The "I Can't Believe Fighter A Beat Fighter B" Thread

[Fahrenheit1221]

There are some obvious ones like Serra over GSP and such but I'm thinking a little less obvious that are still surprising. I remember when Mac Danzig KO'd Joe Stevenson, the look on his face showed that even he couldn't believe it.

 

[Greedy Dana]

I was pretty surprised at Frankie/Mendes. Not surprised that Frankie won, but how he won really shocked me.

 

[Glove]

The magnificent sport of Mixed Martial Arts, where the unexpected happens, especially when it involves punching someone.

 

[charalsias]

Sorry i had to!

 

[Hans Gercmiov]

I thought BJ vs Frankie I was a complete joke of a match up.

 

[The guest]

If you don't have at least ten on your own list. You haven't been watching very long.

 

[Tebowned]

Uriah Hall vs Moose is my most recent example.

Mir beating Nog the first time was very surprising to me.

 

[KONE]

Some of the most surprising fights as far as method:

Mir/Nogueira 1 & 2
Gonzaga/Crocop
Sokoudjou/Lil Nog
Leben/Akiyama
Sonnen/Shogun

 

[TCE]

Soko KO'ing both Arona and Lil' Nog, then after that, kept on losing.

Same for Brett Rogers winning like 10 in a row including KO'ing Arlovski and giving Fedor a run for his money, to all of a sudden, losing all of the time.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

When Gonzaga Cro-Copped Cro Cop

 

[SanJose90]

Bisping vs.Silva and possibly Hall vs.Silva

 

[WouldNotBang]

I can't believe Bisping beat Silva. Also Forrest Rampage is one I think.

 

[NightwingBJJ]

I was pretty surprised at Frankie/Mendes. Not surprised that Frankie won, but how he won really shocked me.

Exactly This.

I expected a closely contested UD for Edgar. I was out and somebody was giving me updates. They texted "That ended fast", so I thought Mendes caught him early but the person texted it was Edgar.

 

[SanJose90]

Forrest vs. Prime Shogun as well

 

[RetiredSlave]

This thread was done fairly recently. My response then was Ortiz vs Bader. Bader has proven to have a very low fight IQ over time though, so perhaps not that surprising in hindsight.

 

[jonathan274]

 

[Aerinqq]

I can't believe Bisping beat Silva.

He didnt.
Also Wonderboy vs. Hendricks, fully expected Johnny to wrestlefuck him, and Wonderboy cracked the chin I was considering as almost uncrackable in 1st.

 

[Conor McTouchbutt]

Keith Jardine dropping and beating Chuck Liddell.. Couldn't believe it

 

[MMun]

Dennis Hallman submitting Matt Hughes twice in 37 seconds has to be one of the most improbable outcomes in MMA ever.

 

[KTO]

Gonzaga / Crocop

Extra points for the ironic way it was finished.