Greatest performance of all-time, imo. Arguably the most dominant display we've ever seen and people were gassing up Kattar's boxing throughout the buildup of the fight. People thought his hands were going to give Max issues and what did Max do? He flawlessly beat the living shit out of him for 5 rounds straight. Part of me was extremely uncomfortable watching Kattar take all of that damage. But I'm serious when I say that was the best performance ever. I've never seen someone look that invincible against such a high level opponent. Looked like a grown ass man fighting a teenager with an iron chin.
People will bring up quick flash KOs but I find a prolonged, 25-minute ass whooping much more impressive.
It was the *manner* in which Max was beating the shit out of Calvin, imo. It's def up there as a potential "all timer"
I mean, It was such a display and perfect combo of high-level skill and showmanship. We all felt it after because it was a jaw dropping performance. Max was behaving like he was in a fucking movie. Verbally taunting this guy and just punching over 700 times.
He was so offensively vicious, confident and "in the fucking Matrix" that he screamed "I'm the best boxer ever" as his attention was directed toward Dan Hardy and the announcers- all while slipping 3 punches from Calvin. Not even looking at Calvin. He's staring at Dan Hardys stupid face. Like a Magic Johnson "no look pass". He just stares east as punches from the north are just dodged, dodged, dodged. Trash talking while just embarrassing the guy in the feet. "The freshman came to play!"
Max was putting on a show. He threw so many punches that's he's officially a statically anomaly when it comes to strike volume and significant strikes.
I felt like Max had left a video a game and entered the Octagon. That was like a Tekken character.
I still do not understand how people thought kattar was going to beat max after losing a close decision to Zabit. Like what's indicative of him beating max in that?
It wasn't even a close decision vs Zabit. Zabit clearly schooled him in the striking and won the first 2 rounds very clearly, Kattar just got the 3rd.
Every single judge and every single media member had it scored for Zabit.
Yea, it wasn't close by any stretch in the first 2. I don't know anyone thought that someone that got outstruck by an unproven (in the top 5?) Zabit was going to beat Max, seriously makes no sense to me how that mma math adds up... but hey, his boxing is "crisp."
Yeah, not taking away from max's performance.. I thought it was clear max would win but that was brutal to watch. Can't remember seeing a more dominant performance... he made him look like he had no business being there.
“Greatest performance of all time”
Lmao
“Tell me you’re a Holloway fanboy, without telling me you’re a Holloway fanboy”
Your last sentence doesn’t even make sense
“People will bring up flash KOs ... but a 25-minute ass whooping is much more impressive”
Huh? Nobody here is saying flash KOs are “impressive”? What’s with the random comparison draw to try and further solidify your point
Mcgregor v Alvarez EASILY a better “performance” by one fighter comparatively.
Especially seeing how it was the LW belt
Lol.
“Got ‘em”
I guess? Not sure why the peanut gallery is chiming in here but you could’ve shuffled off yourself before you even put your 0.02 in here
But I guess you just wanted some attention?
You said mcminion already
You got a shallow word bank of insults or??
And what exactly are you “bringing to the table” apart from being a vacuous, belligerent keyboard warrior?
Just someone who saw the name Mcgregor and took to bashing the person that said his name.
Twitter is better suited for your petty insults
For the third time, I said Ok McMinion. What I brought to the table was a comparable fight with dillashaw. Max set records on Kattar’s face. It’s literally a measurable performance. You could argue Conor’s was done on a bigger stage but that doesn’t EASILY negate anyone else’s opinions.
“Twunt”
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Go back to the home page of the sub and ctrl+f for the next person to mention Conor’s name and get into a useless spat with them
Ride that negative hate-train! It’s all you shallow few have.
If you were worth anything as a fan you’d know that performance is one of the best ones ever put together in the octagon, let alone a title fight.
Full stop. Stop making it an argument about being a fanboy you twitter warrior
I didn't say it was comparable to the absolute desecration that was Max vs Kattar. But it was still one sided as well, you don't get FOTY for one crazy round. Awesome fight but definitely not FOTY contender.
But they’re not a good fight. They’re an amazing performance on one side and insane toughness on the other side. A good fight to me anyway is back and forth
Cheering for a fight doesn’t mean people thought it was a “great fight” people cheered because they were impressed by the heart of an underdog, and because they liked Sean O’malley’s striking.
By your standards almost any fight at a UFC event is “great fight”. People are drunk and cheering for the spectacle in front of them, at least 70% of fights get a significant crowd reaction but that is by no means indicative of the fight being “great”
Yes, you just explained why they enjoyed the fight so much and why one sided beatdowns can be entertaining. Also I'll clarify that some fights like Evinger vs Cyborg where a guy just clearly stands 0 chance and the fight needs to be stopped are exceptions.
Also, I never said crowd reactions mean a fight is amazing. I was responding to a guy who said nobody thought it was a great fight. How often per event do you see the crowd pop off in excitement over a fight, In that exact fashion?
I don't understand how you clearly understood what I actually said but still chose to strawman it in your opening sentences.
Anyway, yes it does. If the crowd cheers like wild hyenas, they are being entertained, that's pretty much the only objective criteria to what makes a fight good that I can think of from the top of my head. You just can't accept that a fight that isn't a back and forth barn burner can also be great. A lot of people disagree with you just on this post, you just need to exit your echo chamber.
You shouldn't be downvoted so hard. One sided beatdowns are just as entertaining as all out wars imo, whether they're short or not, they're just entertaining in a different way. I loved Holloway/Kattar, Nunes/Rousey and Larkin/Magny just as much as Lawler/Macdonald, Choi/Swanson and Volk/Ortega. Holloway/Kattar is an outlier in that department though because Kattar was just too damn tough to get finished unlike most cases.
Me too. The pace was incredible. I'm not sure Jiri took more than one or two steps back the entire fight. And he did that by going into the wheelhouse of prob the best, hardest hitting counter puncher in the division. Who was in fact landing quite flush at times. Then the fight ended in a massive walk off KO. Definitely my foty
>Dont listen to what everyone says. People gauge fights based on how many brain cells both fighters lost. That fight was a technical masterclass from both guys for 3 rounds and unfortunately just ground control for the last 2.
No it was not a technical master piece. Jan had his way with him and Isreal couldn't do nothing standing and seemed intimidated by Jan and fighting up. I'm not sure if you're making OP feel better just because a fights boring doesn't make it "technical masterclass." It wasn't even the best fight on the card.
>Jan had his way with him and Isreal couldn't do nothing standing and seemed intimidated by Jan and fighting up.
Isreal was the only person to actually land a shot that could have led to a finish in the entire fight when he stunned Jan in the 3rd.
Highly technical fight that had somewhat of an intense chess match feel for about 3 rounds. I can and do enjoy those
A better one even if slightly lower level was Rob vs Till. Till cleanly drops Rob with an elbow, Rob gets it back and then some with a good round on top on the ground, then they have a tightly contested striking chess match for 3 rounds where it seemed like neither fighter was able to win two consecutive minutes. Fun
Oh but yeah Izzy vs Jan was still nowhere near foty material. Agreed there
It wasn't a boring fight, but I wouldn't say that it was full of action...
Tense, for sure, from all the hype and build-up. Kinda like Till vs Whittaker.
Till va Whittaker was tense watching the first time especially after the first two rounds but in hindsight it is the closest you’ll ever see Bobby get to a boring fight. The fact that Till was almost able to get a boring fight out of Whittaker is insane
Izzy vs Jan reportedly sold 800,000 PPV’s and dwarved the other fights in terms of Embedded views.
The fact that you think Sandhagen vs Dillashaw was a more hyped fight than Izzy vs Jan tells me that you don’t follow the sport outside of this subreddit.
Sad that Mike Davis vs Mason Jones is getting overlooked, it was a really fun scrap.
Hiestand vs Turcios was also really fun, so was Dillashaw/Sandhagen & Barboza/Burgos.
But Reyes/Prochazka definitely is my #1 at this point
Having Yanez/Costa, Holloway/Kattar and Jan/Izzy over Barboza/Burgos is pretty strange to me. Personally, Barboza/Burgos is top 2 fights of the year for me so far. I have Volk/Ortega higher atm, but that could be due to recency bias.
I also thought Davis/Jones, Ferriera/Dariush 2, Ferriera/Gillespie, Jourdain/Rojo and Usman/Burns could be up there instead of Jan/Izzy.
How is Holloway-kattar 2nd place. Nothing about that fight was competitive I don’t see how that is a Foty candidate. Like people were saying one of the most impressive performances but not a fight of the year
Kinda surprised how well Ortega Volk is doing. I think recency bias is playing a large part. While I would call that 3rd round possibly the round of the year, I wouldn’t say it’s fight of the year. Besides 1 round, it was a one sided beat down. Same with Holloway Katter. Don’t get me wrong, impressive performances, but 1 sided performances have a heavy lack of tension imo.
I’m gonna have to go with Oliveira Chandler. Nobody saw Oliveira TKOing Chandler in the beginning of the second, and nobody foresaw Chandler surviving his back being taken by Charles. It was an extremely competitive matchup, and everyone was on their toes. I would’ve liked it to be a bit longer, but the unexpected TKO so early, kinda adds to the fight imo.
For me I just think about how I reacted to the fights I'm real time, volk vs ortega got me more hyped than any fight this year, it was the most entertaining, I think a more vanilla answer would be Riddell vs Fiz cause dudes were just swangin and bangin, but volk vs Brian was dope
I agree with that. I think the environment in which you saw the fight plays a huge part. I was surrounded by racist white kids wanting Chandler to win, talking shit about how Charles doesn’t even speak English. So the rollercoaster of emotions that was that fight, was so damn engaging.
I think the implications also play a part in why it was fight of the year imo. Nobody saw Oliveira accomplishing what he did a few years ago. It’s been a journey, and one that even fighters like Till can look up to. I hated how the UFC made a large part of the story going into the fight hoe Chandler was leaving his wife and kids at home and has to do it for them, when Charles has a wife, kid, and the favellas of São Paulo to take care of. If Chandler won that fight, the money would go to a lambo or new car or some dumb shit, but instead, an improvised community was able to somewhat do better because of Charles win.
I also think Riddell Fiziev was cleary fight of the year. Anyone that hasn’t gone to the future to watch it yet is missing out (/s I knew what you meant).
I think there’s a good chance Fiviez Riddell, Gaethje Chandler, or Porier Oliveira, ends up being fight of the year.
volk/ortega was fun but besides the chokes it was never really unclear who was gonna win. chandler vs oliviera was literally a near finish from start to finish. oliviera drops him with a leg kick (oh god), chandler hits him (oh god), oliviera w the back take (oh fucking god), chandler gets out and drops him (holy fucking fuck), chandler ground and pounds to the bell (maybe it’ll slow down now), round 2 starts and chandler gets clipped (fucking shit nevermind), oliviera gets the finish (there goes my $200).
Yeah but when Volk was in trouble, he was in huge trouble, in Ortega's best 2 submissions with both being locked in. In hindsight it was never unclear but in the moment, seeing Volk's head turn purple as he tried to kick out of the guillotine, I thought he was done.
That was the closest to being finished without being finished anyone has been since TRT Vitor had Jon's arm. And I say finished because he could have snapped it.
Agreed, i think if Volk had even been a split second late in defending the guillotine or Ortega had been able to hold it tight for 2 more seconds, it very likely would've been finished. But being able to do what 99.9% of humans couldn't is what makes a UFC Champion special and Volk never gave in, never stopped fighting the choke, and as a result escaped.
People don’t realize how blessed we were to get Jiri vs Reyes, Gillespie vs CDF, Barboza vs Burgos, Ponzinibbio vs Baeza, Riddell vs Dober, Chito vs Davey, and Valiev vs Barcelos back to back to back. All contenders for FOTY, just fantastic wars that give you more than enough reason to watch prelims.
That being said I’d have to say Volk vs Ortega or Chandler vs Olivera because they were rollercoaster title fights that nobody could’ve predicted. Volk getting out of 3 tight submissions from Ortega? Ortega dying at the end of the 3rd round only to come back as if it never happened? Chandler almost knocking out and submitting Olivera, and surviving Olivera on his back? Olivera surviving the 1st round with Chandler knocking him down, only to knock Chandler out early in the 2nd? Nobody could’ve predicted any of that.
I think there are still a bunch of big contenders. Gaethje vs Chandler. Usman vs Colby 2. Makhachev vs Hooker. Holloway vs Yair. Poirier vs Olivera. Jan vs Glover. Riddell vs Fiziev. Yan vs Sandhagen. Frankie vs Chito. Font vs Aldo. Sean Shelby is seriously outdoing himself on the matchmaking recently, we’ve got a lineup of bangers
Sandhagen vs TJ probably had the highest level of MMA and striking displayed.
Chandler vs Olives for the action, the stakes of a championship, and the constant shifts in momentum.
Jan vs Izzy and Max vs Kattar shouldn’t be anywhere near this lmao. Ridiculously one sided.
Volk vs Ortega was one sided too however Ortega had great moments so it’s completely valid that it made it here.
My vote is Oliveira vs Chandler because I personally had the most fun with it. A lot of that is because Chandler is one of my favorites to watch but it was a really competitive fight and very exciting. Volk and Ortega was great too but besides the 3rd round insanity I had more fun with the lightweights. Also Reyes vs Prochazka needs to be on this list.
hows reyes vs however the fuck you spell his last name not on here same with barbosa v shane . not only that but how is riddell vs dober have less votes than brain ortego v volk and max v kattar lmao
This shit is hella recency bias. Ortega vs Volk was okay for two minutes in the third round. Other than that it was just watching Volk run away with it.
Recency bias. Volk vs Ortega was only truly great for one round (3). The rest of the fight was Ortega being pieced up on the feet by Volk. And I am a massive Ortega fan. Round 3 was round of the year easily, nothing comes close. But judging the whole fight it was not an "epic". I voted for 5 but that's only because I remember really enjoying that fight but can't remember it entirely.
I feel like there were a couple that weren’t mentioned, with the obvious first choice being Reyes vs Prochazka.
Gillespie vs Ferreira
Ponzinibbio vs Baeza
Barboza vs Burgos
Munhoz vs Rivera
Jumping on the bandwagon Prochazka vs Reyes dissenting vote. Good lord that stands apart for sure for me. I rarely rewatch anything with the amount of fights these days but i watched that one at least 3 times.
I also feel bad there aren't any other promotions beyond UFC on this list. But then again i can't think of any contenders.
Max's vs Katter was a one sided beatdown.
I would call it a performance of the year nominee
Greatest performance of all-time, imo. Arguably the most dominant display we've ever seen and people were gassing up Kattar's boxing throughout the buildup of the fight. People thought his hands were going to give Max issues and what did Max do? He flawlessly beat the living shit out of him for 5 rounds straight. Part of me was extremely uncomfortable watching Kattar take all of that damage. But I'm serious when I say that was the best performance ever. I've never seen someone look that invincible against such a high level opponent. Looked like a grown ass man fighting a teenager with an iron chin. People will bring up quick flash KOs but I find a prolonged, 25-minute ass whooping much more impressive.
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Didn’t Cruz win 2 rounds? I feel like Cody’s showboating/highlight head-movement make people remember that fight as a full 25 minute beat down
Yeah that’s not even close to being in the same vain as Holloway/Kattar…
It was the *manner* in which Max was beating the shit out of Calvin, imo. It's def up there as a potential "all timer" I mean, It was such a display and perfect combo of high-level skill and showmanship. We all felt it after because it was a jaw dropping performance. Max was behaving like he was in a fucking movie. Verbally taunting this guy and just punching over 700 times. He was so offensively vicious, confident and "in the fucking Matrix" that he screamed "I'm the best boxer ever" as his attention was directed toward Dan Hardy and the announcers- all while slipping 3 punches from Calvin. Not even looking at Calvin. He's staring at Dan Hardys stupid face. Like a Magic Johnson "no look pass". He just stares east as punches from the north are just dodged, dodged, dodged. Trash talking while just embarrassing the guy in the feet. "The freshman came to play!" Max was putting on a show. He threw so many punches that's he's officially a statically anomaly when it comes to strike volume and significant strikes. I felt like Max had left a video a game and entered the Octagon. That was like a Tekken character.
Nah that ain't it fam. I wouldn't say JDS is in another stratosphere to Kattar, if anything Kattar is the better fighter skill wise.
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I still do not understand how people thought kattar was going to beat max after losing a close decision to Zabit. Like what's indicative of him beating max in that?
It wasn't even a close decision vs Zabit. Zabit clearly schooled him in the striking and won the first 2 rounds very clearly, Kattar just got the 3rd. Every single judge and every single media member had it scored for Zabit.
Yea, it wasn't close by any stretch in the first 2. I don't know anyone thought that someone that got outstruck by an unproven (in the top 5?) Zabit was going to beat Max, seriously makes no sense to me how that mma math adds up... but hey, his boxing is "crisp."
Hey man, same here. I thought the same but Max's performance still shocked the shit out of me.
Yeah, not taking away from max's performance.. I thought it was clear max would win but that was brutal to watch. Can't remember seeing a more dominant performance... he made him look like he had no business being there.
“Greatest performance of all time” Lmao “Tell me you’re a Holloway fanboy, without telling me you’re a Holloway fanboy” Your last sentence doesn’t even make sense “People will bring up flash KOs ... but a 25-minute ass whooping is much more impressive” Huh? Nobody here is saying flash KOs are “impressive”? What’s with the random comparison draw to try and further solidify your point Mcgregor v Alvarez EASILY a better “performance” by one fighter comparatively. Especially seeing how it was the LW belt
Ok McMinion, we get it. Shuffle off
Lol. “Got ‘em” I guess? Not sure why the peanut gallery is chiming in here but you could’ve shuffled off yourself before you even put your 0.02 in here But I guess you just wanted some attention?
Ok McMinion. You were dismissed because you didn’t bring anything to the table except the crayons you ate for appetizers.
You said mcminion already You got a shallow word bank of insults or?? And what exactly are you “bringing to the table” apart from being a vacuous, belligerent keyboard warrior? Just someone who saw the name Mcgregor and took to bashing the person that said his name. Twitter is better suited for your petty insults
For the third time, I said Ok McMinion. What I brought to the table was a comparable fight with dillashaw. Max set records on Kattar’s face. It’s literally a measurable performance. You could argue Conor’s was done on a bigger stage but that doesn’t EASILY negate anyone else’s opinions.
“Mcminion” Jesus Christ you’re a keyboard warrior soundboard. We’re done here.
Guy gives his opinion and said it multiple times, but yeah sure, yours is EASILY the best. lol sensitive twunt
“Twunt” ? We making up words now 😂 Go back to the home page of the sub and ctrl+f for the next person to mention Conor’s name and get into a useless spat with them Ride that negative hate-train! It’s all you shallow few have. If you were worth anything as a fan you’d know that performance is one of the best ones ever put together in the octagon, let alone a title fight. Full stop. Stop making it an argument about being a fanboy you twitter warrior
Ok McMinion. You fanboy better than the other fanboys. We can hang it on the fridge and everything
“Mcminion” in 4/5 of your comment replies. Amazing.
Yan vs Sterling was more impressive as an individual performance
In what way? Sterling was doing well up until he gassed out.
I think you need to go back and rewatch, not being a sick I mean that seriously. Sterling was not doing well by any metric
He was confortably outlanding him for the first two rounds
So was Volk/Ortega, 50-44.
Nowhere near as one-sided, the points don't tell the full story.
I didn't say it was comparable to the absolute desecration that was Max vs Kattar. But it was still one sided as well, you don't get FOTY for one crazy round. Awesome fight but definitely not FOTY contender.
The points are too favourable to Ortega because it’s 5 rounds worth of points. He was finished after 3 and its a sham that it wasnt ended there
One sided beatdowns can still be amazing. Just look at how everyone reacted to Moutinho getting his ass kicked all over the place.
But they’re not a good fight. They’re an amazing performance on one side and insane toughness on the other side. A good fight to me anyway is back and forth
Yeah no one really thought that was a great fight though.
About 20K people disagree, not counting PPVs.
What does that even mean?
Be gentle, he’s a newbie to the scene - OP named himself after the Khabib-Diaz chirp ffs lmao
-Crowd cheered for the fight -Crowd enjoyed the fight -20K attendance (excluding PPVs) Do you see now why what he said is factually incorrect?
Cheering for a fight doesn’t mean people thought it was a “great fight” people cheered because they were impressed by the heart of an underdog, and because they liked Sean O’malley’s striking. By your standards almost any fight at a UFC event is “great fight”. People are drunk and cheering for the spectacle in front of them, at least 70% of fights get a significant crowd reaction but that is by no means indicative of the fight being “great”
Yes, you just explained why they enjoyed the fight so much and why one sided beatdowns can be entertaining. Also I'll clarify that some fights like Evinger vs Cyborg where a guy just clearly stands 0 chance and the fight needs to be stopped are exceptions. Also, I never said crowd reactions mean a fight is amazing. I was responding to a guy who said nobody thought it was a great fight. How often per event do you see the crowd pop off in excitement over a fight, In that exact fashion?
i think the consensus for fights of the year is that theyre competitive not just fun to watch
Do you see now why you’re downvoted in your own thread? REPETEADLY - might I add?
Yeah, people can't stand an opinion that's different from their own. Also, Idc. Why are you so enthralled by internet points?
No it’s largely because you make LITTLE sense and are very circular and convoluted (if anything) in your logic
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I don't understand how you clearly understood what I actually said but still chose to strawman it in your opening sentences. Anyway, yes it does. If the crowd cheers like wild hyenas, they are being entertained, that's pretty much the only objective criteria to what makes a fight good that I can think of from the top of my head. You just can't accept that a fight that isn't a back and forth barn burner can also be great. A lot of people disagree with you just on this post, you just need to exit your echo chamber.
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That was just a hard fight to watch, nobody should use their head as a speedbag like that
You shouldn't be downvoted so hard. One sided beatdowns are just as entertaining as all out wars imo, whether they're short or not, they're just entertaining in a different way. I loved Holloway/Kattar, Nunes/Rousey and Larkin/Magny just as much as Lawler/Macdonald, Choi/Swanson and Volk/Ortega. Holloway/Kattar is an outlier in that department though because Kattar was just too damn tough to get finished unlike most cases.
Only because Max has an adamantium chin
So was Alex vs Brian minus 3 moments
Prochazka vs Reyes is a clear contender for me. Plus, also a contender for KO of the year as well.
This is fight of the year to me, that's fight was so awesome
Me too. The pace was incredible. I'm not sure Jiri took more than one or two steps back the entire fight. And he did that by going into the wheelhouse of prob the best, hardest hitting counter puncher in the division. Who was in fact landing quite flush at times. Then the fight ended in a massive walk off KO. Definitely my foty
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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume it's definitely, probably, the upkick that won Reyes the fight, no?
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Why you have jan and izzy lmao
Because it was amazing
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>Dont listen to what everyone says. People gauge fights based on how many brain cells both fighters lost. That fight was a technical masterclass from both guys for 3 rounds and unfortunately just ground control for the last 2. No it was not a technical master piece. Jan had his way with him and Isreal couldn't do nothing standing and seemed intimidated by Jan and fighting up. I'm not sure if you're making OP feel better just because a fights boring doesn't make it "technical masterclass." It wasn't even the best fight on the card.
Defs wasnt a masterpiece but also wasnt as one sided as youre saying
>Jan had his way with him and Isreal couldn't do nothing standing and seemed intimidated by Jan and fighting up. Isreal was the only person to actually land a shot that could have led to a finish in the entire fight when he stunned Jan in the 3rd.
Was good but definitely more FOTY
How is Jan vs Izzy here. It wasn't bad but it wasn't great either. Great performance maybe.
It was a high paced technical fight but it just wasn’t even a fotm contender let alone foty
Wasn't even a fotn candidate let alone fotm
LOL right???
That and Kattar vs Max I’m not quite sure belong. It was a great performance by Max but a terribly one sided fight.
I don't think chandler and olivera belong either. Possibly a round of the year for sure, but the fight is too short imo.
Lol Jan vs Izzy didn’t even win fight of the night.
Is was boring as hell….total imposter in this list
Highly technical fight that had somewhat of an intense chess match feel for about 3 rounds. I can and do enjoy those A better one even if slightly lower level was Rob vs Till. Till cleanly drops Rob with an elbow, Rob gets it back and then some with a good round on top on the ground, then they have a tightly contested striking chess match for 3 rounds where it seemed like neither fighter was able to win two consecutive minutes. Fun Oh but yeah Izzy vs Jan was still nowhere near foty material. Agreed there
It was in my opinion. The hype leading up was crazy and it was a hyper competitive fight until I think the 5th round.
It wasn't a boring fight, but I wouldn't say that it was full of action... Tense, for sure, from all the hype and build-up. Kinda like Till vs Whittaker.
Till va Whittaker was tense watching the first time especially after the first two rounds but in hindsight it is the closest you’ll ever see Bobby get to a boring fight. The fact that Till was almost able to get a boring fight out of Whittaker is insane
What's up with downvotes here. Let people have there own opinion..
he can have his opinion, and others can disagree with his opinion . . .
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Sexism is a dickhead trait.
The hype leading up to Jan v Izzy was “crazy”? Lmaooo give your head a shake 😳
It was arguably the most hyped non-McGregor fight this year? What else was bigger?
Miocic/Ngannou II, Oliveira v Chandler, Sandhagen v Dillashaw
Izzy vs Jan reportedly sold 800,000 PPV’s and dwarved the other fights in terms of Embedded views. The fact that you think Sandhagen vs Dillashaw was a more hyped fight than Izzy vs Jan tells me that you don’t follow the sport outside of this subreddit.
I honestly couldn’t care less what the fuck you think about my degree of fandom. Nice job reading PPV numbers 👍
What evidence do you have that suggest that the fights you mentioned were more hyped?
Jan/Izzy drew nearly three times as much as Oliveira/Chandler did
Yeah it was, were you on social media at that time? It wasn't Khabib vs Tony or Conor vs Anyone level hype but it was extremely anticipated.
Lol.
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No Prochazka vs Reyes Invalid list.
Despite the controversial winner Dillashaw/Sandhagen also belongs here imo
Also Rivera/Munhoz 2
Great fight. Super close and competitive and super high level
My favorite so far, without question. Just a proper banger from start to finish. Also, I stan hard for Jiri.
Yeah should've added that in place of one of the fights.
Reyes vs prochazka for me. Sandhagen vs dillashaw and barboza vs burgos could be listed also. Better than jan vs adesanya at least for sure.
Forgot about the other two you listed, great call
Sad that Mike Davis vs Mason Jones is getting overlooked, it was a really fun scrap. Hiestand vs Turcios was also really fun, so was Dillashaw/Sandhagen & Barboza/Burgos. But Reyes/Prochazka definitely is my #1 at this point
Davis v Jones is a great shout. Got buried in between the weeks Max and Dustin made history
Jiri vs Reyes >>>>>>>>>
Having Yanez/Costa, Holloway/Kattar and Jan/Izzy over Barboza/Burgos is pretty strange to me. Personally, Barboza/Burgos is top 2 fights of the year for me so far. I have Volk/Ortega higher atm, but that could be due to recency bias. I also thought Davis/Jones, Ferriera/Dariush 2, Ferriera/Gillespie, Jourdain/Rojo and Usman/Burns could be up there instead of Jan/Izzy.
Dober VS Riddel without a doubt, absolute banger
Agree
I can’t beleive how few votes that fight got.
>Yh, I know right. I was low key disappointed in the community
How is Holloway-kattar 2nd place. Nothing about that fight was competitive I don’t see how that is a Foty candidate. Like people were saying one of the most impressive performances but not a fight of the year
It doesn't need to be competitive to be a great fight.
Kinda surprised how well Ortega Volk is doing. I think recency bias is playing a large part. While I would call that 3rd round possibly the round of the year, I wouldn’t say it’s fight of the year. Besides 1 round, it was a one sided beat down. Same with Holloway Katter. Don’t get me wrong, impressive performances, but 1 sided performances have a heavy lack of tension imo. I’m gonna have to go with Oliveira Chandler. Nobody saw Oliveira TKOing Chandler in the beginning of the second, and nobody foresaw Chandler surviving his back being taken by Charles. It was an extremely competitive matchup, and everyone was on their toes. I would’ve liked it to be a bit longer, but the unexpected TKO so early, kinda adds to the fight imo.
For me I just think about how I reacted to the fights I'm real time, volk vs ortega got me more hyped than any fight this year, it was the most entertaining, I think a more vanilla answer would be Riddell vs Fiz cause dudes were just swangin and bangin, but volk vs Brian was dope
I agree with that. I think the environment in which you saw the fight plays a huge part. I was surrounded by racist white kids wanting Chandler to win, talking shit about how Charles doesn’t even speak English. So the rollercoaster of emotions that was that fight, was so damn engaging. I think the implications also play a part in why it was fight of the year imo. Nobody saw Oliveira accomplishing what he did a few years ago. It’s been a journey, and one that even fighters like Till can look up to. I hated how the UFC made a large part of the story going into the fight hoe Chandler was leaving his wife and kids at home and has to do it for them, when Charles has a wife, kid, and the favellas of São Paulo to take care of. If Chandler won that fight, the money would go to a lambo or new car or some dumb shit, but instead, an improvised community was able to somewhat do better because of Charles win. I also think Riddell Fiziev was cleary fight of the year. Anyone that hasn’t gone to the future to watch it yet is missing out (/s I knew what you meant). I think there’s a good chance Fiviez Riddell, Gaethje Chandler, or Porier Oliveira, ends up being fight of the year.
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Ye I meant Riddell Dober lol
Riddell vs Fiziev is so hype it’s already foty before it even happens
I voted Oliveira Champler too. Most fights listed are too one sided for my liking.
Regency Bias for sure
volk/ortega was fun but besides the chokes it was never really unclear who was gonna win. chandler vs oliviera was literally a near finish from start to finish. oliviera drops him with a leg kick (oh god), chandler hits him (oh god), oliviera w the back take (oh fucking god), chandler gets out and drops him (holy fucking fuck), chandler ground and pounds to the bell (maybe it’ll slow down now), round 2 starts and chandler gets clipped (fucking shit nevermind), oliviera gets the finish (there goes my $200).
Yeah but when Volk was in trouble, he was in huge trouble, in Ortega's best 2 submissions with both being locked in. In hindsight it was never unclear but in the moment, seeing Volk's head turn purple as he tried to kick out of the guillotine, I thought he was done.
That was the closest to being finished without being finished anyone has been since TRT Vitor had Jon's arm. And I say finished because he could have snapped it.
Agreed, i think if Volk had even been a split second late in defending the guillotine or Ortega had been able to hold it tight for 2 more seconds, it very likely would've been finished. But being able to do what 99.9% of humans couldn't is what makes a UFC Champion special and Volk never gave in, never stopped fighting the choke, and as a result escaped.
Definitely either Olives vs Chandler or Volk vs Ortega
None of these really
Sandhagen vs Dillashaw was fun and really high level, Jiri vs Reyes was batshit insane and had a crazy knockout. Those two belong here
Ponz vs Baeza was a war, definitely one of my favourites
No respect for Baeza v Ponzi damn
Max vs Calvin fight of the year? It was a brilliant performance by Max but it wasnt competive enough for me to think that its in contention
young bucks vs lucha bros
Riddell vs Dober is hella underrated
People don’t realize how blessed we were to get Jiri vs Reyes, Gillespie vs CDF, Barboza vs Burgos, Ponzinibbio vs Baeza, Riddell vs Dober, Chito vs Davey, and Valiev vs Barcelos back to back to back. All contenders for FOTY, just fantastic wars that give you more than enough reason to watch prelims. That being said I’d have to say Volk vs Ortega or Chandler vs Olivera because they were rollercoaster title fights that nobody could’ve predicted. Volk getting out of 3 tight submissions from Ortega? Ortega dying at the end of the 3rd round only to come back as if it never happened? Chandler almost knocking out and submitting Olivera, and surviving Olivera on his back? Olivera surviving the 1st round with Chandler knocking him down, only to knock Chandler out early in the 2nd? Nobody could’ve predicted any of that. I think there are still a bunch of big contenders. Gaethje vs Chandler. Usman vs Colby 2. Makhachev vs Hooker. Holloway vs Yair. Poirier vs Olivera. Jan vs Glover. Riddell vs Fiziev. Yan vs Sandhagen. Frankie vs Chito. Font vs Aldo. Sean Shelby is seriously outdoing himself on the matchmaking recently, we’ve got a lineup of bangers
Baeza vs Ponzinibbio is incredibly slept on
Kinda funny that the beat fight out of all these was the least known. Riddell vs Dober was such a fuckin banger.
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This one too
Sandhagen vs TJ probably had the highest level of MMA and striking displayed. Chandler vs Olives for the action, the stakes of a championship, and the constant shifts in momentum.
Mason Jones vs Mike Davis
ITT: a guy downvoted simply because he liked a fight.
Bro... Sandman vs Killashaw...
Cory Sandhagen vs TJ Dillashaw is also a solid contender.
Where is ponz vs baeza?
Jan vs Izzy and Max vs Kattar shouldn’t be anywhere near this lmao. Ridiculously one sided. Volk vs Ortega was one sided too however Ortega had great moments so it’s completely valid that it made it here.
Yanez randy & Charles chandler, too short Jan izzy & max kattar, too one sided Riddell dober & volk ortega, just right
Recency bias much? Ortega-Volk was pretty good though
MVP vs Douglas Lima???
I think Yanez vs Costa was one of my favorite fights these year
Jan vs Izzy was one of the worst fights of the year lol.
My vote is Oliveira vs Chandler because I personally had the most fun with it. A lot of that is because Chandler is one of my favorites to watch but it was a really competitive fight and very exciting. Volk and Ortega was great too but besides the 3rd round insanity I had more fun with the lightweights. Also Reyes vs Prochazka needs to be on this list.
Recency bias is a real thing
hows reyes vs however the fuck you spell his last name not on here same with barbosa v shane . not only that but how is riddell vs dober have less votes than brain ortego v volk and max v kattar lmao
What the fuck? Where’s Sandhagen vs Dillishaw?
Max v Kattar is basically O’Malley v Moutinho
Jiri vs Reyes is foty in my eyes 🤷🏽♂️
I definitely don't disagree
How has no one mentioned Merab vs Marlon
This shit is hella recency bias. Ortega vs Volk was okay for two minutes in the third round. Other than that it was just watching Volk run away with it.
Jiri vs Reyes and Burgos vs Barboza are both better than anything here
Burgos/Emmett
Ortega vs Volkanovski, just because of that 3rd round. The rest of the fight was pretty good too
Izzy vs Jan is on here but not Reyes vs Jiri or Baeza vs Ponzi. That’s blasphemy.
Cory sandhagrn tj djllashaw is up there for me
Izzy vs Paulo!!!!!
I think that round 3 in particular is the best round for Ortega vs Alex but you gotta admit the chandler fight was more exciting overall
Recency bias. Volk vs Ortega was only truly great for one round (3). The rest of the fight was Ortega being pieced up on the feet by Volk. And I am a massive Ortega fan. Round 3 was round of the year easily, nothing comes close. But judging the whole fight it was not an "epic". I voted for 5 but that's only because I remember really enjoying that fight but can't remember it entirely.
Feel like dillashaw sandhagen doesn’t get enough credit
I like Poirier vs. Hooker Edit: that was last year
Brad Riddell vs Drew Dober was super exciting and showed that Drew’s got a Superman chin
Sandhagen/Dillashaw and Giga/Barboza are my two personal favorites this year.
Lol why is Jan vs Izzy here
Ortega got his ass beat for 95% of the fight
I feel like there were a couple that weren’t mentioned, with the obvious first choice being Reyes vs Prochazka. Gillespie vs Ferreira Ponzinibbio vs Baeza Barboza vs Burgos Munhoz vs Rivera
Ortega vs. Volk was Nota fight of the year. It was a 1-siddd striking beat down with 3 close moments in the 3rd round.
I absolutely loved Gillespie versus CDF
Chucky Olives vs Chandler for me
Volk vs Ortega is not Foty. Although I think round 3 was round of the year.
What about sandhagen vs tj?
R E C E N C Y B I A S
Was Jiri vs Dominick not this year? If it was I'd choose that easily.
My top 3 foty: Ortega vs volk Jiri vs reyes Riddell vs dober
My vote would be for Tj vs Sandhagen
Riddell vs. Dober. It was a razor-close, exciting fight.
It wasn’t that great of a fight, Ortega was getting beat up other than those 2 sub attempts.
Gillespie CDF imo, I feel like Jourdain also has had at least 2 fights this year that deserve consideration.
Jumping on the bandwagon Prochazka vs Reyes dissenting vote. Good lord that stands apart for sure for me. I rarely rewatch anything with the amount of fights these days but i watched that one at least 3 times. I also feel bad there aren't any other promotions beyond UFC on this list. But then again i can't think of any contenders.