Hard to believe we are already halfway into 2011. I thought it would be nice to look back and see the best of this half year:
MMA Show of the Half-Year:
UFC Fight for the Troops 2
UFC 129
StrikeForce: Fedor vs Silva
UFC 132
MMA Submission of the Half-Year
UFC 132: Ortiz submits Bader with the guilltone
UFC 129: Pablo Garza defeats Yves Jabouin with a flying triangle choke.
Bellator 38: Richard Hale defeats Nik Fekete with an inverted triangle choke.
UFC Fight Night 24: Korean Zombie defeats Leonard Garcia with the twister.
MMA Knockout of the Half-Year
UFC 129: John Makdessi KO's Kyle Watson with a spinning back-fist.
UFC on Versus 4: Cheick Kongo's come back KO
UFC 129 - Lyoto Machida defeats Randy Couture with the crane-kick.
UFC 126 - Anderson Silva defeats Vitor Belfort with the crane-kick.
MMA fight of the Half-Year
UFC 132 - Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber
Strikeforce Challengers 14 - Lyle Beerbohm vs. Pat Healy
UFC on Versus 3 - Diego Sanchez vs. Martin Kampmann
UFC 125 - Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard
Strikeforce Fedor vs Silva: Fedor vs Silva
MMA Upset of the Half-Year
Silva beats Fedor
Ortiz beats Bader
Story beats Alves
Brennan beats Story
MMA fighter of the Half-Year
Christian M'Pumbu
Patricio "Pitbull" Freire
Jorge Masdival
Antonio Silva
Nick Diaz
Clay Guida
Brian Stann
Jon Jones
Vote for each topic and I'll add up the results. If you think there's a submission or a KO ect I've left out, feel free to add it.
MMA Show of the Half-Year:
UFC Fight for the Troops 2
UFC 129
StrikeForce: Fedor vs Silva
UFC 132
MMA Submission of the Half-Year
UFC 132: Ortiz submits Bader with the guilltone
UFC 129: Pablo Garza defeats Yves Jabouin with a flying triangle choke.
Bellator 38: Richard Hale defeats Nik Fekete with an inverted triangle choke.
UFC Fight Night 24: Korean Zombie defeats Leonard Garcia with the twister.
MMA Knockout of the Half-Year
UFC 129: John Makdessi KO's Kyle Watson with a spinning back-fist.
UFC on Versus 4: Cheick Kongo's come back KO
UFC 129 - Lyoto Machida defeats Randy Couture with the crane-kick.
UFC 126 - Anderson Silva defeats Vitor Belfort with the crane-kick.
MMA fight of the Half-Year
UFC 132 - Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber
Strikeforce Challengers 14 - Lyle Beerbohm vs. Pat Healy
UFC on Versus 3 - Diego Sanchez vs. Martin Kampmann
UFC 125 - Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard
Strikeforce Fedor vs Silva: Fedor vs Silva
MMA Upset of the Half-Year
Silva beats Fedor
Ortiz beats Bader
Story beats Alves
Brennan beats Story
MMA fighter of the Half-Year
Christian M'Pumbu
Patricio "Pitbull" Freire
Jorge Masdival
Antonio Silva
Nick Diaz
Clay Guida
Brian Stann
Jon Jones
Vote for each topic and I'll add up the results. If you think there's a submission or a KO ect I've left out, feel free to add it.