Worst Wrestling Matches Between UFC Fighters By Weight Class

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I'll start with a few ideas.

WW: Wonderboy vs. Prates
MW: Izzy vs. MVP
LHW: Probably some combination of Hill, Rountree and Poatan

Maybe this would be fun (or funny) addition to RAF.
 
Maybe Gane vs. Lewis at HW. Though I have a feeling Teixeira is going to be an awful wrestler who can't defend a double leg to save his life. Maybe we'll find out tonight.
 
Maybe it's cuz the Royal Rumble was today, but I had originally misread that as 'World Wrestling matches..' and thought this thread was going to be crossover ideas

MVP is going back down to WW, so we can make Wonderboy vs MVP the choice there
 
VinceArch said:
Cheick Kongo vs Cro Cop. Granted, it was mainly Cheick holding Cro Cop against the fence when he wasn't hitting him in the balls.
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Oddly enough, Kongo transitioned from being a kickboxer to mostly a wrestler over his career. He did pretty well holding some guys against the cage--along with some help from fence grabs, shorts grabs, knees to the groin, etc. But when he fought actual wrestlers--even LHW ones like Bader and King Mo--it was clear that he wasn't really a great wrestler.
 
Conor v. Paddy. Without BJJ or judo, Paddy's really quite terrible grappling.
 
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Overeem vs Werdum happened in strikeforce afaik but that was funny one. Werdum tried to give superior position for Alistair and he did not take it. One fighter wanted to stay on his back and other fighter wanted him to stand up from inferior position.
Absolutely last fight you want to show if you try to tell what mma wrestling is about.
 
mjoln said:
Overeem vs Werdum happened in strikeforce afaik but that was funny one. Werdum tried to give superior position for Alistair and he did not take it. One fighter wanted to stay on his back and other fighter wanted him to stand up from inferior position.
Absolutely last fight you want to show if you try to tell what mma wrestling is about.
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Overeem vs. Belfort was cringe as well. Belfort kept pulling guard. Vitor did that against Jones as well.

The weird thing is that Belfort seemed to be holding his own in the striking, despite the size difference. Not sure why he kept wanting to go to the ground.
 
mkt said:
Oddly enough, Kongo transitioned from being a kickboxer to mostly a wrestler over his career. He did pretty well holding some guys against the cage--along with some help from fence grabs, shorts grabs, knees to the groin, etc. But when he fought actual wrestlers--even LHW ones like Bader and King Mo--it was clear that he wasn't really a great wrestler.
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LMAO I forgot about Kongo vs King Mo. Kongo had a lot of stinkers in Bellator. He was able to handily beat Alexander Volkov in a boring decision, of all people.
 
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