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Top 10 Fights that SHOULD Have Happened in the 2000s
(By MMATorch reader Matt Windham)
10 - Aoki vs. Penn
9 - Arlovski vs. Couture
8 - Diaz vs. Noons II
7 - Lee Murry vs. Tito Ortiz, in the ring not on the street
6 - Mark Coleman vs. Mark Kerr
5 - Frank Shamrock vs. Ken Shamrock
4 - Lesnar vs. Fedor
3 - GSP vs. Anderson Silva
2 - Anderson Silva vs. Machida
1 - Fedor vs. Couture
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Top Ten Fights That I Wanted To See in the UFC in the 2000s
(By MMATorch reader Matt of Brisbane, Australia)
10 - Joe Rogan vs. Herb Dean
9 - DeMarques Johnson vs. Michael Bisping
8 - Shinya Aoki vs. B.J. Penn
7 - Forrest Griffin vs. Ryan Bader
6 - Big Nog vs. Mir 2
5 - Anderson Silva vs. GSP
4 - Rashad Evans vs. Rampage Jackson
3 - Darrill "Titties" Schoonover vs. Rampage Jackson
2 - Anderson Silva vs. Machida
1 - Couture (2003) vs. Fedor
This list is a culmination of some of my favourite fighters (Griffin, Bader, Big Nog, Couture). So I'm hoping to see a mix of revenge and flat out entertainment. I'd also like to see some of the TUF competitors get put back in their places by the coach's. Got my tickets to UFC 110 in Sydney. Can't wait. Good luck Bader and Big Nog. MMA Torch = The best app on the iPhone!
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As we count down the days until the end of 2009 and the end of the 2000s as we enter the "10s," we want to run batches or reader-submitted MMA Top Ten Lists. You can create a top ten list on anything at all, and base it around either the entire 2000s or just 2009. Here are some random ideas, but you can create a list based on any criteria...
-Ten MMA Fighters I'd Most Like to Walk Down a Dangerous Alley With from the 2000s
-Ten MMA Fighters I'd Most Like My Sister To Date
-Ten MMA Fighters I'd Last Like My Sister To Date
-Top Ten Worst Haircuts in MMA in the 2000s
-Top Ten Fights of 2009
-Top Ten Fights of the 2000s
-Biggest Flameouts of the 2000s
-Top Ten Worst Things Dana White did in the 2000s
-Top Ten Best Things Dana White did in the 2000s
-Ten Best Pride Fights of the 2000s
-Ten Ugliest Fighters of the 2000s
-Ten Biggest Mouths in MMA in 2009
...and so on. You get the idea. Submit your lists via email to mmatorch@gmail.com.
(And we mean, send not just the category, but your version of the ten names that belong on the list!)
We will publish reader top ten lists in coming hours and days. Please include your name and hometown. If you wish to send out a Christmas hello or New Year's shout-out to a loved one, please include that at the end!
Oh, and Happy Holidays from everyone at MMATorch!
[B.J. Penn art by Cory Gould (c) MMATorch]
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