Diego Sanchez stayed atop the lightweight buzz rankings in October in a sign of how wide his appeal is among MMA fans. While BJ Penn is the champion of the division, Sanchez’s star-building turn on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter show continues to pay dividends. With the charismatic Penn taking on [...]
Lyoto Machida jumped five spots to first place in the October fighter buzz rankings, pushing Kimbo Slice from his perch and demonstrating excellent ability to pull mainstream fan interest. “The Dragon” defeated fellow Brazilian Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in the main event of UFC 104 on October 24th. The high profile bout was enough [...]
WEC champion Brian Bowles and former champion Miguel Torres held onto their spots atop the Bantamweight (135 pound) buzz rankings in September in a quiet month for the weight class. The pair have been at the top since Bowles scored an upset TKO victory over Torres back in August at WEC 42. [...]
The top of the featherweight buzz rankings held relatively steady in September, with former WEC champ “The California Kid” Urijah Faber hanging onto first and Jens Pulver staying in second. With the WEC and Japanese promotions some of the only outlets for fighers in this weight class to make a name for themselves, established [...]
Diego Sanchez rose two spots to top Tapology’s September lightweight buzz rankings, while UFC champion BJ Penn fell to fifth after having been atop the rankings in August. After “The Prodigy” Penn dispatched top contender Kenny Florian at UFC 101, interest in the Hawaiian fighter surged, but now has settled back down, allowing Ultimate [...]
Despite being nearly two years removed from the welterweight crown, Matt Hughes remains a fan favorite and edged out Georges St. Pierre to top the divisional buzz rankings for September. Hughes inched to the top in a month where only a handful of meaningful welterweight bouts took place. Fighters from those bouts, including [...]
With his knockout victory of former middleweight champion Rich Franklin at UFC 103, Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort returned to the UFC and jumped to the top of the middleweight buzz rankings for September. It marked the third consecutive KO victory for the still-young UFC pioneer, and his climb up the buzz rankings is evidence [...]
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson jumped to the top of the light heavyweight buzz rankings for September, fueled by the exposure and activity from his coaching stint on The Ultimate Fighter reality show on Spike TV. Despite being inactive since fighting at UFC 96 in March and his decision to temporarily pursue a career in acting [...]
The September Heavyweight Buzz Rankings are available and it’s no surprise that Kimbo Slice shot to the top of the heap in tandem with the newest season of The Ultimate Fighter reality show premiering on Spike TV. Kimbo received an enormous amount of mainstream fan interest during the month, as did fellow TV show [...]
The Ultimate Fighter Season 10 began airing in September, featuring a cast of heavyweights including Kimbo Slice vying for a UFC contract. The fan interest and buzz surrounding the show was palpable, leading to a huge jump up the rankings for Kimbo as well as several other participants. The Youtube sensation-turned legitimate MMA [...]
