Last Week, Kid Nate from Bloody Elbow says (in USAT/SBN October MMA Consensus Rankings: Middleweight) 8 Yushin Okami plummeted in the rankings after being thoroughly dominated by #7 Chael Sonnen at UFC 104. No word on what's next for the UFC's least favorite red-headed step-child. Sonnen seems set to reap the rewards of beating a fighter that the UFC wanted no where near a title shot.

And Kid Nate from Bloody Elbow says (in USAT/SBN October MMA Consensus Rankings: Light Heavyweight) 5 Forrest Griffin will now headline UFC 106 against #21 Tito Ortiz. This is truly one of those fights where the commercial realities of the fight business are utterly overshadowing the sporting aspects.

8 Gegard Mousasi is expected to have a non-title fight against #22 Rameau Thierry Soko...

And Kid Nate from Bloody Elbow says (in USAT/SBN October MMA Consensus Rankings: Heavyweight) 2 Brock Lesnar was going to face #6 Shane Carwin at UFC 106 on November 21. Instead they'll meet at UFC 108 in January. It's kind of a drag that we only get to see Lesnar fight one time in 2009, but hopefully he'll fight twice or even three times in 2010. A Carwin upset won't be the shattering blow to t...

Last Month, Steven T. Kelliher from Bloody Elbow says (in UFC Decisions on the Rise (Tapology)) Promotion% Decision
in 2008% Decision
in 2009

30%18%
35%37%
15%N/A
31%31%
40%25%
32%45%
27%53% Tapology’s fight stats include results from the following promotions: Affliction, Dream, EliteXC, Sengoku, Strikeforce, UFC, and WEC.

And Steven T. Kelliher from Bloody Elbow says (in Tapology: Favorites Won 70% of Fights (08-09)) Tapology pooled together the results of 727 completed mixed martial arts fights in 2008 and 2009 where the oddsmakers had posted betting lines. The underdogs rose to the occasion and knocked off the favorite 29.1% of the time in 2008. Thus far in 2008 the oddsmakers are faring slightly worse...

And Kid Nate from Bloody Elbow says (in USAT/SBN September MMA Consensus Rankings: Welterweight) Based on the premise that all MMA rankings are subjective but that it’s still useful and informative to know who the online MMA community as a whole ranks as the best fighters in MMA, we collect and average the rankings of the top MMA websites to produce our consensus rankings. Show more "

And Kid Nate from Bloody Elbow says (in USAT/SBN September MMA Consensus Rankings: Middleweight) 5 Jorge Santiago must still be bitter over the collapse of the Affliction: Trilogy card that cost him his shot at Belfort. His consolation prize is a tune-up defense of his Sengoku belt against TBA at Sengoku 11. He is also a loser in the DREAM/Strikeforce alliance since he won the Strikeforc...

And Kid Nate from Bloody Elbow says (in USAT/SBN September MMA Consensus Rankings: Light Heavyweight) UFC 106 will be co-headlined by former UFC champs #21 Tito Ortiz and #25 Mark Coleman in a bout that has more commercial than competitive relevance. If Randy Couture loses at UFC 105 we could very well see the loser of Ortiz-Coleman face Couture in another lucrative but irrelevant bout.

And Mike Fagan from Bloody Elbow says (in Gambling Spotlight: UFC 103) It's the biggest match in UFC history.  Lesnar.  Fedor.  Dallas, Texas.  Networ....oh?  Fedor's in Strikeforce?  Franklin vs. Belfort's headlining?  Well, that's kind of cool.  At least it's not going up against a big boxing PPV.  What's that?  Mayweather's fighting Juan Manuel Marquez on Mexi...