Fights that were closer than people think?

[Goutfather]

Machida vs. Shogun 1. We'd barely ever seen Machida get touched, let alone drop rounds, so people assume it was a robbery when it was super close.

another “competitive” fight. it was much less a robbery than many of the blatant robberies that happened since. still, i scored it for shogun, and the only way you could really justify giving it to machida is if you don’t factor in leg kicks.

 

[BoomStronk]

Bisping-Hamill

Wasn't very close. The hammer won

 

[cereal gan]

It was close because Adesanya is a significantly better striker.

in his dream
to say he's a better striker is something maybe i can agree on but significantly better ? thats cap
izzy got his legs checked and got some fierce one in return, also got easily trapped behind the cage by pereira superior footwork & faints and eventually got finished
expect pereira to finish him earlier next time

 

[stacrafty]

It was close only because Alex took off a couple rounds to save some gas

Nope, you don't take 3 rounds off lol. Or let your defense slip so you either have to rely on the bell or the ref to save you

Credit to Alex being 3-0, but hes also the only guy in combat sports history to be 3-0 over someone and still the underdog for the 4th.

 

[SeattleFightFan]

Jacare was maybe 1 strike in the 2nd away from beating Romero, after Romero legit almost killed him in the first.

In any scoring system other than the 10 point must system, this fight wasn't close. And today that first round was a 10-8 for sure, 10-7 maybe. Back then it was a 10-9.

But, then and there, Jacare was just that close to winning it.

 

[Izzysexboyfriend]

Nope, you don't take 3 rounds off lol. Or let your defense slip so you either have to rely on the bell or the ref to save you

Credit to Alex being 3-0, but hes also the only guy in combat sports history to be 3-0 over someone and still the underdog for the 4th.

He knew he could KO Izzy with ease which is why he didn’t let his hands go in those 2 rounds. As soon as he let his hands go he KOd Izzy

 

[stacrafty]

in his dream
to say he's a better striker is something maybe i can agree on but significantly better ? thats cap
izzy got his legs checked and got some fierce one in return, also got easily trapped behind the cage by pereira superior footwork & faints and eventually got finished
expect pereira to finish him earlier next time

Izzy is still the favourite for the 4th. Is measurably the more skill fighter. Alex dwarfs LHW's lol. And to think he hasn't won via purely skill, he's had assisted wins via referee sympathy and circumstantial timing of the end of a round.

Was hilarious all these clowns claiming Alex the glory champ would be the better striker, yet he got turned into a panic wrestler. Take down end of round 1 (or was it 2), and then a failed takedown attempt round 3 which Izzy reversed.

Alex is stlll very skilled, just not as skilled as Izzy, the reconciling factors being his massive size and power, and of course the "luck" hes had. And despite this, hes still the underdog for a 4th.

 

[stacrafty]

He knew he could KO Izzy with ease which is why he didn’t let his hands go in those 2 rounds. As soon as he let his hands go he KOd Izzy

If only you weren't an basement dweller and had experienced a single sport in your life. Then you'd know how ridiculous it would be claim a strategy of taking 80% of the contest off to limit yourself to one win condition ( in this case a stoppage) in the final round.

 

[markg171]

robert izzy 2 i thought robert won a sd

How did you score it a split decision? Do you have multiple personalities?

 

[fortheo]

I remember thinking that Edgar vs. Max was closer than the majority thought. Don't get me wrong, Max won, but I remember for sure giving Frankie round one, and thinking there were 2 other rounds that were very close. Max seemed to be fighting very safe.

 

[Bharris4]

Murphy vs Andrade

 

[Izzysexboyfriend]

If only you weren't an basement dweller and had experienced a single sport in your life. Then you'd know how ridiculous it would be claim a strategy of taking 80% of the contest off to limit yourself to one win condition ( in this case a stoppage) in the final round.

Everyone could clearly see Alex took off those rounds. He’s never been in a 5 round fight so was definitely saving some gas

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

I'd say Tito vs Silva, people seem to think Tito totally dominated, but he did nothing much with the takedowns, lots of lay and pray in that fight, it was frustrating to watch, sure he won, but I think it was closer than 50-45, all in all it was just a frustrating fight. Silva landed some good shots and lots of good knees, I want to see more done with the takedowns, Tito landed ground and pound but not a lot.

 

[NHBfilipino222]

BJ Penn vs. Matt Serra

 

[LindyBrah]

Colby/Usman 1&2

Rematch was a draw, arguably 48-47 for Colby depending on how the second round was scored.

 

[Po Atan]

Cody vs Cruz is a great shout. People literally just see the highlight of Cody dropping cruz and then dancing and say he dominated.
Another fight I always said was very competitive was Yan vs Sterling 1. A lot of sterling’s work was ugly but it won him minutes. Yan was winning though and would most likely have won if not for the knee.

 

[LindyBrah]

Jacare was maybe 1 strike in the 2nd away from beating Romero, after Romero legit almost killed him in the first.

In any scoring system other than the 10 point must system, this fight wasn't close. And today that first round was a 10-8 for sure, 10-7 maybe. Back then it was a 10-9.

But, then and there, Jacare was just that close to winning it.

Jacare well into 2019 was incredibly competitive even at his old age. Everyone forgets Jan barely won that split decision over him when he tried moving up to 205.

 

[Masturbin]

Jacare well into 2019 was incredibly competitive even at his old age. Everyone forgets Jan barely won that split decision over him when he tried moving up to 205.

people tend to forget horrible boring fights.

 

[LindyBrah]

The general perception on Cruz vs Garbrandt seems to be this really on sided, performance of a lifetime type fight but watching it back it is actually extremely close. Cody definitely gets 2 rounds due to knockdowns but the other 3 could pretty much go either way.

Maybe because Cody's performance was so unexpected and different from all of his other fights but this seems to be one that the legend of is quite different than when you watch it back.

Any other fights that come to mind that were much closer than seems to be generally perceived?

Another Cruz fight that was very close and everyone forgets was his WEC bout against Ivan Lopez. Even with Cruz elusive movement he was touching him a lot so Cruz had to wrestle fuck him for the rest of the fight.

 

[LindyBrah]

people tend to forget horrible boring fights.

Agreed it was terrible