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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”), [+] Nick Diaz Didn’t “Retire” BJ Penn: So first of all, let’s assume that BJ Penn’s decision to retire at UFC 137 actually holds up. Considering that it seemed to be a spur-of-the-moment decision based upon the result of the fight, as well as [+] MMA Roundup: GSP, Silva-Sonnen, Nam Phan: Silly you. Were you under the impression that the unprecedented number of injuries among UFC main event and co-main event fighters had slowed down a bit? That the fans and fighters alike were finally catching a break? [+] Sorry Dana, Frankie Edgar’s Not #2 Pound-for-Pound: Every now and then, Dana White makes a proclamation of where a fighter should stand in the MMA rankings, and we are all apparently supposed to just observe said proclamation as fact. If you don’t remember any [+] UFC Fight Night 25 Parting Shots: Two Jakes entered the cage, but only one could win on Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night 25 (or if you prefer, “Battle on the Bayou”). On this night, Jake Ellenberger prevailed, giving Jake Shields his second straight [+] More Important: The Sport or “The Game”?: At a press conference yesterday that Nick Diaz no-showed, UFC President Dana White announced that Diaz would not be taking on welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre at UFC 137. Instead, we’ll be seeing Carlos Condit take on [+] Fightmania August Rankings: Bookended by UFC pay-per-views that featured eight combined finishes out of ten main card fights, August gave MMA fans plenty to be excited about. We also got to see Pat Curran shock Marlon Sandro in Bellator, [+] MMA Roundup: MMA Okay in NY, Sonnen Back Soon?: Why are these ladies so excited? Because we’re likely to get some MMA in New York! Our lead story to discuss in this edition of MMA Roundup is that MMA has finally been legalized in [+] UFC 129 Parting Shots: It’s been a week since UFC 129, which featured not only two successful title defenses, but the (presumably) final fight of Randy Couture, a UFC Hall of Famer and legend of the sport. There’s been some [+]