Which were Top 5 most technical fights in MMA history?

[DanDragon Machi]

I am more in favor of fights that showcase the greatest amount of MMA elements in excellent execution.

Volkanovski x Makachev I
Demetrious Jonhson x Henry Cejudo II
GSP x BJ Penn I
Adesanya x Whittaker II
Jones x Cormier I

 

[Sonny Qc]

Honestly could name 5 GSP fights lol

 

[NoSmilez]

Fedor vs Crocop was technical for that time.

 

[Noraaq]

Yan vs Sandhagen
Yan vs Aldo
Max vs Volk II
Islam vs Volk
Shogun vs Machida

 

[moreorless87]

Fedor vs Crocop was technical for that time.

I think as a striking contest its one of the most technical we've ever seen, the level of defence on display from both men was incredibly high.

Shogun/Machida 1 comes to mind as well.

 

[felmmando]

It might be a recency bias, but I really think Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov is up there.
Johnson - Horiguchi also comes to mind.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Joanna vs Gadelha 2
Benson vs Pettis 1
Weidman vs Machida
Cruz vs Dillashaw
Aldo vs Mendes 2

 

[RockyLockridge]

Yan vs Sandhagen
Yan vs Aldo
Max vs Volk II
Islam vs Volk
Shogun vs Machida

can't believe i forgot about yan vs sandhagen

 

[Pingu]

Lewis vs Ngannou, it was true chess match!

 

[humdizzle]

gamrot vs arman

 

[WOLVERINEKILLS]

Islam vs Volk I
Fedor vs Cro Cop
DJ vs Cruz
Covington vs Usman I
Schevchenko vs Jędrzejczyk

 

[NoSmilez]

I think as a striking contest its one of the most technical we've ever seen, the level of defence on display from both men was incredibly high.

Shogun/Machida 1 comes to mind as well.

During that time nobody knew how to really strike outside of people who came from a striking background. Just to see a grappler throw a simple high kick or low kick was considered very high level.

It's different nowadays. Derrick Lewis is panned as a bum but he throws jumping switch kicks, flying knees and front leg high kick. We expect a lot more from fighters now.

 

[JKS]

Barnett and Nogueira put on a very technical fight in their OWGP 06 semi final. One of the most technical fights I've seen both striking and grappling.

 

[markg171]

I think as a striking contest its one of the most technical we've ever seen, the level of defence on display from both men was incredibly high.

Shogun/Machida 1 comes to mind as well.

Fedor showed supreme striking defence by taking Cro Cop down for 15 minutes.

 

[NoSmilez]

Let me give WMMA some love. The Weili vs Joanna and the Valentina vs Joanna fight were very technical. I will admit the Weili fight was more like a technical brawl. Weili is fun to watch.

 

[Marko Polo]

DJ v Cejudo

 

[BarbellzNbacon]

ngannou vs rozenstruik

 

[NicholasJBasile]

I am more in favor of fights that showcase the greatest amount of MMA elements in excellent execution.

Volkanovski x Makachev I
Demetrious Jonhson x Henry Cejudo II
GSP x BJ Penn I
Adesanya x Whittaker II
Jones x Cormier I

Very nice list.

DJ VS Cejudo 2 is an underrated fight imo; it was overshadowed by folks calling it a robbery, but it was a very competitive fight from start to finish with some nice scrambles. Personally, I felt the right guy one.

When it comes to Volk VS Islam, honestly I wasn't as impressed; I felt that Islam looked really sloppy on the ground and failed to capitalize in areas where he usually would. It was still impressive, however, that Volk made a competitive fight out of it and even appeared to be the fresher of the 2 by the end of the fight.

 

[NicholasJBasile]

Fedor vs Crocop was technical for that time.

Fedor more or less wrote the blueprint on how to beat Crocop -- very good fight.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

Yan vs Sandhagen
Yan vs Aldo
Max vs Volk II
Islam vs Volk
Shogun vs Machida

Savage list bro, it’s like you literally copied my brain!