What is your greatest one time octagon performance from some fighter?

[Peli]

The one time my jaw dropped was Conor vs Aldo.

The conor-aldo didn't shock me. It should have but it didn't. My reaction was like 'yup.'

Conor did it again. It was amazing. But the talk leading up to the fight you could tell he was just in aldo's head. You almost felt sorry for the poor guy. It was that bad. I don't think I've ever seen mental warfare like that in the UFC before or after

His eddie performance was masterclass.

 

[Big Dawg]

Anderson first UFC fight against Chris Leben will always stick out to me as being completely flawless.

 

[lifelessheap]

Cowboys perfect combo

 

[Peli]

Holly is still headlining main events five years later based on this flawless victory

She really should have ran it back with holly even though she wasn't the champion anymore. Just as a tune up. The way valentina was handling an improved version of holly leads to me believe if ronda just stuck to her judo base, she'd be sweeping and controlling holly.

She would still need to go to a proper striking coach to hide her setups.

 

[The Chosen]

Joanna tapping to strikes was pretty satisfying after the way she acted at the weigh ins...

I don’t see how this is relevant to the topic

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Jardine’s KO of Griffin
Griffin beating Shogun

 

[Rvd Slmr]

All the fighters mentioned above had other great performance, for a literal one time greatest performance I think of fights like jardine vs alexander.

What is Holm's other great performance? Head-kicking 5-5-1 Bethe "my only top 20 win is Jessica Eye" Correia? All her other wins were boring sparring.

 

[letmebangbrah]

Has to be Serra vs GSP

 

[Oliver Clothesoff]

I don’t see how this is relevant to the topic

Try harder. There were only two people in there and one of them won.

 

[ViddyWellLilBro]

Royce ufc 1

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

It might have been his level of competition, but the Mark Munoz that mauled Leben was an absolute monster and looked like a potential future candidate for a middleweight title fight...

Munoz has never reached that level of ferocity prior to this fight or after...

 

[IloveTHIS]

Havent read the responses, hope I'm the first to post this



so, not "best" in the traditional sense. He got the shit beat out of him for like 90% of the fight. BUT, he had one of the greatest comebacks EVER, against a guy that was undefeated and supposed to walk through him, made the crowd absolutely ROAR to life in a way very, very few fighters ever achieve. Hell, his show of unbreakable toughness, determination, and never say die attitude even made Joe cry.


I will always be a fan, and always root for this guy regardless of who he faces for this performance.

It might have been his level of competition, but the Mark Munoz that mauled Leben was an absolute monster and looked like a potential future candidate for a middleweight title fight...

Munoz has never reached that level of ferocity prior to this fight or after...

hard to hit those high peaks ever again after this happens to you:

one of the most beautiful, savage, barbaric awe inspiring shots/finishes of all time. Hell you could almost make this its own post for the thread for Weidman.

 

[Dirge]

I'm going to go with Justin vs. Tony

A lot of people picked him to lose and it as an absolute domination.

 

[fedoriswar37]

Shogun Machida 2 was masterful by Rua. Very underrated performance.

 

[Straatblaffer]

I liked the Modaferri win over Barber. It was clear Rachel was 'used' to hype Barber and probably give her a titleshot, if she beat Rachel. Odds where pretty crazy and I feel it is a stand out win by Roxy, being it in the fall of her career.

 

[Viking Power]

Shogun vs Liddell and Machida

That was a husk of Liddell.

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

I liked the Modaferri win over Barber. It was clear Rachel was 'used' to hype Barber and probably give her a titleshot, if she beat Rachel. Odds where pretty crazy and I feel it is a stand out win by Roxy, being it in the fall of her career.

Definitely a good performance, especially since she was able to showcase some of her striking at times...

But Modaferri had already beaten the likes of Coenen, LaRosa, Honchak, and Howe...

Barber was a noticeable step down in competition, in my opinion.

 

[Straatblaffer]

Definitely a good performance, especially since she was able to showcase some of her striking at times...

But Modaferri had already beaten the likes of Coenen, LaRosa, Honchak, and Howe...

Barber was a noticeable step down in competition, in my opinion.

Well, I sort of agree. It's more that Roxanne is 38 (?) and (in my opinion) mostly a stepping stone for talents at this point. At this stage of her career, it was a surprising and pretty remarkable win for me. I always like old dogs beating the hyped talents btw

 

[Sparky]

Might Mouse fights come to mind. Pick one.

 

[felmmando]

Might Mouse fights come to mind. Pick one.

He doesn't qualify because you can't pick just one, or can only do so arbitrarily.