremendous event. UFC 100 definitely delivered the hype. I loved the format of the show. You had main-events starting with the second match of the night. It felt like the Super Bowl of UFC shows by the middle of the St. Pierre-Alves fight. For those that haven’t see the show, I highly recommend ordering the replay.

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UFC will celebrate 100 shows with a stacked card. Ultimate Fighting Championship 100 will be headlined by one of the most anticipated rematches in UFC history.

UFC 100 features two main-events, although one is stealing all of the headlines. The rematch between Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar will decide an undisputed UFC heavyweight champion and end a year long grudge.

The first time these two met at UFC 81 I predicted this one to a tee. I looked at Frank Mir’s extensive background and experience as opposed to the inexperienced Brock Lesnar. I assumed Lesnar would be nervous and bull rush Mir. I then correctly predicted that Mir would wait to catch Lesnar and make him tap.

How much has changed since UFC 81? Lesnar has had two fights in UFC since then. Lesnar has gone 2-0 beating Heath Herring and Randy Couture. How impressive is that? I don’t find that impressive at all. As a matter of a fact, I think Lesnar is nothing but hype at this point.

Can Lesnar be a great fighter? I think he can be, but he isn’t an elite fighter as a result of those two wins. I think Lesnar needs more time and needs to beat an elite fighter. Is Randy Couture an elite fighter? Randy was an elite fighter, but I don’t find a win over a 45-year old aging fighter too impressive.

Have Frank Mir’s skills declined since UFC 81? Unlike Lesnar, Mir has only fought once since UFC 81. However, Mir’s one win is more impressive than Lesnar’s two. Mir dominated the great Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and beat him for the interim title. The win was huge and made a statement for Mir. Frank Mir was undoubtedly back!

So what has Lesnar learned in two fights over a year that will make this end differently? In my opinion, I see this one ending exactly the same as the first one. Lesnar is obviously haunted by the first loss. I think Lesnar will be hesitant to bull rush Mir. Mir has the edge in confidence. Mentally, Lesnar may have more to overcome than anything physically in the bout.

I have always felt that rematches favor the previous loser. However, Randy Couture recently made an interesting statement regarding rematches. Couture feels that rematches favor the previous loser. Couture’s thesis is that the loser is going to change his game and show his opponent something new. Frank Mir doesn’t agree with that.

Mir said on the Countdown to UFC 100 show that he feels rematches favor the previous winner. Mir made a great point about the upcoming match. Mir said that Lesnar will be playing catch-up by training his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu defense, while he will be elevating his BJJ knowledge. He makes a very convincing argument and one that Lesnar is going to prove wrong at UFC 100.

Shockingly, the book makers have Mir as an underdog. I am not a betting man, but I would jump all over that one if I were. There is a big question surrounding Mir’s knee he injured a few months back. Regardless, I see this one ending with a Lesnar tap and a Mir win at UFC 100.

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