Best Events in the history of MMA

[FONT=&quot]What are the best MMA events ever? [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]One or two excellent fights in the event does not constitute excellent event[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]To have a great event, you need to have a several stars and a number of very good fighters. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Those should be not just fighters with names, but they should be ranked high at the time of the event. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Also, it is beneficial if fights are exciting and there are title bouts in the event.[/FONT]
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Pride Final Conflict 2005

Fedor v Cro Cop
Arona v Wand
Shogun v Overeem
Tank Abbot v Yoshida
Arona v Shogun



GOAT card

 

I have that as #4.

Here is my top 20 list:

1. PRIDE - Shockwave 2005 - ( 2005-12-31 )
2. PRIDE - Shockwave 2004 - ( 2004-12-31 )
3. UFC 100 - Lesnar vs. Mir 2 - ( 2009-07-11 )
4. PRIDE - Final Conflict 2005 - ( 2005-08-28 )
5. PRIDE - Shockwave 2006 - ( 2006-12-31 )
6. PRIDE - Final Conflict 2003 - ( 2003-11-09 )
7. PRIDE - Bushido 9 - ( 2005-09-25 )
8. UFC 129 - St. Pierre vs. Shields - ( 2011-04-30 )
9. PRIDE - Final Conflict 2004 - ( 2004-08-15 )
10. UFC 126 - Silva vs. Belfort - ( 2011-02-05 )
11. UFC 134 - Silva vs. Okami - ( 2011-08-27 )
12. UFC 117 - Silva vs. Sonnen - ( 2010-08-07 )
13. PRIDE - Final Conflict Absolute - ( 2006-09-10 )
14. UFC 94 - St. Pierre vs. Penn 2 - ( 2009-01-31 )
15. UFC 82 - Pride of a Champion - ( 2008-03-01 )
16. PRIDE 33 - Second Coming - ( 2007-02-24 )
17. Rings - King of Kings 2000 Final - ( 2001-02-24 )
18. PRIDE - Total Elimination 2003 - ( 2003-08-10 )
19. UFC 44 - Undisputed - ( 2003-09-26 )
20. Pancrase - King of Pancrase Tournament Opening Round - ( 1994-12-16 )

 

Bushido 9 was the best of all time.

 

Solid list, I forgot how great a card UFC 100 was.

Shockwave 2004/5 were fantastic cards as well. Pretty much all NYE cards are excellent.

 

TUF 16 finale was by far the most entertaining card I can remember for a while, not big names but great fights and crazy finishes.

 

Not bad, I have it as #7.
They didn't have any title bouts.
PRIDE - Bushido 12 was good as well.

 

UFC 100 lived up to the hype.

 

I gotta agree with you in your list, very solid. Though I cant believe you forgot to emntion UFC 84 possibly the best UFC event ever.

 

Nice list.

Which Strikeforce event would rank the highest? They were all pretty good except the one in Nashville with 3 title fights that went to decision.

 

UFC 92
Forrest vs Rashad-LHW Title
Mir vs Big Nog-Interim HW Title
Rampage vs Wand III

UFC 76!

UFC 106-Forgetable card to most, but one of my personal favorites.

UFC 59-Reality Check

 

Yes, very entertaining and 82% were finishes.
But, no big names and very important fights, so I have it as #413 on my list.

 

If you are just looking for UFC Events, then this is my top 20:

1. UFC 100 - Lesnar vs. Mir 2 - ( 2009-07-11 )
2. UFC 129 - St. Pierre vs. Shields - ( 2011-04-30 )
3. UFC 126 - Silva vs. Belfort - ( 2011-02-05 )
4. UFC 117 - Silva vs. Sonnen - ( 2010-08-07 )
5. UFC 134 - Silva vs. Okami - ( 2011-08-27 )
6. UFC 94 - St. Pierre vs. Penn 2 - ( 2009-01-31 )
7. UFC 82 - Pride of a Champion - ( 2008-03-01 )
8. UFC 44 - Undisputed - ( 2003-09-26 )
9. UFC 46 - Supernatural - ( 2004-01-31 )
10. UFC 144 - Edgar vs. Henderson - ( 2012-02-26 )
11. UFC 152 - Jones vs. Belfort - ( 2012-09-22 )
12. UFC 52 - Couture vs Liddell 2 - ( 2005-04-16 )
13. UFC 36 - Worlds Collide - ( 2002-03-22 )
14. UFC 136 - Edgar vs. Maynard 3 - ( 2011-10-08 )
15. UFC 148 - Silva vs. Sonnen 2 - ( 2012-07-07 )
16. UFC 111 - St. Pierre vs. Hardy - ( 2010-03-27 )
17. UFC 128 - Shogun vs. Jones - ( 2011-03-19 )
18. UFC 34 - High Voltage - ( 2001-11-02 )
19. UFC 92 - The Ultimate 2008 - ( 2008-12-27 )
20. UFC 90 - Silva vs. Cote - ( 2008-10-25 )

 

I'm surprised you have 92 that far down tbh

 

If you want to see just Event rankings for Strikeforce,
go to Event Rankings and type Strikeforce in the search box.

We had a tricky time with Strikeforce because they have a lot of high profile Female bouts.

 

Surprised by the absense of wec events in this thread. Surely at least a few of them are top 20 worthy.

 

for me the best events is not done yet what i like to see is all the title Holders put there belt on the line in one main mega events that would be awsome dont you think?

 

Yeah i was kinda just listing a few of my personal favorites.

 

To be #19 out of 223 UFC Events is not that bad.
UFC 92 had 2 title bouts and one more high level fight (Wandy - Rampage), but everything else was lower level. Okami was a name, and Kongo.

Still an excellent Event and very entertaining (80% finishes).
But not the top 10.

 

Cold fury