Your top 5 biggest upsets in ufc history

[sabretitan]

I was click binging on YouTube and boom bisping vs Anderson came on.. at the time it was an upset , got me thinking off the top of your head ,what are the first 5 upsets that come to mind..
No particular order:

Serra vs gsp 1
Hughes vs bj 1
Bisping vs rockhold 2
Gonzaga vs crop 1
Coleman vs Smith
Honorable mentions Forrest vs Shogun 1, pulver vs penn
,randy vs chuck 1, nudes vs Pena 1.
Makes sense all but 1 of these series of fights were fought at least twice!!
Let's here yours off the dome.

Ps, happy Thanksgiving all my American people. Cheers from snowy ontario!!

 

[Why did you]

1-5 cm punk

 

[BFoe]

Serra-GSP
Holm-Rousey
Dillashaw-Barao
Peña-Nunes
Gonzaga-Cro Cop

Also one that didn’t happen to a super notable fighter, that chick that beat Mariya Agapova when Agapova was like -1400 is hilarious.

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

nothing will top Zaga over Crop for me personally. But GSP/Serra is also a worthy shout. Anything else feels a cut below

 

[Gabe]

BJ Penn vs. Matt Hughes 1

 

[Fahcough]

WMMA

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

WMMA

It is upsetting to have to sit through WMMA during UFC events

 

[Substance Abuse]

Serra/Georges is still number one for me, likely followed by Bisping/Rockhold II and Penn/Hughes I.

 

[theincognito]

Everyone forgetting Strickland-Izzy. No one outside of Strickland's own inner circle thought he had a chance at the time.

 

[Megaton Punch]

Although we all know now how much of a machine Anthony Hernandez is, it was one of the biggest upset at the time he submitted Rodolfo Vieira. He was 1-2 in the UFC prior to that fight.

 

[KO Shotz]

Serra-GSP
Holm-Rousey
Dillashaw-Barao
Peña-Nunes
Gonzaga-Cro Cop

That's a really good list.

Forest vs Rampage or Shogun is up there too. Weidman over Anderson, Frankie over BJ, Jardine over Chuck, & Thug over Joanna are some huge upsets as well.

Shad beating Chuck was an upset during those days too.

 

[Streeter]

Serra-GSP
Holm-Rousey
Dillashaw-Barao
Peña-Nunes
Gonzaga-Cro Cop

Also one that didn’t happen to a super notable fighter, that chick that beat Mariya Agapova when Agapova was like -1400 is hilarious.

Great list. Don't think I would replace a single one.

 

[Fahcough]

It is upsetting to have to sit through WMMA during UFC events

Can't think of a single announcement or outcome that has sucked more

 

[Erimo]

We had better put some less weight to a kind of fluke one like Serra-GSP, or simply exposed situations like Ronda’s.

So to me, Dillashaw-Barao has been outstanding.
People forget due to steep decline of him but Barao was considered legit P4P top list at that time. And it was arguably the very first fight which TI showed he’s truly elite striker with levels jumped up. Many sharp analysts predicted it’s too early for TJ even with his talent.

Then from the beginning, TJ fought like he knew he had Barao’s number and that made lots of people almost confused, I still remember PBP was started like WTF? Is Barao still severely drained? … plus Goldy’s reaction at the end of the first round gave a good taste.

 

[ultra321]

No love for Randy Couture vs Tim Sylvia?

 

[wwkirk]

I was click binging on YouTube and boom bisping vs Anderson came on.. at the time it was an upset , got me thinking off the top of your head ,what are the first 5 upsets that come to mind..
No particular order:

Serra vs gsp 1
Hughes vs bj 1
Bisping vs rockhold 2
Gonzaga vs crop 1
Coleman vs Smith
Honorable mentions Forrest vs Shogun 1, pulver vs penn
,randy vs chuck 1, nudes vs Pena 1.
Makes sense all but 1 of these series of fights were fought at least twice!!
Let's here yours off the dome.

Ps, happy Thanksgiving all my American people. Cheers from snowy ontario!!

A pretty good upset was Shogun-Forrest 1 (timestamped).

 

[JKS]

Gonzaga/Cro Cop was the biggest shocker

Shogun/Forrest was very surprising, I was expecting Shogun to stream roll him easy, I was very cocky and dismissive of Forrest.

 

[BowserJr]

I was click binging on YouTube and boom bisping vs Anderson came on.. at the time it was an upset , got me thinking off the top of your head ,what are the first 5 upsets that come to mind..
No particular order:

Serra vs gsp 1
Hughes vs bj 1
Bisping vs rockhold 2
Gonzaga vs crop 1
Coleman vs Smith
Honorable mentions Forrest vs Shogun 1, pulver vs penn
,randy vs chuck 1, nudes vs Pena 1.
Makes sense all but 1 of these series of fights were fought at least twice!!
Let's here yours off the dome.

Ps, happy Thanksgiving all my American people. Cheers from snowy ontario!!

Shogun v Forrest is higher than Gonz v CC

 

[MillingMeSoftly]

It is upsetting to have to sit through WMMA during UFC events

It actually makes me miss John Fitch

For those of you who don't know, John Fitch was a very boring safety first wrestler from Purdue, who did really well in the UFC but got beat by GSP and a couple others, but he had an amazing record and very successful

He never aimed to finish and it was extremely boring, but effective fighting style. He was a mandatory challenger to GSP with like eight wins in a row. Not that marketable or exciting but couldn't be ignored.

Anyway, the joke for a while was wet and he fought you would go like have a cigarette or take a shit or call your mom or anything that takes 20 minutes because you knew you had

John Fitch has now been replaced with WMMA

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

1. GSP vs Serra I
2. Crocop vs Gonzaga I
3. Rousey vs Holm
4. Shogun vs Forrest I
5. Weidman vs Anderson I