Kakutougi's Pick Your Best Of 2017 In MMA

[K1power]

This year we'll be doing the "Best Of" picks in similar fashion to previous years.
Before starting off with my own picks I'd like to see what you guys thought of the year.

Here are some categories to help you get started:

- Fight(s) Of The Year

- Upset(s) Of The Year

- Fighter(s) Of The Year

- Breakout Fighter(s) Of The Year

- Knockout(s) Of The Year

- Comeback(s) Of The Year

- Controversy(s) Of The Year

- Event(s) Of The Year

- Story(s) Of The Year

You can name a single favorite or do rankings, just let us know what your picks for 2017 are!

We'll be doing this for kickboxing, MMA and boxing!

Let's kick this off!

[K1power]

I'm not gonna lie, I've barely kept up with MMA in 2017. Rarely have I stayed up late to watch a UFC card live and out of the few times I actually did never really ended up paying off.

However, there are a few awards I feel like I can make some nominations in.

- Fight(s) Of The Year
Hard to pick one, but I really liked Cormier vs. Jones 2. Despite the controversy and me absolutely hating how it ended, I liked the fight and the fact Cormier was all over Jones.

- Upset(s) Of The Year
GSP, T.J. Dillashaw and Rose Namajunas all defeating their respective then-champion opponents within the first three rounds. On the same card. I don't think many could have predicted that.

- Breakout Fighter(s) Of The Year
Francis Ngannou. Pretty much came out of nowhere and within a short amount of time secured himself a HW Title shot in the UFC

- Knockout(s) Of The Year
Alistair Overeem vs. Francis Ngannou


Like with Hesdy in kickboxing, I hate that it happened to the Reem, but damn..

- Submission(s) Of The Year
Demetrious Johnson vs. Ray Borg


- Controversy(s) Of The Year
- This actually started in 2016, but the whole Mark Hunt BS. As someone who used to adore Mark Hunt, man was his continuous bitching a turn-off to me. Don't get me wrong; Hunt did make some good points, but he wasn't at all being sincere. I wouldn't have minded if it was just his way of negotiating a better deal for himself, but when I read Hunt being abusive towards his fans on social media I lost a lot of respect for him.

- The drama surrounding Ray Sefo's promotion WSOF. WSOF had been in trouble for a while, but in 2017 it actually fell under new ownership and was renamed Professional Fighters League. I'm not sure if they're currently still in business.

Dishonorable mentions:
- Every other UFC event having big fights cancelled due to fighters getting injured, not making weight or any other reason.

- Jon Jones again being a junkie.

- Conor McGregor being involved in a barfight.

- Bellator 180/NYC: Sonnen vs. Silva being godawful.

- Event(s) Of The Year
I'm always inclined to say Rizin's New Year Event.

There may be lots of blowout fights, but damn do I prefer J-MMA over anything else.

- Comeback(s) Of The Year
GSP: Coming back after years of inactivity and choking out then-champ Bisping. That's impressive.

- Story(s) Of The Year
Perhaps of no significance to most people, at least not in the grand scheme of things, but I wanted to mention this once more:



Some more appreciation for the Reem, please!

That pretty much sums it up. Not anywhere near the essay I wrote for kickboxing. lol