Bakedthoughts.com now has a look. I would say a new look, but it was without look before. I have some links that you can check out, and will be adding more in the future. I will also be writing and updating this site more often. There is much to talk about, American Idol is complete poop this year. Survivor is pretty awesome, Boston Rob vs Russell. Top Chef Masters is starting in a couple weeks, Go Graham Elliot! Ultimate Fighter, Tito vs Chuck starts tonight. Glee is in the not so distant future…. Wow, I really need to get a life, or a job, or both.  Some random thoughts…..not quite fully baked, perhaps just warming in the oven…

America has health care, lets hope that works out well. Now time to fix the economy.

I just finished reading a book, “The Capture of Attu”, and will be writing a little bit about that soon.

I can’t believe that I actually watch Shear Genius, can anyone else understand the host?

Opening day, 2010, is on Sunday! Red Sox vs Yankees. I think its going to be a lot easier for me living in SF, rather than being in NY. I won’t have to see the cover of the tabloids after losses.

Happy Passover!

I admit it, I want to see the movie Hot Tub Time Machine.

Baker Out.

As 2010 kicked off, everyone wanted to give the best of the ‘00s list. It’s a fun thing to do because you get to take the clean decade and evaluate it. So with that, I tackled who would be the UFC fighter of the ‘00s (obviously, only UFC fights count).  I really wanted to come up with a point system that could somehow rank the fighters. What I came up with is probably terribly flawed, but it certainly has some merit. At the very least, it’s an indicator for how successful they were.

The Points

3 Points for every win- winning is the name of any game, so credit must be given. Sure, there are going to be bad decisions, and other “fluke” wins, but I win is a win.

-1 Point for every loss- while a win is a win, not all losses are bad.

0 Points for a Draw- like kissing your sister, no points.

1 Point for a KO, Submission, or TKO- credit should be given for ending a fight.

-2 for a 1^st round loss- while not all losses are bad, first round losses suck.

1 point for a title fight- winning titles is pinnacle of the sport; usually you have to earn title fights, so credit should be given.

2 Points for a successful titles defense- winning the title is one thing, defending it is much harder.

So there you have the point system. In a perfect world, I think its pretty fair. As with any decade awards, longevity helps.  In the instances with interim belts, they are counted as title fights, and when co-champs faced each other; both guys are defending (GSP v Serra for example).  The one thing I did not factor was the subjective; quality of opponent. I wanted to take out any subjective point for this exercise. Lastly, I didn’t rank every fighter. I tried to rank all champions, but some I did skip (Miletich, Serra, Belfort, Barnett and Lesnar) due to lack for fights in the time period. So, who is the total points winner?

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