Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2007 Fight of the Year: Fighter of the Year: Best KO: Best Sub: Worst Fighter: Worst Fight: Best Interview: Show of the Year: Fighter to Watch: Upset of the Year: Weight Class of the Year: So, where are we at? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2007 Fight of the Year: Tyson Griffin vs Frank Edgar, UFC 67. Edgar being totally awesome and very game for Griffin was a great surprise here for most people (like myself) who were expecting Tyson to run through him like a hot knife through butter. A pace that most fighters in any weight class couldn't match, buckwild exchanges on the ground and standing coupled with a "OH SHIT HE'S GOT HIM" ending. Honorable mentions: Tyson Griffin vs Clay Guida, UFC 72. Nick Diaz vs Takanori Gomi, PRIDE 33. Fighter of the Year: Right now I'm thinking Tyson Griffin. Nobody else has gone and stole a show twice and put on two FOTYC's. Best Sub: Nick Diaz's going gogo on Gomi. Worst Fighter: He's not the worst fighter by a large margin but Josh Koscheck is the worst fighter ever. God I hate that smarmy fuck. Best KO: Tie between Gonzaga beheading Mirko and Shogun going Superman through Alistair Overeem's guard. Honorable mentions go to Rashad for putting Salmon in the hospital. Worst Fight: Koscheck/Sanchez, no question. Best Interview: Nate Diaz. I'm not joking. His retarded ramblings have captured my heart. Show of the Year: PRIDE 33, followed by Ultimate Fight Night 10. Fighter to Watch: RANDLEMAN @ 185. Seriously though, I'm looking out for Paulo Filho to wreck shop in WEC and Thiago Tavares in the UFC LW division. Upset of the Year: Fuck you, Matt Serra. Fuck you. Weight Class of the Year: Like there's any debate on this one. Lightweights all the way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nate 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2007 Fight of the Year: Spencer Fisher vs Sam Stout 2 Fighter of the Year: Anderson Silva Best KO: Rashad Evans KO on a previous Fight Night (forgot who he knocked out though) Best Sub: Nick Diaz Gogoplota on Gomi Worst Fighter: Tim Sylvia by far Worst Fight: Josh Koscheck vs Diego Sanchez (it was billed as a possible Fight of the year) Best Interview: Rampage Jackson Show of the Year: probably UFN 10 Fighter to Watch: Urijah Faber (i think in time he'll wind up in the UFC for the Lightweight division) Upset of the Year: Houston Alexander over Keith Jardine Weight Class of the Year: in terms of name value i would say Heavyweight division, but in terms of good matches its a tie for me between Lightweight and Welterweight i'll add one more poll question Worst Show: Dynamite USA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2007 Fight of the Year: Griffin vs. Edgar with the slight edge over Griffin vs. Guida due to the kneebar! Fighter of the Year: Urijah Faber (3 title defenses in 07) Best KO: Gonzaga over Cro-Cop Best Sub: Diaz over Gomi Worst Fighter: Ed Herman - on the fact that I hate him Worst Fight: Diego/Koscheck Best Interview: Rampage narrowly over Nate Diaz, but give Diaz time to overcome this and win the end of the year award Show of the Year: UFN was probably the best overall, but I really enjoyed all the shows this year Fighter to Watch: Tamdan McCrory - Ithaca NY POWER. Upset of the Year: Houston Alexander over Keith Jardine Weight Class of the Year: Lightweight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 30, 2007 I also watch mostly UFC. Fight of the Year: Couture v. Sylvia Fighter of the Year: Randy Couture Best KO: Rashad over Sean Salmon Best Sub: Diaz over Gomi Worst Fighter: Tim Sylvia Worst Fight: Heath Herring v. Jake O'Brien. I only say so because it was so damn disappointing. I haven't been let down like that in a while. Best Interview: Rampage at the presser Show of the Year: Last UFN Fighter to Watch: Rashad Upset of the Year: Serra over GSP Weight Class of the Year: Lightweight has been fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2007 Mik- Have you seen McCrory's fight from the UFN? By all accounts he was getting his ass handed to him on every level and didn't look like he lived up to the hype. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2007 Fight of the Year: Griffin/Edgar Fighter of the Year: Rampage - he destroyed Chuck, who was destroying everyone. Also avenged Eastman loss. Honourable mention to SOKOUDJOU? Best KO: Gonzaga highkicking Cro Cop Best Sub: Alexandre Ferreira's heelhook on BLH at GFC. HM to Kampmanns dope side choke. Worst Fighter: Sean Salmon Worst Fight: Diego vs. KOS Best Interview: Frank. Shamrock. Show of the Year: PRIDE AMERICA 2 Fighter to Watch: Kenny Florian? Geez, the list at 55 is endless. FEZ. Non 55'er? Martin Kampmann. Upset of the Year: Sokoudjou. Weight Class of the Year: Fiddy five. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2007 Well, McCrory is the only remotely local UFC fighter I've got. There's a lot of hype behind him, and I'm hoping that his poor performance was due to Octagon debut jitters. He still managed to sub a veteran so I'm really looking forward to his next fight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2007 He managed to sub Pete Spratt. Rudo and I subbed Pete Spratt 3 years ago, before it was fashionable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2007 Hell, I didn't know I was doing it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hunter's Torn Quad 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2007 Fight of the Year: Randy Couture vs. Tim Sylvia Fighter of the Year: Randy Couture Best KO: Gonzaga KO'ing Cro Cop Best Sub: Diaz's Gogoplata Worst Fighter: Tie: Sylvia and Koscheck Worst Fight: Sanchez vs. Koscheck Best Interview: Frank Shamrock Show of the Yea UFN 10 Fighter to Watch: Houston Alexander Upset of the Year: Sokoudjou x 2 Weight Class of the Year: 155 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2007 Fight of the Year: Frankie Edgar vs. Tyson Griffin. Honourable Mention goes to Nick Diaz fucking up Gomi's world. Fighter of the Year: Sokoudjou Best KO: Gonzaga KO'ing Cro Cop Best Sub: Diaz's Gogoplata Worst Fighter: I don't really feel like naming someone in this category. Pretty stupid. Worst Fight: Forrest vs. Ramirez Best Interview: Nick Diaz won last year for his "I ain't no bitch" spiel on the radio, but he hands it off to his brother Nate "What the fuck's an emotional fighter" Diaz. Show of the Year: PRIDE 33 Fighter to Watch: Kenny Florian Upset of the Year: Matt F'n Serra Weight Class of the Year: 155 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lt. Al Giardello 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2007 Fight of the Year: Edgar/Griffin or Guida/Griffin Fighter of the Year: Rampage Best KO: Rampage over Liddell Best Sub: Diaz's Gogoplata Worst Fighter: Ummmm, Shannon Ritch? Worst Fight: Werdum Vs. Arlovski Best Interview: Koscheck after defeating Diego Sanchez. Show of the Year: UFC 71 Fighter to Watch: Kendall Grove Upset of the Year: Matt Serra over GSP Weight Class of the Year: 155 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2007 Best KO: The DDT from the recent Ultimate Fight Night that ended with the double KO/No Contest/Draw. This has to be the most shocking end to a fight ever in UFC it is one of 3 that I can think of that ended with one or both fighters getting KO'd at the same time the others being Hughes/Newton powerbomb choke and Lindland's waistlock throw. Fighter to Watch: BJ Penn has never had a boring fight in UFC. I wish he would stay a lightweight for awhile but it seems that he is on the Chuck Lindell path of "must have rematches against people he has no chance in beating". or from IFL the young warrior that they believe is the future, Chris Hordeski. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ced 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2007 Fight of the Year: Tyson Griffin d. Clay Guida Fighter of the Year: Rampage Jackson Best KO: Gabriel Gonzaga d. Mirko Cro Cop Best Sub: Thiago Tavares d. Jason Black Worst Fighter: Andy Wang Worst Fight: Josh Koscheck d. Diego Sanchez, mostly for disappointment in the match quality. Best Interview: Rampage Jackson Show of the Year: UFC Fight Night 10 Fighter to Watch: Thiago Tavares Upset of the Year: Matt Serra d. Georges St. Pierre Weight Class of the Year: Lightweight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2007 Andy Wang for worst fighter? You need to actually show some fighting skills to be considered a fighter and Wang has yet to do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2007 For what it's worth, here's what the UFC themselves see as the best of the half-year....... Fight of The Year 1. Sam Stout vs Spencer Fisher, Ultimate Fight Night 10 2. Tyson Griffin vs Clay Guida, UFC 72 3. Roger Huerta vs Leonard Garcia, UFC 69 4. Randy Couture vs Tim Sylvia, UFC 68 5. Michael Bisping vs Elvis Sionsic, UFC 70 KO of The Year 1. Gonzaga on Cro-Cop, UFC 70 2. Jackson on Liddell, UFC 71 3. Serra on St. Pierre, UFC 69 4. Evans on Salmon, Ultimate Fight Night 8 5. Alexander on Jardine, UFC 71 Submission of The Year 1. Din Thomas on Jeremy Jackson, UFC 71 2. BJ Penn on Jens Pulver, Ultimate Finale Live 3. Chris Lytle on Jason Gilliam, UFC 73 4. Joe Stevenson on Melvin Guillard, Ultimate Fight Night 9 5. Kenny Florian on D. Mishima, Ultimate Fight Night 9 Looking at this list a few good choices but a few serious stinkers. Serra pounding out GSP had its shock value but as an actual TKO it isn't anything special. I'm not sure how Din's armbar beats out Lytle's triangle/kimura combo. Elvis/Bisping is only on that list due to crowd heat, fights likes Karo/Burkman and Griffin/Edgar were much better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lt. Al Giardello 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2007 Couture/Sylvia wasn't by any means a great fight and doesn't belong on the list. It was extremely one-sided. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lt. Al Giardello 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2007 1. Din Thomas on Jeremy Jackson, UFC 71 Jeremy Stephens Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2007 A one-sided fight doesn't make it any less great. Fedor vs. Minotauro I is one of the best fights I've ever seen and it was also one of the most one-sided. Couture's fight was one of my favourites of the year, mainly because of all the drama surrounding it and the fact that Randy Couture at 43 blah blah blah Randy is God blah blah ya feel me? I don't need to go into all that again. I can understand why a Tim Sylvia fan might not enjoy it though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nate 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2007 Couture/Sylvia wasn't by any means a great fight and doesn't belong on the list. It was extremely one-sided. i would say as the fight itself wasnt that good, but just for the moment of Couture winning the title was great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2007 It was a great, epic fight for the same reasons that Fedor/Nog I was amazing: Fedor could've pounded Nog for 19 minutes of the fight but with one minute there was still a possibility that Nog could've submitted him. Randy/Sylvia was the same way in that even if Randy was owning Tim for 24 minutes of the fight there was still the lurking sensation that one punch from Sylvia could've ended it all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
