bloodyelbow.com - 3/26/2009
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And we're live. Click the sexy badge above to see the March rankings. I'll be frontpaging the commentary over the next 12 hours but you can go ahead and see the top 25 in each weight class at the BE Rankings page . Like Luke said , this is a big deal for Bloody Elbow, SB Nation and, we ...
bloodyelbow.com - 3/26/2009
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bloodyelbow.com —
We compile the top MMA rankings from each
of our sources and award 25 points for a...
first place ranking, 16 for a 10th place ranking, 1 for a 25th place ranking. A formula is used to “normalize” the data so all fighters are awarded points from those ...
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USA Today / SB Nation MMA Consensus Rankings
joshqpublic.com - 3/26/2009
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This afternoon’s top links from the wide wonderful
world of sports and beyond: The Final Four Is...
Here! Oh, The NIT Final Four ( Rumors & Rants ) Tigers Anger Catholics ( Major League Jerk ) Take That Jason Whitlock! ( Sparty & Friends ) Take That Don Cherry, And Your ...
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Lancelot Links: Afternoon Edition
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UFC rankings/MMA rankings to be featured in USA Today
MMA Mania —
Big news for the mixed martial arts community coming from the SB Nation …
Congrats to Luke Thomas and the rest of the BloodyElbow.com crew for landing a major deal with the nation’s largest daily newspaper, USA Today, to feature monthly mixed martial arts rankings.
Here is how it will work:
“The rankings, which will offer a definitive perspective of top MMA fighters across all weight-classes, will be released monthly and published in the Sports section of USA TODAY, online at USATODAY.com and on SB ...
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