Out of these MMA photos - Which 3 are the most iconic? (Semi-Finals)

[Takes Two To Tango]

Out of these MMA photos - Which 3 are the most iconic?

Just narrowing it down from the previous poll and hopefully we can get the #1 most iconic MMA photo out of this group.

https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/...re-the-most-iconic-elimination-round.4220018/

Rory Macdonald & Robbie Lawler at the ending of their round.

Anderson Silva connects on Vitor face.

Fedor standing tall with Kettlebells

High flying Sakurabu trying to get pass Royce Gracie guard.

UFC champions row.

Wanderlei Silva and CroCop staredown.

Wanderlei Silva knocks out Rampage leaving him on the ropes.

Fedor walks away from Arlovski after knocking him out.

Dan Henderson flying H-Bomb on Michael Bisping.

Shadface.

 

[BFoe]

My picks are:

Sakuraba trying to pass Gracie’s guard
Fedor walking away from Arlovski
Wand-Cro Cop staredown

 

[TJ Dillashank]

I don't think Rashad could make that face conscious.

 

[PurpleStorm]

Great thread.

I picked Sakuraba, Champions row & Fedor walking away.

 

[Megatronlee]

Honestly shadface. Changed the entire meme culture here.
It took bj at the airport to new levels

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

My picks are:

Sakuraba trying to pass Gracie’s guard
Fedor walking away from Arlovski
Wand-Cro Cop staredown

Very good picks.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Great thread.

I picked Sakuraba, Champions row & Fedor walking away.

Thank you.

 

[MCS]

Saku, because it's about the story behind the moment. He hunts the ones who, for a big part, built the sport with their own style. He goes after them, beating them one by one.

Training pics and staredowns are fun, but there's not much story behind them. Ok, you have old school training methods. The moment...? You have the meanest staredown in the game. And...?

 

[Unheralded Truth]

1. Fedor walking away from lifeless Andrei
2. Rory vs Robbie in their gladiator fight
3. Hardest one to pick, but I went with the H-Bomb

 

[Natural Order]

Split lip Lawler, high-flying SAKUGoat and that loving gaze shared by Mirko and Wanderlei.

Good times.

 

[Rationality]

Fedor walking away
Champions row
Anderson foot to Vitor's face

 

[COBRA03]

I like the action shots, so Fedor walking away, Wandy KOing Rampage, and Hendo trying to kill Bisping are my picks.

 

[Kos Fan]

Shadface is all time classic. It’s holds a special place in my heart.

 

[cambo78]

Shadface, H-bomb and Saku.

There are plenty of other iconic photos of Fedor, Lawler, Crocop and Wand.

The Shadface thread was weeks long hilarious though..

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

It's hard to top the Legendary status, historical significance, and star power of Sakuraba vs THE Royce Gracie.

 

[SpiderCrawl]

Sakuraba

 

[Chomsky Honk]

Saku, Wanderlei, and Fedor Arlovski.

Robbie vs Rory is cooler when it’s a video and you see Robbie spit blood

 

[ultra321]

so many great choices! hard to limit ones self to just 3

 

[Natural Order]

I remember seeing a video of some guy at a UFC signing event (undoubtedly a Dogger) who had the balls to ask Evans to sign a picture of the Shadface scene. Obviously Rashad was pretty upset and advised buddy to hit the bricks.

Got me thinking, imagine the value of that had he actually signed it? A one of one, blown up Shadface signed by Rashad Evans himself? Might be the most valuable piece of MMA memorabilia of all-time. I'd figure it could fetch a couple million in the right circumstance (ie an auction thread here lol).

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Fedor walks away from Arlovski after knocking him out.
Shadface.
Rory vs Lawler staredown at end of round.

Fedor knocking Arlovski out cold with that beautiful right was so epic and vicious.

Basically 99% of Photoshop's income and traffic comes from shadface, shadface was the spiritual birth of shoopers.

The Lawler vs Rory staredown was so historic and a moment in time that was captured brilliantly