Off the top of your head, top 10 wins in MMA history?

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  1. BewareofDawg

    BewareofDawg P4P Champ Full Member

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    The Best Wins That I Have Seen Are:

    BJ Penn vs Matt Hughes I - Incredible for BJ to move up a weightclass and dominate Matt Hughes, who was seen as pretty much unbeatable at the time. BJ was truly ahead of his time with his combination of intensity, stand up and grappling skills.

    Matt Hughes vs BJ Penn II - Say what you want about BJ gassing and breaking his rib, it was incredible for Hughes to make it through those first 2 rounds to come back and TKO BJ in the 3rd.

    GSP vs Hughes II - Complete and Utter domination of a champion, and the man who handed him his only loss. A true changing of the guard fight, as it ended the reign of one long time dominant champ and began the reign of GSP.

    Edgar vs Penn II - Simply said, nobody ever expected to see anybody decisively beat BJ Penn at LW.

    John Jones vs Shogun - Jon Jones treated Shogun, who everyone believed was back to true form, like a slab of defenseless meat.

    Werdum vs Fedor - No comment necessary.

    Couture vs Sylvia - Nobody expected it. Sylvia seemed a very bad style matchup for Couture, and Couture proved the opposite.

    Silva vs Henderson - The man that was truly believed to be the one true contender was beaten down, handled on the ground and choked out.

    Fedor vs Randleman - Just because it was cool as hell!

    Nog vs Sapp - Same as above

    Lesnar vs Mir - Love him or hate him, he isn't that skilled, but on that night he DESTROYED Frank Mir. Avenged his loss, and beat the living **** out of a guy who still today is a top tier fighter.

    Rampage vs Liddel II - The End of The Iceman

    Tito vs Bader - Unbelievable.

    Liddel vs Couture III - Definitive ending to the best trilogy in MMA history.
     
    BewareofDawg, Jul 13, 2011
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  2. rekcutnevets

    rekcutnevets Black Sash Full Member

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    I misread your post entirely. :oops: I thought you said Hughes vs Penn I, for whatever reason.
     
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  3. Ai-edy2007

    Ai-edy2007 STOCKTON 209 MOTHER****ER Full Member

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  4. scurlaruntings

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    I have. Even though Sakuraba Royce was an 1hr 30 it was very entertaining. Iv watched the 2000 GP more times than i can remember. Awesome show.
     
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  5. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    Best list so far. Although no one seems to remember anything more than 5 years ago.
     
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  6. BewareofDawg

    BewareofDawg P4P Champ Full Member

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    True. I know my fights are all recent, but to be honest, the sport has evolved so much that it is just better now and in the past few years than it was.
     
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  7. yaca you

    yaca you Someone past surprise Full Member

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    Fedor vs Nog I
    Fedor vs Cro Cop
    Penn Vs Gomi
    Penn Vs Hughes I
    Anderson Vs Henderson
    Anderson Vs Franklin II
    Saku Vs Royce I (I have seen it, and enjoyed it)
    Saku Vs Renzo
    Royce vs Kimo
    Saku Vs Wand
     
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  8. sugarngold

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    Royce Gracie vs Ken Shamrock 1
    Royce Gracie vs Dan Severn
    Maurice Smith vs Mark Coleman
    Sakuraba vs Royce Gracie 1
    Frank Shamrock vs Tito Ortiz
    BJ Penn vs Matt Hughes
    GSP vs BJ Penn 1
    Fedor vs Crocop
    Fedor vs Nogueira
    Randy Couture vs Chuck Liddell 1
    Randy Couture vs Tim Sylvia
    Fedor vs Fabricio Werdum
    Cain Velazquez vs Brock Lesnar 1
    Anderson Silva vs GSP
     
    sugarngold, Jul 15, 2011
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  9. Jojoba

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    Rampage/Liddell 1+2
    Couture/Liddell 1
    Liddell/Belfort
    Anderson/Franklin 1+2
    GSP/Hughes 2
    GSP/BJ Penn 1
    Couture/Sylvia
    Fedor/Nog 1
     
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  10. rusty nails

    rusty nails Tszyu for PM!! Full Member

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    mir vs nog is probably my favourite performance. i still dont know where mir pulled that from.
     
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  11. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    Minota vs Cro Cop
    Wand vs Sakuraba I
    GSP vs BJ - I and II
    BJ vs Hughes I
    Anderson vs Sonnen
    Fedor vs Minota I
    Cro Cop vs Wand
    Shogun vs Minotouro
    Liddell vs Couture II and III


    no order
     
    Vic-JofreBRASIL, Jul 15, 2011
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  12. horst

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    These fights were under consideration, as were fights like Royce vs Kimbo and Coleman vs Severn etc, but you have to consider things like Dan Severn fought Royce in only his 3rd pro fight, Severn had already been submitted by Gracie and Shamrock before he fought Coleman, it was Kimbo's first fight when he fought Royce, Mark Coleman had only really fought wrestlers before he met Smith and went on to lose his next three fights, etc etc etc.

    I chose not to include fights from this era because IMO wins over guys who didn't really know the styles they were facing or who didn't have much experience is not the same as executing a win over another highly trained, highly knowledgable, highly technical athlete.

    Although the wins Rek and I have listed were significant for the sport and took courage, fortitude and skill to attain, I don't view them as comparable. JMHO. :good
     
    horst, Jul 16, 2011
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  13. horst

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    I know I highlighted 5 of the above wins as being IMO bad choices, I have to reiterate how terrible I think the mere mention of Cain vs Nog is. I doubt it was even one of the top 10 wins of 2010, never mind top 10 of all-time. Frank Mir had already KO'd this shopworn, battle-weary version of Nog over a year earlier, so how this fight makes it on to anyones' list is completely mystifying to me. :huh
     
    horst, Jul 16, 2011
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  14. Stoo

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    That's part of their charm for me. You didnt really know what to expect. I was lucky enough to watch them when I was pretty green on MMA, had only really seen the Couture v Liddel 2 event, and my friend lent me the 1st 5 UFC's on DVD. So the shock of Royce submitting guys like Shamrock when logic dictates he's way to small was pretty comparable to watching it back in the day I imagine
     
    Stoo, Jul 16, 2011
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  15. timmyjames

    timmyjames PTurd curb stomper Full Member

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    royce gets **** on to much by modern day UFC keyboard warriors

    that severn fight was great
     
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