Fights where a fighter looks visibly terrified

[Willek]

“Anderson isn’t going to outmuscle me in the clinch like he did to Leben”

 

[RageQuitLord]

Stipe nor Colby looked scared at all lol. Just because a guy is tentative doesn’t mean scared. You feel each other out first.

Yeah I mean maybe you're right terrified would be too strong for Colby. But dude..... Stipe was shook bad on the stool he looked awful

 

[TommyBikes]

Duffy vs Overeem. That fight was over before it started

 

[Tapatio]

 

[Abundance]

“Anderson isn’t going to outmuscle me in the clinch like he did to Leben”

Weidman sure outmuscled him

 

[MMAProfessional]

and

don't be a hater, Conor wasn't scared of Aldo

Megan gotta be it. Thhe ufc knw she didn't have it and forced her to a title shot

 

[Vespasian70AD]

Mr It’s Only Business against Khabib. Looked like he’d seen a ghost. And couldn’t even look Khabib in the eyes when they were getting the pre-fight rundown.

 

[GrantB13]

Maybe you are right.. Maybe Joe Rogan swayed me when he said "Aldo looks like hes feeling the pressure of this moment." At the start of the fight.

He was probably drinking the McGregor Kool-Aid. Rogan also said "HE SLEPT HIM!" when Aldo got KO'd. Very disrespectful in my opinion.

 

[HHJ]

Zulu looked very nervous to fight Fedor with good reason

 

[kingmob6]

 

[Phisher]

Bader vs Rumble

That one was especially funny because Bader talked all that shit about Rumble being mentally weak and then shot from all the way across the cage to avoid the stand up as soon the fight started.

Another good one is Chris Cariaso vs. Might Mouse. Cariaso looked like he was being marched towards the electric chair during his cage walk.

 

[GrantB13]

Aldo was surely scared. He looked way different before the fight and had pulled out the fight before because Conor was in his head. He was scared and it was obvious.

Good luck on your new account. You plan on making it until the end of the day?

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Macias against Dan Severn

 

[eddi]

Yeah I mean maybe you're right terrified would be too strong for Colby. But dude..... Stipe was shook bad on the stool he looked awful

he was too light lmao dude's a retard ngannou aint DC he needed to get beefed the fuck up not weight 235 pounds

 

[Ghostoftheville]

and

don't be a hater, Conor wasn't scared of Aldo

Dead woman walking

 

[Natural Order]

He was just concerned for Allistair's well-being. (Pic by @Hold Mai Nuts)

 

[Black Paladin]

Fedor really had fighters looking worried and uncomfortable at the time before a fight when they shaked hands. Basically in every fight i can remember from the moment he won the belt in Pride.

Yes. They knew what they were in for, and it wasn't pretty.

 

[jimmy dakine]

Rewatching Cro Cop's Debut, was there ever a fighter more terrified to fight someone than Eddie Sanchez?

The list in my head that I can think of is,

1. Cro Cop vs Sanchez
2. Franklin vs Silva 2
3. Aldo vs Conor

What other fights do you guys remember of a fighter being visibly terrified before or during a fight?

Not sure what you saw but Conor didnt look too scared to me.

 

[Ken Fresno]

 

[GORO]