In that moment that he knocked chuck out the rampage we all knew to love, died.. he fell in love with his hands and got away from his slams for thr most part...He was my favorite fighter at 1 time and I wanted to emulate my style off of him.. explosive power punches to close the distance beat them up in the clinch and slam the ever living soul out of the guy I'm fighting..Page was never the same after winning the belt.2007 Fighter of the Year=Quinton Rampage Jackson AND Anderson The Spider Silva
Rampage Jackson went 3-0 with 2 finishes
His wins were Marvin Eastman, Chuck Liddell, and Dan Henderson
Anderson Silva went 3-0 with 3 finishes
His wins were Travis Lutter, Rich Franklin, and Nate Marquardt
Rampage has better wins2007 Fighter of the Year=Quinton Rampage Jackson AND Anderson The Spider Silva
Rampage Jackson went 3-0 with 2 finishes
His wins were Marvin Eastman, Chuck Liddell, and Dan Henderson
Anderson Silva went 3-0 with 3 finishes
His wins were Travis Lutter, Rich Franklin, and Nate Marquardt
Harder to seperate these 22006 Fighter of the Year=Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira AND Josh Barnett
Big Nog went 4-1 with two finishes with his 1 loss being to Josh Barnett via decision
Josh Barnett went 5-2 with 4 finishes with 1 loss being to Big Nog and one to Mirko
Appreciate the input. Going to think about this one some more and welcome anyone else's input.Rampage has better wins
Plus Eastman was revenge for his first loss
That actually just makes it more difficultHarder to seperate these 2
but how about Tim Sylvia
4-0
wins Assuerio Silva, AA x2, Monson
Won belt and defended twice
2006- GSP has wins over Matt and BJ.I don't know about you guys but I kinda think it's bullshit to have two fighters of the year the same year.
Honestly though I racked my brain playing both sides of the nominees and tried to find an edge but I just can't.
What are ya'lls thoughts on FOTY for 2006 and 2007?
Shogun cause coleman 2, liddell, machida 1 takes this one.2009 Fighter of the Year=Lyoto The Dragon Machida
3-0 with 2 finishes including the first to finish Thiago Silva and first to finish Rashad Evans where he won the UFC LHW belt before successfully defending the belt in a close controversial match with 2005 FOTY Shogun.
Could you rephrase this? I want to understand what you said but I can't :/Shogun cause coleman 2, liddell, machida 1 takes this one.
he won the year IMO
Ok I think I know what you're saying. You're suggesting Shogun as FOTY for 2009 instead of Lyoto for Shogun beating Coleman and Liddell.Could you rephrase this? I want to understand what you said but I can't :/
that year was Shogun cause Machida v shogun 1 was a rob job....never seen a more beaten champ survive the bell...legs and body were shot and Rua was freshCould you rephrase this? I want to understand what you said but I can't :/
Ok some fair pointsOk I think I know what you're saying. You're suggesting Shogun as FOTY for 2009 instead of Lyoto for Shogun beating Coleman and Liddell.
Coleman and Liddell I think we all agree are bigger names than Thiago Silva and Rashad Evans.
HOWEVER
When Lyoto beat Thiago Silva, Thiago was undefeated. When Lyoto beat Rashad, Rashad was one of the few undefeated UFC Champions.
When Shogun beat Coleman, Coleman was 42 years old, hadn't had an mma fight in 3 years.
When Shogun beat Liddell, Chuck was 39 and was 1-3 going into his fight with Shogun.
I stand by my choice in this one. I like Shogun as a fighter far more than Lyoto, but if I'm being honest(and I am) I think what Lyoto did in 2009 was more impressive than what Shogun did. I also feel their fight was bullshit and should've been a draw, but even if that was the case Lyoto had two better wins than Shogun did.
Shit, I've got to go with Igor. One hell of a tourney though.Latifi reminds me of igor...Prime Chuck,Igor,Manhoef and shogun in a 4 man bracket....who you got? 1..2..3...gooooo..