Best of the Best: MMAmania.com’s UFC/MMA week in review – Was Daniel Cormier coaching while on the broadcast?
Welcome to “This Week in MMAmania.com,” Maniacs!
As you know, MMAmania.com churns out a ridiculous amount of stories weekly. And if you don’t refresh this site constantly, you might just miss an amazing story. Or, if you don’t go read the comments section on each story, you might miss a wisecrack that will leave you LOL’ing.
But, don’t trip — we’ve got you covered. This weekly article will recap the best of MMAmania.com, reviewing the most-read stories, comments, social media posts, etc.
So, sit back and take a gander at the madness of the week that was …
Article of the Week
Last week, the story that garnered the most eyeballs was Jacob Malkoun accusing Daniel Cormier of coaching Torrez Finney during UFC 325.
MMAmania.com ‘Comment(s) of the Week’
This past week, Ari Emanuelconfirmed the UFC White House card to feature ‘approximately 6 to 7 fights.’
Tweet(s) of the Week:
The first half of the Super Bowl was rough.
Fighter ‘Comment of the Week’ — He said what?!?!?!
Jailton Almeida promised he would be more aggressive in his fight against Rizvan Kuniev.
He wasn’t.
Picture of the Week
JUST BLEED.
Unseen ‘Finish of the Week’
Face down, ass up.
Best ‘Prediction of the Week’
Take a bow, MooseAlmighty— you called both of the Basharat bros to win and for both of them to go over 1.5.
Random ‘Stat or Fact of the Week’
The Seattle Seahawks became the first team in NFL history to win the Super Bowl after committing zero turnovers throughout the entire postseason.
Best ‘Feed’ Post of the Week:
If Ilia and Conor are on the same card….Who gets the Main Event? Shoutout to . Y . for asking it!
Did You Miss It?
We have a new daily thread post for our readers to chat. Check it out.
Fight Announcement of the Week:
Movsar Evloev is finally back! He takes on Lerone Murphyin the main event of UFC London.
This Past Week in MMA History:
UFC 81: Breaking Point – Feb. 2, 2008
18 years ago, Brock Lesnar made his highly anticipated UFC debut at UFC 81, but ended up getting tapped out by Frank Mir in under two minutes.
In the main event of UFC 81, “Big Nog” submitted Tim Sylvia to win the UFC interim Heavyweight title
UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar – Feb. 2, 2013
Jose Aldo scored his fourth UFC title defense at UFC 156 when he defeated former Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar.
Also on the card, Alistair Overeem saw his UFC Heavyweight title shot go up in smoke as he got slept by
Antonio Silva.
UFC 67: All or Nothing – Feb. 2, 2007
Anderson Silva submitted Travis Lutter in the main event of UFC 67.
Two PRIDE legends made their UFC debuts at UFC 67 as well.
UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit – Feb. 4, 2012
Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit collided for the UFC interim Welterweight title at UFC 143 — and Condit won via unanimous decision.
Max Holloway made his UFC debut on this card, losing to Dustin Poirier in the first round.
UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3– Feb. 4, 2006
The trilogy fight between Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture went down at UFC 57, with Liddell putting a stamp on the rivalry via knockout.
UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort – Feb. 5, 2011
One of the best knockouts in UFC history occurred in the main event of UFC 126 as Anderson Silva front-kicked Vitor Belfort in the face.
UFC Vegas 18: Overeem vs. Volkov – Feb. 5, 2021
Alistair Overeem’s final UFC fight came against Alexander Volkov in the Apex, where he was stopped in the second round.
Also on UFC Vegas 18, Cory Sandhagen slept Frankie Edgar with a flying knee.
UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes – Feb 8, 2020
One of the most controversial decisions (robbery) of UFC history went down at UFC 247, when Jon Jones took a split decision over Dominick Reyes.
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