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2011 In Review: Year-End Awards: In the first part of my look back at 2011, we talked about the biggest stories of the year in MMA. Now, we’ll hand out some awards in the categories we’ve all come to know and love. [+] The List: Top Ten TUF Coach Fights: So, we are now through with the fourteenth season of The Ultimate Fighter, and that got me thinking: we all know some obvious choices for the best TUF finalist bouts (say it with me: “Griffin vs. Bonnar”), [+] Fightmania November Rankings: November was a pretty tumultuous month rankings-wise, as not one, not two, but four top five fighters lost inside the month. Cain Velasquez, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Eddie Alvarez and Brian Bowles experienced defeat, even if only three [+] UFC 139 Parting Shots: UFC 139 may have been the best card of the year top to bottom, with highlight reel finishes to spare as well as a contender for fight of the year in the main event. I’ve already questioned [+] UFC 139 Post-Fight Press Conference (Video): Here’s the full UFC 139 post-fight press conference. Following Fighters were awarded $70,000 bonuses: Fight of the Night: Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le and Mauricio Rua vs. Dan Henderson Knockout of the Night: Michael McDonald Submission of the Night: Urijah Faber [+] A Great Fight Spoiled: An old quote often attributed to Mark Twain says that “golf is a good walk spoiled”. Well, the judges spoiled an absolutely great fight on Saturday night by failing to make use of the criminally underutilized 10-8 [+] UFC 139 Preview: Another week, another UFC…though the UFC 139 card is definitely no hum-drum affair, with quality bouts to be expected throughout the night. Let’s take a look at the five main card fights which will be aired live [+] Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson Parting Shots: Okay, it’s been 6 days since Strikeforce’s latest card, which nowadays equals about 2 years in MMA time. I get it, everyone has moved on to this weekend’s UFC event already. But allow me the [+] Fightmania July Rankings: Another month has passed, and a bit of a slow month for MMA has nonetheless made for some changes in the rankings. Dominick Cruz kicked off the month with a solid title defense against Urijah Faber, [+] Hendo Defeats Fedor in First Round: Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson lived up to its name by, well, featuring a bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Dan Henderson. That aside, you got to witness either the thrill of one of the best fighters in [+]