You didn’t think we were going to let another calendar year run out without paying homage to this year’s big winners and mocking the year’s biggest idiots, did you? Naw son, that’s not our style. 2009 was an eventful year with plenty of ups and downs, but after casting our ballots and tallying up the votes (there’s only two of us, so it really shouldn’t have taken as long as it did, but there was a lot of yelling and a little crying) we have some awards to give out. The envelopes please…
Fighter of the Year: Fedor Emelianenko
The year was not without disappointments for the sweatered one. He missed a chance to fight Josh Barnett and walked away from another chance to sign on with the UFC. All the same, he reinforced his status as one of MMA’s most dominant fighters with knockouts of Andrei Arlovski and Brett Rogers. Meanwhile, Anderson Silva had one snoozer and one great fight out of his weight class, while GSP beat a lightweight and won a decision to retain his title. Sorry boys, Fedor’s 2009 was way more fun.
Beatdown of the Year: Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
"The Spider" didn’t just beat FoGriff, he straight-up violated him. It’s one thing to do that against a woefully outmatched challenger in your own weight class, but quite another to do it to a former champ from the division above yours. Never have we seen such a clear demonstration of the vast chasm between good and great as we did on that night. You can hardly blame Griffin for running out of the Octagon after that. We’re sort of amazed that he waited until the fight was over to do it.
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