UFC Rankings (exiting UFC 135)

Yes I know I'm behind.  but there's 4 straight weeks of UFC fights.   Give me a break.

UFC Fight Night: The big upset by the Juggernaut Jake Ellenburger destroying Jake Shields.  that was a huge upset, maybe in the way it was done so fast and quick.

UFC 135: No huge surprise, Jon Jones destroys another opponent, this time Rampage Jackson.  Koscheck KOs hughes into retirement.

Matchmaking: Shogun Rua vs Dan Henderson.  Winner should get a title shot (after Rashad Evans).  Cung Le comes to UFC,  first vs Belfort, but Belfort got hurt.  So it's Wanderlai Silva. If Silva loses again that could be his end as well.

HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Cain Valezquez (W-T/Lesner -> Dos Santos)
2. Junior Dos Santos (W/Carwin->Valezquez)
3. Frank Mir (W/Nelson -> Nogueira)
4. Travis Browne (W/Broughton)
5. Antoino Rodrigo Nogueira (W/Schaub)
6. Cheick Kongo (W/Berry -> Mitrione)
7. Matt Mitrione (W/Morecroft -> Kongo)
8. Brandan Schaub (L/Nogueira)
9. Shane Carwin (L/Dos Santos)
10. Stefan Struve (L/Browne -> Berry)
11. Brock Lesner vs Alistair Overeem

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Jon Jones (W-TD/Jackson)
2. Rashad Evans (W/Ortiz ->Jones)
3. Shogun Rua (W/Griffin -> Dan Henderson)
4. Lyoto Machida (W/Couture)
5. Phil Davis (W/Nogueira -> Injured)
6. Rampage Jackson (L/Jones)
7. Kyle Kingsbury (W/Maldonado -> Bonner)
8. Alexander Gustafsson (W/Hamill ->Vladimir Matyushenko)
9. Ryan Bader (L/Ortiz -> Britlz)
10. Forrest Griffin (L/Rua)

MIDDLEWEIGHT

1. Anderson Silva (W-TD/Okami)
2. Mark Munoz (W/Maia -> Leben)
3. Brian Stann (W/ Santiago -> Sonnen)
4. Vitor Belfort (W/Akiyama -> INJURED)
5. Micheal Bisping (W/Rivera -> Miller; TUF 14)
6. Yushin Okami (L->Silva)
7. Chael Sonnen (L-TS/Silva -> Stann)
8. Rousimar Palhares (W->Miller)
9. Chris Leben (W/W.Silva -> Munoz)
10. Wanderlei Silva (L/Leben -> Cung Le)

WELTERWEIGHT

1. George St Pierre (W-TD/Shields -> Condit)
2. Carlos Condit (W/Kim -> St. Pierre)
3. Jon Fitch (D/Penn -> Johnny Hendricks )
4. BJ Penn (D/Fitch -> Nick Diaz)
5. Jake Ellenberger (W/Shields) 
6. Rory MacDonald (W/Pyle -> Brian Ebersole)
7. Josh Koscheck (W/Hughes)  
8. Diego Sanchez (W/Kampmann -> INJURED)
9. Jake Shields (L/Ellenberger)
10. Matt Hughes (L/Koscheck)

LIGHTWEIGHT

1. Frankie Edgar (D-TD/Maynard -> Maynard)
2. Gray Maynard (D-TS/Edgar -> Edgar)
3. Clay Guida (W/Pettis -> Henderson)
4. Donald Cerrone (W/Oliveria -> Siver)
5. Ben Henderson (W/Miller -> Guida)
6. Melvin Guillard (W/Roller -> Lauzon)
7. Jim Miller (L/Henderson)
8. Anthony Pettis (L/Guida ->Stephens)
9. Dennis Siver (W/Wiman -> Cerrone)
10. Rafael dos Anjos (W/Sotiropoulos -> Gleison Tibau)

FEATHERWEIGHT

1. Jose Aldo (W-TD/Hominick -> Florian)
2. Kenny Florian (W/Nunes -> Aldo)
3. George Roop (W/Grispi -> Hioki)
4. Mackens Semerzier (W/Caceres -> Lullo)
5. Jung Chan-Sung (W/Garcia -> Hominick)
6. Mike Hominick (L-TS/Aldo -> Chan-Sung)
7. Diego Nunes (L/Florian -> Gamburyan)
8. Tyson Griffin (W/Gamburyan -> Palaszewski)
9. Pablo Garza (W/Jabouin -> Dustin Poirier)
10. Josh Grispi (L/Roop -> Grice)

BANTAMWEIGHT

1. Dominic Cruz (W-TD/Faber -> Johnson)
2. Demetrious Johnson (W/Torres -> Cruz)
3. Joseph Benavidez (W/Wineland)
4. Brian Bowles (W/Mizugaki -> Faber)
5. Scott Jorgensen (W/Stone -> Curran)
6. Urijah Faber (L-TS/Cruz -> Bowles)
7. Miguel Angel Torres (L/Johnson)
8. Takeya Mizugaki (L/Bowles -> Escovedo)
9. Charlie Valencia (L/Menjivar)
10. Eddie Wineland (L/Benavidez)

X-Men Regenesis: Sides are drawn.

Both Teams are revealed.  Just in time for X-Men First Class on Blu Ray

X-Men Blue Team (Team Cyclops)	X-Men Gold Team (Team Wolverine)
= Generation Hope = Hope Sabastian Shaw Velocidad (of the Five Lights) Primal (of the Five Lights) Transonic (of the Five Lights) Zero (of the Five Lights)	= Uncanny X-Force = Deadpool Nightcrawler (AOA?) Psylocke Fantomax
= X-Men (v3) = Jubilee Warpath Storm Psylocke Domino	= Wolverine and the X-Men = Wolverine Iceman Toad Shadowcat & Lockheed Kid Omega Beast (Dark Beast?) Oya (of the Five Lights)
= Uncanny X-men (v1-reboot)= Emma Frost Magik Colossus Cyclops Magneto Danger	= X-Men (v2) Legacy = Rogue Gambit Frenzy Marvel Girl
= New Mutants = X-Man Warlock SunSpot Mirage (Moonstar) Magma Cypher	= X-Factor = Havok Shatterstar Wolfsbane Butterfly (Layla Miller) M Rictor Strong Guy Syrin Madrox Polaris Longshot
Count:23	Count: 26
Picture Update 09/08/2011	Picture Update 09/09/2011

I was right about:

• Shadowcat - Gold team; split from Colossus 
• Gambit - Gold Team; stays with Rogue 
• Strong Guy
• Syrin
• Psylocke - Gold Team; with Uncanny X-Force;
  ITS HER! but on both sides? 
• The 5 Lights (Minus Oya) - Blue Team; stays with Hope 
  Oya wasn't on the cover of Generation Hope.
• Fantomax - Gold Team; with Uncanny X-Force; Looks like him.
• Polaris - Gold Team; she stays with Havok

I was wrong about:

• Psylocke - Gold Team; with Uncanny X-Force; looks like her. 
  Psylocke is on both sides?
• Rachel Summers - Blue Team; going with her father, Cyclops; splits from Havok
  Team is filled and she's not there.
• Namor - Blue Team; he's been loyal to Cyclops ;
  appears in Thunderbolts
• Beast - neither; remains away from X-Men, against Cyclops
  Joins the Gold Team, but is that Beast or Dark Beast?
• Matrox - neither; I think he dies; never saw eye to eye with Cyclops.
  Remains with X-Factor

Missing in Action:

• Archangel
  I think he dies in Uncanny X-Force 
• Jean Grey (AOA) - Gold Team; with Wolverine
  Someone teased and spread a rumor that was FALSE.
• X23 - Gold Team; stays with Wolverine
  oh well
• Legion - neither; goes bad!!!
  Probably with Xavier
• Professor X - dunno; Maybe he just leaves.
  Probably just leaves

So what does happen with Professor X?  Does he just up and leave?  Spend Quality time with his son Legion?
Does Archangel survive Uncanny X-Force storyline "Dark Angel"?
Why is Psylocke on both teams?  Does she believe in X-Force, but side with Cyclops?
Beast or Dark Beast?  For sure, Beast objects to Cyclops's X-Force.

What does it mean for Hope to lose one of the Mutants she rescued (Oya)?
What is Shaw doing with Generation Hope?

It will be an interesting year for the X-Men.

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UFC Rankings (updated 09/08/2011)

Geez Nick Diaz, you dropped the ball.  The Biggest Welterweight title ever.  Strikeforce Champ vs UFC Champ.  and you can't show up for a press conference?  You're a champion and your a face of the company.  You're supposed to do these things.  But you didn't.  So you're out.  And now Carlos Condit, who really deserved a unification title shot as the last WEC Champion finally gets his shot.  

HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Cain Valezquez (W-T/Lesner -> Dos Santos)
2. Junior Dos Santos (W/Carwin->Valezquez)
3. Frank Mir (W/Nelson -> Nogueira)
4. Travis Browne (W/Struve ->Broughton)
5. Antoino Rodrigo Nogueira (W/Schaub)
6. Cheick Kongo (W/Berry -> Mitrione)
7. Matt Mitrione (W/Morecroft -> Kongo)
8. Brandan Schaub (L/Nogueira)
9. Shane Carwin (L/Dos Santos)
10. Stefan Struve (L/Browne -> Berry)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Jon Jones (W-T/Rua -> Jackson)
2. Rashad Evans (W/Ortiz ->Jones/Jackson Winner)
3. Lyoto Machida (W/Couture -> ?)
4. Rampage Jackson (W/Hamill -> Jones)
5. Shogun Rua (W/Griffin)
6. Phil Davis (W/Nogueira -> ?)
7. Kyle Kingsbury (W/Maldonado -> Bonner)
8. Alexander Gustafsson (W/Hamill)
9. Ryan Bader (L/Ortiz -> Britlz)
10. Forest Griffin (L/Rua)

MIDDLEWEIGHT

1. Anderson Silva (W-TD/Okami)
2. Mark Munoz (W/Maia -> Leben)
3. Brian Stann (W/ Santiago -> Sonnen)
4. Vitor Belfort (W/Akiyama)
5. Micheal Bisping (W/Rivera -> Miller; TUF 14)
6. Yushin Okami (L->Silva)
7. Chael Sonnen (L-TS/Silva -> Stann)
8. Rousimar Palhares (W->Miller)
9. Chris Leben (W/W.Silva -> Munoz)
10. Wanderlei Silva (L/Leben)

WELTERWEIGHT

1. George St Pierre (W-TD/Shields -> Condit)
2. Carlos Condit (W/Kim -> St. Pierre)
3. Jon Fitch (D/Penn -> ? )
4. BJ Penn (D/Fitch -> ?)
5. Rory MacDonald (W/Pyle)
6. Diego Sanchez (W/Kampmann -> INJURED)
7. Jake Shields (L-TS/St Pierre -> Ellenberger)
8. Josh Koscheck (L-TS/St Pierre -> Hughes)
9. Jake Ellenberger (W/Pierson -> Shields) 
10. Matt Hughes (L-Penn -> Koscheck)

LIGHTWEIGHT

1. Frankie Edgar (D-TD/Maynard -> Maynard)
2. Gray Maynard (D-TS/Edgar -> Edgar)
3. Clay Guida (W/Pettis -> Henderson)
4. Donald Cerrone (W/Oliveria -> Siver)
5. Ben Henderson (W/Miller)
6. Melvin Guillard (W/Roller -> Lauzon)
7. Jim Miller (L/Henderson)
8. Anthony Pettis (L/Guida ->Stephens)
9. Dennis Siver (W/Wiman -> Cerrone)
10. Rafael dos Anjos (W/Sotiropoulos)

FEATHERWEIGHT

1. Jose Aldo (W-TD/Hominick -> Florian)
2. Kenny Florian (W/Nunes -> Aldo)
3. George Roop (W/Grispi -> Hioki)
4. Mackens Semerzier (W/Caceres -> Lullo)
5. Jung Chan-Sung (W/Garcia)
6. Mike Hominick (L-TS/Aldo)
7. Diego Nunes (L/Florian -> Gamburyan)
8. Tyson Griffin (W/Gamburyan -> Palaszewski)
9. Pablo Garza (W/Jabouin)
10. Josh Grispi (L/Roop -> Grice)

BANTAMWEIGHT

1. Dominic Cruz (W-TD/Faber -> Johnson)
2. Demetrious Johnson (W/Torres -> Cruz)
3. Joseph Benavidez (W/Wineland)
4. Brian Bowles (W/Mizugaki -> Faber)
5. Scott Jorgensen (W/Stone -> Curran)
6. Urijah Faber (L-TS/Cruz -> Bowles)
7. Miguel Angel Torres (L/Johnson)
8. Takeya Mizugaki (L/Bowles -> Escovedo)
9. Charlie Valencia (L/Menjivar)
10. Eddie Wineland (L/Benavidez)

X-Men Regenisis 09/08/2011

The Full Blue Team has been revealed:

X-Men Blue Team (Team Cyclops)	X-Men Gold Team (Team Wolverine)
= Generation Hope = Hope Sabastian Shaw Velocidad (of the Five Lights) Primal (of the Five Lights) Transonic (of the Five Lights) Zero	= Uncanny X-Force = Deadpool Nightcrawler (AOA?) Psylocke ? (looks like Fantomax)
= X-Men v3 = Jubilee Warpath Storm Psylocke Domino	= Wolverine and the X-Men = Wolverine Iceman Toad Shadowcat & Lockheed Kid Omega Beast/Dark Beast? ?
= Uncanny X-men (v1-reboot)= Emma Frost Magik Colossus Cyclops Magneto Danger	= X-Men (v2) Legacy = Rogue Gambit Frenzy ?
= New Mutants = X-Man Warlock SunSpot Mirage (Moonstar) Magma Cypher	= X-Factor = Havok Shatterstar Wolfsbane Butterfly (Layla Miller) M Rictor Strong Guy Syrin ? ? ?
Count:23	Count: 20 (~6 missing)
Picture Update 09/08/2011	Picture Update 09/07/2011

I was right about:

• Shadowcat - Gold team; split from Colossus 
• Gambit - Gold Team; stays with Rogue 
• Strong Guy
• Syrin
• Psylocke - Gold Team; with Uncanny X-Force;
  ITS HER! but on both sides? 
• The 5 Lights (Minus Oya) - Blue Team; stays with Hope 
  Oya wasn't on the cover of Generation Hope.
• 
  

I was wrong about:

• Psylocke - Gold Team; with Uncanny X-Force; looks like her. 
  Psylocke is on both sides?
• Rachel Summers - Blue Team; going with her father, Cyclops; splits from Havok
  Team is filled and she's not there.
• Namor - Blue Team; he's been loyal to Cyclops ;
  appears in Thunderbolts
• Beast - neither; remains away from X-Men, against Cyclops
  Joins the Gold Team, but is that Beast or Dark Beast?

My Prediction:

• Archangel - neither; i think he dies in Uncanny X-Force 
• Fantomax - Gold Team; with Uncanny X-Force; Looks like him.
• Jean Grey (AOA) - Gold Team; with Wolverine
• X23 - Gold Team; stays with Wolverine
• Legion - neither; goes bad!!! 
• Matrox - neither; I think he dies; never saw eye to eye with Cyclops. 
• Professor X - dunno; Maybe he just leaves.
• Polaris - Gold Team; she stays with Havok

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X-Men: Schism to Regenesis

Here's what it looks like today!

X-Men Blue Team (Cyclops)	X-Men Gold Team (Wolverine)
= Generation Hope = Hope Sabastian Shaw Velocidad (of the Five Lights) Primal (of the Five Lights) Transonic (of the Five Lights) ? ?	= Uncanny X-Force = Deadpool Nightcrawler (AOA?) ? (looks like Fantomax) ?
= X-Men v3 = Jubilee Warpath Storm Psylocke ? ?	= Wolverine and the X-Men = Wolverine Iceman Toad Shadowcat & Lockheed ? ? ?
= Uncanny X-men (v1-reboot)= Emma Frost Magik Colossus Cyclops Magneto Danger	= X-Men (v2) Legacy = Rogue Gambit Frenzy ?
= New Mutants = X-Man Warlock SunSpot Moonstar (?) ? ?	= X-Factor = Havok Shatterstar Wolfsbane Butterfly (Layla Miller) M Rictor (or maybe Madrox) ? (looks like strong guy) ? (looks like Syrin)
Count: 19	Count:15

X-men Gold Update 09/02/2011
X-Men Blue Update 09/01/2011

I was right about:

• Shadowcat - Gold team; split from Colossus 
• Gambit - Gold Team; stays with Rogue 

I was wrong about:

• Psylocke - Gold Team; with Uncanny X-Force; looks like her.  ARG: who is that with a sword?

My Prediction:

• Archangel - neither; i think he dies in Uncanny X-Force 
• Beast - neither; remains away from X-Men, against Cyclops
• Fantomax - Gold Team; with Uncanny X-Force; Looks like him.
• Jean Grey (AOA) - Gold Team; with Wolverine
• X23 - Gold Team; stays with Wolverine
• Legion - neither; goes bad!!! 
• Matrox - neither; I think he dies; never saw eye to eye with Cyclops. 
• Namor - Blue Team; he's been loyal to Cyclops 
• Professor X - dunno; Maybe he just leaves.
• Polaris - Gold Team; she stays with Havok
• The (remaining) 5 Lights (Oya, Zero)- Blue Team; stays with Hope 
• Rachel Summers - Blue Team; going with her father, Cyclops; splits from Havok

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X-Men Schism to Regenesis

X-Men Schism is big in the X-World. It will divide the X-Men into two sides. Like Marvel Civil war. But I don't think they'll be fighting each other, but just two directions, like Prof X and Magneto. Except no one is the bad guy.

X-Men Blue Team (Cyclops)	X-Men Gold (Wolverine)
-= Generation Hope =- Hope Sabastian Shaw Velocidad (of the Five Lights) ?	-= Uncanny X-Force =- Deadpool Nightcrawler (AOA?) ? ?
-= X-Men v3 =- Jubilee Warpath Storm ?	-= Wolverine and the X-Men =- Wolverine Iceman ? ?
-= Uncanny X-men (v1-reboot)=- Emma Frost Magik Colossus Cyclops Magneto Danger	-= X-Men (v2) Legacy =- Rogue ? ? ? ? ?
-= New Mutants =- X-Man Warlock SunSpot ? ?	-= X-Factor =- Havok Shatterstar Wolfsbane Butterfly (Layla Miller) ?
Count: 14	Count: 9

Major Characters that have not been included yet, and my prediction:

• Shadowcat - Gold team; split from Colossus
• Psylocke - Gold Team; Uncanny X-Force, she's already knee deep in "it"
• Archangel - neither; i think he dies in Uncanny X-Force
• Fantomax - Gold Team; with Uncanny X-Force
• Matrox - neither; I think he dies; never saw eye to eye with Cyclops.
  
• Polaris - Gold Team; she stays with Havok
• Professor X - dunno; Maybe he just leaves.
  
• Namor - Blue Team; he's been loyal to Cyclops
  
• Beast - neither; remains away from X-Men, against Cyclops
  
• Jean Grey (AOA) - Gold Team; with Wolverine
• Gambit - Gold Team; Stays with Rogue
• X23 - Gold Team; stays with Wolverine
• The (remaining) 5 Lights (Transonic, Oya, Primal, Zero)- Blue Team; stays with Hope
• Rachel Summers - Blue Team; going with her father, Cyclops
  
• Legion - neither; goes bad!!!

That's my Prediction for now... till then
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