Top 5 fights of 2018 so far?

[Typrune Goatley]

What do you think were the 5 best fights of 2018 so far?

Here is my list

1. Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje
2. Yoel Romero vs Robert Whittaker
3. Thiago Santos vs Anthony Smith
4. Jacare Souza vs Kelvin Gastelum
5. Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Kyle Bochniak

Honorable mention: Rory Mac vs Douglas Lima.

What were some other great fights this year? What is your top 5?

 

[Grissom]

AllGaethje fights

 

[cheesus]

Ngannou vs Lewis

 

[YOLOGOGOPLATA]

All I know is Whittaker / Romero 2 was my favorite fight
And the Aldo KO of Stephens was my favorite stoppage

 

[FireKidWS]

Perry-Feldor

 

[ChumpyKiwi]

Stephen Thompson vs Darren Till
Robert Whittaker vs Yoel Romero
Poirier vs Gaethje
Calvin Kattar vs Shane Burgos
Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Kyle Bochniak
Honorable Mention: Edgar vs Ortega

 

[MMA_enthusiast]

Recently off the top of my head
Adesanya vs Tavares
Yoel Romero vs Luke Rockhold (best finish this year, that ground uppercut damn)

 

[Danespina]

AllGaethje fights

That's assumed. TS probably meant best 2018 fights aside from all the ones with Gaethje in them.

 

[DRAKEADEMIKS]

Alex Oliviera vs Yancy Medeiros should be in every rankings.

 

[benebox]

They should change the name to the Gaethje award.

 

[mposhtkouhi]

Does any1 here do draftkings? sherdog has an mma group going and we do a 15 person event every PPV and a 10 person event every regular event. 10 dollar winner take all for 10 person events and top 2 get paid for 15 person events? well anyway we got 13 open spots. any1 want to join?

 

[fortheo]

Stephen Thompson vs Darren Till
Robert Whittaker vs Yoel Romero
Poirier vs Gaethje
Calvin Kattar vs Shane Burgos
Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Kyle Bochniak
Honorable Mention: Edgar vs Ortega

nice to see that kattar and burgos fight getting some love. that was a beautiful fucking fight.

 

[SuperNerd]

nice to see that kattar and burgos fight getting some love. that was a beautiful fucking fight.

Forgot you we're the Katter fanboy.

 

[BjPenn2017]

Meideiros vs Oliveira
Smith vs Santos
Romero vs Whittaker
Gaethje vs Poirier
Brandon Halsey vs Smealinho Rama (fucking insane fight anyone who saw it knows)

 

[fortheo]

Forgot you we're the Katter fanboy.

Haha, I wouldn't go that far. He's one of the few good MMA fighters from my small state, and that really was a nice fight. I root for him and wish him the best, but man....he needs to learn to check leg kicks.

 

[mallen7272]

Gaethje vs Poirier
Romero vs Whittaker II
Lima vs MacDonald
Magomedsharipov vs Bochniak
Burgos vs Kattar

 

[mallen7272]

Including Wonderboy vs Till in your list is the ultimate hipster move. The other fights listed had more happen in each round than that fight did the entire duration. "But they are such high level strikers bro"

 

[ImNotSurpisedDonks!]

Stephen Thompson vs Darren Till
Robert Whittaker vs Yoel Romero
Poirier vs Gaethje
Calvin Kattar vs Shane Burgos
Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Kyle Bochniak
Honorable Mention: Edgar vs Ortega

Thompson Till

 

[BC]

Shouts Claudio Puelles vs Felipe Silva for dat heart and comeback.

 

[Naught2Sixty]

Lol at all the mentions of Yancy vs BC in a 2018 appreciation thread. That shit was 2017.