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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 [+] Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal Parting Shots: Another Strikeforce event is in the books, and with a new Showtime deal in place it will apparently be far from the last. It’s only appropriate that the promotion’s best remaining fighter, Gilbert Melendez, led us out [+] Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal Live Blog: Join us tonight at 10:30 ET/9:30 CT for a live blog covering Strikeforce’s “Melendez vs. Masvidal” event. I will be here providing my take on the fights themselves as well as seemingly random observations about everything else [+] Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal Preview: With apologies to Luke Rockhold, Gilbert Melendez is Strikeforce’s last big name champion. His contemporaries, Alistair Overeem, Dan Henderson and Nick Diaz, have already left for the UFC, so fans can be excused for thinking the writing [+] 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 [+] UFC 139: Scott Coker Post-Fight Interview (Video): Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker talks about UFC 139 and the future of Strikeforce. [+] 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 [+] 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 [+]