One of the best things ESPN.com does is post a lot of videos related to mixed martial arts. That's particularly surprising because ESPN doesn't televise MMA, and fans of other sports, especially hockey, have complained that ESPN simply ignores the sports it doesn't televise. But here it is, the latest ESPN MMA video, a rundown of the world's Top 10 pound-for-pound MMA fighters, according to Sherdog:
I think we've reached the point where it's obvious to anyone who follows the sport who the No. 1 fighter on the list is going to be, but what about positions 2-10? For those who don't feel like watching the video to find out, the list is after the jump.
1. Anderson Silva
2. Rampage Jackson
3. Georges St-Pierre
4. Fedor Emelianenko
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
6. Urijah Faber
7. Takanori Gomi
8. Norifumi Yamamoto
9. B.J. Penn
10. Miguel Torres
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ESPN Mixed Martial Arts Top 10 Video
Posted May 8th 2008 5:50PM by Michael David Smith
Filed under: Fighting, ESPN, MMA, MMA/Boxing
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. if its a fight,give me the big russian
Posted at 9:06PM on May 8th 2008 by jake sand
2. I just wish he would have pronounced Urijah Faber correctly, but an impressive report from ESPN. It is about time MMA gets on the "worldwide leader in sports"...
Posted at 11:07PM on May 8th 2008 by Jeff Skiers
3. Wow...so this is the top 10 competitors in a rapidly growing sport and "the worldwide leader" can't find someone who has heard of them before? Urijah Faber is pronounced "you-ry-uh fay-ber" not "you-ree-juh fay-BEAR." That is just absurd and a complete embarassment for ESPN.
Posted at 10:27AM on May 9th 2008 by Steve
4. you-ree-juh fay-bear? LOL what? good lord, you'd think they might put 10 minutes into learning how to pronounce the dude's name. at least he pronounced bj penn right... the real P4P king
Posted at 2:59PM on May 9th 2008 by Chupacabra