Worst mistake in UFC fight

[humperdoo]

it reminds me of this fight

 

[Myrddin Wild]

Colby not only lost teh fight vs Edwards due to not spamming TD's... he also lost a lot of fans, myself included, who felt like he didn't give it his all.

 

[aerius]

I'd say Rumble trying to wrestle DC and take him down instead of punching him out is up there.
He's one of the best KO artists of all time and instead of trying to KO Cormier he's wrestling an Olympic wrestler.

 

[Ares Black]

By memory, it's GOTTA be grappling a one-legged man. I dont care how tired or hurt you might be yourself, if you somehow don't pick up on that glaring weakness and attack it, I gotta ask how you're a fighter at all.



Shouldn't have gotten swept then.

He didn't get swept iirc, he went for an ankle lock from guard. Will rewatch to confirm.


Edit: You are correct. I apologize unreservedly.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

He didn't get swept iirc, he went for an ankle lock from guard. Will rewatch to confirm.


You are correct. I apologize unreservedly.

Happy to help

Though not in UFC, but Fedor jumping into Werdums guard and getting caught was sad to see, when it was appearing to be yet another monumental GOAT legacy performance...

If we're counting not in the UFC, "Hello Japan" has got to be the stupidest.


*edit*
Boom, there it is! v.v

 

[Reach4theSky]

 

[Poirierfan]

One of the worst mistakes in the highest of stakes was for the HW belt. Gane being on top of Francis in the 5th and going for the leg.


Edit: just glanced over the thread and this was mentioned multiple times, glad I'm not the only one to think that it was the ultimate retard move.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

I'd say Rumble trying to wrestle DC and take him down instead of punching him out is up there.
He's one of the best KO artists of all time and instead of trying to KO Cormier he's wrestling an Olympic wrestler.

If he'd just attempted to establish distance and box, Cormier would have outworked him regardless, and he'd still have put Rumble on the mat. He felt confident that he could challenge him there in order to keep the fight standing, but clearly that wasn't going to happen.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

One of the worst mistakes in the highest of stakes was for the HW belt. Gane being on top of Francis in the 5th and going for the leg.


Edit: just glanced over the thread and this was mentioned multiple times, glad I'm not the only one to think that it was the ultimate retard move.

But it didn't happen, Sherbro

 

[Paladin]

That time Conor thought he was a wrestler..

Nate Diaz’ submission game is dangerous!

 

[TempleoftheDog]

It was right after a fight. But my vote goes to..

Cejudo’s fake retirement.

He threw away many millions of dollars. And any leverage he had. What a dumbass. 2, or 3 more wins at BW back then and he could have gotten the free TS at FW. He could possibly have made history as a 3 division champion.

Now I am just reminded how weak his resume really was. He didn’t beat DJ, imo. Won the vacant title with a free TS at BW. And cherry picked his only defence at BW against an unranked guy that had not fought in 3.5 years.

 

[linvillegorge]

Actually Teh Chris throwing a wild kick to Rockhold

This one. Literally ruined the career of a champ. He never recovered from that beating. Tragic mistake that led to career altering damage.

 

[RonDante]

Gane in the last round vs Ngannou

Still think he won that round

 

[linvillegorge]

That time Conor thought he was a wrestler..

He was gassed and got stung bad on the feet. He knew he was done and that his brand would be damaged a lot less by a submission L than getting TKO'd.

 

[mahavishnunj]

it reminds me of this fight

I had never seen the rest of that. The bullshit "glove touch/strike" was as bad as the breakdancing.

 

[thegr8st]

Big Nog deciding to try submit Mir was an awful decision. Mir was out of it

 

[Clark Rogers]

Palhares vs Miller wasn't the worst by result, but had to have been one of the dumber moments/ mistakes in the cage, nonetheless.

 

[ExxA]

How about Dan Hardy winning vs Chris Lytle then in round 3 Hardy goes for a takedown to "secure" his win and Lytle catches him coming in with a choke and subs him.

 

[deucesarewild]

Saw this on another sight and thought is was interesting. Lot's of critique on fight IQ on Sherdog; lots of tactical errors from fighters over the years. This is indeed one of the biggest. What do you got?
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It's really hard to call it the worst error. It was a calculated move he's done for years that had paid off for him. Most MMA fighters don't double up the same hand when striking. They punch left, right, left, right, and for years we loved watching Silva weave and slide around those strikes like he knew where they'd be coming from. In fact, he kind of did. He stayed at the range of striaght punches where only the jab and right hand were legitimate threats, and he knew that they would alternate their strikes. If he had their speed figured, it was easy.

Weidman, to his and his team's credit, tried doubling up on the one hand so Silva would have to slip back and be range of the other hand, whereas typically that slip would have been to the outside of the hand that hit him.

It's less Silva's glaring error than it was Weidman's clever adjustment.

 

[Streeter]

Saw this on another sight and thought is was interesting. Lot's of critique on fight IQ on Sherdog; lots of tactical errors from fighters over the years. This is indeed one of the biggest. What do you got?
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I still think Anderson did not really carexwhat happened that fight. No version of Weidman beats even a slightly sliding Anderson barring a freak break like their second fight. Andy was just clowning him not caring if he lost he was either going to put on a show or get kod an he didn't care which.