PierreDrillin
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Straight jumped out of my seat when the tables turned was a great fight
Not the fight that made me a fan of MMA, but definitely the fight that had me the most excited and jumping around like an idiot when I was watching it.
good call, TS. it's the best fight of all-time. so much excitement; so much drama. hughes was kneed in the balls, knocked down with 3 punches (they don't show these punches during the actual fight; they take place off-screen. but you can catch them on the replay. it was A KNOCKDOWN!!), mounted, elbowed and punched badly, and choked purple, turns in, picks trigg up and then run/slams him, mount, elbows, back, choke.
Hughes carrying Trigg all the way across the cage for the slam is classic.
My friend was a huge fan since PRIDE days and I had just never gotten into the sport.
Well, I was over at his house drinking and watching this fight. I remember right as soon as I saw Hughes pick up Trigg like a sack of potatoes and slam him on the canvas, I instantly became a Hughes (and wrestler) fan.
It's the fight that turned me into a casual that would later become the most hardcore MMA fan of all my friends.
The best fight of all time, for all you stupid newbs that think Jones v Gus was the best or Brown vs Silva. This shit was straight out of a movie, watch it if at all possible.
edit: Gonna go watch this right now, and maybe shed a tear.
The best fight of all time, for all you stupid newbs that think Jones v Gus was the best or Brown vs Silva. This shit was straight out of a movie, watch it if at all possible.
edit: Gonna go watch this right now, and maybe shed a tear.
Of all time ? Hardly.
But Hughes going straight beast mode after getting no help from the ref on a nut shot was boss as fuck.
Its a damn shame people have forgotten so quickly how awesome Hughes was.
Country Breakfast finished his career 45-9, about half those losses came at the end of his carreer. He has 35 finishes. How is that for a "wrestler." Easily the 2nd best WW of all time and a hall of fame fighter for sure.