Worst beat down in a main event?

[Aerosol]

Randy Tito
Randy GG
Randy Vítor 3!

 

[Stagliano]

Frankie Edgar vs. BJ Penn III
Not the biggest beatdown, but certainly lopsided.

Lol. Frankie did it with passion.

 

[Prologue]

Co-Main, Joanna vs Carla Esparza. Talk about an assault.

One of the more satisfying beatdowns too, considering we saw Esparza be a giant bitch for a full season of TUF before winning and being the champ.

 

[glavinator]

Yup, everyone was taking about Shogun leg kicks and Jones chicken legs lol.

A bit off topic but when was the last time shogun actually used leg kicks regularly in a fight? I remember him using it against Henderson 2 before getting tkod

Haha, i was trying to think about that while I was writing the first response and nothing came to mind. He just utilized kicks more in general earlier in his career so it was natural to think that would be choice number 1 against Jones at the time . I remember feeling it was wishful thinking back then all the same lol

 

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Hands down

Stipe vs Hunt

Most brutal beating ever imo in the UFC

 

[cheesus]

Stipe Miocic vs Mark Hunt.
That was hard to watch.

I'd say Hunt vs JDS was worse, Hunt was just more exhausted against Stipe than anything...he lost that fight before it even began. Bad weight cut apparently, he looked so slow and weak.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Fitch actually had gsp on the bottom and landed some shots.

The cards were 50-44, 50-44 and 50-43... This is as a beatdown as you can get in 25 minutes lol
And yeah, Fitch had his moments, but...

The fact that Fitch fucking survived that shit is a feat in itself lol

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Cain vs Bigfoot Silva

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

Imagine how much worse it would have looked if it went to a 5th round...

Louiseau looked pretty tore up after Franklin beat on him for 25 minutes as well.

 

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Erick Silva had his moments but Matt Brown wrecked him

Iirc this fight correctly there was a few times Erick landed since body shots that had Brown folding in on himself like a lawn chair.

 

[DevNull69]

this was only UFC event i attended live. Had mid tier seats but still ended watching most of action on big screen. Was and still am major Shogun nut hugger. Disappointed to say the least.

Jon jones' destruction of shogun still hunts me. Shogun was the champ. Everyone thought his striking would be too much for Jon Jones. But in the end, he tapped to strikes. Shogun, the guy known for his chin and going to war, tapped to strikes.

 

[Magnum1978]

Recently, Gaethje vs Tony and Glover vs Smith

 

[TITS]

Has Yair Rodríguez vs. BJ Penn been mentioned yet?

Not as bad as Figgy vs Benevidez, but deserves an honorable mention.

 

[ColombianFist]

hendo-Shogun
Jones-Shogun
TJ-barao.
Andy-Franklin
Andy-forrest
Bisping-Cung Le
Penn-Stevenson.
GSP-Fitch/Kos 2/Penn 2
Cro cop-Wand

 

[MrFreeze]

Izzy Costa

 

[Mga223]

This one was ridiculous.

I have it up there in top 5 for title fights that were truly so one sided.

Penn vs Sanchez as another.

 

[Just Creed]

Iirc this fight correctly there was a few times Erick landed since body shots that had Brown folding in on himself like a lawn chair.

Landed a real nice bodykick and then I think tried to rnc him. Certainly not a BJ Penn Sanchez kinda destruction but Brown beat the crap out of Silva

 

[cburm]

Just saw the who can beat JDS prime thread and just reminded how much a beat down he took from Cain and how bad it was for him. I’m sure there’s lots more out there.

Overeem vs brock lesnar was pretty sad but silva vs leben is also pretty sad

 

[PurpleStorm]

this was only UFC event i attended live. Had mid tier seats but still ended watching most of action on big screen. Was and still am major Shogun nut hugger. Disappointed to say the least.

Love hearing stories from people who attended famous fights live. Where did it take place? Was Shogun a heavy favorite? What did you think of Jones' chances going in?

 

[DevNull69]

It was in New Jersey .. i dont even remember name of city. I lived in Manhattan and it was short NJ Transit ride away. I think Prudential Center was arena.

I dont remember exact betting odds but i do remember it was mostly considered a tossup. Jones already had tons of hype at that point. Shogun was originally supposed to fight Rashad Evans. Evans got hurt after we bought tickets. As Shogun fan, i thought Evans was easier fight.

Love hearing stories from people who attended famous fights live. Where did it take place? Was Shogun a heavy favorite? What did you think of Jones' chances going in?