Most surprising domination?

[Goatenstein]

Sapp vs Fujita
At the time Fedor vs Nog 1 was an absolute shock to everyone.
David Terrell had a lot of hype after one-punching Lindland but Tanner owned his ass for the strap
Penn vs Hughes 1 was insane
Royce vs Yoshida 2 was a draw but obviously Royce whipped his ass

But the most shocked I ever was at a complete domination was Shogun vs Rampage

 

[BJJ4Tone]

For me it was Bigfoot vs Fedor.

Definitely a good one. Heartbreaking to think about.



Maia/Fitch springs to mind. Fitch was still in his prime and an elite grappler. Maia ragdolled him. The Gunnar Nelson fight too.

Speaking of ragdolling - Khabib/Trujillo. Khabib hadn't beaten anyone of note at that point and Trujillo had just out-wrestled and brutalized a 4-time NCAA DIII champ (155-0). Never expected what was to come (regardless of how you judge takedowns vs mat returns )

 

[BJJ4Tone]

You just had to do that didn't you!
It left me numb just sitting in front of the screen.
My brain just did not know what to do with it.

Yeah, I thought there was an understanding that we don't talk about that one...

 

[Fedorgasm]

Crocop vs Gonzaga I

Been a long time since I've seen it. All I remember was the kick. Was Gonzaga dominating the rest of the fight or did he just land that one devastating blow?

 

[jitzmonkey]

Barao was the boogie man at 135 then TJ stepped in on relatively short notice (?) and made the Brazilian look like an amateur.
Not sure how many were betting that the Californian would take that one.

I expected JBJ to win; but not completely dismantle and destroy Shogun.

 

[jitzmonkey]

Off top of my head Big Timmy and Couture.

Couture is in his 40s, gets KO at LWH twice by Chuck, retires and then moves up to HW being undersized at 223lbs against 23-2 HW champ that is 6'8 263lbs.

I called that one (stylistically) when Silvia fought Monson.
I thought that Couture’s Greco-Roman (or someone’s solid Judo) world get it done with trips/throws from the clinch.

Didn’t think that The Natural would drop the maniac with one punch, though.

 

[Foghorn Leghorn]

I didn't expect RDA to maul Pettis like he did

 

[GluttonforPunishment]

A lot of funny answers but Strickland vs Adesanya.

 

[Hdfi]

Cain Velasquez vs JDS 2
Stipe vs Ngannou 1
RDA vs Pettis
Holm vs Ronda
MM vs Horiguchi

 

[tritestill]

Sonnen vs. Shogun.

Did not see that one mentioned. Think people forget Sonnen embarrassed him pretty bad.

 

[Travis Alexander]

Jones vs Rashad

I was in Rashad’s camp and I have literally never seen a fighter more prepared for a fight than Rashad was for Jones.

 

[eddi]

Izzy vs costa, it was a one sided humiliation and costa's stock was high af after he fought romero

 

[GluttonforPunishment]

Jones vs Rashad

I was in Rashad’s camp and I have literally never seen a fighter more prepared for a fight than Rashad was for Jones.

Yeah... sure you were purple

 

[CroCopsLHK]

Roxanne Modafarri vs Maycee Barber

Roxanne: Washed up undersized veteran. Returning to ufc after a failed UFC career. Nerdy, frail, tail end of her career. WRONG. She was experienced and at her best

Maycee: Self proclaimed youngest future champion. Undefeated, strong, young and mean

Roxanne dominated, Alexa would beat her also by a close decision. It was one of the biggest feel good moments in the sport. Roxanne is seriously one of the sweetest people ever and this was a culmination of her career

 

[Southpoor97]

What was the most surprising dominant performance you've seen?

Fights where you were absolutely convinced a fighter would win, and they wind up getting dominated?

And by dominate, let's exclude one-punch flukes or even quick submissions. Anyone can get caught by those. But we're talking about several rounds of just stuffing your opponents attacks, making them look helpless.

For me it was Bigfoot vs Fedor.

Sick of you people posting about these old washed up fights nobody cares about

 

[StonedLemur]

For shits and giggles....

Ray Mercer vs Tim Sylvia

 

[7 others]

I didn't expect RDA to maul Pettis like he did

Crazy thing was that khabib called it

Almost everyone including me thought Pettis is gonna win

He looked so good at that time

 

[StonedLemur]

Roxanne Modafarri vs Maycee Barber

Roxanne: Washed up undersized veteran. Returning to ufc after a failed UFC career. Nerdy, frail, tail end of her career. WRONG. She was experienced and at her best

Maycee: Self proclaimed youngest future champion. Undefeated, strong, young and mean

Roxanne dominated, Alexa would beat her also by a close decision. It was one of the biggest feel good moments in the sport. Roxanne is seriously one of the sweetest people ever and this was a culmination of her career

Yeah, that fight gave me a heart boner sir , definitely a feel good moment lol

 

[jitzmonkey]

I didn't expect RDA to maul Pettis like he did

That’s a good call.
We’d seen him stifled by caveman/carpenter; but I imagine that quite a few chalked that up to octagon jitters and the fact that it was a 3 round fight (although I’d have to go back and rewatch to determine how much of a factor the latter had been.)

To see him completely shut down and out worked on the feet like that was super surprising.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Strickland vs Izzy was hard to foresee. I knew strickland would do better than whittaker and I gave him a chance to win a decision but I didn't think he'd make it look so easy.