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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. [+] 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 [+] Weekend Review: Fedor-Monson, Bellator, Strikeforce: To say that this past weekend was a big one for MMA is a massive understatement. Besides UFC 139 (Parting Shots coming tomorrow, by the way), we had Fedor Emelianenko’s first fight since leaving Strikeforce, another installment [+] Fedor Emelianenko vs. Jeff Monson – Full Fight (Video): Here’s the full fight video of Fedor ‘The Last Emperor’ Emelianenko vs. Jeff ‘The Snowman’ Monson at the M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson event that took place on November 20, 2011 at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia. [+] Fightmania Mailbag: Cain-JDS, Emelianenko brothers: It’s been too long, my friends, and now we will finally have another edition of the mailbag with topics including last week’s UFC debut on Fox, Fedor’s post-Strikeforce career and more. We’ll get started with a couple [+] Anderson Silva: The Best Ever: Predictably enough, a violent sport like mixed martial arts attracts some pretty volatile, passionate fans. That’s great in most cases, and part of the reason that the sport has survived is because of MMA nerds like [+] 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 [+]