What was the best ground fight ever?

[dagfin]

Maia vs Gunnar Nelson was good Nelson defended well but ultimately no match..

 

[Hardcor'O'Death]

Magny against Hendricks was unorthodox style to watch

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Newton / Vassell

Ortega / Tavares

It was, I think:
Two featherweights
On an under card
And I think Joe had the night off

 

[dudefacemcghee]

Edgar griffin

 

[xterm11]

Maia vs MacDonald was amazing b cause Jason had absolutely no fear of Maia's grappling and was extremely aggressive. He just attacked Maia and even though he lost, he put Maia in worse spots on the groubd than he had been in any of his fight before or since.

 

[Deleted member 409801]

If you just want to see a grappling clinic.. IF you can find it..

Carlos "The Ronin" Newton Vs. Kazushi Sakuraba in Pride.

They started out throwing a few punches here and there, but they just decided to just grapple.

EPIC.

This is the correct answer

 

[Fahcough]

It was, I think:
Two featherweights
On an under card
And I think Joe had the night off

Diego / Held

 

[BJJ_Rage]

nothing gets close to this one.

 

[TrainHard]

Somebody probably said this already, but GSP Hardy.

 

[lockjaw211]

Jaochim Hansen vs caol uno in k1 mma was a great fight. Real slick guard passing by uno.

 

[Mga223]

worth a mention

Man I still couldn't believe my eyes... man o man

 

[Unsurprised Diaz]

Anyone who hasn't seen Demian Maia vs Jason MacDonald at UFC 87 should treat themselves to this back-and-forth ground battle with top level jiu jitsu shown by both

 

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[Bjjpitbull8]

 

[Paladin]

Maia vs Shields was fun in terms of technical skills and how good both are

That's my top pick but an under rated grape fest was Diaz vs Sanchez

 

[Bjjpitbull8]

 

[JKS]

BigNog/Barnett 1 and 2 had some awesome grappling

 

[Bjjpitbull8]

 

[po_thead]

It might not be the best ever, but Nguyen vs Smolka had everything in terms of grappling. Crazy transitions for the whole fight.

Yes! That's the recent example I was struggling to think of. Was gonna say - a recent fight with two smaller dudes looked like in was in fast forward with non-stop ground transitions. I agree, it is likely not the nest ever but was top of mind (sort of ha) for me.

 

[basedgodfedor]

There's one fight that immediately comes to mind... I just can't recall the participants. It was largely chained subs and reversals and escapes, lots of technical rolling, it was a clinic on both sides, just beautiful.
Someone will name it and I'll go "that was it!"

Newton sakuraba?