Which one of these performances impressed you the most ?

[Guld]

Dillisaw over Barao deserves a mention I think.

Maybe Glover over Jan as well?

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Fedor putting a beating on Nog in his guard, lets remember prior to that fight Nog was tapping everyone out on the ground and was so slick.. but when Fedor took him down he didn't have a chance, Fedor did everything he wanted. Could have easily stood up but kept it on the ground to prove a point

 

[Sweater of AV]

All are impressive but what Fedor did to Nog is at the top imho.

Also, "not bad for an old man" deserves more credit.

 

[Bruce Lee666]

- Young Jon Jones absolutely mauling Shogun to get the belt at 23 yo
- Anderson Silva going up a class and matrixing Forrest
- Conor going up a class and humiliating "yall don't know who Alvarez is"
- Couture dropping Tim Sylvia and winning the HW title
- Amanda Nunes going up, engaging with Cyborg and knocking her the f out
- BJ Penn going up and strangling Matt Hughes to get the WW belt
- Fedor putting a beating on Nog in his guard
- Cormier ragdolling Barnett

Other one ?

Jones vs Shogun a 23 year kid humiliated the legend Shogun, if I fought Shogun at 23 I would be trembling with fear. Jones made a killer like Shogun look like a bum.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Randy dropping Tim was fucking bad ass

 

[Deleted member 585708]

Man, tell me who expected Jones to absolutely maul Shogun like he did ? It looked like a grown man playing with a kid

Liked to me like an elite fighter at the height of his powers mauling an old, tired man to me - which is crazy disrespectful to Shogun, who was still legit at that point.

Jon Jones wins this particular poll for me, he was a sensation at one point.

 

[Mammothman]

I wasn't a fan back then but probably BJ Penn beating the fuck out of a dominant champ like Hughes.

 

[kellier]

The little kiss BJ gave Hughes on the side of the head as he released the RNC and Hughes' disappointed smile

A thing of beauty

 

[krelianx]

Fedor with Nog was amazing.

 

[Deleted member 585708]

Fedor with Nog was amazing.

He made the mistake of trying to do the exact same thing with Werdum years and years later, determined to beat him up in his guard and despite almost getting suckered by a triangle once, he stayed there.

Some said at the time it was really bad fight IQ, and I suppose it was with hindsight, but he'd literally done the same thing before to another elite BJJ heavyweight so I'm still prepared to forgive him for it.

 

[HaulParris]

- Young Jon Jones absolutely mauling Shogun to get the belt at 23 yo
- Anderson Silva going up a class and matrixing Forrest
- Conor going up a class and humiliating "yall don't know who Alvarez is"
- Couture dropping Tim Sylvia and winning the HW title
- Amanda Nunes going up, engaging with Cyborg and knocking her the f out
- BJ Penn going up and strangling Matt Hughes to get the WW belt
- Fedor putting a beating on Nog in his guard
- Cormier ragdolling Barnett

Other one ?

Anderson matrixing Forrest, Bonnar, etc

 

[Goodfella86]

They're all very impressive, but BJ, Amanda, Fedor and Couture are the upsets, imo. I'll go with Amanda. Penn isn't far behind.

 

[ZipZito]

Conor against Eddie was a beautiful beatdown. 1 of my favorite performances absolutely.

 

[JosephTessaro]

Serra GSP was more like an upset. Kind of a fluke KO.. It's not really an impressive performance. Everyone can get caught and if they fought ten times GSP would have won 9 times

It was. But it was still a performance that impressed me. Big underdog came out and laid the hammer down. Great performance.

 

[JustOnce]

- Young Jon Jones absolutely mauling Shogun to get the belt at 23 yo
- Anderson Silva going up a class and matrixing Forrest
- Conor going up a class and humiliating "yall don't know who Alvarez is"
- Couture dropping Tim Sylvia and winning the HW title
- Amanda Nunes going up, engaging with Cyborg and knocking her the f out
- BJ Penn going up and strangling Matt Hughes to get the WW belt
- Fedor putting a beating on Nog in his guard
- Cormier ragdolling Barnett

Other one ?

I know the LEAST impressive. Android Silva moving up a weight class and matrixing Forrest.

 

[Rationality]

Good list, except in hindsight Anderson's win over Griffin probably wasn't such a big deal imo.

 

[Koro_11]

I know the LEAST impressive. Android Silva moving up a weight class and matrixing Forrest.

Did you start watching mma when you joined sherdog?

Forrest was one fight removed from being LHW champ and back to back wins over Shogun and Rampage who were considered the two best 205’s on the planet at the time. Forrest was also a massive 205.

For Anderson who was a MW who used to fight at WW to move up and beat him, and the way that he beat him… it was an absolute masterclass, and yes at the time it was against a very legit much bigger opponent.

If you can’t appreciate that as one of the all time GOAT performances in mma, then you don’t know what you’re watching.

 

[HHJ]

- Young Jon Jones absolutely mauling Shogun to get the belt at 23 yo
- Anderson Silva going up a class and matrixing Forrest
- Conor going up a class and humiliating "yall don't know who Alvarez is"
- Couture dropping Tim Sylvia and winning the HW title
- Amanda Nunes going up, engaging with Cyborg and knocking her the f out
- BJ Penn going up and strangling Matt Hughes to get the WW belt
- Fedor putting a beating on Nog in his guard
- Cormier ragdolling Barnett

Other one ?

Fedor,obviously.

I saw that and just skipped the others completley.

 

[JustOnce]

Did you start watching mma when you joined sherdog?

Forrest was one fight removed from being LHW champ and back to back wins over Shogun and Rampage who were considered the two best 205’s on the planet at the time. Forrest was also a massive 205.

For Anderson who was a MW who used to fight at WW to move up and beat him, and the way that he beat him… it was an absolute masterclass, and yes at the time it was against a very legit much bigger opponent.

If you can’t appreciate that as one of the all time GOAT performances in mma, then you don’t know what you’re watching.

Man delusional shit some people say

 

[ThunderStruck]

- Young Jon Jones absolutely mauling Shogun to get the belt at 23 yo
- Anderson Silva going up a class and matrixing Forrest
- Conor going up a class and humiliating "yall don't know who Alvarez is"
- Couture dropping Tim Sylvia and winning the HW title
- Amanda Nunes going up, engaging with Cyborg and knocking her the f out
- BJ Penn going up and strangling Matt Hughes to get the WW belt
- Fedor putting a beating on Nog in his guard
- Cormier ragdolling Barnett

Other one ?

LOL this is so easy. BJ over Hughes by a landslide.