http://www.mmahitlist.com/ 2008-03-14 Paul Phelps http://www.mmahitlist.com/post/comments?post_id=17 2008-03-14 Paul Phelps

MMAHitlist Fighter Values use the fights over the last 18 months for each fighter. In addition, Fight Values include a consideration for how long ago the fight occurred. Fighter Values have been updated for the calendar change to April. All fighters experience a slight dip in their Fighter Value as a result of the passage of time but the following fighters who participated in UFC 64 and UFC-T...

http://www.mmahitlist.com/post/comments?post_id=16 2008-03-03 Paul Phelps

Anderson Silva continues to make the argument that he is pound-for-pound the best fighter in the world after his submission victory over Pride Middleweight Champion Dan Henderson. We should be able to release our pound-for-pound metrics in the next couple months to show how he is certainly the best pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC, unless Georges St. Pierre decides to make an interesting argu...

http://www.mmahitlist.com/post/comments?post_id=15 2008-03-03 Paul Phelps

Fighter Values have been updated for the calendar change to March. All fighters experience a slight dip in their Fighter Value as a result of the passage of time but the following fighters who participated in UFC 63 have now participated in less than three fights and their Fighter Values have dropped significantly as a result: David Lee (LW), Jens Pulver (LW), Melvin Guillard (LW), Jason Lamber...

http://www.mmahitlist.com/post/comments?post_id=14 2008-02-24 Paul Phelps

UFC 82 is this Saturday, March 1 and will include a hefty ten fighters from their respective divisions' Top 10s, including four on the undercard. This is an astonishing amount of talent on a single UFC card and should make for some entertaining fights. The Middleweight division should provide results promising great matchups in the future. Besides the championship fight between Anderson Silv...

http://www.mmahitlist.com/post/comments?post_id=13 2008-02-24 Paul Phelps

Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andre Arlovski has been sequestered to the undercard for Saturday's UFC 82. In addition, he is paired against Jake O'Brien, whose smothering style has become synonymous with spoiler since his mauling of Heath Herring at Ultimate Fight Night 8. For many fight fans, especially those unfamiliar with or uncaring of the financial issues, the question as to why the ...

http://www.mmahitlist.com/post/comments?post_id=12 2008-02-06 Paul Phelps

Antonio Minotauro Nogueira was the big winner from last night's show. Not only did he submit Tim Sylvia to become the Interim Heavyweight Champion, his Fighter Value ranking skyrocketed from 17th to 1st - demonstrating the value of a recent Finish Victory over a Top 3 competitor in a championship fight. Other big winners included fellow Heavyweight Frank Mir, whose Finish Victory over Brock Le...

http://www.mmahitlist.com/post/comments?post_id=11 2008-02-01 Paul Phelps

Fighter Values have been updated for the calendar change to February. All fighters experience a slight dip in their Fighter Value as a result of the passage of time but the following fighters who participated in UFC 62 and Fight Night 6 have now participated in less than three fights and their Fighter Values have dropped significantly as a result: Jake O'Brien (HW), Anthony Torres (WW), Joe Rig...

http://www.mmahitlist.com/post/comments?post_id=10 2008-01-28 Paul Phelps

We are almost ready to launch MMAHitlist.com and are staying on target with launching the site in the wake of Super Saturday - UFC 81. The card promises to bring greater clarity to the Heavyweight picture, including declaring an Interim Heavyweight Champion. However, there are few other fighters on the card with Top 10 Fighter Values with the exception of unsung Middleweight Alan Belcher, curre...

http://www.mmahitlist.com/post/comments?post_id=9 2008-01-21 Paul Phelps

The second of a trilogy of UFC events in short order, Ultimate Fight Night 12 takes place this Wednesday, January 23. There are four highly competitive matchups on this card. In order of Fighter Value differences, look for fireworks from Cote vs. McFedries, Burkman vs. Swick, Maynard vs. Siver (if televised), and Diaz vs. Robinson. Josh Burkman (0.96581) vs. Mike Swick (1.13182) Patrick C...

http://www.mmahitlist.com/post/comments?post_id=7 2008-01-18 Paul Phelps

UFC 80 takes place tomorrow, January 19. There is a lot of talent on display. Although BJ Penn is not a Top 10 Lightweight due to his inactivity in the past 18 months, there are four other fighters with Top 10 Fighter Values in their respective weight divisions, including a matchup of two of those fighters. #2 Welterweight Marcus Davis takes on #6 Jess Liaudin while #5 Heavyweight Gabriel Gonza...