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Fightmania December Rankings: December exemplified the rest of 2011, meaning that there were plenty of big events, along with some surprising results and dominant performances, too. While some fighters, such as Jon Jones, have a firm grasp on the top [+] 2011 In Review: Biggest MMA Stories: Welcome to part one of my two-part look at the year in mixed martial arts, which will focus on the biggest stories and happenings of the year. On Saturday, we will feature the second part of the [+] MMA Roundup: Dream New Year’s Card, Leben Suspended: There’s been a deluge of MMA news over the past few days, and as a pleasant surprise, much of it has to do with the actual sport itself and not so much the other crap. Dream’s New [+] 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 [+] Fightmania October Rankings: October was a great month not just for the quantity of major MMA shows, but the quality, too. Not only did we have three UFC shows, four Bellator events and dozens of smaller shows, but three titles [+] Fightmania Mailbag: UFC Live 6, Bellator, Dream: With the idle hours before UFC Live 6 takes place on Versus, it seems like a good idea to fix a few oversights in one fell swoop. I didn’t discuss last weekend’s Bellator or Dream events, and [+] Fightmania May Rankings: These last two months haven’t been all that bountiful when it comes to elite mixed martial artists plying their trade. Even when they have, such was the case with Georges St. Pierre, Jose Aldo, Nick Diaz [+] Dream: Fight for Japan Parting Shots: It had been eight long months since our last real Dream event before the aptly-titled “Fight for Japan” show went off successfully this past weekend. Amid the hoopla surrounding UFC 130, Dream was lost in the [+] Fightmania MMA Rankings: March 2011: Another month has gone by, and it’s time to revisit the rankings discussion. This month, the big story was Jon Jones soundly defeating number one light heavyweight Mauricio “Shogun” Rua to win the UFC Light Heavyweight [+] Fightmania February Rankings: February brought plenty of action to MMA fans, including appearances by three of the greatest fighters in the history of the sport so far: Fedor Emelianenko, Anderson Silva, and BJ Penn. The three had vastly different [+]