Mike Fagan Archives: 03/2009

If you remember this post, I called for volunteers to help me with a project involving referees and judges.  I’ve put the judge project on…

MOISES ALOU DID IT WRONG “My father does that for a long time and bring it to us. People think it’s a joke.” – Lyoto…

Explanation of TPR From FightMetric: The Total Performance Rating (T.P.R.) is a statistic used to measure the quality of a fighter’s performance.  Scored on a…

In my piece defending the five round title fight, I argued against Rami Genaur’s posit that additional rounds would lead to more decisions.  Rami realized…

In his piece about the growing concern over MMA refereeing, Dave Meltzer slipped this paragraph in: Fighters often feel pressure trying to please the live…

GRIFFIN > BONNAR > JARDINE > GRIFFIN & JARDINE > GRIFFIN > JACKSON > JARDINE * JARDINE > LIDDELL > W SILVA > JARDINE *…

R.I.P. CHARLES “MASK” LEWIS “It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that we must regretfully confirm the passing of our beloved friend, brother and…

Cage Potato has a good interview with New York Assemblyman Bob Reilly on his stance on mixed martial arts.  Excerpts: It’s not a stated goal,…

Our own Michael Rome opined about the merits of ranking lists in mixed martial arts.  As someone with an interest in logical ordering and figuring…

THOMAS > GUIDA > DIAZ > NEER > THOMAS Click the thumbnail for a full view.  I also have a lossless image available for those…

Nate highlighted Josh Gross’s piece about the lack of submissions in the past few UFC cards and whether or not it’s becoming a trend in…

From my new site Sack Mike Goldberg: Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. Good job by Yves Lavigne, he says go ahead. Maybe it’s unfair…