UNREAL moments in fights where the loser almost won

[bjpenngoat]

List some moments where the eventual loser of the fight almost had the winner in trouble in either a sub or a ko.
BArry vs Kongo
Arlovski vs Browne

Both are all time classics

Id like to add:
Tito vs Machida comes to mind he almost had him.
Mayhem vs Sheilds.
Carwin almost caught someone in a choke to end a round I forgot the fight

 

[TheSpider]

Condit vs GSP

 

[chiefwiggum]

I think Carwin did that to jds.

 

[bjpenngoat]

Condit vs GSP

head kick put gsp on q street for a few moments but then georges did what he does best and went for the legs and held on for dear life.

 

[Professional]

Silva/Sonnen
Stann/Wand

 

[tat2man5k]

Carwin/Brock

 

[bjpenngoat]

Silva/Sonnen
Stann/Wand

i would say that in Ailva sonnen the loser actually won in that he was getting clobbered for 4 1/2 rounds and pulled out a hail mary sub the most amazing thing I have ever seen to be honest. So in that case the almost caught moment actually worked and silva won.

 

[Reign009]

Lawler/Askren. There's no better example than this.

Honorable mentions:
Edgar/Maynard
Barry/Kongo
Smith/Sell

 

[TheMessiah]

Gastelum Weidman

 

[NILLI]

As thread starter said. Barry vs Kongo. The best example ever.

Kongo got dropped three times and nobody would have complained if the fight would have been stopped after the second or third knockdown. In stead Kongo knocked barry completely out.

 

[Kvothe_the_kingkiller]

Cung Lee v Rich Franklin

Robbie Lawler v Melvin Manoef

And of course Newton v Hughes....

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

Big Nog vs Frank Mir 2.

Nog dropped Mir but went for a sub instead of GnP and got his arm snapped instead.

 

[Domitian]

Nobody said TKZ vs Yair so there's my contribution. Does Overeem vs Rozenstruik count? What about Silva vs Bisping?

I would say Jones vs Vitor but Jon wasn't going to tap.

 

[RightToBareKnuckles]

List some moments where the eventual loser of the fight almost had the winner in trouble in either a sub or a ko.
BArry vs Kongo
Arlovski vs Browne

Both are all time classics

Id like to add:
Tito vs Machida comes to mind he almost had him.
Mayhem vs Sheilds.
Carwin almost caught someone in a choke to end a round I forgot the fight

Tito almost got Machida in a triangle right?

 

[Draxton]

Lando vs. Ferguson? Didn’t Lando have him in trouble for a bit there?

 

[TCE]

Pettis vs. Ferg

 

[dipstickjimmy]

Scott Smith vs Pete Sell


Cheick Congo vs Pat Barry


Matt Hughes vs Carlos Newton

 

[TheSpider]

head kick put gsp on q street for a few moments but then georges did what he does best and went for the legs and held on for dear life.

If Condit didn’t have the worst TDD of all time, GSP would have been KOd or tapped to strikes

 

[The Chosen]

Stipe vs Overeem

 

[The Chosen]

Lawler/Askren. There's no better example than this.

Honorable mentions:
Edgar/Maynard
Barry/Kongo
Smith/Sell

It’s kind of funny Askren actually thought he had a chance of becoming champion