vote for pablo

This was a close second on my list. I think the best is a tie between UFC Brazil (ufc 17.5) and ufc 48. UFC Brazil hadBelfort's highlight-reel ko over Wand, Frank Shamrock's revenge over Lober, Rizzo's first big win over Tank Abbot, and Miletich being crowned the first lightweight champion (below 200 lbs.), which made him the 3rd champion in the organization. UFC 48, well most people know about that event, I don't think I need to describe it.

Pure Magic. Randy Couture was best one hands down.

WTF!! Did the UFC buy Yahoo too. the tab says UFC now? You can't find any content on any of the small organizations out there, the systems that are rearing the next generation of fighters? I hope this is just a ploy for UFC 100!

Pearce...I think it's too late for Pablo, man. Victorino took it. Kung Fu Panda will have to wait till next year.

#8 there is just a lot of news comming out of the UFC 100 expo and nothing new from strikeforce or afficltion right now. They cover it all, even rinky dink shows like ultimate chaos get covered

Nut - I didn't know Alves brought in Howard Davis. Yeah, his chances may have now decreased, though hopefully Davis doesn't completely screw up his standup game. At least Alves has great muay-thai.

Yeah Mazzagatti isn't really that good of a ref, though he still isn't as bad as Levine and that big doofus Miragliotta.
I'm pretty sure Big John is still a ref. Kinda surprised ufc hasn't suggested him to commissions to ref fights.

I voted for 92 not only because it was a great card but I also was there live. Great show. I have a feeling it will be eclipsed by 100 and possibly the last show of 2009. Cards will only get better in the future, and 100-104 look absolutely superb.
Everyone watch the weigh ins? Mir looked shredded. It's a coin flip for me and I keep going back and forth.

Are you sure Gun? I mean, do you know this as a fact or are you speculating at all? I was kinda trippin out when i saw the tab on yahoo sports was now UFC instead of MMA.
Keep dreamin Nut :) NO ONE SURVIVES! THE BROCKTOGON!!!!!!! lmao XD
GSP..........GSP............GSP...........GSP..............GSP.....................................
I wish Dana would let Mazzi ref the fight just so Brock could get the folding chair from his corner and pwn Stevie's face with it!

Has anyone else heard GSP has a INJURED elbow?It looked like his left Elbow!!Alves has one of GSP's former training partners in his camp too..

Okay....THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET KIDS VOTE.
UFC 1, 2, or 3 were better events.
Because of these facts...
1) The Expectations of the Unexpected. We know now that two guys will come into the ring with a stand up game, a grappling game, and a submission game. When I saw a Kick Boxer (All Stand Up) versus a College Wrestler (All Ground), we was wondering who would win or when we saw a guy who was 275lbs fighting a guy who was 500+ pounds, that was entertainment because we knew what each one had to do just by looking at their size. But we didn't know the outcome because we didn't know what would prevail.
2) You had to literally train hard because you had to fight 3-4 fights that night to win the championship.
3) There was actually excitement whether you were cheering for Gracie or Shamrock because you wanted Shamrock to know Gracie out or you either wanted Gracie to avoid Shamrock so he could choke him out when he slipped up.
Now in days, we got too many kids watching and thinking they know everything about MMA.
I'm a big fan of MMA and Boxing but I see Boxing Observers way too different than MMA Observers because Boxing is still the sweet science. Many Boxing Observers know how the fight goes but we all know it takes just more than knowledge because Boxing requires a high excellence in every area of the sport versus MMA Observers who know about the sport and actually think it's that easy to apply it to the art.

Nutcracker swallows the sausage and the meatballs!!! Smooches Nutcracker!! Can I pick up on Hollywood & Vine? Here we go again about another one of your Fantasy Excursions to the "RED BRICK GYM". Just because you're the spit bucket boy at the "RED BRICK GYM" doesn't mean you can box!!

Boxing is not a sweet science because half of the "boxers" out there can't think past a 3rd grade level. You take the average boxer and average MMA fighter, I'm betting that 9 out of 10 times the MMA fighter is going to have a more refined strategy. Boxing "USED TO BE" the sweet science until MMA came along. There's definitely more strategy involved in an MMA fight hands down.

matthew, your fascination with sausage and meatballs is just weird bro....almost every post ive read from you today makes mention of such....discuss something....what the hell is your "9 out of 10 times" argument really saying? How do you even begin to measure something like "refined strategy?" Does one say, "Man, GSP's was waaay more refined than Thiago's"....honestly, at least nutcracker is consistent in his rants that everyone on here is so used to..you? you just make g$y metaphors followed with mindless arguments like boxing "USED TO BE" the sweet science....maybe Tim Sylvia should figure out how to increase the refinement within his 10 second strategy....it failed, like you, miserably. tool.

Nutcracker the Multi-Million dollar businessman who's fought the who's who of MMA!! I gotta a nickname for you and JS, BOB AND WEAVE... Or is that what you to do each other? If you wanna box so bad, get on your knees and give JS 5 blows to the head! JS go back to your hole!!

JS is just one of Nutcracker's schizophrenia personalities! Look at the sentence format . . . blah blah ....blah blah...blah blah dot dot dot dot blah blah dot dot dot dot. Once again Nut, you suck!

theres that good discussion i was asking for. unbelievable, matt.

Do you clowns also go onto hockey blogs and accuse them of "selling out" to the NHL because it says NHL and not "hockey?" are you like "Why aren't you covering the AHL, huh? Morons.

One statement and then a question... Post # 19 is soooo correct if UFC 92 wins as the all time great ufc event it is a clear indication of the age group who post here, With exception of course....
How is it that yahoo allows this nutpolisher to continually bash and badger other posters..in fact they remove other posts made by other's leaving those of that whack job who is forever talking about someone's mom and their lack off teeth polishing this and blah balh blah??...He has to be a yahoo tool....this is an injustice...
Or is it just Cofield assuming a his alter ego roll????

wandy is my favorite so i cant justify this one, 47 is the best

I agree with jerry_west a little, though not with regards to UFC 92 being inferior. I do somewhat miss the "old" UFC with more pure style vs. style fights. I don't see any legitimate way to say the UFC isn't better now than it used to be, but there are a few aspects that I miss. It was also nice to see it proven time and again that skill and experience beat size and strength, something that most people never accepted until they could see it proven (heck, I was a tiny guy in high school, and no matter how many fights everyone saw me win against much bigger kids, nobody ever thought I'd have a chance against the next guy who was bigger than me). With more rules now, weight-classes do matter, which is a little disappointing, but in return we get vastly superior athletes with longer careers and a much more well-rounded approach to teaching and/or learning martial arts.

Totally agree with Jerry West, UFC 1,2,3 were completely wild! Less staged events like today's. Put some martial art monsters in the ring regardless of weight and see who comes out on top. No time limits, no rules! Screw wt. classes.

What.....did you guys forget all about chuck the iceman liddell??? well i didnt i think you did the best ever...congrads to the winners but i dont think you should of forgot about chuck...