Satisfying wins after being robbed..

[Rockman14]

brilliant fight but lets be honest Shogun won..

What ensued was a ton of bickering between fans on who won what rounds, even down to the damn stats, then in the rematch all that bickering was put to rest in dramatic fashion, very satisfying.

Any others you can think of? How about fights where a guy gets robbed then actually loses the rematch

 

[Frank McEdgar]

 

[ShreddinMMA]

Let me hear it Cro Cop fans:

 

[Coolkid666]

You posted the best example ever lol.

 

[revoltub]

 

[Slatersan]

Let me hear it Cro Cop fans:

I somehow always forget the rematch happened.

 

[Joshuagilbert91]

Brock/Mir

 

[DuncanFan819]

Shogun definitely got robbed in the first fight, but that staring contest was far from "brilliant."

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

Williams/Martinez

Jones/Tarver

Holyfield/Lewis

Corrales/Castillo (I consider it a robbery because Corrales took out his mouthpiece on purpose several times after being knocked down to have extra time to recover)

 

[eklypz]

kz and garcia

 

[ReadWrite]

The backstory of first fight for Shogun was memorable. You remember all the kicks. He said afterwards: "Lyoto is a great fighter so I practiced a thousand kicks per day, because that was our strategy and I tried to do that in the fight."

Bruce Lee once said: "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

I remember Shogun put so much work into prep for the first fight only to lose. I remember the extreme frustration on his face when the decision was announced. So the emphatic & dramatic win the second time was so satisfying.



"That man had a lot of pent-up frustration based on the first fight and he just took it out on Machida."-Joe Rogan

 

[613]

In no way was Shogun robbed against Machida. Fight could have gone either way

 

[felmmando]

Let me hear it Cro Cop fans:

No way was either of their fights a robbery!

 

[Negan]

 

[blaseblah]

 

[Shaquitas EBT]

Shogun vs. Machida

Not a robbery but Shogun vs. Griffin 2 because Forrest was a glorified bum.

 

[Krimzon]

I got the most happy I've ever gotten from a fight via Marquez Pacquiao IV. The way JMM shut down all subsequent rematches was very delicious too.

Honorable mention to Lawler Hendricks II. No holding on for dear life in round 5 for Rig the second time around.

 

[K-po]

Let me hear it Cro Cop fans:

The only thing Mirko was robbed of on April 21, 2007 was his soul

 

[NuMe]

How about fights where a guy gets robbed then actually loses the rematch

Jones vs. Gus.

 

[NuMe]

Mac Danzig was 'robbed' against Matt Wiman and then lost the rematch.