What was the best performance in UFC history?

[SirKratos]

I'm talking about single fight performances, based on who they beat, how they beat, and how convincing it was.

Here is my top 10:

Spoiler: #10

Spoiler: #9

Spoiler: #8

Spoiler: #7

Spoiler: #6

Spoiler: #5

Spoiler: #4

Spoiler: #3

Spoiler: #2

Spoiler: #1

Honorable Mentions:


Demetrious Johnson vs. John Dodson 2

Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor

Fabricio Werdum vs. Cain Velasquez

Jacare Souza vs. Robert Whitaker

 

[Bubzeh]

Cain destroying JDS.

 

[MirRocksFedor]

Anderson vs Rich 1

 

[SirKratos]

Cain destroying JDS.

Unliked.

 

[LiveFreeorDie]

Hard list to make, so many choices. I agree with your #1, utter domination of a dominate champ.

 

[SirKratos]

Hard list to make, so many choices. I agree with your #1, utter domination of a dominate champ.

Yes exactly!

It was too hard to decide with fights make into top10.... There are so many choices, so many great performances against great fighters..

A lot of Jones fights

A lot of GSP fights

Jacare Mousasi...

Aldo Faber...

Junior Mir...

I could probably name a hundred of them

 

[LiveFreeorDie]

Yes exactly!

It was too hard to decide with fights make into top10.... There are so many choices, so many great performances against great fighters..

A lot of Jones fights

A lot of GSP fights

Jacare Mousasi...

Aldo Faber...

Junior Mir...

I could probably name a hundred of them

I would have to include Robbie vs Rory on there and Bigfoot vs Hunt. But I guess that goes against ur standard.

 

[SirKratos]

I would have to include Robbie vs Rory on there and Bigfoot vs Hunt.

Those are great fights though, not amazing performances by one fighter Robbie was rocked bad IIRC and Bigfoot Hunt was just a bloody mess.

 

[Unfinished Sentenc]

RDA murdering Diaz and Cerrone and Pettis and Benson

 

[sampuncher]

Interesting TS you ranked Barao/TJ 2 as more one sided than the first fight, only seen both once but remember the first being more one sided.

I'd have to go, in no order.

- BJ vs Stevenson
- Jones vs Shogun
- Anderson vs Forrest

 

[loyalyolayal]

Machida/Shogun 1

 

[Squish II]

Every Tito vs Ken fight. Looking back I have no idea how anyone thought the sequels would be competetive

 

[SirKratos]

RDA murdering Diaz

Good one.

Also RDA vs.Cerrone now that you mentioned RDA.

oh your edit

 

[fordman7795]

The only thing i disagree with was rory vs tyron. It wasnt so much as a great performance by rory as it was a shit performance by tyron.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

It comes up a lot but I don't think SHogun is Jones best performance, it was basically taking another couple of rounds to finish someone who gassed in 4 mins. Machida was IMHO a much better performance adjusting and finishing to a dangerous opponent at his best very quickly.

 

[randomalias]

Da fuq is Jones Cormier 2 not on there. Bait and blammo.

 

[SirKratos]

It comes up a lot but I don't think SHogun is Jones best performance, it was basically taking another couple of rounds to finish someone who gassed in 4 mins. Machida was IMHO a much better performance adjusting and finishing to a dangerous opponent at his best very quickly.

Yeah for me it was between the Shogun fight and Machida fight.

I went with Shogun fight because Machida tagged Jones with a clean punch in first round which would probably KO him if Jones didn't have a great chin

 

[SirKratos]

Da fuq is Jones Cormier 2 not on there. Bait and blammo.

Do you think it was an AMAZING performance by Jones, when you look at the entire fight?

 

[MidgardSerpent]

Conor - Aldo

Machida - Evans

Silva - Leben

All pretty much as clean a victory as you can get.

 

[Takamine86]

Anderson Forrest Griffin duh.

Probably the single most impressive victory in the UFC. MW champ VS former LHW champ who is very hard to finish.