What was the strangest fight in UFC history?

[Fahrenheit1221]

Edilberto de Oliveira vs. Luke Cummo comes to mind for me...

"Oliveira counters with a right hand and a scary face." (Paraphrasing)

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Emmanuel Yarbrough vs Keith Hackney

 

[Goodfella86]

Starnes' performance against Quarry was bizarre. He later explained that he wanted out of the UFC, but it was a strange sight.

 

[zerofux]

 

[Fight Professor]

Barry vs CroCop:

part 1 - domination by Barry
part 2 - bromance in the cage
part 3 - Barry eats punches and taps to a weird choke without hooks

 

[Brock Tober]

Starnes' performance against Quarry was bizarre. He later explained that he wanted out of the UFC, but it was a strange sight.

 

[DynamicFastener]

Toney v Couture was a circus act.

 

[Pacemaker Joe]

Can we count WEC? Filho/Sonnen 2.

 

[Chomsky Honk]

Nick Diaz vs Japanese punch catcher

 

[gspieler]

Gracie/Jimmerson has got to be up there.

 

[joeyjoejoe]

Rich Franklin vs Ken Shamrock , the ending was just weird looking.

 

[KB Warrior]

CM Punk vs Mickey Gall

 

[Glove]

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Ken Shamrock vs Dan Severn UFC 9

From Wikipedia

"The UFC drew national criticism leading up to the event, due in large part to Arizona Senator John McCain's letter writing campaign against the "brutal spectacle" of no holds barred fighting.[1] After a legal battle in the Detroit courts up until 4:30 p.m. on the day of the show, the UFC was allowed to continue, but with modified rules.

The special rules included no closed fisted strikes to the head and no headbutts – a rule that referee John McCarthy attempted to enforce, but with little success. Before the show, fighters were warned not to use closed fisted strikes under penalty of arrest. Although many fights that night included closed fisted striking, no fighters were arrested."

 

[WarKO]

Barry vs CroCop:

part 1 - domination by Barry
part 2 - bromance in the cage
part 3 - Barry eats punches and taps to a weird choke without hooks

To be fair Cro Cop is really strong but yes
I really hate it when they hug or bromance. A high five is fine, ONCE, at the beggining but even doing it every single round is ridiculous and hugging should be a penalty. You're there to fight and wasting fans time, hug after the event if you need. Even giving props by high-fives, mid fight is ridiculous.

There was someone else who did it recently too, hugged, forget who now...oh yeah Baruto and Aerts mid-fight.

 

[MMASpeculator]

Houston vs Kimbo

 

[skolar182]

Barry vs CroCop:

part 1 - domination by Barry
part 2 - bromance in the cage
part 3 - Barry eats punches and taps to a weird choke without hooks

That shit was weird. They hugged after each exchange it seemed. Gonna be hard to beat this!

 

[Fahrenheit1221]

Was I the only one who thought Vitor Belfort vs. Anthony Johnson was arguably one of the shadiest fights in modern UFC history?

 

[WarKO]

That shit was weird. They hugged after each exchange it seemed. Gonna be hard to beat this!

I almost feel like Barry lost on purpose just because he liked Cro Cop so much. He said CC is why he got into Kickboxing.

 

[po_thead]

Joe Son is my top of mind.

Starnes-Quarry is another good one though

 

[WarKO]

I almost feel like Barry lost on purpose just because he liked Cro Cop so much. He said CC is why he got into Kickboxing.