Best performance by a fighter on short notice?

[oldschoolmmafan]

T.J vs Barao really stands out in my mind, completely schooled Barao, another fact I noticed about T.J is that he has received performance and or fight of the night in every single title fight he has been in, who do you think has been the most impressive coming in on short notice?

 

[Weidman]

 

[cgh]

lando vs ferguson and soto vs tj come to my mind

 

[R.Doria]

Luke Sanders demolishing a heavier opponent Maximo Blanco and scoring the 50k aways come to mind
Also Eryk Anders retiring Sapo was pretty good

 

[Franc Mittelo]

Very hard to top. Stepped off the movie set, and KO'd a dude who started talking a lot of Big Bad Wolf stuff without the resume to prove it.

"Believe, achieve, perceive, shut the the fuck up," this with, "Playing touch butt with some dork in the park" are some of the greatest trash talking phrases ever. The outcomes of the fights made them even more potent. LOL

 

[sirmorbach]

"That was easy!"

 

[Benoitthegr8]

There’s a few as noted above, my favorite however was Cabo Diaz exposing Frauduler McGregor.

 

[LilChuckLil]

Winner @Weidman

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

I also completely forgot that GSP took on Hughes the second time with 30 days notice.

 

[Sapp]

Man, impossible to top TJ vs Barao.

 

[Rvd Slmr]

Even though there was no belt on the line, I vote for Nate.

 

[Dean Lewsey]

Gotta be Buddeh

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

Even though there was no belt on the line, I vote for Nate.

Doesn't matter if not a title fight.

 

[SmilinDesperado]

Definitely Bisping over Rockhold
He had already got his ass kicked by Rockhold pretty effortlessly the first time, he didn't deserve a TS, and came in on crazy short notice..not only won, but his pillow fisted ass knocked Rockhold out to become champ
That's some movie shit right there
Cheers to The Count

 

[Leone510]

I thought Joe Soto done well against TJ Dillashaw with only 1 day i think it was notice, Joe was already fighting on the card but he had to cut that extra pound plus fight a champion and made it 4 rounds.

 

[Pulver-ize]

Seth Petruzelli was a last second replacement to fight Kimbo after Shamrock got injured in the locker room.. Not only was he a lower weight class,, he KOed Kimbo in 13 seconds of round 1

 

[Leone510]

Chris Weidman's debut fight was impressive because he cut 32 pounds in 10 days that is almost mathematically impossible but he pulled it off

 

[trident]

As far as title fights go, Bisping is going to hold this spot for awhile

 

[Zefram Cochrane]

Seth Petruzelli was a last second replacement to fight Kimbo after Shamrock got injured in the locker room.. Not only was he a lower weight class,, he KOed Kimbo in 13 seconds of round 1

And single-handedly bankrupted EliteXC in the process. Talk about overachieving.

 

[PeterGriffin]

Definitely Bisping taking the title from Rockhold, I don't think anyone expected it to go down like that ... including Bisping himself.