Best of the Best: MMAmania.com’s UFC/MMA week in review – Wanderlei Silva gets brutally slept
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 got the most eyeballs was Wanderlei Silva getting knocked unconscious after he was disqualified in his boxing match.
MMAmania.com ‘Comment(s) of the Week’
Alex Pereira revealed that if he fought at 100 percent, he’d kill someone (because he supposedly fought at 40 percent last time) — well, MMAMania user Roynelsonsjockstrapbrought up a great callback.
UFC legend Frankie Edgar got pulled from his BKFC debut this weekend (Thank you, combat sports Gods).
Tweet(s) of the Week:
Pain.
Fighter ‘Comment of the Week’ — He said what?!?!?!
UFC Lightweight Dan Hooker revealed he’s going to assaultArman Tsarukyan if he gets within arm’s reach of him and doesn’t care if the fight gets canceled.
DUMB.
Best ‘Feed’ Post
What should be Pereira’s next move?
Picture of the Week
Whoever said Merab Dvalisvili is a bad striker? (Me).
Unseen ‘Knockout of the Week’
Former UFC fighter Jared Vanderaa got knocked out this weekend at Unified 64.
Best ‘Prediction of the Week’
Take a bow, MooseAlmighty and NeverBeenKicked — you nailed your picks.
Random ‘Stat of the Week’
Dvalishvili landed 20 takedowns against Cory Sandhagen — the most in a UFC championship fight.
Fight Announcement of the Week:
Ian Garry gets to finally take on a former champion in his next outing as he collides with Belal Muhammad at UFC Qatar.
This Past Week in MMA History:
UFC on Fuel TV: Struve vs. Miocic – Sept. 29, 2012
Stipe Miocic suffered his first professional loss in his first UFC main event when he got knocked out by Stefan Struve.
UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson – Oct. 1, 2016
It’s been nine years since UFC has been to Portland, which is a bummer. However, Brandon Moreno made his UFC debut on that card and submitted Louis Smolka.
UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson – Oct. 3, 2015
Daniel Cormier scored his first UFC Light Heavyweight title defense against Alexander Gustafsson, winning via split decision.
On the same card, Islam Makhachev suffered the only loss of his career, getting knocked out in less than two minutes.
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