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

[Virtually Identical]

Forrest vs Shogun/Rampage

 

[Brom Bones]

Couture vs. Liddell 1. He totally beat Chuck at his own game. Conventional thinking was he'd have to outwrestle him, but he surprised everyone by outstriking him.

Not UFC, but what Ryo Chonan did to Anderson in PRIDE. The striking before the leg scissors into inverted heel hook was pretty much even.

 

[Swarthy]

lol for sure, dude I listen to that interview at least once a year, just because its so humble of a guy like Forrest to just be like yo he was just so much better than me haha.

Edit: Had to pull it up and listen just for the hell of it, and in case anyone hasn't seen it:

Bro me an you disagree hard about Bisping but fuck your on point here.
Even the opening line from him “ I hope Im not fighting Jon Bones Jones!!” Bahahahahaha realist dude in MMA

 

[FIGHTING TALK]

Forrest Griffins wine versus Shogun

 

[Bouboumaster]

GSP vs Jon Fitch iss probably the most uneven fight between the Champion vs The consensus #1 Contender I've seen in my life. GSP just beat the fuck out of Jon Fitch, for 5 rounds. Almost everything Jon Fitch tried ended with a GSP's punch in his face.

Every fight involving Cody, Cruz and Dillasnake. They are the kryptonite for each other lol

Lawler vs McDonald 2 is the best fight I've seen in my life, and it's the Mona Lisa of both Rory and Robbie.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Good posts in this thread, makes me think of some ones

I got one

Belcher vs Paul Harris

Belcher jumped right into a lava pit and chose to go ahead play footsies for quite a bit of time before deciding to jump in top and tko a fool. There aint too many men out there that survive that leg entanglement with mini hulk.

 

[Dana's Moonface]

I vote silva v griffin

But brock smashing mir at 100 deserves a mention

It was like a father beating his son for stealing his whiskey

 

[mallen7272]

Bisping beating the shit out of Cung Le

 

[1BadMF]

Tank vs Matua

 

[260Bomber]

Rashad looked scary good against Phil Davis

 

[mirko>anyone]

If you mean fighters rising to the occasion, showcasing a glimpse of their full potential in a fight, i gotta go with Dilly/Barao 1.

Yep. One of the most masterful displays. To me, masterful performances excludes fights that lasted a minute or so, if that makes sense.

Fights where skill was displayed and abilities at their utmost fruition:

dillashaw/barao
Machida/rashad
Conor/Alvarez
Silva/Forrest
Adesanya/Costa

there are probably many more but those come to mind immediately.

 

[mirko>anyone]

Rashad looked scary good against Phil Davis

Sure did. That’s why when people call him and Glover ‘over the Hill‘ by time they fought Jones, you know they didn’t follow MMA back then. Rashad manhandled Phil and brought Tito‘s career resurgence To a halt emphatically. No doubt that was the best version/run of rashad’s career. He’s one of the very few who I thought could pose problems to jones.

 

[ineverpost]

LMAO he telegraphed that so badly that he had time to watch Mickey go under him before his arm even went forward

 

[basedgodfedor]

Conor vs Alvarez and Aldo
Anderson vs Griffin

 

[Danespina]

Sage Northcutt’s debut.

 

[Vayn Sword]

McGregor vs Aldo
McGregor vs Alvarez
and as a cherry on the cake
McGregor beating Cowboy up with his shoulder.

 

[Rvd Slmr]

Brenneman vs Story

Excellent answer. Story was on a six UFC fights winning streaks (including over Hendricks and Thiago Alves), while nobody cared about Brenneman who took the fight on a few hours' notice after Marquardt pulled-out. Huge upset that lead to Brenneman getting mauled by Anthony Johnson in his next fight.

 

[machidafan99]

All I know is we're lucky Lebron plays basketball

 

[Deleted member 567183]

Masvidal Flying Knee to Askren the shortest fight in UFC History

 

[lolsnar]

BJ vs Stevenson
Tony vs cowboy
Nate vs mj