Done.

Please.

Man! He’s already got over 60% of the votes!

Man! He’s already got over 60% of the votes!

Haha,that’s cos on Sherdog they pumped the fuck out of the poll. Randy started with about 3% and was being beaten by the hot dog eating dude.

I like the pic. Very funny. What MMA Organization hsa red gloves? Or are those just sparing gloves?

ESPN has pretty low standards if beating Big Poopy, then dishonoring your contract and screwing your employer while pouting like a baby gets you on this list.

I`m still waiting for a MMA fighter getting the espn award for best fighter of the year. This past year it was between Floyd..RamPage..Couture..with the momentum that Randy – MMA had I thought Randy or Page could of won over the Floyd-Boxing.

I like the pic. Very funny. What MMA Organization hsa red gloves? Or are those just sparing gloves?

um theres alot of Orginazations with red gloves

Um, yay go Randy? Really nobody else worth voting for. You got it Natural.

Randy deserves all the awards. He is the best heavyweight in the world. I am saddened by his decision to resign, he should have just whipped two more asses and called it a career.

Haha,that’s cos on Sherdog they pumped the fuck out of the poll. Randy started with about 3% and was being beaten by the hot dog eating dude.

Your right yesterday I made his vote go up .5% by myself. All you have to do is hit the back button and vote again!

Couture should pretty much be on everyone’s top 5 unless they know nothing about the sport of MMA.

Even though I don’t like Couture right now, I voted for him; it was less a vote for Randy and more a vote for mma.

Randy is the man. Who has done what he has done in their fortys. Not even Michael Jordan. He deserves the award

check out this interesting CBS Article:

CBS Sports Questions UFC Credibility
 
   
 
   
Oct. 21, 2007
By Gregg Doyel
CBSSports.com National Columnist

CINCINNATI - I’m going to put this to potty-mouthed UFC president Dana White in terms he can understand: Your sport has a major f—ing problem.

It’s the scoring. At best it’s a joke. At worst it’s corrupt. Those are the choices, and they are the only choices, as we were reminded again Saturday at UFC 77: Hostile Territory.

We have a question for Dana White: WTF? (US Presswire)
Maybe you don’t know what I’m talking about. The latest outrage — the latest absolute joke — happened before the UFC 77 card went live on pay-per-view television. It was the first fight, between lightweights Matt Grice and Jason Black, and Grice dominated. He destroyed Black for most of 15 minutes, winning the first and third rounds and controlling most of the second until Black mounted his only offensive late in the round. At worst, Grice won two rounds to one, which on the UFC’s 10-point scoring system would be a 29-28 decision. And an argument could be made that it was 30-27.

The fight was announced as a draw. One judge had Grice winning. One had Black winning. The third had it even.

The crowd went nuts. Grice was stunned. Black was embarrassed. The crowd booed for more than a minute, even as UFC announcer Joe Rogan was interviewing Grice over the public-address system (and saying he thought Grice had won). Grice was in the middle of explaining his shock when the frazzled director of the Ohio Athletic Commission, Bernie Profato, lumbered into the octagon and whispered something into Rogan’s ear.

This is where a bad situation got ridiculous. Profato was whispering to Rogan that a mistake had been made. Rogan was relaying the information to the crowd. Grice was celebrating. Black was nodding. The crowd was cheering.

Me, I’m steaming.

Because this was bad. This was really bad. Understand what happened, and don’t gloss over it. Don’t excuse it, as White did afterward.

Here’s what happened: After two minutes of outrage, an official scoring decision was reversed right before everyone’s eyes. Given UFC judges’ history of baffling scoring decisions, it’s reasonable to believe the judges honestly called the fight a draw. And that White reacted to the crowd’s outrage or his own personal shock and sent word to the judges that their decision was wrong, that one of them needed to change his card so the official outcome could reflect what had actually happened in the octagon.

That’s a scary proposition, the UFC manipulating the result of a fight, but the only other alternative is just as frightening:

UFC judges can’t add small numbers.

White blamed it on the math.

“They added it up too fast,” he said, addressing the issue without one of his signature f-bombs. “They looked at the wrong columns. At least they figured it out. At least they got it straight.”

Yes, but only after the crowd went nuts and Grice nearly had a heart attack and Black didn’t know what the hell to think. Only after all that, only after several minutes, was the mistake caught.

Sad to say, this problem isn’t exclusive to Saturday night. At UFC 63 in September 2006, Jorge Gurgel dominated Danny Abaddi and then literally jerked his head in disbelief when the first judge’s card was announced as 29-28 for Abaddi. The UFC later amended that decision, saying the judge meant to score the fight for Gurgel.

Meant to. But didn’t. Scary.

This has been going on for years. After his UFC debut in 1999, Jens Pulver had his hand raised in victory. Moments later Pulver’s glee became gloom when it was announced that a mistake had been made, that his UFC 22 fight with Alfonso Alcarez had actually been scored a draw. Oops.

Now there’s the Grice-Black debacle, which wasn’t even the only scoring embarrassment from Saturday night. Here were some others from UFC 77:

“¢ Josh Burkman’s victory against Forrest Petz was announced as a majority decision, then changed to reflect that it was actually a split decision. As an added bonus, all three judges originally thought Petz’s last name was “Perez.” On their cards, “Perez” has been crossed out and replaced by “Petz.”

“¢ Stephan Bonnar beat Eric Schafer by technical knockout, but the official ballot originally listed Schafer as the winner. Somehow that mistake — unlike those involving Grice-Black and Burkman-Petz — was caught before being announced to the crowd.

“¢ Two official ballots listed the wrong referee. Two had a judge wrong. And one judge thought victorious middleweight Yushin Okami’s name was Okami Yushin.

Taken individually, each of those smaller mistakes is a humorous footnote. But taken as a whole? On a night when Matt Grice’s demolition of Jason Black was originally announced as a draw? This isn’t funny.

This is a problem.

It’s a big problem, Dana White. Fix your f—-ing sport.

What the hell, is it only UFC and MMA fighters that are voting..Though i’m an MMA fan, i think Mayweather is more applicable as the winner just because of the year he’s had

check out this interesting CBS Article:

CBS Sports Questions UFC Credibility

Oct. 21, 2007
By Gregg Doyel
CBSSports.com National Columnist

CINCINNATI - I’m going to put this to potty-mouthed UFC president Dana White in terms he can understand: Your sport has a major f—ing problem.

It’s the scoring. At best it’s a joke. At worst it’s corrupt. Those are the choices, and they are the only choices, as we were reminded again Saturday at UFC 77: Hostile Territory.

We have a question for Dana White: WTF? (US Presswire)
Maybe you don’t know what I’m talking about. The latest outrage — the latest absolute joke — happened before the UFC 77 card went live on pay-per-view television. It was the first fight, between lightweights Matt Grice and Jason Black, and Grice dominated. He destroyed Black for most of 15 minutes, winning the first and third rounds and controlling most of the second until Black mounted his only offensive late in the round. At worst, Grice won two rounds to one, which on the UFC’s 10-point scoring system would be a 29-28 decision. And an argument could be made that it was 30-27.

The fight was announced as a draw. One judge had Grice winning. One had Black winning. The third had it even.

The crowd went nuts. Grice was stunned. Black was embarrassed. The crowd booed for more than a minute, even as UFC announcer Joe Rogan was interviewing Grice over the public-address system (and saying he thought Grice had won). Grice was in the middle of explaining his shock when the frazzled director of the Ohio Athletic Commission, Bernie Profato, lumbered into the octagon and whispered something into Rogan’s ear.

This is where a bad situation got ridiculous. Profato was whispering to Rogan that a mistake had been made. Rogan was relaying the information to the crowd. Grice was celebrating. Black was nodding. The crowd was cheering.

Me, I’m steaming.

Because this was bad. This was really bad. Understand what happened, and don’t gloss over it. Don’t excuse it, as White did afterward.

Here’s what happened: After two minutes of outrage, an official scoring decision was reversed right before everyone’s eyes. Given UFC judges’ history of baffling scoring decisions, it’s reasonable to believe the judges honestly called the fight a draw. And that White reacted to the crowd’s outrage or his own personal shock and sent word to the judges that their decision was wrong, that one of them needed to change his card so the official outcome could reflect what had actually happened in the octagon.

That’s a scary proposition, the UFC manipulating the result of a fight, but the only other alternative is just as frightening:

UFC judges can’t add small numbers.

White blamed it on the math.

“They added it up too fast,” he said, addressing the issue without one of his signature f-bombs. “They looked at the wrong columns. At least they figured it out. At least they got it straight.”

Yes, but only after the crowd went nuts and Grice nearly had a heart attack and Black didn’t know what the hell to think. Only after all that, only after several minutes, was the mistake caught.

Sad to say, this problem isn’t exclusive to Saturday night. At UFC 63 in September 2006, Jorge Gurgel dominated Danny Abaddi and then literally jerked his head in disbelief when the first judge’s card was announced as 29-28 for Abaddi. The UFC later amended that decision, saying the judge meant to score the fight for Gurgel.

Meant to. But didn’t. Scary.

This has been going on for years. After his UFC debut in 1999, Jens Pulver had his hand raised in victory. Moments later Pulver’s glee became gloom when it was announced that a mistake had been made, that his UFC 22 fight with Alfonso Alcarez had actually been scored a draw. Oops.

Now there’s the Grice-Black debacle, which wasn’t even the only scoring embarrassment from Saturday night. Here were some others from UFC 77:

“¢ Josh Burkman’s victory against Forrest Petz was announced as a majority decision, then changed to reflect that it was actually a split decision. As an added bonus, all three judges originally thought Petz’s last name was “Perez.” On their cards, “Perez” has been crossed out and replaced by “Petz.”

“¢ Stephan Bonnar beat Eric Schafer by technical knockout, but the official ballot originally listed Schafer as the winner. Somehow that mistake — unlike those involving Grice-Black and Burkman-Petz — was caught before being announced to the crowd.

“¢ Two official ballots listed the wrong referee. Two had a judge wrong. And one judge thought victorious middleweight Yushin Okami’s name was Okami Yushin.

Taken individually, each of those smaller mistakes is a humorous footnote. But taken as a whole? On a night when Matt Grice’s demolition of Jason Black was originally announced as a draw? This isn’t funny.

This is a problem.

It’s a big problem, Dana White. Fix your f—-ing sport.

thanks John.

and the winner for best hair cut is….

check out this interesting CBS Article:

CBS Sports Questions UFC Credibility

Oct. 21, 2007
By Gregg Doyel
CBSSports.com National Columnist

CINCINNATI - I’m going to put this to potty-mouthed UFC president Dana White in terms he can understand: Your sport has a major f—ing problem.

It’s the scoring. At best it’s a joke. At worst it’s corrupt. Those are the choices, and they are the only choices, as we were reminded again Saturday at UFC 77: Hostile Territory.

We have a question for Dana White: WTF? (US Presswire)
Maybe you don’t know what I’m talking about. The latest outrage — the latest absolute joke — happened before the UFC 77 card went live on pay-per-view television. It was the first fight, between lightweights Matt Grice and Jason Black, and Grice dominated. He destroyed Black for most of 15 minutes, winning the first and third rounds and controlling most of the second until Black mounted his only offensive late in the round. At worst, Grice won two rounds to one, which on the UFC’s 10-point scoring system would be a 29-28 decision. And an argument could be made that it was 30-27.

The fight was announced as a draw. One judge had Grice winning. One had Black winning. The third had it even.

The crowd went nuts. Grice was stunned. Black was embarrassed. The crowd booed for more than a minute, even as UFC announcer Joe Rogan was interviewing Grice over the public-address system (and saying he thought Grice had won). Grice was in the middle of explaining his shock when the frazzled director of the Ohio Athletic Commission, Bernie Profato, lumbered into the octagon and whispered something into Rogan’s ear.

This is where a bad situation got ridiculous. Profato was whispering to Rogan that a mistake had been made. Rogan was relaying the information to the crowd. Grice was celebrating. Black was nodding. The crowd was cheering.

Me, I’m steaming.

Because this was bad. This was really bad. Understand what happened, and don’t gloss over it. Don’t excuse it, as White did afterward.

Here’s what happened: After two minutes of outrage, an official scoring decision was reversed right before everyone’s eyes. Given UFC judges’ history of baffling scoring decisions, it’s reasonable to believe the judges honestly called the fight a draw. And that White reacted to the crowd’s outrage or his own personal shock and sent word to the judges that their decision was wrong, that one of them needed to change his card so the official outcome could reflect what had actually happened in the octagon.

That’s a scary proposition, the UFC manipulating the result of a fight, but the only other alternative is just as frightening:

UFC judges can’t add small numbers.

White blamed it on the math.

“They added it up too fast,” he said, addressing the issue without one of his signature f-bombs. “They looked at the wrong columns. At least they figured it out. At least they got it straight.”

Yes, but only after the crowd went nuts and Grice nearly had a heart attack and Black didn’t know what the hell to think. Only after all that, only after several minutes, was the mistake caught.

Sad to say, this problem isn’t exclusive to Saturday night. At UFC 63 in September 2006, Jorge Gurgel dominated Danny Abaddi and then literally jerked his head in disbelief when the first judge’s card was announced as 29-28 for Abaddi. The UFC later amended that decision, saying the judge meant to score the fight for Gurgel.

Meant to. But didn’t. Scary.

This has been going on for years. After his UFC debut in 1999, Jens Pulver had his hand raised in victory. Moments later Pulver’s glee became gloom when it was announced that a mistake had been made, that his UFC 22 fight with Alfonso Alcarez had actually been scored a draw. Oops.

Now there’s the Grice-Black debacle, which wasn’t even the only scoring embarrassment from Saturday night. Here were some others from UFC 77:

“¢ Josh Burkman’s victory against Forrest Petz was announced as a majority decision, then changed to reflect that it was actually a split decision. As an added bonus, all three judges originally thought Petz’s last name was “Perez.” On their cards, “Perez” has been crossed out and replaced by “Petz.”

“¢ Stephan Bonnar beat Eric Schafer by technical knockout, but the official ballot originally listed Schafer as the winner. Somehow that mistake — unlike those involving Grice-Black and Burkman-Petz — was caught before being announced to the crowd.

“¢ Two official ballots listed the wrong referee. Two had a judge wrong. And one judge thought victorious middleweight Yushin Okami’s name was Okami Yushin.

Taken individually, each of those smaller mistakes is a humorous footnote. But taken as a whole? On a night when Matt Grice’s demolition of Jason Black was originally announced as a draw? This isn’t funny.

This is a problem.

It’s a big problem, Dana White. Fix your f—-ing sport.

Good stuff John, maybe this was the same problem with the Bisping and Hamill fight. There is no way he should have won that fight.

Dude Randy is at 60% right now. Second place is at 30%. He’s KILLIN ’em.

SWEET thats great that the Natural is ganna win this award He deserves it.

what goes around comes around for the UFC they tried to srew randy and now there the ones who got screwed. Fedor vs Randy in late 2008 and the UFC wont be able to make any money off of it I LOVE IT.

Go Rand 64%

Man! He’s already got over 60% of the votes!
Haha,that’s cos on Sherdog they pumped the fuck out of the poll. Randy started with about 3% and was being beaten by the hot dog eating dude.

There is a 165,000 votes, do you think that many came from Sherdog ,Randy hater. Randy is the man, get over it.

Man! He’s already got over 60% of the votes!
Haha,that’s cos on Sherdog they pumped the fuck out of the poll. Randy started with about 3% and was being beaten by the hot dog eating dude.
There is a 165,000 votes, do you think that many came from Sherdog ,Randy hater. Randy is the man, get over it.

yes, sherdog forum rules!!!

Does anyone know when the polls close?

Good stuff John, maybe this was the same problem with the Bisping and Hamill fight. There is no way he should have won that fight.

CAN WE make sure DANA WHITE COmments on this, and HOW do we do this?!?!?!?
w/out DANa slipping the question??
and the face that the other sports w/out compitition ie MLB NBA do not treat teir hall of famers like ken s. by not honoring his last fight on his contract and then traeating randy like crap when he wants to sit out his contract for GREAT reasons? whats up with that dana?
your hall of famers are hall of money for you and the ufc , i bet randy will be taken out of the ufc’s hall of fame whatever that stupid thing is ..like it’s not ike cooperstown or will it be an office in Nevada near the ufc HQ??!?!?!?!
the ufc is going to ruin MMA, thanks dana sell it noW!!!!

Randy will soon get credit were its deserved! As soon as syilvia beats nog. And Gonzaga beats wedrum… People will then realize that fedor aint shit and randy is the fucking man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The only thing Randy deserves is a bytch slap from Dana White. I hope he chokes on his greed.

ALL YOU people talking down or trying to make randy seem un-natural…. you know nothing. at almost 46 years of age … he’s the f’n man.
your number one! and FEDOR…stop being a wuss and cash in on your biggest payday. dumbass

He didn’t do anything to YOU, why do you take it so personally with Randy? I mean, come on. It’s not like he did anything wrong other than want to fight Fedor. When King Dana couldn’t get the job done, Randy held his head high and gracefully bowed out at the top of the fight game. No one but Fedor could give him a fight so he walks into the sunset, holding the belt high as crowds of adoring fans chant his name one last time. If you call wanting to only fight the best ‘greed’, than Randy must be the most greedy of all. You should really strive to be 1/1000th the man Randy is. Randy is the dopest. He can beat anyone. If he were here you wouldn’t call him a coward, you would get small in the face of greatness and fall over wet, as you pray to the super hero of a man we all know as Captain America. He showed me what really being a hero is all about. Never Giving Up. Never Quitting on his Fans. Always putting money second and giving it all in the name of competition. Randy Couture is what all of us try to become everyday; but for him it was just Natural.