Short notice fighter

TRYHARD 2001 said:
I think it was a wekk. Long enough that he managed to get a couple interviews in talking about how DC used to cry at practice.
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I think you are right. I was thinking that was before they even thought of signing him.

I remember people saying DC wouldn't cry at the time. Turns out that he was probably telling the truth. Still kinda shitty though.
 
Wasnt exactly ufc, but I’ll never forget seth petruzelli stepping up on like hours notice to fight kimbo
 
Renato just fought Islam on like 20 hours notice.

Wasn't coming off the couch though, he was already prepared for that date.
 
rtodd said:
Does anyone recall the shortest notice fighters the UFC ever had.

A buddy and I where talking and I was pretty sure that a fighter came in on the day of the fight notice.

Can anyone confirm who it was.
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Dan ige vs lopes
 
I think I got all yall beat.

There was a dude in EARLY UFCs, single digit iirc who fought in place of a teammate and tapped to a standing crucifix which was widely debated to be a fix.

Was the fastest sub, might still be

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Edit UFC 6

Anthony Macias went in as a replacement for Patrick Smith who was injured in his QF match and couldn't continue.

Macias tapped in 9 seconds to a standing "sub" of sorts to Oleg Taktarov, and there was history there, maybe they were teammates I forget, but the idea was for Oleg to go forward healthy, which he did and he won the tourney.

After the tap Taktarov himself looked upset and suspect that his opponent had thrown the match.

Dan Ige got cleared by a commission, he weighed in, it was several hours before his match thay they were talking in the press about him MAYBE fighting on the prelims.

Macias was just there to be a corner man and for whatever clusterfuck reason got thrown in the cage, with somewhere between 20 minutes to a max of maybe 2 hours notice, but my memory is that it was very very last minute, as in less than an hour.



If anyone has UFC 6 on YT uncut or on old VHS, I believe the details were discussed on the broadcast of that event.


If you are talking about shortest time from when they knew they were fighting amd knew who they were fighting, I would imagine it would be hard to beat the guys who went in as an alternate in the early same night tourneys.

Anthony Macias
Steve Jennem

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Also could be Felix Mitchell. Alt for Keith Hackney in UFC 3.

If this bout order is correct, he pretty much would have been told "hey kid go fight... now"

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I don't think he has the record anymore, but Leben was the guy for a little while.
 
rtodd said:
Does anyone recall the shortest notice fighters the UFC ever had.

A buddy and I where talking and I was pretty sure that a fighter came in on the day of the fight notice.

Can anyone confirm who it was.
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Iaquinta fought Khabib for the LW title. But, he wasn’t eligible to win the belt. As he weighed in 4 ounces over Championship Weight. 155 1/4.

The fight with Khabib was made AFTER weigh-ins had already taken place.

That’s probably the most important fight with a late replacement that comes to my mind.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
Yeah but I think Soto was on the card anyway so it's not like he came out of nowhere.
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The only short notice fight from a guy "out of nowhere" i recall was one in KSW where they took some judo guy from the audience to fill in against... i dont remember who.

I remembered now: Pudzian x Nikola Milanovic at KSW 59

Pudzian was going to fight some Senegalese guy (Bombardier). On the day of the fight, Bombardier was diagnosed with appendicitis... So they got that guy Nikola and he fought him.

There were also a similar situation in ONE: Reug Reug x Patrick Schmid

Reug Reug was supposed to fight Mehdi Barghi, who withdrew at the day of the fight. Patick Schmid, a kickboxer, was supposed to fight a KB bout at the day. Instead, they've put him into his first MMA bout against Reug.
 
jeff7b9 said:
Macias tapped in 9 seconds to a standing "sub" of sorts to Oleg Taktarov, and there was history there, maybe they were teammates I forget, but the idea was for Oleg to go forward healthy, which he did and he won the tourney.
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They were managed by the same guy:

On July 14, 1995, “Big” John refereed UFC 6 in Casper, Wyo. Something did not sit right with him with one of the fights:
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“During the semifinal match between Oleg Taktarov and Anthony Macias, I believe I saw my first fixed fight in the UFC. Both fighters had the same manager, Buddy Albin, so I think it was decided backstage that Macias would throw the match so Oleg could advance to the finals and face Tank [Abbott] as fresh as possible. The fight went a little too smoothly for my tastes when Macias shot in and nearly fell into the guillotine choke, which he tapped out to in twelve seconds.” (from page 194)
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Actually, Taktarov’s official time for the submission win is listed at nine seconds. And if the goal was for Taktarov to be fresh, it must have worked, as he went on to win in the finals, ultimately submitting Tank Abbott via rear-naked choke at the 17:45 mark.
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Strickland fought two times on short notice after fighting few weeks before.

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