I'm a pretty fanatical fan of MMA in general (and of pretty much any form of full-contact martial arts and fighting sports), from the UFC to all the smaller orgs : M1 Global, Strike Force, Bodog, IFL, the defunct Pride may it R.I.P., etc., and of course the local org named TKO (formerly UCC) which gave the world fighters such as GSP, David Loiseau and Patrick Côté (I've been to all the events held at the Bell Center so far... which is where there's also supposed to be the first UFC on Canadian soil next April, but unfortunately that'll be a tad too expensive for me, unless I get crappy seats very far from the cage which would be pointless).

Anderson Silva is indeed pretty awesome. Very slick, powerful and accurate striker, good takedown defense, and far from helpless on the ground. Those Franklin bouts were brutal as hell (have you seen his nose after the 1st fight!!!), but I especially loved seeing Silva beat the crap out of Chris Leben (back when the average UFC fan didn't know what he was capable of and didn't give him much of a chance).

I do think that my fellow Montréaler GSP would currently be rated no.1 pound-for-pound if Matt Serra hadn't gotten lucky (there's something to be said for making guys like Matt Hughes and Josh Koscheck look like amateurs

). Tho I admit my bias on that one