Fight of the Year Nominations

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  1. speeds

    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Please nominate a couple of fights you think should be up for Fight of the Year 2008.



    Nominations so far:

    Paul Taylor vs. Paul Kelly, UFC 80
    BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk, UFC 84: Ill Will
    Eddie Sanchez vs. Antoni Hardonk, UFC 85: Bedlam
    Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin, UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin
    Jason Macdonald vs. Demian Maia, UFC 87: Seek and Destroy
    Jon Fitch vs. Georges St. Pierre, UFC 87: Seek and Destroy
    Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer, UFC Fight Night 15
    Rashad Evans vs. Chuck Liddell, UFC 88: Breakthrough
    Marcus Davis vs. Paul Kelly, UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben
    Aaron Riley vs. Jorge Gurgel, UFC 91: Couture vs. Lensar
    Miguel Torres vs. Yoshiro Maeda, WEC 34: Sacramento
    Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver, WEC 34: Sacramento
    Carlos Condit vs. Hiromitsu Miura, WEC 35
    Jake Rosholt v Nissan Osterneck, WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown
    Eddie Alvarez vs. Joachim Hansen, Dream 3 - Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals
    Hideo Tokoro vs. Darren Uyenoyama, Dream 4 - Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals
    Gina Carano vs. Kaitlin Young, EliteXC: Primetime
    Kevin Ferguson vs. Seth Petruzelli, EliteXC: Heat
    Cung Le vs. Frank Shamrock, Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Chocolove Active Member

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    Griffin vs Rampage was pretty good. Fitch vs GSP. man I cant really think of any right now, was silva vs liddell this year?
    Thought of a few more after looking at the list. Faber vs Pulver was really good. So was Condit ws Miura.
     
  4. speeds

    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    No, that was the new years show from 2007.

    I've included a list of the (important) events to browse for everyone's convenience.
     
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    I liked the Miguel Torres vs Yoshiro Maeda fight from WEC 34. That double leg-lock was crazy.
     
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    Amazing fight.
     
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    loved this fight

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Good job guys, keep them coming. I want to have between 12-20.
     
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    What we should do,rather than listing 12-20 and voting for one, is have a bracket style vote off to get the best fight of the year.
    videos, of course, would need to be included so we can properly evaluate the fights ;)

    sounds like a job for the newest mod of the MMA section to me :D
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Here are a few more that may be considered:

    Paul Taylor vs. Paul Kelly, UFC 80
    Eddie Sanchez vs. Antoni Hardonk, UFC 85: Bedlam
    Hideo Tokoro vs. Darren Uyenoyama, Dream 4 - Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Ok!
     
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    Jason Macdonald vs Demian Maia was really good. Awesome ground fight.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Yeah. Although MacDaddy cursed himself for engaging Maia like that afterward, it was still entertaining.
     
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    Few more nominations:

    Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer, UFC Fight Night 15
    BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk, UFC 84: Ill Will
    Marcus Davis vs. Paul Kelly, UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben
    Aaron Riley vs. Jorge Gurgel, UFC 91: Couture vs. Lensar
    Jake Rosholt v Nissian Osterneck, WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown
     
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    Seth Petruzelli vs Kimbo Slice... LOADS of MMA fans rejoiced at Kimbo being exposed ;)
     
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    What about the epic Valo vs CF Grand Prix Semi-finals fight? One for the record books
    CF, thanks for nominating the Le fight...bad ass!

    Rashad Killing Chuck
     
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    I was hoping to add a couple new ones to this list from the past week but none of the fights were terribly special.
     

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