UFC: Best of 2009 (2009)

I've been following the UFC since about 2006 and I've bought best of 2007 and 2008. The first thing that sticks out in "Best of 2009" is the bonus fights. They are accessed when pressing ENTER when a blue dot appears on the screen. Personally, it would be easier if they just included all the fights without requiring this action, and people could just fast forward through the fights they don't want to see.

In case you were wondering, this is what full fights are on Disc 1: Hughes v. Serra, Condit v. Ellenberger, Marquardt v. Maia, Franklin v. Belfort, Quarry v. Credeur, Silva v. Griffin, Evans v. Machida, Liddell v. Rua, and Jardine v. Silva. The bonus full fights are GSP v. Penn, Swick v. Hardy, Akiyama v. Belcher, Machida v. Silva, Nogueira v. Cane, and Bonnar v. Jones.

On Disc 2: Main full fights are Snachez v. Guida, Couture v. Nogueira, and Lesnar v. Mir. The bonus full fights are Griffin v. Franca, Diaz v. Guillard, Sherk v. Edgar, Stevenson v. Diaz, Penn v. Florian, Carwin v. Gonzaga, Velasquez v. Congo, and CroCop v. Dos Santos.

Overall, a very good product that has tons of great fights of the price.

Flaws? They missed some really big fights and replaced them with some questionable ones. What about Franklin v. Silva? Or Henderson v. Bisping? Now its obvious why Dan Henderson isn't even mentioned in the Blu Ray he is no longer under contract and Dana White is clearly one who likes to hold a grudge. Second, it would have been nice to hear some of the post fight interviews.

Overall, still an excellent buy. Even with the awkward interface, it is a great deal.

This is a 2 disc bluray that has extra bouts that the DVD version doesnt have.

Disc 1 (fights and chapters)

UFC Best Of 2009

Georges St. Pierre

Welterweight Contenders

Hughes vs Serra

Condit vs Ellenberger

Marquardt vs Maia

Franklin vs Belfort

Quarry vs Credeur

Silva vs Griffin

Evans vs Machida

Liddell vs Rua

Chuck Liddell

Jardine vs Silva

Bonus Fights

St. Pierre vs Penn

Swick vs Hardy

Akiyama vs Hardy

Machida vs Silva

Mogueira vs Cane

Bonnar vs Jones

Disc 2 (fights and chapters)

The Ultimate Fighter: UK

Lightweight Contenders

Sanchez vs Guida

The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights

Heavyweight Contenders

Couture vs Nogueira

Lesnar vs Mir

Bonus Fights

Griffin vs Franca

Diaz vs Guillard

Sherk vs Edgar

Stevenson vs Diaz

Penn vs Florian

Carwin vs Gonzaga

Velasquez vs Kongo

Cro Cop vs Dos Santos

Bonus: Behind The Scenes

All together a good choice of fights for the best of dvd and bluray. Although there are a few fights that I feal are missing from this, that any fan should check out. The fights are,

Dos Santos vs Struve (UFC 95)

Maia vs Sonnen (UFC 95)

Franklin vs Silva (UFC 99)

Mir vs Kongo (UFC 107)

Penn vs Sanchez (UFC 107)

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First of all, this UFC Best of 2009 DVD is a great buy. Many great fights of many great fighters but.... Best of 2007 and Best of 2008 is way better, why? in this 2009, they talk a lot more in Ultimate Fighting Reality Show andand the journey of some fighters. At 2007, just packed with all the greatest fights of 2007, 2008? starting got some story about fighters's journey etc. But now, adding the Ultimate Fighter Show?? may be not too bad if they pick the right fights, some not to great or "best" of 2009, that could be replaced with a really great fights are:

1)Hughes-Serra

2) Marquardt-Maia

3) Franklin-Belfort

4) Quarry-Credeur

they could have been :

1) Franklin-Silva

2) Machida-Rua

3) St. Pierre-Alves

4) Henderson-Bisping

5) Henderson-Franklin

6) Griffin-Ortiz II

but still, it's a great buy just like I said earlier, just a bit dissapointed with all the fights reverse above, and they still wasting time with all the UFS. The other weird thing is that they put some fights at the bonus features?? why? well, they know better, I assume.

Hopefully the Best of 2010 will be better and UFC Best DVD series will get their grip again.

Read Best Reviews of UFC: Best of 2009 (2009) Here

For the price of these things i'm not sure about why people complain. Personally, i enjoy watching the year in reviews and the ones that show the fights, sometimes these dvd's are all you need. Since you know there are over 160 events for sale. you might want to narrow it down. lol

Want UFC: Best of 2009 (2009) Discount?

I don't know who cobbles together these "best ofs" but they hit the money sometimes and miss it at other times. Which is simply to say that some of these fights are to my liking and some don't live up to the hype or whatever for me. The top contenders as far as entertaining fights here IMO are:

Condit v Ellenberger

Quarry v Credeur (love the heart in this one! alas, Credeur loses, but he reminds me of a middleweight Forrest Griffin)

Akiyama v Belcher (awesome!)

Sanchez v Guida (how did Guida get out of that first round!?!)

Penn v Florian (mad respect for Florian who never looked like he even had a chance against Penn)

Some of the fights that made me scratch my head as to what they meant as "best of"?

Franklin v Belfort (yawn)

Silva v Griffin (an oddity to be sure; exciting when it happened but one of the best of 2009? hardly)

Diaz v Guillard (disappointing)

Split out between two discs the fights are interspersed (or interrupted by) with some overviews about divisions and the Ultimate Fighter and other fighter synopses. These features put the main cards on these discs as a retrospective of 2009 instead of a "best of"; at least that's how it felt. And the navigation is clunky. Actually, it kinda hurts (maybe that was the point? make us fight to get through some of this to what we really want?). Still, you'll find some fights to your liking on this and I'm sure some that you want. For the drooling fan it'll be a great add. To the fan who wants more it will come up lacking. But the flaws on this presentation drag it down I think. 3.75 stars. I've seen better.

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