What was the worst case of sacrificial lamb?

[Otto!]

What do you you think was the worst case of a match up so bad that it appeared that one fighter was basically sacrificed to boost another rising fighter’s resume? I am not talking about one-sided beatdowns, just questionable matchups with significant record differences.

I think that Bisping vs Sinosic (UFC 70- 2007) fits that bill. Bisping had won TUF a year prior, and he was already hugely popular in the UK. UFC 70 was the first ever UFC card in Manchester, which was also Bisping’s hometown.

Michael was definitely a rising star with a 12-0 record at the time, which is why I was surprised when they matched him up with Elvis Sinosic, who had a 7-9-2 record at that point. While records don’t tell the whole story, it definitely looked like this match up was made to guarantee a solid victory for the local favourite.

Any other example come to mind?

 

[mmamxfan]

Nate Quarry or Chris Leben.

 

[Fedsmoker]

Mizugaki made Cruz look like Mike tyson

 

[Serge421]

Cm punk vs mickey gall

 

[EndlessCritic]

 

[Otto!]

Nate Quarry or Chris Leban.

I assume you mean Leben vs Silva, but I don’t see a case where Nate was a sacrificial lamb.

Before fighting Rich Franklin Nate was 8-1 with 7 finishes, 5 of which were in the first round.

 

[tat2man5k]

How about Yuji Nagata? First and only MMA fights were against CroCop and Fedor.

 

[TerryBogard]

Brock Vs Mir 1. UFC wanted to make the wwe wrestler look bad by having him face a sub specialist former ufc hw champ as his SECOND mma fight.

 

[loisestrad]

Cm punk vs mickey gall

Doesn't fit at all. UFC wasn't trying to build up Gall by feeding him CM Punk.

The opposite really; They were trying to make CM Punk look at least decent.

 

[RemyR]

Unfortunately when they brought Royce back to fight Hughes

 

[Gio]

Kris Moutinho.

Everyone is saying how deep and stacked the BW division is, yet they went for a regional fighter for O'Malley in a short notice fight. While guys like Brian Kelleher, Merab, and other guys in the roster happily volunteered to step in.

 

[Humongo]

Travis Browne vs Bigfoot Silva. Travis was coming from victories against MMA top guys like Chad Griggs and Rob Broughton, while Silva's last win was against some fat russian guy, Frodo Manletianenko or something. Silva made a name out of himself by beating Browne.

 

[Jozo Sha]

Kris Moutinho.

Everyone is saying how deep and stacked the BW division is, yet they went for a regional fighter for O'Malley in a short notice fight. While guys like Brian Kelleher, Merab, and other guys in the roster happily volunteered to step in.

/thread

 

[JustBleed69]

What do you you think was the worst case of a match up so bad that it appeared that one fighter was basically sacrificed to boost another rising fighter’s resume? I am not talking about one-sided beatdowns, just questionable matchups with significant record differences.

I think that Bisping vs Sinosic (UFC 70- 2007) fits that bill. Bisping had won TUF a year prior, and he was already hugely popular in the UK. UFC 70 was the first ever UFC card in Manchester, which was also Bisping’s hometown.

Michael was definitely a rising star with a 12-0 record at the time, which is why I was surprised when they matched him up with Elvis Sinosic, who had a 7-9-2 record at that point. While records don’t tell the whole story, it definitely looked like this match up was made to guarantee a solid victory for the local favourite.

Any other example come to mind?

Who did Cyborg fight in the UFC first? Was it Tonya Evinger?

Whoever it was, her lol.

 

[Thesnake101]

Cro Cop, fresh off his 2006 Pride GP win, got fed Eddie "The Manic Hispanic" Sanchez in his UFC debut.

He also got to fight 6-4 Mostapha Al-Turk

 

[HatKick]

Kris Moutinho.

Everyone is saying how deep and stacked the BW division is, yet they went for a regional fighter for O'Malley in a short notice fight. While guys like Brian Kelleher, Merab, and other guys in the roster happily volunteered to step in.

Yep, this was a disgrace. Dragged him in straight from the paint factory. I just hope the Kris gets something out of it.

 

[tequilaboy]

In Pride Dos Caras Junior vs Crocop the guy fought with a mask on...

In UFC half the WMMA roaster, JDS to Ngannou, and rematching Franklin vs Andy

 

[Kevin Sorbo]

Cody Mckenzie (sp?) vs. Mendes

Although someone mentioned Mountinho vs. O'Sally and that probably takes the cake.

 

[neverwas]

jason mcdonald vs Chris leben.

 

[Dionysian]

Kris Moutinho.

Everyone is saying how deep and stacked the BW division is, yet they went for a regional fighter for O'Malley in a short notice fight. While guys like Brian Kelleher, Merab, and other guys in the roster happily volunteered to step in.

Lol at that “stoppage” any time I watch it. Damn Herb is so obvious with his fight fixing.