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Top Ten Most Overrated Fighters of the 2000s
(By MMATorch reader Brandon New of Detroit, Mich.)
10. Charles "Crazy Horse" Bennett
9. Chris Lytle
8. Matt Lindland
7. Mark Coleman
6. Patrick Cote
5. Phil "My new haircut (YouTube)" Baroni
4. Kevin Randleman
3. David "Tank" Abbott
2. Mark Kerr
1. Frank Trigg
Happy holidays to all the MMA fans out there. Keep the sport growing by introducing MMA to a newbie!
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Top Ten Worst Things Dana White Did
(By MMATorch reader Erick Freitas)
(10) Not resigning Nick Diaz
(9) Bisbing vs. Evans in Newark, N.J. main event
(8) Promising Marquardt, Henderson, and Beltfort all title shots.
(7) Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz 2 & 3
(6) Not signing Gomi to UFC before he had his amazing run in Pride (he was begging Dana)
(5) Not letting fighters come out to music that they want to cause "he doesn't like it" (How are you going to deny Tom Waits to Keith Jardine?)
(4) Making Rich Franklin jump multiple weight classes and ruining his rankings
(3) Losing Andrei Arvloski
(2) Banning multiple sponsors when fighters are just trying to eat
(1) Buying pride
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Top ten fighters who should hang up their gloves for good at the end of the decade
(By MMATorch reader Blake)
10. Dan Severn
9. Frank Trigg
8. Kevin Randleman
7. Frank Shamrock
6. Wanderlei Silva
5. Mirke "Crocop" Filipovic
4. Phil Baroni
3. Bob Sapp
2. Chuck Liddell
1. Ken Shamrock
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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!
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
(mmatorcheditor@gmail.com)
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