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Worst performance by a champion?

I know others have been caught and Ko'd quickly but that had to be one of, if not the worst performance by a champ. Literally looked like an angry kid while fighting. Chin up charging forward with her hands down throwing wild punches. Absolute outclassed in every sense of the word. She...

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Worst performance by a champion

Who is it? We had two great ones this year; Rockhold and Werdum

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[12 year fan] literally the worst performance by a ufc champion I've ever seen

My God how bad was that for the ufc? How embarrassing was that? "OHHH MANNNN IM GONNA HOLD ONTO YOUR LEG SO HARD!! JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE!!" That was absolutely worse than any gsp performance ever. That was absolutely cringe. Dana probably had his head buried in his knees the whole time...

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Werdum x Miocic: worst champion performance ever?

I cant remember any other champion running like he had some extra chromosome facebutting the fist of the opponent like Fabrício did. The guy was on roll, but that totally putting him out of any HW goat list.

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I just got around to watching Topuria vs Volkanovski and it was completely one-sided, short, and most people are now saying Volk is done. He is now 1-3 in his last 4, albeit against top opponents. What was the worst attempt at a belt defence, where the champion had absolutely nothing for the challenger?

I'm going to have to go with Rousey - Holm (UFC 195, 2/1/2016). This was a shocking upset against a seemingly invincible champion and heavy favourite, which took Ronda to the brink of suicide and all but ended her career. Holly stifled Ronda's grappling with ease and humiliated her on the feet, knocking her out cold in the second round.

 

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I always think of Anderson Silva vs Rich Franklin

 

[oski]

GSP/Serra 2 where GSP owned every single second til it was stopped?

 

[HunterAcosta]

Rich Franklin vs Anderson Silva .

 

[haj02]

Eddie Alvarez vs Conor was pretty lopsided. Eddie looked like he didn't belong in there.

 

[NoSmilez]

It's Jones and Shogun.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Khabib conor was most satisfying destruction

Edit nvm didn't read part where it said challenger destroying the champ

 

[jmag]

Mir Brock 2

 

[Barteh]

Silva vs. Franklin
Jones vs. Shogun
Cain vs. JDS 2

Take your pick. There's plenty of examples.

 

[UWPguy]

If we are going a ways back, Penn absolutely clowned Hughes in their first fight.

 

[I WILL CUT YOU]

Joanna first winning the belt from Carla to say one not mentioned yet

 

[andgonsil]

TJ/Barao

 

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I'll never forget Jones just straight up destroying Shogun, even on the feet where Shogun was supposed to be the better striker. I don't remember Topuria Volk being that one sided before he got knocked, he didn't won the round but it was close and competitive untill that point.

 

[Levi_]

Shogun took a horrible beating, but the way Franklin got his nose moved to the other side of his face had to be excruciating.

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

Usman/Woodley

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

Conor/Alvarez

 

[markg171]

Joshua/Francis

 

[Substance Abuse]

It's Silva/Franklin I or Shogun/Jones. That simple.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Shogun took a horrible beating, but the way Franklin got his nose moved to the other side of his face had to be excruciating.

It's crazy how Jones is such a remorseless killer in the cage, but a true holy Saint outside the Octagon

 

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Silva vs. Franklin
Jones vs. Shogun
Cain vs. JDS 2

Take your pick. There's plenty of examples.

The Cain/JDS prime era was such a good era for HW. But Cain had a dreadful performance against Werdum at UFC 188. JDS KOed him a few fights earlier but apart from that he was a force of destruction against all comers, and he looked like garbage against Fabricio.

Werdum was rocking him on the feet and I remember between rounds Cain's eyes were all over the place and he couldn't hold his water bottle to drink, it was crazy. Then the sub, the HW belt changing hands by sub is really rare, and Cain shooting straight into a guillotine is a really basic grappling error.

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