Hot Take Most impressive perfomances in MMA history considering the opponent's difficulty level

DanDragon Machi said:
1 - Cain x Cigano (II and III)
2 - Jones x Shogun
3 - Conor x Alvarez
4 - Petr Yan x Merab II
5 - Volkanovski x Holloway III
6 - GSP x BJ Penn II
7- Anderson x Forrest
8 - Islam x Maddalena
9 - Chimaev x Duplessi
10 - Randy x Vitor III
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Fedor vs Nog 1

At that time Big Nog was a dominant HW champ with crisp stand up, quick footwork for a heavyweight and world class BJJ. Fedor was just a chubby and short Russian guy in just his third Pride fight
 
How about Adriano Moraes vs. DJ 1?

Shamil Musaev vs. Logan Storley?
 
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Come on now - Shogun was like 3 ACL surgeries deep by the time he was in there with Jones.

There were other W's in Jones' run that were far more impressive all things considered. That one is not even close.
 
Portland8242 said:
Come on now - Shogun was like 3 ACL surgeries deep by the time he was in there with Jones.

There were other W's in Jones' run that were far more impressive all things considered. That one is not even close.
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Shogun went on to be dangerous after that fight. Ppl acted like Shogun was washed even as he entered the UFC lol it's crazy. Ppl were especially down on Rua after his loss to Forest. Jones beat down a guy who could beat anyone. It is by far one of the most impressive wins in Jones career but also in UFC history.
 
KO Shotz said:
Shogun went on to be dangerous after that fight. Ppl act like Shogun was washed even as he entered the UFC lol it's crazy. Jones beat down a guy who could beat anyone. It is by far one of the most impressive wins in Jones career but also in UFC history.
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Not really

When he got in there with another youngin of that generation with Gustafsson he kind of got tooled up pretty bad there too.
 
Portland8242 said:
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Not really

When he got in there with another youngin of that generation with Gustafsson he kind of got tooled up pretty bad there too.
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Ya, on paper it doesn't look like it. But anyone who was watching UFC back in those days know Shogun was still a dangerous dude.

Perfect example is Mark Hunt. Dude looks like trash on paper, but everyone knows he a dangerous guy.
 
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Portland8242 said:
Come on now - Shogun was like 3 ACL surgeries deep by the time he was in there with Jones.

There were other W's in Jones' run that were far more impressive all things considered. That one is not even close.
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Not to mention the constant fouling in that fight.

Forrest vs Shogun, though. That was a real upset.
 
Get To Da Choppa said:
Fedor vs Nog 1

At that time Big Nog was a dominant HW champ with crisp stand up, quick footwork for a heavyweight and world class BJJ. Fedor was just a chubby and short Russian guy in just his third Pride fight
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The narrative might have been over by then, but I remember in his first PRIDE fight, everyone thought Fedor would not be a very good striker and no gnp since he was in Rings.
 
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DanDragon Machi said:
1 - Cain x Cigano (II and III)
2 - Jones x Shogun
3 - Conor x Alvarez
4 - Petr Yan x Merab II
5 - Volkanovski x Holloway III
6 - GSP x BJ Penn II
7- Anderson x Forrest
8 - Islam x Maddalena
9 - Chimaev x Duplessi
10 - Randy x Vitor III
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Did you see randy vs vitor 1?
I'd put randy vs chuck 1 over your 10.

Shit ronda vs Holy gotta be on there . Forrest vs Shogun 1
 
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