Top 5 All Time Upset Submission Losses

[76Knockout]

Good list.

No one gave Forrest a chance in hell against Shogun.

 

[FootstompShonie]

Good list.

No one gave Forrest a chance in hell against Shogun.

All I imagine when I think of that fight is Shogun's weird hair.

 

[Degen Gambler]

Tito> Bader

 

[Moneymma]

semerzier-fabiano
fedor/werdum
reem/belfort
chandler/alvarez

 

[76Knockout]

All I imagine when I think of that fight is Shogun's weird hair.

Haha.

Actually a really good fight. Back and fourth, Forrest just kept a higher pace and Shogun gassed. Exciting fight.

 

[76Knockout]

Tito> Bader

This big time.

 

[TheLuckiest]

What about Pettis subbing Bendo in the first few moments of the fight? I sure as hell expected a war like their first fight. I couldn't believe it. I remember the audience was incredibly quiet right as the fight was called considering who was fighting.

 

[loisestrad]

Cro Cop was undefeated and seen as the upcoming guy to dethrone Fedor, while Nog had just lost to Fedor and had an uninspired bout against Ricco.
CC was a small favourite in that bout.

Losing as a small favorite hardly makes it a top five loss of all time.

Actually it doesn't at all.

 

[chunglii]

Chael/Silva 1. Even though Anderson was the heavy favorite, the nature of the way that submission went down has to be considered an upset.

That's called a comeback.

 

[Black_Ghost]

Lesnar > Carwin

 

[7437]

Wagney Fabiano - Mackens Semerzier was probably the biggest upset submission ever.

Semerzier was a 4-0 prospect who took a late-replacement fight against world renown BJJ black belt and competitior Fabiano who had started off his MMA career 12-1 and already had two WEC wins.

Literally 1% of people thought Mackens would win let alone submit the amazing BJJ artist.

I got a chance to train with semerzier, it was awesome.

On topic, this. It was supposed to be a squash match. It'd be like Maia or jacare getting tapped by a random tune up fighter.

 

[HHJ]

chonan ichi ban

 

[taurus]

CC vs Randleman

literally no one would place a bet CC would beat him in that way...

 

[Uncommon Valor]

Mir/Sylvia.

 

[no fat chicks]

crocop against barry

 

[DeepCover]

Not that it's top 5, which I think has been adequately covered, but Pulver subbing Cub still has me shaking my head.

 

[ticho123]

I do not believe Silva vs Chonan was that huge of an upset at the time. Anderson was far from the fighter he would become, I think he was like a BJJ blue belt back then.

 

[Oblivian]

This isn't high profile at all, but Semerzier submitting Wagnney Fabiano with a triangle was something I don't think anyone would have predicted.

 

[CinemaKingdom]

Mir/Sylvia.

lol, to this day I still have no idea why Sylvia came out and shot a takedown on Mir instead of beating him up on the feet.

 

[Joe_Armstrong]

The way the fight was going,
Mir vs Nog 2 should be in the top 10.