Best Decision Fights

Sometimes it seems like some people forget that fights don't always have to end in a finish to be exciting. Sure we all love a good KO or a flash sub, but some of my favorite fights went to a decision. And not even always a close one. Lets not let boring decisions ruin what fights that go the distance can be! What is your top 3 go the distance fights. Mine are...

1. Hendo/Shogun - yeah they gassed, yeah it got sloppy, but this was a back and forth fight between two guys with a warrior spirit and an iron chin

2. Franklin/Wanderli - both passed their prime and Franklin clearly up in the cards, we get a flash of the Wand of old a couple times. They went at it like they were young again.

3. GSP/Condit - I may catch some flack for this one I know, but GSP was questionable coming in and put a quick end to that question. It wasn't really a close fight, but entertaining as hell.

Oh and lets please not turn thus into a "such and such was robbed" thread. This is to celebrate battles not to cheapen them with opinions that won't change the actual outcome.

 

liddell/silva

 

Yeah I loved that fight. It's funny. The issue with that fight is also what probably made it such a good fight too. In their primes I see one brutally Koing the other quick (could have went either way) and we wouldn't have had such a battle.

 

KZ/Garcia I. I realized I don't care who won

EDIT: I'd add Bendo/Guida

 

Cro Cop vs. Fedor

 

Fedor vs Crocop
Wanderlei vs Hunt
Wanderlei vs Hendo 1
Shogun vs Hendo
Shogun vs Lil Nog
Shogun vs Machida 1
Nogueira vs Barnett 1
Nogueira vs Couture

 

But sherdog told me that if a fight goes to a decision it's a boring fight

Edgar/Maynard 2

 

Yeah that was epic. And the draw made it more so.

 

cro cop/fedor comes to mind
also Maynard/edgar 2
mighty mouse/ Ian mccall 1

 

Nogueira/Barnett 1 is one that doesn't get talked about much. It was a great fight!

 

Edgar vs. Griffin
LilNog vs. Shogun
Liddell vs. Wand
Fedor vs. Nog I and III
Fedor vs. CroCop
Nog vs. Barnett I
Shogun vs. Hendo
Pettis vs. Bendo
Griffin vs. Bonnar I
Aldo vs. Hominick
KZ vs. Garcia I
Cain vs. JDS II
GSP vs. Fitch
Lauzon vs. Miller
Couture vs. Sylvia
Kharitonov vs. Nog
Wand vs. Hendo I


....and a whole shitload of others that I just can't think of right now.

Decisions are not inherently boring.

 

Tito vs Belfort

Tito vs Forrest 1

Tito vs Couture

Wand vs Hunt

Any Nick Diaz dec

GSP vs Condit

 

I was on the edge of my chair the whole damn fight! Great battle between two great HWs in their primes....

 

McCall/Johnson 1
Dodson/Elliott
Cariaso/Fergesen
Lineker/Urushitani
Elliott/Papazian

The funny thing about these fights is that they are used as examples of why flyweight sucks because they went to a decision

 

Forrest/Bonnar I
Guida/Sanchez
Edgar/Maynard II
Forrest/Rampage
Wand/Franklin (Both)
Rua/Hendo
Rampage/Hendo
Rua/Machida I
Belcher/Sexyama
Franklin/Hendo
Forrest/Tito (all 3)
Edgar/Penn II
Rampage/Machida
Serra/Karo
Sherk/Griffin
Sanchez/Karo

Just some off the top of my head. (Personal favorites, not saying everyone would find those fights exciting.)

 

I really loved Randy Couture vs Tim Sylvia.

At the time it seemed like Sylvia just couldn't be beaten at heavyweight and then here comes Mr. old man "Captain America" Randy Couture out of retirement to blow every ones minds and destroy him.

 

Shoji vs Stiebling for me

 

Surprised you have Edgar/Penn 2 in there over 1. Not that either was bad. I always likes the first fight more though.

 

Rizzo Vs Randy1
Baroni Vs lindalnad 1 and 2
Lawler Vs Riley
Guida Vs Griffen
Griffen Vs Edger
Tavares Vs Griffin
Nog Vs Barnet 1 and 2
Lil Nog Vs Shogun
Shogun Vs Machida 1
Shogun Vs Hendo
Buscape Vs Azeredo
Ninja Vs Sperry
Guida Vs Sanchez
Sanchez Vs Kampman
Sanchez Vs Diaz
Karo Vs Sanchez
Karo Vs Diaz
Wnad Vs Hendo 1

Most of my fav fights have gone to the decision

 

Sherk Tyson

Randy Nog.

Randy Rizzo I.