Free UFC/MMA Fights & Highlights megathread

[Madmick]

I thought of putting this either in the Pictures & Multimedia or UFC Discussion subs, but I thought it more appropriate here. P&M is mostly softcore porn and joke memes, now. UFC discussion is supposed to be restricted to the UFC, and it's a more chat-centric subforum. The SC felt like a better home.

As many of you know sometimes fights are put up for free on YouTube by the promotions themselves like the UFC, or temporarily sponsored by companies that probably think they might be able to generate some revenue from ads or traffic. Sometimes they are classics, sometimes they are more recent. They almost never stay up permanently.

This thread is for those fights. Please don't post links that are blatantly violating copyright. Sticking to the major services is safe because they're responsible for their content (i.e. YouTube, DailyMotion, Vimeo, etc).

You also don't have to limit this to full fights. Highlight videos that show awesome knockouts or famous come-from-behinds are well situated in this thread. The focus of this thread is sanctioned fights and violence.

I'll kick things off with Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Michael Johnson at UFC 242:

 

[Grand Theft Auto]

Nurganomedov <45><45><45>

great thread idea though Madmick, I added it to CTE City v1: You Point, I Punch

 

[Madmick]

Nurganomedov <45><45><45>

great thread idea though Madmick, I added it to CTE City v1: You Point, I Punch

Whoops, fixed.

 

[OneManOrgy]

 

[HunterSdVa29]

Johnson was piecing up kabib w/ ease on the ft
all the more weird that Conor had struggle w/ his standup

 

[Grand Theft Auto]

Johnson was piecing up kabib w/ ease on the ft
all the more weird that Conor had struggle w/ his standup

He was just throwing repeatedly even if it missed, he was never going to be able to sustain that pace.

 

[HunterSdVa29]

He was just throwing repeatedly even if it missed, he was never going to be able to sustain that pace.

cool, he still easily won virtually every exchange on the feet w/ ease

You can do that and still lose the fight: see Kongo v Cain where Kongo dropped Cain w/ every clean punch he landed and even took him down a few times, yet still lost.

 

[Grand Theft Auto]

cool, he still easily won virtually every exchange on the feet w/ ease

You can do that and still lose the fight: see Kongo v Cain where Kongo dropped Cain w/ every clean punch he landed and even took him down a few times, yet still lost.

Yeah but Khabib only looked rattled slightly once, he was just having trouble closing the distance and eventually he got it and went to work. Johnson is also a better defensive wrestler than McGregor that's why he had less trouble in the standup, and he's significantly faster with his footwork and striking.

 

[HunterSdVa29]

Yeah but Khabib only looked rattled slightly once, he was just having trouble closing the distance and eventually he got it and went to work. Johnson is also a better defensive wrestler than McGregor that's why he had less trouble in the standup, and he's significantly faster with his footwork and striking.

That and clearly McGregor didnt take his standup seriously in the slightest

 

[Grand Theft Auto]

Poirier vs Gaethje (Poirier faces Khabib next, and Gaethje faces Cerrone)

 

[Thai Domi]

 

[OneManOrgy]

All legal highlight



Decent music with the commentary in background, enjoy some knockouts!

 

[Grand Theft Auto]

I didn't know the UFC make the free fights private after awhile, shame.

anyway just spotted this in UFC Discussion

 

[Madmick]

Two of the four best active middleweights right now:

 

[Grand Theft Auto]

shit I don't know which thread I should post this to

 

[Madmick]

shit I don't know which thread I should post this to

Is that legal in M-1 rules, and he just didn't know that?

 

[Grand Theft Auto]

Is that legal in M-1 rules, and he just didn't know that?

Pretty sure he was abusing the one hand on the mat rule but lifted it up when the kicker feinted, fantastic really.

 

[Madmick]

Pretty sure he was abusing the one hand on the mat rule but lifted it up when the kicker feinted, fantastic really.

Ah, so they adopted the change to the rule the American athletic commissions passed several years ago. I know they're trying to unify the rule set, but I don't follow M-1 closely, and every org still seems to have some quirks outside those that must abide our state commissions (who themselves aren't unified in rules).

 

[Grand Theft Auto]

Ah, so they adopted the change to the rule the American athletic commissions passed several years ago. I know they're trying to unify the rule set, but I don't follow M-1 closely, and every org still seems to have some quirks outside those that must abide our state commissions (who themselves aren't unified in rules).

Oh yeah my bad, I meant abusing the 3 points of contact rule or whatever they call it. I couldn't find a site that specifically lists M-1's ruleset after a quick search but the way the crowd reacted suggests it was 100% legal.

 

[Madmick]

Oh yeah my bad, I meant abusing the 3 points of contact rule or whatever they call it. I couldn't find a site that specifically lists M-1's ruleset after a quick search but the way the crowd reacted suggests it was 100% legal.

Yeah, I wasn't sure. At one time, IIRC, a single downed knee (or even a hand on the floor-- which was absurd) qualified you as a "downed" fighter, and head kicks weren't allowed. I can't remember what fight it was, maybe it had Josh Thomson, and you can't blame him for exploiting the rules, but I recall a fighter bending farther over at the waist while in a headlock and putting a hand on the floor so his opponent couldn't knee him.

So glad we got away from that bullshit. North-South knees should be legal. It's ridiculous how much training goes into ineffective empty-handed fighting techniques and theory to adapt simply because those aren't allowed. We learn two decades ago that allowing a man to control you in North-South was an immediate don't-pass-go fight-losing position. I still remembering Heath Herring fights.