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Keola Silva (Galaxy MMA) - Big upset with a unanimous decision win over the highly-acclaimed Tyson Nam.
Ricco Rodriguez (Cage Thug) - Knocked out MMA's Iron Man, Travis Fulton, in the main event of Cage Thug in Iowa.
Reza Madadi (Superior Challenge) - In the main event of Superior Challenge 5, Madadi does the world-at-large a favor and chokes out Junie Allen Browning in the second round.
Jameel Massouh (Superior Challenge) - In a battle of Top-75 flyweights, Massouh decisions his way to victory over Sami Aziz.
Mauricio Rua (UFC) - Sweet dreams, Machida Karate. Rua claims what should have been his before, only this time with feeling.
Pat Curran (Bellator) - Delivers a huuuuge upset by outworking and outlasting Roger Huerta to make it to the finals of Bellator's Lightweight Tournament. Huerta was clearly gassed in the third and Curran pulls an upset for the second straight fight.
Eddie Alvarez (Bellator) - To put it succinctly, Alvarez beat the shit out of Josh Neer before putting him out of his misery in the main event Superfight on Bellator 17.
Toby Imada (Bellator) - Imada is quickly turning into one of the best submission experts in all of Mixed Martial Arts. A second-round armbar of Carey Vanier punches his ticket to a Finals fight against Pat Curran, and then a possible rematch with Eddie Alvarez.
Alistair Overeem (Strikeforce) Sigh. I really like Brett Rogers, and if he beat Overeem, he would have made a great champ. But it wasn't to be. He looked tentative and nervous. He looked 10x better against Fedor. But all the credit in the world to Overeem, I didn't think there was a chance this fight would happen, but he manned up, took all the neccessary tests, fought, and dominated. My mouth is shut. I just hope he fights in Strikeforce more often, preferably against the Fedor/Werdum winner.
Hector Lombard (Bellator) - Jesus Christ, I know Jay Silva will never be confused with Anderson, but six fucking seconds? Six seconds. Most fans weren't even back from the fridge when that happened. When the fight with Filho (of course) fell through, I was dissapointed (but not surprised), but I thought "Hey, at least Silva's a banger, should be fun", but I didn't expect this. Sweet sassy molassey.
Patricio Pitbull (Bellator) - Got a hard-fought win over Wilson Reis to advance to the Bellator Featherweight Tournamant Final against Joe Warren. He's a submission wizard, so I'm not sure Warren's strength can overcome that.
Antonio Silva (Strikeforce) - Well it wasn't pretty, but he outstruck the striker in Arlovski to take the win. I'm assuming a fight with Brett Rogers is on the horizon for him, he looked MUCH better than he did against Werdum.
Dan Hornbuckle (Bellator) WAR HORNBUCKLE! Another first-round stoppage, another step closer. Now meets Ben Askren in the finals. Buckle is absolutely a house of fire and destroyer of men lately.
Ben Askren (Bellator) Defeated Ryan Thomas for the second time, but this time it was in dominanting decision form. Now has the biggest fight of his life against the one-man army of Dan Hornbuckle.
Matt Lindland (Strikeforce) Got his first TKO in four years, and did it in the main event of a show in his hometown. Not too shabby a week from The Law.
Roxanne Modaferri (Moosin) Gets the nod here for the FANTASTIC fight she put on with Tara LaRosa. Just a battle between two of the best in the world. Decision could have gone either way, but Roxy got the W.
Rashad Evans (UFC) - Finally shut Rampage up after surviving a third-round onslaught that would have taken out most men. Some said it was boring, but I, for one, am glad he's finally sticking to his wrestling instead of trying to K-1 everyone.
Nick Diaz (Dream) - Continued the embarassing Strikeforce domination of Pride with a first-round armbar of Mach Sakurai in the main event of Dream 14. Diaz has looked unstoppable lately.
Bryan Baker (Bellator) - The Beast continued his manaiacal rampage through the Middleweight Tournament in Bellator with a first-round triangle choke of Eric Schambari.
Hatsu Hioki (Shooto) - Retained his Featherweight Championship in the main event of Shooto: The Way of Shooto 3's main event by split decision.
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145 - Joachim, Mike Brown, Joe Warren, Leonard Garcia, Aldo
155 - KenFlo, Joe Lauzon, Anyone fighting Aoki, Guida
170 - Rumble, Whitemare, Anyone fighting the Diaz Brothers, T-Wood, Hornbuckle
185 - Chael Sonnen (R-Oregon), Hendo, Quarry, Lombard, Marquardt, Lawlor
205 - Hamill, Captain America, Ace Franklin, Bones, King Mo
265 - Grim Rogers, Mir, Anyone fighting Brock, Big Country, Struve
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