Some might complain that Team Black House is not so much a camp as much as it is a Ed Soares’s ridiculous collection of talent. Whatever the case, it’s hard to argue with their success in 2009.
Junior dos Santos built on his 2008 upset of Fabricio Werdum, pounding on Stefan Struve and PRIDE legend Mirko Cro Cop. After beginning the year with a KO of the durable Vladimir Matyushenko in Affliction, “Minotoro” Nogueira blasted the up-and-coming Luis Cane in his UFC debut. His twin brother, Minotauro, bounced back from an injury-riddled loss to Frank Mir at the end of 2008 to dominate Randy Couture for fifteen minutes at UFC 102.
And that’s not mentioning the two straps of gold around the waists of Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida. Both champions dealt with his share of controversy – Machida eeked out a razor-thin decision over “Shogun” Rua, while Silva slept walk through five arounds against Thales Leites, but it’s their dominating victories over Thiago Silva, Rashad Evans, and Forrest Griffin that define their 2009.
Full results after the jump.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| Black House | 35 | 6 | 1 | 194 |
| Jackson’s | 11 | 23 | 4 | 128 |
| ATT | 2 | 4 | 12 | 34 |
| AKA | 3 | 1 | 11 | 29 |
| Xtreme Couture | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| Nova Uniao | 2 | 6 | ||
| Rough House | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| HIT Squad | 1 | 3 | ||
| Grabaka Hitmen | 1 | 1 | ||
| Team Cloud | 1 | 1 |