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LongRodNasty

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10.21.2013 | 3:25 PM ET

Anybody know why this fight isn't even in the top 10 fights of 2013?
I thought it was an absolute barn burner.
Thoughts?

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Franklin880088

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10.21.2013 | 3:30 PM ET

wait a week or two. Two days is not long enough for people to update there rankings.

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edwinx1903

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10.21.2013 | 4:03 PM ET

FOTY for me personally. Loved it more than Jones vs. Gus, but I'm a fan of wild, crazy, heated brawls with the fans going nuts, so it's not strange for me to have enjoyed it more.

CthulhuJones

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10.21.2013 | 4:09 PM ET

I watched this again this morning and the first two rounds were fairly normal rounds other than a few wild exchanges. Now, the third round of that fight might be the best round of the year, or possibly the best round ever in a fight, but looking at the whole fight Jones and Gus was better.

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sreimuth

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10.21.2013 | 4:15 PM ET

I just thought Jones/Gustafsson was better because of the stakes of the fight and how everyone counted Alex out. Both were great. Everyone has to remember that Silva/Stann and Bermudez/Grice happened this year as well. All four were top 10 favorite fights of all time for me.

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ED209

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10.21.2013 | 4:19 PM ET

Holy **** I almost forgot about Bermudez and Grice. I think Jones and Gus was just a little better than Gil and Diego's brawl. Hard to really pick a FOTY now lol. But, if I had to it would still be Jones VS Gus.

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Live2wrestle

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10.21.2013 | 4:22 PM ET

It's in my top 10 for the year but my fave fight of the year is either Striegl/Kim, Silva/Stann, Choi/Maruyama or Horiguchi/Ishiwatari. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few though, havent kept my list up to date.

Edit: Oh yeah Bermudez/Grice was pretty great as well, forgot that was this year

* Edited at 10.21.2013, 4:25 PM ET *

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ED209

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10.21.2013 | 4:24 PM ET

^ I haven't seen any of those but Silva/Stann. I'm gonna have to check those fights out.

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mmawizzard

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10.21.2013 | 4:54 PM ET

I wanna see a rematch a 5 round Rematch!

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Live2wrestle

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10.21.2013 | 5:09 PM ET

This vid is kinda meh quality but the only one I can find on YouTube, this fight has it all: back and forth knockdowns, sub attempts, upkicks, soccer kicks, flying ****, etc

back and forth war, you thought Guchi weathered the storm against Pague? He was nearly out and subbed within a minute of this one. Tbh the reason I rate this so high is because how high I was on Kyoji and this fight solidified him as the top BW in Asia imo. Still a great fight regardless

Striegl/Kim - Round 1 was Round of the year imo, crazy transitions and grappling display. Huge upset as well
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/1594039/events/2275900

* Edited at 10.21.2013, 5:13 PM ET *

"She be curvin all the locals, must like foreigns and this is when I had the Martin, I was just like Lawrence so wassup"

JeremyBrigham81

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10.21.2013 | 6:06 PM ET

Striegl Vs Kim was a sick fight , and as you said round 1 could be round of the year. ROTY could also easily be Silva /Stann RD 1 , Sanchez / Melendez RD. 3 ,Been some amazing fights this year.

* Edited at 10.21.2013, 6:09 PM ET *

flying_frontkick

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10.21.2013 | 6:27 PM ET

That first round was great, the second slowly brewed the war that would ensue in the 3rd and I enjoyed watching Gilbert stay composed and land right hands repeatedly. Both guys showed tremendous heart, if that was a 5 round fight it would have been amazing.

Freire-Curran

Shlemenko-Cooper 2

Silva-Stann

Poirer-Koch

Blanco-Sicilia

Kaufman-Smith

Cote-Voelker

Torres-Namajunas

Mizugaki-Perez

Whitaker-McGee

Brown-Mein

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mmawizzard

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10.21.2013 | 8:03 PM ET

I would love a rematch for Melendez/Sanchez and remember there is a TUF Mexico coming soon so yea.

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TraeBlack

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10.21.2013 | 8:38 PM ET

hmmmm TUF Mexico

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legacyofmisfortune

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10.21.2013 | 9:23 PM ET

as much as I loved Melendez vs Sanchez I don't see real reason to have a rematch right now, Melendez deserves to fight for a title shot or at least a title shot elimination fight, Sanchez can fight Maynard or Dos Anjos both are great fights for Sanchez to start building a streak in a way to a title shot and how ******* awesome would it be to have their rematch when Gil is the champ (because he will be) and after Diego puts on a good streak

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Huiop532

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10.21.2013 | 9:34 PM ET

Gil's not beating Pettis...

TraeBlack

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10.21.2013 | 10:34 PM ET

Grant or Dos Anjos vs Melendez for title eliminator?

"3HUNNA"

nogfan

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10.21.2013 | 10:38 PM ET

I agree Trae. Get Grant vs. Melendez for the next title shot winner gets Pettis/Thomson winner and then Nurmagomedov vs. RDA gets the winner of that fight.

Nomad

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10.21.2013 | 10:39 PM ET

Grant or Khabib vs Melendez for title eliminator, dos nachos is behind them a little still I think.

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legacyofmisfortune

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10.22.2013 | 12:31 PM ET

I think Khabib is great but he´s still a couple of fights away from Melendez, Dos Anjos would be a good test for Khabib.

@Huiop I think Gil has what it takes to defeat Pettis and hold the belt for a while

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