My Top Five MMA Events Of 2009
by Kelvin Hunt on Dec 28, 2009 2:00 PM EST
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PrintFirstly, this list consists of events that I've seen and granted I wasn't able to watch ever major MMA event that happened this year. Especially the Japanese events since Time Warner Cable pulled the plug on my HDNet. Plus a brother wasn't able to purchase every MMA PPV this year either, but luckily we got a bunch of great MMA for free on Versus, Spike, and Showtime. So without further ado my top 5 events are below, but I had trouble picking my top event of 2009 so I included a poll so yall could help a brother out.
- WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2-A great main event with several very good fights.
- UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson-This was the first event that I can recall that we got to see EVERY fight on the card which was 10 fights. This event featured great KO's, a huge upset, great submissions, and a solid main event.
- Strikeforce: Evolution-Granted, I didn't get to watch 100% of this card. What I did get to see was pretty good. The main event featured a great turn of events with what was a good co-main event fight.
- UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun-We got to see 9 fights overall that featured a very good main event. We got to see good KO's and just overall good competitive fights.
- Affliction: Day Of Reckoning-Well TWC hadn't dropped HDNet at this time, so I was able to watch the prelims there before catching the main event. This event featured great KO's, submissions, and just good fights for the most part.
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Those of you that vote “other”…feel free to list your choice in the comments section..
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I know most will disagree but I thought the Carano/Cyborg card and UFC 96 AND 101 were some really really good cards
101 was mint
"I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch." ~ Ty Cobb
by RearNakedPoke on Dec 29, 2009 5:59 AM EST up reply actions
It was good
Not great IMO…the Shields/Miller fight just killed that one for me…plus..you only got to see 4 fights….I think Evolution was slightly better overall.
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UFC 95
had it all for me, and i even managed to get a friend mildly interested in MMA after it!
thats a start people ! LoL!
broke my heart to pick it at the same time cos Machida v Rua was a close second especially after Shogun put some hurting on the Dragon! i’d say he still cant walk properly
"I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch." ~ Ty Cobb
i voted other-UFC 100. great fights, great finishes, 2 titlle shots, no contraversies.
gsp’s total dominance over another top ww (alves).
hendo’s devastating ko of bisping.
brock’s emergence as the undisputed UFC hw champ and clear cut #2 hw in the world (behind fedor)after ONLY 5 fights.
akiyama’s debut vs belcher was an awsome fight and just icing on the cake.
the sheer magnitude and spectacle of this event definetly lived up to it’s billing.
good stuff bdw
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by Kelvin Hunt on Dec 28, 2009 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
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