What was the best year in MMA?

[Deleted member 545701]

Why? I'm genuinely curious.

Upsets, excitement, and UFC 189 being the best card of all time imo

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

2012

 

[FlowchartRog]

2016
Just a great year of fights in general. Plus Mc champ champ was born
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2013/09 were good for me aswell

I preferred 2017. Great year.

 

[Mammothman]

It all depends on who your favorite fighter is I guess

Most exciting for me was 2015

2015 was such an amazing year and we kinda deserve it cause how shitty was 2014, the year of injuries

 

[Mammothman]

For me 2013 cause it was the year I fully commit to follow MMA and 2015 cause it was filled with very amazing match ups and the hype for the cards were all time high

 

[JRY82]

07

 

[C0NCH3TO]

2008-2010 (to me)

 

[Where you at Georges?]

2007 in terms of upsets

2009 in terms of number of great fights

 

[sherdogwantedtonamemekiki]

The one where I discovered Cowboy Bebop

 

[Aerosol]

2004

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Between 09 and 05 for me.

09 - UFC having one of its biggest years with 100, Brock as HW champ, prime GSP and Anderson, TUF US vs UK culminating in the H bomb etc. BJ was still considered legit. Randy was still having a decent old man run etc etc. Outside of the UFC you had Affliction, well..dying, but burning very brightly first. Strikeforce signing Fedor out of nowhere and all of a sudden looking like a serious player, WEC was still around, Reem was in peak uber form, Fedor hadnt lost yet etc etc.

05 - Pride was white hot with no indication it was gonna die in a couple of years, K-1 was still going strong with MMA fighters in kickboxing matches and occasional MMA fights, the UFC was really gaining traction due to TUF.

2003 all the way through to 2011 was awesome for MMA tbh. There was mini peaks within it but it was ALL great. Sadly it will never get that good again because a lot of the elements that went into creating that perfect storm cannot be recreated anymore. You cant ever bring back that middle ground of the skill level being solid but there still being a crudeness and excitement to things. In 2019 MMA feels like it reached its ceiling a while ago already when it comes to both skillsets and popularity. I think JDS/Cain getting on Fox was kind of the end of that peak era. It was the "we made it , ma" moment. The culmination of all the momentum the UFC had been building for years before that.