This one has always been up there for sure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdvOfCz6_tk
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This one has always been up there for sure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdvOfCz6_tk
Nice video! I'd never seen that fight before
Royce Gracie vs Akebono. It wasn't in the UFC, so it doesn't get much attention. But this fight showcased what Brazilian Jiu Jitsu -or rather Gracie Jiu Jitsu is all about. (BJJ has become so sport oriented today, that pretty much the only people teaching BJJ as self defense is the Gracie Academy, right?)
I don't think many fighters would get in the ring with someone who outweighed them by 100 pounds. Imagine Akebono falling inside your guard. If you weren't flexible, he could totally damage your hips or groin. In this fight, Royce proved once again that Gracie Jiu Jitsu can enable a smaller person to defeat a larger opponent. It's my all time favorite fight.
Younger people (under 30, I guess) may not understand how impactful Royce Gracie was for those of us studying traditional martial arts. He was my Bruce Lee. Had Royce died in a plane crash around '96, I have no doubt his legend would surpass that of Bruce Lee today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ny-jE1SD0
Hughes vs Trigg 2
Big Nog vs Bob Sapp.
In the context in which it happened, that was the most exciting fight I've ever seen.
Sakuraba vs Renzo
*When visiting 10p Decatur, I recommend going to Jasper AL to Butterbeans restaurant(assuming its still there)
royce gracie vs sakuraba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNd6-rQcyg0
Fedor vs Rogers. Rogers was a bit overhyped at the time (IMO), but I was excited to see Fedor finally fight inside a cage. I interested to see how much more effective his ground game would be against the fence. This was one of those jump out of your seat fights for me (like Hendo and Bisping)…maybe because I was late for my night shift job already and had someone staying over for me…but when Fedor got that knock-out I was ecstatic. To me…that fight had everything…at least at the time.
Agreed on Big Nog vs Sapp. That fight is usually the first one I show to people when I talk about how tough Nog is.
For an exciting ground battle, Jason McDonald vs Demian Maia is a must see. Shogun vs Lil Nog is an all-time classic as well. For a more recent fight, I'd point to the first Pettis/Henderson fight. That was the best technical, back and forth battle I've seen in a long time. The fight went everywhere and was very competitive while not being a sloppy brawl.
BJ Penn vs Matt Hughes I, Brian Stann vs Wanderlei Silva, pretty much anything Jim Miller fights in, Robbie Lawler vs. Nick Diaz and Rampage vs Wanderlei II. The more of a scrap the better. Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard II was war too!
Old school:
Royce vs kimo
Don Frye vs Gary Goodridge
Marco Ruas vs Paul varelans
Hughes vs trigg 2
Frank Shamrock vs Tito Ortiz
Igor Vovchanchyn vs Enson Inoue
Sakuraba vs Carlos Newton
Wand vs Sakuraba 1
Any wand and shogun fights involving soccer kicks and stomps
Wand vs rampage 1 and 2
Newer school:
Korean Zombie vs Dustin Poirier
Chael vs Silva 1
BJ vs Sherk
Pettis vs Bendo 1
Silva vs Leben
Edgar vs Maynard II & III
http://vimeo.com/81362836
marco ruas vs paul varelans
Marco = Axe
Paul = Tree
Sherk vs. Florian. No quit in Sherk.
nick diaz vs paul daley was a fun 1 rounder
frankie edgar vs maynard III - most hyped i've been for a fighter to come back and win
so many, didn't even try to think of more.
Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama
Yoooo, I was looking for the video. I didn't think to check vimeo. But yeah dude, Marco Ruas changed my life in that tourney. Prior to him I never saw a guy seamlessly combine BJJ and Muay Thai, my favorite martial arts. And watching him chop Varelans down was friggin majestic to me. I remember being a little kid and just jumping around like a crazed gremlin. Haha. Damn that fight brings back memories.Quote:
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One of my favorites is Penn vs. Sherk.
I probably won't get much support on this one but let me explain - George Sotiropolous vs Joe Stephenson @ UFC 110.
This was the first event held in Australia. Tickets sold out in about 15 minutes and the stadium was packed (about 15,500 people) from the first fight (which started at 10am on a Sunday morning). Sots had a few wins on the trot after finishing TUF but all of these had been on undercards against relatively lesser name fighters. He was easily the most well known Aussie fighter but most people (myself included) thought that Stephenson would be too big a jump up in quality and experience. I was praying he would put on a good showing and maybe get an honourable decision loss but what happened was amazing. Right from the start of the fight he dominated. He got the better of the striking exchanges and was able to get several take downs. The fight itself was fairly good but what makes this fight for me was the atmosphere. Every time George landed a punch, got a takedown, passed guard the crowd went ballistic. The noise inside the arena was deafening. The whole floor was shaking, the crowd was singing and chanting and it felt like the roof was going to come off. When the decision was announced you couldn't hear a thing inside the arena. The post fight interview with Joe Rogan could not be heard as the crowd cheering drowned everything out.
That was awesome. Now that you mention this, it reminds me of the Brazilian crowd when Nog KO'd Schaub. And when Aldo KO'd Chad Mendes. Awesome story.Quote:
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Chuck Liddell vs Jose Landis Jons in Vale Tudo....fuckkk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRrgg_gYxiE
I like Sakuraba too.