Where does that performance rank?

[Rubberchin]

Must be one of the most impressive ever from TJ

 

[csroster]

That was up there with Jones/Shogun. Just painful to watch at some point.

 

[LordBarnaby**]

Perhaps the best performance EVER by an mma fighter. One of the biggest underdogs, not only did he win the fight he won every single round by domination.

 

[Doug22]

It ranks as the greatest performance Joe Rogan has ever seen in his life.

 

[JustBleedUFC**]

Apparently it ranked as high as Tyson vs Douglas from what Joe Rogan said lol.

 

[SeagalSlap]

Continued to shock me with every minute the fight went on

 

[Bacon Bits]

It was arguably one of the greatest performance ever by an underdog.

 

[EliteLurker]

Very high. This wasn't an underdog landing a single strike or sub, this was an underdog dominating for over 20 mins and getting a finish.

 

[oaklandr8ersfan]

Pure awesomeness!

 

[Momentosis]

Every fight TJ impresses more.

Don't know if he can top this.



Him beating Assuncao in a rematch would top this.

 

[Goodfella86]

i'll agree that it was ONE OF THE VERY BEST PERFORMANCES IN MMA HISTORY!

he looked great... tuned barao up for 5 rounds and scored a violent finish. it was very much like serra/gsp, but there is no room for debate about it being a fluke because it was a 5-round beating

 

[Koimpact]

top 10 for underdogs in championship fights. Before tonight maybe fucking 1% of mma fans would think TJ could outstrike Barao.

 

[Roca]

That was absolutely beautiful. Technical aggressive picture perfect. Top level striking display , best I've seen in quite a while.

 

[fiodor]

It ranks pretty darn high, especially considering how almost no one gave him a serious chance. It's always nice to see a REAL upset like this

 

[mudoxiii]

That was the greatest performance I've seen from a major underdog in MMA, without question. Barao is a BAMF and TJ completely tooled him in every aspect of the fight.

 

[Plissken]

To totally dominate the dominant champion for 4.5 rounds then emphasize that domination with a clean clear finish, can't even remember a time. That beats Jones/Shogun, Cain/JDS 2, GSP/Serra 2, and was like an extended Cruz/Bowles without the champ giving up after 2 rounds like Bowles did, or an extended GSP/Hughes 2. Can't remember anything like this in the UFC or WEC off the top of my head.

 

[JohnnyShotgun]

Best performance I've ever seen, no doubt.

 

[NTylerWeTrust]

That was up there with Jones/Shogun. Just painful to watch at some point.

Performance wise absolutely, but I thought he had nothing for Barao, nothing. And he beat the shit out of him as a huge underdog. Clear cut as well, few will give Barao no more than 1 round and think they are crazy for doing that. This felt very similar to Gus/Jones in that one fighter was prepared and the other thought it would be a cake walk, its just Jones was able to eek out the win (not in my book, Gus 4-1).

 

[Desensitized]

That beats Weidmans domination over Silva. That was the craziest thing I have ever seen. Silva and Barao are my two fav fighters in the world aswell

 

[Zarathustra]

Definitely one of TJ's best performances in his career.