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Fightmania December Rankings: December saw two high-profile fights between number one ranked UFC champions and their challengers, with much different results. While Benson Henderson cemented his previously-debated status as the top dog at 155 pounds, Junior dos Santos had a [+] UFC on Fox 5 Parting Shots: Benson Henderson not only defeated Nate Diaz last Saturday night, but he did so soundly. There was no controversy to be had in this title defense, which is good for multiple reasons, not the least of which [+] Fightmania August Rankings: August was a month full of controversy. It began innocently enough, with a Fox-aired event that featured a decent cast and high quality fights. Soon after, though, Ben Henderson’s close decision win over Frankie Edgar got fans, [+] MMA Roundup: UFC 151, Bellator, Sylvia vs. Arlovski 4: On a usual week, I’d be submitting my preview for UFC 151, but the last couple of weeks have been anything but “usual”, haven’t they? While the topic of UFC 151 has officially just about been done [+] Thursday Throwdown: Medical Suspensions, Jon Jones, Bad Drivers: When your website covers a sport where major events only happen a couple times per month, but you have to keep the front page freshly-stocked with content, you end up having to make news out of things [+] UFC on Fox 4 Parting Shots: The major storyline of UFC on Fox 4 was that four light heavyweights had a chance to impress the brass enough in a very subjective competition to earn a title shot against Jon Jones- er, sorry- “the [+] 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 [+]