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UFC Heavyweight 16-Man Tourney: Match #5

Time to get back to business and see who the Maniacs feel is the cream of the crop in the Heavyweight Division.


We will poll each fight individually, for 1 day, beginning with opening round Match #1. MMA Mania has the most knowledgeable MMA online community, so please feel free to post your pick in the comments along with your analysis of how you see the fights breaking down. Hopefully this will give us something to do on slow news days.

It was extremely hard to come up with seeding for this tourney as Cain, Shane, and Jr all have a good argument for the #2 seed. For that reason, I put the 3 names in a hat and drew for seeds 2-4. For the rest of the seedings, I utilized multiple MMA rankings, while also taking styles into consideration.

***NOTE*** In the event of a tie, a randomly selected Maniac will act as the tie breaker. That Maniac will be the 1st person to write a comment in the post thread. So if you are the 1st to post a comment, make sure to include which fighter you voted for!!!!

1 B. Lesnar

16 C. Tuchscherer

Match1 1 B. Lesnar

QF1 Winner QF1

Match 2 8 G. Gonzaga

8 G. Gonzaga

9 H. Herring

Semi-Final 1

5 F. Mir

12 G. Yvel

Match 3 5 F. Mir

QF2 Winner QF2

Match 4 4 C. Velasquez

4 C. Velasquez

13 S. Struve

Tournament Championship

6 A. Nogueira

11 M. Crocop

Match 5 Winner 6/11

QF3 Winner QF3

Match 6 Winner 3/14

3 J. Dos Santos

14 T. Duffy

Semi-Final 2

7 R. Nelson

10 C. Kongo

Match 7 Winner 7/10

QF4 Winner QF4

Match 8 Winner 2/15

2 S. Carwin

15 B. Rothwell

Match #4: Cain easily toppled the Skyscraper with 93% of the vote. He now meets Frank the tank in a quarter final thriller.

Match #5: In a rematch of there 2003 Pride showdown, Big Nog faces down Mirko. Though both have been on the decline, they each have the ability to win on any given night. Even if their days as top contenders have passed, both remain legends and fan favorites... Should be a classic striking vs submissions contest.

So lets hear it Maniacs. Will the favorites move on, or will we see an underdog rise to the top? You decide.

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