Fights Where You Were Seriously Concerned For A Fighter

[Mikeyz]

What fights were you seriously concerned for a fighter at any point for any reason?
Maybe too much bleeding or twitching after a knockout?

I remember when Demian Maia subbed Rick Story I was pretty concerned about Story because of how much blood was coming out of his nose. It was kind of hard to watch.
I was also concerned about Lauzon in his recent fight with Miller.

Wanderlei after Crocop beat him

Man ohhhhhhhhh man, he looked bad after that

 

[Denter]

Schilt after Kharitonov.

Kharitonov- Ninja was worse.

Ninja actually suffered some serious problems after that fight.

 

[The Monster]

Matt Lindland after Lawler ktfo'd him

 

[WouldYouKindly]

Glover vs. Maldonado
Babalu vs. Heath
Faber vs. Mizugaki
Zaromskis vs. Koreshkov
Marcus Davis vs. Nate Diaz
Stout vs. Edwards
Sakuraba vs. Arona

 

[rm95]

Glover vs Malonado, Curran vs Warren and Khoreshkov vs Zaromskis all come to mind.

Wand after Rampage KO'd him was pretty bad as well especially with the 3 extra punches Page gave him.

 

[PivotPunch]

Pretty much every time Wand gets knocked out and it was also pretty scary when Franklin got knocked out in his last fight

 

[CraneKicks]

Cain vs Bigfoot. I'm a fan of blood and brutality and I'm not ashamed to admit it. However, I was in complete disbelief when the doctor allowed that fight to continue. The blood was clearly effecting his vision. I was yelling at the t.v. for the ref to show him some mercy.

 

[Sanda Sanshou]

Jones/Machida for sure, Machida literally looked like he was choked TO death.

 

[bowened]

that was the joy of pride. wandy fought cc for example. same thing. they had balls. not like anderson and others mimimi he is 0.5 pounds heavier, i wont fight him he is sooooo big. :icon_lol:

Wow, I'm constantly reminded on here how awful some mma fans are.

 

[Chillez]

Jones/Machida
Chuck/Rashad
Vitor/Lindland

 

[BreakingBad]

I personally would like to see the towel thrown in more often. I don't want to see fighters permanently damaging their health for our entertainment. It's probably my least favorite thing about the sport; it makes me feel guilty in a way. There are a lot of fighters that we support today that will end up gomers in the future, bagging groceries or mopping up sweat in a second-rate gym at age 70. Look at old boxers for an example. They sound like they suffered head trauma in a motorcycle accident.

 

[JoshuaGilbert]

Sanchez after Penn. YES!

 

[Tactitus]

Matt Lindland after Vitor knocked him out.

 

[Dart Feld]

I was seriously concerned for Joseph Benavidez when he fought MM. I mean, MM landed so many SIGNIFICANT strikes!

Whoever fought Joe B. between the judges decision and his post FlyW title fight losss interview must have REALLY done a number on him!

 

[Substance Abuse]

When Curran pasted Joe Warren. I was definitely concerned for him.

 

[djacobox372]

Before weight classes, things were scary:

Nog vs. Sapp was also unnerving.

 

[Deleted member 37208]

Igor Vovchanchyn almost killed Enson Inoue...

 

[JoseAldoKillaBe]

Before weight classes, things were scary:

Nog vs. Sapp was also unnerving.

holy shit...

 

[prelude2pain]

When Vitor knocked out Lindland in Affliction I thought Matt might have been seriously hurt. I don't really like the guy but I had a sickening feeling about the whole thing. I haven't watched that fight in a long time, probably wasn't as violent as I recall.

 

[Sivo The Ram]

went back and watched cro cop vs yoshida again today and man, that was tough to see a judo guy with limited striking get tore up like that. cro cop was like shit ref what more do you want?