Media My list of the greatest fights of all time: A mix of obscure, underrated gems with absolute classics

[TCE]

I made this list around a year or so ago, and have been adding more fights to it as time goes on. Do feel free to add your own in this thread.

I feel this thread will help newcomers to the sport to witness some of the best MMA fights this sport has to offer, and for hardcore fans to relive some of the most historic fights.

This is my list of the greatest fights I've ever seen. A mix of obscure, underrated gems piled in with all time absolute classics.


Fights are listed In alphabetical order / Link to the fight video (through FP, Youtube, etc.)

Abel Trujillo vs. Jamie Varner (Fight)
Alberto Mina vs. Shinsho Anzai (Fight)
Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega (Fight)
Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen I (Fight)
Andre Roberts vs. Ron Waterman (Fight)
Andrei Arlovski vs. Travis Browne (Fight)
Anthony Johnson vs. Jose Augusto Barros (Fight)
Antoni Hardonk vs. Eddie Sanchez (Fight)
Antonio Banuelos vs. Scott Jorgensen I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Bobby Green vs. Lando Vannata I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Bryan Barberena vs. Matt Brown (Fight)
Bryan Barberena vs. Robbie Lawler (Fight)
Carlos Condit vs. Hiromitsu Miura (Fight)
Carlos Newton vs. Dan Henderson (Fight)
Carlos Newton vs. Jose 'Pele' Landi Jons (Fight)
Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier (Fight)
Charles Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz II (Fight)
Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry (Fight)
Chris Leben vs. Terry Martin (Fight)
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva (Fight)
CJ Vergara vs. Jacob Silva (Fight)
Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi (Fight)
Daijiro Matsui vs Bob Schrijber (Fight)
Dan Henderson vs. Hector Lombard (Fight)
Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio Rua I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Dan Henderson vs. Wanderlei Silva II (Fight)
Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson (Fight)
Daniel Cormier vs. Stipe Miocic II (Fight)
Darren Till vs. Nicolas Dalby (Fight)
Dave Herman vs. John Olav Einemo (Fight) *
David Loiseau vs. Solomon Hutcherson (Fight)
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno I, II & III (Fight)
Dennis Bermudez vs. Matt Grice (Fight)
Derrick Lewis vs. Travis Browne (Fight)
Diego Brandao vs. Dennis Bermudez (Fight)
Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida (Fight)
Diego Sanchez vs. Karo Parisyan (Fight)
Diego Sanchez vs. Nick Diaz (Fight)
Dominick Cruz vs. Demetrious Johnson (Fight)
Don Frye vs. Ken Shamrock (Fight)
Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (Fight)
Donald Cerrone vs. Melvin Guillard (Fight)
Donald Cerrone vs. Rob McCullough (Fight)
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Erick Silva (Fight)
Dong Hyun Kim vs. John Hathaway (Fight)
Dong Sik Yoon vs. Melvin Manhoef (Fight)
Drew Dober vs. Terrance McKinney (Fight)
Dustin Poirier vs. Dan Hooker (Fight)
Dustin Poirier vs. Eddie Alvarez I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Dustin Poirier vs. Justin Gaethje (Fight)
Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje (Fight)
Eddie Alvarez vs. Joachim Hansen (Fight)
Edson Barboza vs. Dan Hooker (Fight)
Edson Barboza vs. Shane Burgos (Fight)
Fabricio Werdum vs. Antonio Silva (Fight)
Fabricio Werdum vs. Rodrigo Nogueira I (Fight)
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabio Maldonado (Fight)
Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar I (Fight)
Frank Mir vs. Rodrigo Nogueira I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard II & III (Fight II / Fight III)
Frankie Edgar vs. Mark Bocek (Fight)
Frankie Edgar vs. Tyson Griffin (Fight)
Georges St. Pierre vs. BJ Penn I (Fight)
Georges St. Pierre vs. Johnny Hendricks (Fight)
Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez (Fight)
Gilbert Melendez vs. Nobuhiro Obiya (Fight)
Goran Reljic vs. Wilson Gouveia (Fight)
Gregory Rodrigues vs. Jun Yong Park (Fight) *
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Enson Inoue (Fight) *
Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum (Fight)
Jacobi Jones vs. Logan Paxton (Fight) *
James Thompson vs. Don Frye (Fight)
Jamie Mullarkey vs. Michael Johnson (Fight)
Jeff Molina vs. Qileng Aori (Fight)
Jhonasky Sojo vs. Lucas Marte (Fight)
Jim Miller vs. Joe Lauzon I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Jiri Prochazka vs. Glover Teixeira (Fight) *
Jiri Prochazka vs. Volkan Oezdemir (Fight)
Joachim Hansen vs. Caol Uno (Fight)
Joe Stevenson vs. Kurt Pellegrino (Fight)
Joe Stevenson vs. Luke Cummo (Fight)
John Lineker vs. Francisco Rivera (Fight)
Joe Lauzon vs. Jamie Varner (Fight)
Johnny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson (Fight)
Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Jorge Santiago vs. Kazuo Misaki I & II (Fight I (?) / Fight II)
Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar I (Fight)
Joseph Benavidez vs. John Moraga (Fight)
Josh Barnett vs. Rodrigo Nogueira I (Fight)
Josh Emmett vs. Calvin Kattar (Fight) *
Josh Emmett vs. Shane Burgos (Fight)
Josh Thomson vs. Hermes Franca (Fight)
Junior dos Santos vs. Mark Hunt (Fight)
Justin Gaethje vs. Luis Palomino I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler (Fight) *
Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Johnson (Fight)
Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington (Fight)
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kestutis Smirnovas (Fight)
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. James Thompson (Fight)
Kelvin Gastelum vs. Rick Story (Fight)

 

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Kendall Grove vs. Ed Herman (Fight)
Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida (Fight)
Khamzat Chimaev vs. Gilbert Burns (Fight) *
LC Davis vs. Hideo Tokoro (Fight)
Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung I (Fight)
Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Lucas Martins vs. Jeremy Larson
Marco Polo Reyes vs. Dong Hyun Ma (Fight)
Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva I (Fight)
Mark Hunt vs. Dan Bobish (Fight)
Mark Hunt vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (Fight)
Mark Hunt vs. Wanderlei Silva (Fight)
Mark Hunt vs. Yosuke Nishijima (Fight)
Marvin Vettori vs. Paulo Costa (Fight) *
Mateusz Gamrot vs. Arman Tsarukyan (Fight) *
Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva (Fight)
Matt Brown vs. Jordan Mein (Fight)
Matt Grice vs. Jason Black (Fight)
Matt Hughes vs. BJ Penn II (Fight)
Matt Hughes vs. Frank Trigg II (Fight)
Matt Schnell vs. Su Mudaerji (Fight)
Matt Wiman vs. Thiago Tavares (Fight)
Mauricio Rua vs. Rogerio Nogueira I (Fight)
Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez (Fight) *
Melvin Manhoef vs. Evangelista Santos (Fight)
Merab Dvalishvili vs. Marlon Moraes (Fight)
Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Miguel Torres vs. Takeya Mizugaki (Fight)
Mike Perry vs. Danny Roberts (Fight)
Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Gilbert Melendez I (Fight)
Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Nate Diaz vs. Kurt Pellegrino (Fight)
Nate Landwehr vs. David Onama (Fight)
Nate Marquardt vs. Tyron Woodley (Fight)
Nick Diaz vs. Paul Daley (Fight)
Nick Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi (Fight)
Paul Daley vs. Sabah Homasi (Fight)
Paul Taylor vs. Paul Kelly (Fight)
Petr Yan vs. Cory Sandhagen (Fight) *
Phillip Miller vs. Shungo Oyama (Fight)
Quinton Jackson vs. Dan Henderson (Fight)
Quinton Jackson vs. Ricardo Arona (Fight)
Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (Fight)
Rashad Evans vs. Brad Imes (Fight)
Riki Fukuda vs. Ryuta Sakurai III (Fight)
Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit (Fight)
Robbie Lawler vs. Chris Lytle (Fight)
Robbie Lawler vs. Melvin Manhoef (Fight)
Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald II (Fight)
Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Randy Couture (Fight)
Rogelio Luna vs. Socrates Hernandez (Fight)
Roger Huerta vs. Clay Guida (Fight)
Ronaldo Souza vs. Chris Weidman (Fight)
Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm (Fight)
Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate II (Fight)
Rose Namajunas vs. Jessica Andrade I (Fight)

 

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Samuel Silva vs. Rodrigo Lídio
Scott Smith vs. Cung Lee I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Scott Smith vs. Pete Sell (Fight)
Shane Burgos vs. Billy Quarantillo (Fight) *
Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen I, II & III (Fight I / Fight II / Fight III)
Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski II (Fight)
Takanori Gomi vs. Luiz Azeredo I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
Thales Leites vs. Nate Marquardt (Fight)
Thiago Alves vs. Chris Lytle (Fight)
Thiago Santos vs. Eryk Anders (Fight)
Thiago Santos vs. Jimi Manuwa (Fight)
Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis (Fight)
Tony Ferguson vs. Edson Barboza (Fight)
Tony Ferguson vs. Lando Vannata (Fight)
Travis Browne vs. Alistair Overeem (Fight)
Tyson Griffin vs. Clay Guida (Fight)
Tyson Griffin vs. Rafael dos Anjos (Fight)
Vicente Luque vs. Bryan Barberena (Fight)
Vitaly Minakov vs. DJ Linderman (Fight)
Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann (Fight)
Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le (Fight)
Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Jackson I & II (Fight I / Fight II)
War Machine vs. Jared Rollins (Fight)
Weili Zhang vs. Joanna Jędrzejczyk I (Fight)
Yair Rodriguez vs. Chan Sung Jung (Fight)
Yancy Medeiros vs. Alex Oliveira (Fight)
Vinicius Salvador vs. Shannon Ross (Fight)

 

[BestPosterNA]

damn dude u insane

 

[Maaj19]

Good shit dude, bookmarking this. Should be stickied

 

[charalsias]

I was trying to think of fights to add, but i keep finding them in your list.Good job i bookmarked the page!

But i see no links to one of those sites uncle dana is going after wink wink

 

[TCE]

Thanks, guys.

Been working on this list for a year or so. Absolute amazing fights from all different orgs.

Enjoy!

 

[Kaynan]

Fuck yeah! I have needed exactly a list like this. You’re the man

 

[FlowchartRog]

What about Poirier Vs Holloway?

 

[Dan Torrance]

wow.

thanks for all the effort that took.

 

[Kaynan]

What about Poirier Vs Holloway?

One sided beatdown

 

[Jose Beehive]

Yoel Vs Costa?

Amazing list! Kudos

 

[charalsias]

Came up with a couple additions.

Fedor vs Cro cop
Cro cop vs Wanderlei(that staredown alone...)

 

[Prelimtapper]

damn what a list, lol. Must be in a pandemic lockdown

 

[tech99]

Forgot Ngannou vs Lewis

 

[FlowchartRog]

One sided beatdown

I agree it was a beatdown and Max was basically outgunned by Poirier, but I still thought it was a really fun scrap and Max showed a lot of heart.

I mean, Poirier Vs Eddie 1 and 2 are included there, and they were far more decisive beatdowns than the Max fight.

 

[Kaynan]

I agree it was a beatdown and Max was basically outgunned by Poirier, but I still thought it was a really fun scrap and Max showed a lot of heart.

I mean, Poirier Vs Eddie 1 and 2 are included there, and they were far more decisive beatdowns than the Max fight.

Eddie hurt Dustin, both upstairs and to the legs. Max couldn’t do anything

 

[bambammccoy]

John Lineker vs Louis Gaudinot

 

[TCE]

Thanks, guys.

 

[TerrorTimmy]

Something i wasn't surprised by: Robbie Lawler has 4 fights on that list.

GSP has 2. Anderson has 1. Khabib has zero. Fedor has 1. Jones has 2. Several fighters have 3.

But only Robbie fucking Lawler has 4 fights on there. He may not be the GOAT but he's the one guy who, every single time, was going to go out and give 100% from bell to bell.

WAR Ruthless Robbie Lawler!