What is MMA's best rivalry?

[Gio]

Tito's head vs Chuck's fists
2-0 Chuck

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Can someone tell me that this photo is not shooped? I know Tito has a big head but this has gotta be a shoop

 

[NotA CleverName]

The king of rivalry's is IMHO Chute Boxe vs BTT.

Shogun smashing Arona is probably the happiest I'v ever been at a MMA result.

thank you I was looking for this and i'm like really no one is going to say this..
It was such a big Rivalry

 

[hot carl]

I’d say chuck and Randy.

No drama or shit talk, but two of the very best going at it.

Different styles. Either guy could have won any of the fights.

Seemed like it was truly a fight to determine who the best was.

But, I don’t care for the fanfare and theatrics if it all. Drama doesn’t interest, seeing the best fighters fight does.

 

[faustian]

Can someone tell me that this photo is not shooped? I know Tito has a big head but this has gotta be a shoop

Not a shoop. That's actually really good lighting and angle there to make it look smaller than it really is. Other pics aren't so forgiving:

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[Heel_Mark1410]

Fuck you old heads. Conor vrs Nate and jones Vrs dc made more money and views then any of your pride shit.

 

[blaseblah]

I meant leagues as in Anderson was elite and Chael wasn't. Rampage and Wand were similar level. Anderson was undefeated for 8 years and in the matrix. Chael was above average. Huge gulf in quality.

Eh, Wand KO'd Rampage twice when they were both in their prime. The one win for Rampage was against a washed up Wand.

 

[gunsblazingmode]

Tiramisu vs Khabib
GSP vs Aliens
Mayhem,Rampage vs Helwani

 

[Megalodon]

Even though the trash talk wasn't great I feel like TJ vs Cody/TAM should be up there.

There was legitimate disdain between them.

 

[Elvis.]

My favourite time in Mma was Sakuraba vs the Gracie family .
But if I had to pick one its chute boxe vs btt , you could just feel the hatred they had for one another .

 

[My2Cents]

Fedor - crocop

 

[IIIIIIII]

i was debating between conor vs. nate and rampage vs. wanderlei, and i chose rampage/wand, because they're going to have a FOURTH fight. i mean that is amazing lol. have any other fighters fought four times? and if rampage wins this coming-up fight, will they have to fight again to break the tie? haha, that would be so fucking awesome.

 

[IIIIIIII]

Fedor - crocop

a great fight, but they only fought once. i think that hurts them in this vote.

 

[Workaholic]

Sakuraba vs Gracie rivalry was something special.

Legendary Gracies were angry some Japanese dude was making them look bad and they threw 2 generations of Gracies and got owned one at a time.

For Saku, it was nothing personal, just another day in the office.

That was the best part. The rivalry was completely one sided in two different ways.

The fights were completely one sided since Saku dominated it and the rivalry completely one sided to the Gracies in that they were the only ones taking it personally and viewing it as a rivalry

Saku was just there to win fights, have fun and make bank and wasn't taking the rivalry personally at all

 

[Workaholic]

Then wanderlei came along and raped him x3.

Unlike Vitor, Wand was never a "Gracie"

 

[faustian]

i was debating between conor vs. nate and rampage vs. wanderlei, and i chose rampage/wand, because they're going to have a FOURTH fight. i mean that is amazing lol. have any other fighters fought four times? and if rampage wins this coming-up fight, will they have to fight again to break the tie? haha, that would be so fucking awesome.

I believe Sylvia/Arlovski fought 4 times

 

[Ruhler]

Great quality put in by the thread creator. Very nice!

 

[Threetrees]

Even though the trash talk wasn't great I feel like TJ vs Cody/TAM should be up there.

There was legitimate disdain between them.

I wanted to include it, but I couldn't tell if I was captured by the moment since it was so recent

 

[pookiyama]

Bit of a fake conclusion though, Rampage lost twice to prime Wand then beat the declined version Crocop had chewed up.

Wand was a bigger favorite in the third match than he was in either of the other two.

 

[See O]

I gotta give this to Chuck vs Tito. It was the most well known rivalry back when the UFC is slowly getting to the main stream.

Chuck/Randy also deserves a mention

There was no rivalry between chuck and randy.

 

[IIIIIIII]

I believe Sylvia/Arlovski fought 4 times

oh, yeah think you're right.