Anybody have an example of a rematch in which the better fighter lost?

[Final Say]

There have been a lot of immediate rematches after upsets and/or rightfully earned rematches and I was wondering if there’s ever a case where the fighter who was generally considered to be the better guy has lost the second fight.

 

[El Fernas]

Rockhold vs Bisping.

 

[forRealHuh]

Max to Volko

 

[Reyes Lost]

Rockhold vs Bisping.

They had one fight dude bisping fucked the entire division, its ok ducking Romero, but Whittaker rockhold and weidman no

 

[PerpetualMotionMachine]

MM vs CCC

 

[Viva]

GSP vs. Serra 2

 

[Final Say]

Rockhold vs Bisping.

Gooood pull. Rockhold was incredibly disrespectful in that rematch though lol

Max to Volko

that one is still up in the air. Rough decision I agree but Volkanovski is a beast. Remains to be seen, they’ll fight again

 

[bigwaverider]

BJ/Frankie. Sry I love Frankie but I am totally biased to the Hawaiian.

 

[Final Say]

MM vs CCC

Don’t know if I agree with this. Cejudo is a dog.

 

[Dionysian]

Rockhold vs Bisping.

Don't know if TS limited it to IMMEDIATE rematches, but if not, yeah this is an obvious answer.

Anyway, I think I see the point of this thread. It is statistically extremely rare. Wasn't there a similar stat that if the younger wins the first and they rematch the chance is overwhelming that the younger guy wins again?

 

[Hellowhosthat]

BJ/Frankie. Sry I love Frankie but I am totally biased to the Hawaiian.

No that's a good example, the first fight was considered a robbery and then Frankie trounced him in the rematch.

 

[Duck Dodgers]

Chandler vs Brooks?

 

[Tabarnakos]

Stipe in about 3 weeks

 

[legatoblues]

Filho v Sonnen?

 

[Dirge]

I'm going out on a bit of a limb here but Randy Chuck 2 comes to mind.

Randy came into that fight a mess, going through a nasty divorce and clearly wasn't focused or properly trained. He was also having financial troubles with him gyms at the time.

 

[Minnja]

DC v. Stipe 2/3

Spoiler

JK TS don't hurt me

 

[elreece]

Weidman Vs Silva

 

[vadrigar]

DC vs Stipe 2

 

[Clifford_Harris]

Silva vs. Weidman II

Fight me.

 

[Final Say]

Weidman Vs Silva

Silva vs. Weidman II

Fight me.

Eh at that point in time weidman was better