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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 [+] 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 [+] UFC Rio Parting Shots: Whether or not you think that Anderson Silva has reached a previously unseen plateau with his most recent performance, you’re still likely to agree that the UFC delivered plenty of entertaining moments in their long-awaited return to [+] UFC Rio Preview: UFC Rio is notable for plenty of reasons: it’s the first show that the UFC has done in Brazil since nearly 13 years ago, when Wanderlei Silva was quickly battered in his famous matchup with fellow Brazilian [+] MMA Roundup: Jones-Evans, Nick Diaz boxing, UFC Rio: Three types of people must love MMA trash talking above all others: promoters, MMA website owners and writers. The promoters sell tons of tickets for supposed grudge matches, MMA forums overflow with visitors and well…let’s just [+] 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 [+] UFC 128 Parting Shots: Fightmania will be busy this weekend, as I’ll be previewing the preliminary and main card bouts for tomorrow night’s UFC Fight Night event, as well as providing a live blog covering the fights. There’s also Bellator, [+] MMA’s New Prodigy: As if MMA fans hadn’t already stretched the boundaries of every superlative known to man in their collective attempt to describe the rise of Jon Jones, the man had to go ahead and add “superhero” to the [+]