Media Best Fights Of 2025

[JoeRowe]

0:00 Prochazka vs Rountree Jr.
15:31 Sadykhov vs Motta
27:01 Lopes vs Silva
39:50 Duncan vs Rebecki
55:52 Della Maddalena vs Muhammad
1:24:00 Van vs Royval
1:40:54 Volkanovski vs Lopes

 

[AmericanMMA]

WAR JIRI

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Opening with the Sherdog Forums FIGHT OF THE YEAR

 

[Leinster Rugby]

I know its going back to Jan 2025 but Holloway v Poirier 3 was a great scrap

 

[MMACro]

For me Jiri vs Round
Then Khamzat crucifix
And Islam historic win over sad face Maddalena

 

[Spath]

Maddalena vs Muhammad?



I can probably think of 50 better fights, so I don’t know how THAT made the list

 

[JoeRowe]

I know its going back to Jan 2025 but Holloway v Poirier 3 was a great scrap

My 2nd favorite fight of the year behind Lopes/Jean,. Just posted it in a separate thread.

Media Thread 'Poirier vs Holloway 3'

Sunday at 9:16 AM

Surprised this didnt make more FOTY lists, great fight!

• JoeRowe
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[JoeRowe]

Maddalena vs Muhammad?



I can probably think of 50 better fights, so I don’t know how THAT made the list

A combined 300+ significant strikes landed and a 5th round that was definitely a ROTY candidate. You might be misremembering it for a different fight.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Jiri is in basically every highlight video UFC's YouTube has uploaded this year

 

[Spath]

A combined 300+ significant strikes landed and a 5th round that was definitely a ROTY candidate. You might be misremembering it for a different fight.

0 knockdowns in 25 minutes, I don’t remember either guy being seriously rocked or being close to finished, 0 sub attempts… One guy is a wrestler but didn’t really wrestle and wanted to show his hands instead. There wasn’t much to show, it turned out…



I stand by what I wrote. I mean, some people here are WMMA fans… We can agree to disagree

 

[JoeRowe]

0 knockdowns in 25 minutes, I don’t remember either guy being seriously rocked or being close to finished, 0 sub attempts… One guy is a wrestler but didn’t really wrestle and wanted to show his hands instead. There wasn’t much to show, it turned out…



I stand by what I wrote. I mean, some people here are WMMA fans… We can agree to disagree

Belal was wobble twice. Just because you dont remember it doesn't mean it didnt happen. Both men were bloodied and bruised by the end.

Again, its weird to have a such a strong opinion on a fight that you dont remember what happened lol. This was nothing like WMMA.

Consensus top-3 FOTY voted on by hardcore fans throughout the world.

 

[Spath]

Belal was wobble twice. Just because you dont remember it doesn't mean it didnt happen. Both men were bloodied and bruised by the end.

Again, its weird to have a such a strong opinion on a fight that you dont remember what happened lol. This was nothing like WMMA.

Wobbled TWICE? In a 5 round fight? Shit, I need to rewatch that. Sounds like a barn burner.

I guess all the drinking isn’t good for the thing that’s swishing around inside my skull.. Everything is so foggy.

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

mind waiting until 2025 is over? jeez

 

[JoeRowe]

Wobbled TWICE? In a 5 round fight? Shit, I need to rewatch that. Sounds like a barn burner.

I guess all the drinking isn’t good for the thing that’s swishing around inside my skull.. Everything is so foggy.

Way to not address the fan voting of it being a top-3 FOTY. Just admit you're wrong and dont know what you're talking about. Not on your top 5 FOTY list? That's fine but acting like you have no idea how it's consensus top-3 says more about your intellect, or lack thereof, than anyone else's.

Van/Royvak didnt make my top-5 but I understand why many have it near or at the top of their lists. Having perspective outside of your own opinion is a lost art, I guess.

 

[TJ Dillashank]

Way to not address the fan voting of it being a top-3 FOTY. Just admit you're wrong and dont know what you're talking about. Not on your top 5 FOTY list? That's fine but acting like you have no idea how it's consensus top-3 says more about your intellect, or lack thereof, than anyone else's.

Van/Royvak didnt make my top-5 but I understand why many have it near or at the top of their lists. Having perspective outside of your own opinion is a lost art, I guess.

It was a good fight but I think most people like it because Belal got his ass beat. I've re watched it like three times and it def isn't FOTY contender.

 

[gentel]

Merab vs Umar was also a top fight of 2025

 

[JoeRowe]

It was a good fight but I think most people like it because Belal got his ass beat. I've re watched it like three times and it def isn't FOTY contender.

I have it between 5-10 but fans around the world voted it as #3. It is what it is

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

Merab Umar in January was a great fight, not as crazy as the one's in the OP list but a hotly contested scrap start to finish

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

bryan battle had the best post fight speech in france

best fights off the top my head

jiri vs rountree
some diego lopes fights
was gaethje holloway in 2025? who knows

 

[TITS]

Iwo vs Ibo