Ninja's Place Fighter of the Year 2011

So...

Who had the best 2011 in MMA?

Fighter of the Year
Nick Diaz – 3-0, Penn, Daley, Santos
Jon Jones – 4-0, Machida, Rampage, Shogun, Bader
Dan Henderson – 3-0, Shogun, Fedor, Cavalcante
Donald Cerrone – 4-0, Siver, Olivera, Rocha, Kelly (Nate Diaz on December 30th)
Ben Henderson – 3-0, Guida, Miller, Bocek
Other?

Bones, not even close

If u don't vote for Bones u shouldn't watch MMA.

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

If u don't vote for Bones u shouldn't watch MMA.

I was about to post something similar.

Cerrone is fighting NATE Diaz on December 30th, not Nick.

And yeah, it's Jones hands down.

Alright who voted for other?

I was wondering the same thing.

Farmer1906 wrote:

Alright who voted for other?

So what?

But yeah I voted for Bones. The greatest 1 year stretch in MMA yet.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Farmer1906 wrote:

Alright who voted for other?

So what?

If someone votes for something crazy like that they should back it up.

Bones.

Jones, but props to Hendo for what was an awesome year.

Wins SF title by KO, beats all time great via KO(dope fight here too), Greatest fight of all time.

Hendo's 2011 takes fighter of the year 90% of the time.

captain organic wrote:

Jones, but props to Hendo for what was an awesome year.

Wins SF title by KO, beats all time great via KO(dope fight here too), Greatest fight of all time.

Hendo's 2011 takes fighter of the year 90% of the time.

I agree. The domination of Shogun proves Bones takes it over Hendo though.

Jon Jones

then Dan Henderson

nobody else is really in the dicussion IMO

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

captain organic wrote:

Jones, but props to Hendo for what was an awesome year.

Wins SF title by KO, beats all time great via KO(dope fight here too), Greatest fight of all time.

Hendo's 2011 takes fighter of the year 90% of the time.

I agree. The domination of Shogun proves Bones takes it over Hendo though.

If anything the fight with Hendo lets us know Shogun clearly wasn't quite ready to come back after the surgery when he fought Jones. He looked fresher in round five against Hendo after taking more damage from him than he did against Jones in round three. Clearly something wasn't right.

It has to be Bones. Like him or not, he beat two-former champions, the current champion and a highly rated up and comer. I have a tie at 2nd with Dan and Don. Hendo has been kicking ass this year and is IMHO winner of FOY against Shogun and KOd the greatest HW fighter in the history of the sport. Cerrone, though fighting lesser opponents due to injuries to his opposition, has been a fucking monster. Bendo gets 4th.

heres the FOTY with is fiance

He's creeping on the side for sure

Is that Josh's ex girlfriend?

killerofchicken wrote:

heres the FOTY with is fiance

Why is Jon posing with a race horse ?

killerofchicken wrote:

heres the FOTY with is fiance

I couple more wins will call for an upgrade.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Is that Josh's ex girlfriend?

lol...josh had a girlfriend..good one

Ludo wrote:

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

captain organic wrote:

Jones, but props to Hendo for what was an awesome year.

Wins SF title by KO, beats all time great via KO(dope fight here too), Greatest fight of all time.

Hendo's 2011 takes fighter of the year 90% of the time.

I agree. The domination of Shogun proves Bones takes it over Hendo though.

If anything the fight with Hendo lets us know Shogun clearly wasn't quite ready to come back after the surgery when he fought Jones. He looked fresher in round five against Hendo after taking more damage from him than he did against Jones in round three. Clearly something wasn't right.

I'm not throwing Rua an injury exemption when Bones has destroyed everyone put in front of him.

captain organic wrote:

Ludo wrote:

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

captain organic wrote:

Jones, but props to Hendo for what was an awesome year.

Wins SF title by KO, beats all time great via KO(dope fight here too), Greatest fight of all time.

Hendo's 2011 takes fighter of the year 90% of the time.

I agree. The domination of Shogun proves Bones takes it over Hendo though.

If anything the fight with Hendo lets us know Shogun clearly wasn't quite ready to come back after the surgery when he fought Jones. He looked fresher in round five against Hendo after taking more damage from him than he did against Jones in round three. Clearly something wasn't right.

I'm not throwing Rua an injury exemption when Bones has destroyed everyone put in front of him.

I'm not pretending an injury we have seen before take the same toll as before on the guy when he just got done taking more punishment than anyone alive from Dan Henderson and still looking fresher after 20 minutes than he did after 10 with another fighter who packs less power into each individual strike.