Classic MMA Fights Thread

Paully D

I was thinking about setting a thread like this up a couple of weeks ago and when it popped into my head again just now I said I'd try to get it going as there's probably no better time with the increased traffic to the forum due to this weekends action.

This is a thread for people to post/discuss their favourite MMA fights from over the years, not just necessarily from the UFC. In an ideal world it would be great if people could post a video and a bit of a preview (without the result to avoid spoiling for those who are viewing for the first time) but I know it can be difficult to find the full fights on sites we are allowed to link to here such as YouTube, so even if you are to just post without the actually video we are all adept enough at sourcing fights at this stage.

I'll kick things off (not the best quality video I know so apologies) which one may be of interest given yesterdays proceedings:

UFC 178 - Aldo v Mendes 2

After Aldo defeated Mendes to defend his featherweight title in January 2012, they met again in October 2014. This fight was originally scheduled to take place in August of that year at UFC 176, however, an Aldo neck injury resulted in that entire card being pulled. After Mendes had suffered the first loss of his career in the initial fight, he racked off 4 consecutive brutal KO victories over McKenzie, Meza, Elkins and Guida, along with a unanimous decision over Lentz and was much improved going into this fight. Aldo had strolled to decision wins over Frankie Edgar and Ricardo Lamas. What transpired when they eventually met for the 2nd time was the fight of the year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJUI4iVLpiA

DrPhilG

I could be wrong, but I think there is already a thread like this.

Paully D

DrPhilG wrote: »

I could be wrong, but I think there is already a thread like this.

Ah, damn. Hopefully one of the moderators can merge them.

Irishcrx

Think we can safely say that Lawlor vs McDonald 2 deserves an immediate place in here. My god what a scrap.

callaway92

Liddell vs. Silva
Trigg vs. Hughes II
Sanchez vs. Guida
Anderson Silva vs. Sonnen I
Anderson Silva vs. Griffin

Ant695

Irishcrx wrote: »

Think we can safely say that Lawlor vs McDonald 2 deserves an immediate place in here. My god what a scrap.

Was thinking the same when I saw the thread.

TimRiggins

Diego Sanchez v Gilbert Melendez
Matt Brown v Robbie Lawler (Think its such an underrated fight, was a war)
Nick Diaz v Paul Daley
Jon Jones v Gustaffason
Bigfoot v Mark Hunt

riffmongous

Diaz- Daley
Sanchez- Parisyan (my favourite)
Edgar-Maynard one and two
Cyborg-Manhoef

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om3sZo9KIxI

scudzilla

callaway92 wrote: »

Liddell vs. Silva
Trigg vs. Hughes II
Sanchez vs. Guida
Anderson Silva vs. Sonnen I
Anderson Silva vs. Griffin

i wouldn't be including that one in a classic fights list, far far better out there, if you included it just because Silva moved up and destroyed the ex LHW Champ then yeah, but was hardly a barnstormer

dave1982

Shogun Hendo 1

callaway92

scudzilla wrote: »

i wouldn't be including that one in a classic fights list, far far better out there, if you included it just because Silva moved up and destroyed the ex LHW Champ then yeah, but was hardly a barnstormer

It's definitely a classic. Anderson Silva moving up weight to fight an established LHW (unlike James Irwin) and absolutely demolishes him in what he make look so easy that it was incredible.

Very significant fight which solidified his legacy even more.

Crann na Beatha

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John_D80

I'm predicting Diego Sanchez' name to feature heavily in this thread.

CurryFlavoured

Dustin Poirier v Korean Zombie, that fight had everything.

Mellor

callaway92 wrote: »

It's definitely a classic. Anderson Silva moving up weight to fight an established LHW (unlike James Irwin) and absolutely demolishes him in what he make look so easy that it was incredible.

Very significant fight which solidified his legacy even more.

A great scalp for Silva but it wasn't a great fight

That_Guy

Leonard Garcia v Korean Zombie 1 is worth the subscription fee to UFC Fight Pass alone in my opinion.

What a war.

EuskalHerria

No Griffin v Bonnar? Magnified by the context of where UFC was at the time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tZToKJ4yHM

stiffler123

Don Frye vs Takayama
Wanderlai Silva vs Rampage
Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard

chopperbyrne

stiffler123 wrote: »

Don Frye vs Takayama

Was going to post this just for how ridiculous it is.

If anyone hasn't seen it before, go watch it now.

CurryFlavoured

Picking a legendary mma fight can be hard. Like, I don't know if I consider Leonard Garcia or Diego Sanchez contributions 'classic', loads of their fights are just backyard brawl standup types - let's both swing windmills for 15 mins. Sanchez v Melendez was great though.

dave1982

Miller louzan

CurryFlavoured

Pettis/Bendo 1, Chandler/Alvarez 1

chopperbyrne

Matt Hughes vs Carlos Newton from UFC 34

One of the first full events I watched (maybe on Bravo?)and this fight is what made me a big fan of the sport.

For anyone who hasn't seen it, I won't spoil the finish, but it's rarer than two flying knee knockouts in the one night.

but1er

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Matt Hughes vs Carlos Newton from UFC 34

One of the first full events I watched (maybe on Bravo?)and this fight is what made me a big fan of the sport.

For anyone who hasn't seen it, I won't spoil the finish, but it's rarer than two flying knee knockouts in the one night.

Just watched it on fight pass! Thank you!!

dave1982

Used to love watching this fella fight, one of my all time faves