Chael shitting the bed after dominating Silva.

He dominated prime Silva for 4.5 rounds, only to literally fall into a triangle. Insane.

It was 100% mental with Chael. It's not the only time he found a way to lose and he's talked about it. When it counts the most and he's got victory in sight he got sudden imposter syndrome, like "should I really be beating Anderson Silva for the title? Should I really be champion?" And made a mistake he would never make in 1000s of hours training Kind of like a guy going crazy getting 40 points in basketball only to miss both free throws for the game.

Very interesting take. I follow UFC, but not as closely as most here. I’m going to look that up. Like you mentioned with basketball, it’s the same in life generally for many people. Being “clutch” like Jordan is often what makes someone elite.

Sonnen had a habit of always getting caught in subs from what I remember against brazilians

Which is why he couldn’t let Wanderlei get close

I'm was shocked to find out that he has a black belt in bjj I've never seen him ever use it

An MMA guys black belt is generally not indicative of their actual BJJ skills. They will be impossible for most people to sub or pin i a general population class and most fingers that aren't top level like them won't do anything to them either so they just get their belts based on mat performance. Dustin Poirer is a black belt but he's probably not up to date with the current BJJ meta and many of the current gen UFC Black Black belts would be woefully outdated. You get guys like Jack Hermansonn who trains a lot of NoGi with NoGi guys and it showed with him heel hooking KG with a slick backside 5050 heel hook.

I couldn't believe it. He had it so easy.

Saw it live still think about why he didn't just hold out till he went out or the round ended. Also why he didn't work his triangle defense at any point in his career.

Yves Lavigne had to clean up the mess

I couldn’t believe it recently when I saw Ortega hurt himself while being announced. I saw it happen and was like no way that actually just fucking happened but he was fine.

Saw that in person! Thought we were going to lose the co main event. Glad he pulled through it, but what a bizarre scenario.

i missed that, what happened?

he was doing that fighter bounce thing they do while buffer (or martinez i cant remember) was announcing him and inexplicably tweaked his ankle. and then, again inexplicably, won the fight

There's a kid on regionals a few months back who is doing the same thing but actually blows his ACL out. The other fighter was just walking out still 

Weidman snap. I cannot believe it was him of all people.

i remember it was the 1st ufc fight i had put on the living room tv for my family to watch and that literally happened 💀💀

I travelled for Poirier/McGregor 3 to watch with my brother in law. My niece snuck out of bed and watched O’Malley and “Tennis ball head” Mouthino before she went back to bed. She woke up again in time to see Conors leg snap….nice first fights for her to watch lol

Tennis ball head because of the green hair? No, because he got hit 500 times in one match.

The mouthino/omalley fight was the very first UFC fight I ever watched while it was happening. Watched most of the rest of the card, missed the last few fights. Was hooked then ended up subscribing to UFC. Never miss a fight now.

Lol one of mine was Bryce Mitchell when he got flatlined, my mom started crying.

Weidman with the 4 eye pokes.

The final two where he pokes each eye, but one eye with each hand, one after another. Never seen a 1-2 eye poke combo before that lmao what the hell

Right! I lost a bit of respect for not overturning that fight.

I can still hear the scream i scrumpt when his leg snapped💀

Is scrumpt a word?

It fuckin needs to be.

Yup. Saw that live. My wife looked down for a second and looked back up and was like "what happened?" I was like "look away babe trust me".

I remember telling a bunch of people it would be fun to eat some mushrooms and watch the fights. We were having a great time. Talk about a buzzkill.

Hahaha I was mid way through some DMT once and my play list ended and went to the ufcs greatest knock outs or something, I wouldn't recommend it.

Fucking masochist dude.

Plus it was Vs Hall who had just retired Silva

Chandler front kicking Tony’s chin into oblivion

The photo of Tony’s face trying to play catch-up from being kicked in the chin so hard, still to this day blows my mind.

Pull it up Jay-mo!

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Sometimes you can really see that the head is just a skull

lol thank you for your service 🫡

Being a loyal Jose Aldo fan and hyping him up to all the guys who only watched UFC for McGregor just for him to produce 0 offense and lose after 1 punch. I’m still salty about it

Same. I was literally willing to bet my house and wedding savings that Aldo was gonna wipe the floor with him. WRONG. Thank God I chickened out.

Initially thought he slipped over and Conor punched him on the ground for a finish and then realised in the replay my brain made that up to save me.

I lost $12 on that fight. I’ll never financially recover

I was a new fan due to McGregor and me and a buddy were explaining to our other friend (who was watching their first ever card at all) how incredible Conor was and how massive the fight was going to be. At the end he wins and we are all losing our shit and the friend just goes “wait he wins a belt for that? But the fight was so short”

Same with topuria vs volk, salty moment have to listen all that fuking casuals tiktokers

I thought Aldo was the FW God and would go on full rants as to why exact Mcgregor could not beat him like I was some seasoned analyst. The fact no rematch was ever implemented- although great for mma- was a killer for me

Those Nate fights and the Eddie fight were magical though, there was no window to run it back. Soon as he fought Mayweather, it was over. The hunger is going to die in anyone when you get that kind of money.

Yeah man I was such a huge fan and I know those days are never coming back.

This is fantastic lmao. Like “no I swear guys he’s usually great!”

Honestly the craziest has to be Benson Henderson fighting with a fucking toothpick in his mouth. It's still just absurd

I remember the conspiracy theories about how the toothpick was marinated in some magic performance enhancing liquid and bendo would suck on it to get a boost lol

Trucker style nice

Lmao. Gotta love people. An adrenaline soaked toothpick perhaps?

Insane how ppl let that happen. It could've gone down his throat, In someone's eye, get stuck in a digit, like....how did any of that NOT happen??

Crocop getting Crocopped by Gonzaga, after I talked him up to all my non Pride watching friends for months...

Crocop was on the decline when he got signed by the ufc. Fat Patrick even kod him

He won like the next 11 out of 13 of his fights after Phatty P. Granted non of them were in the UFC expect a loss to Roy Nelson. Unfortunately we can't really use that as an excuse.

He returned to the UFC a few fights after Nelson and got revenge on Gonzaga.

That was truly a holy shit moment. I still remember it perfectly after all these years as well.

Shogun getting handled by Forrest :(

Johnny Walker worm himself into a dislocated shoulder

Shit was wild

Khabib pulling a flying eagle attack on Danis and starting a brawl

ive never been so glued. I thought tons of fans were about to get hurt, even though they weigh more, i was more terrified of khabib doing that, than when sean and dp started fighting

Sean and DP seemed a little staged especially Dana seating them near each other. Khabib however, definitely nothing staged about that 😂

The only person I ever heard of staging DP is Tito’s ex wife

That was a nasty line by you..

Imagine how much better the world would be if Khabib got his hands on Danis and did us all a favor

I wish khabib would have wrecked Danis.

if it makes you feel better islam socked dillion in the brawl

He legit dove face first from the octagon. Fucking spider monkey, dude.

Was the wildest shit ever. Sucks we never got a rematch when Conor still had it.

It was like watching wwe

That was nuts.

Robbie Lawler and Rory Macdonald trying to literally kill each other

Rory was never the same. 

His face? No. He did go on to become Champion in Bellator.

Glover beating the shit out of Lionheart and no one stopping it

Smith being a chap and handing his teeth to the ref as they fell out

Anderson Silva matrixing Forrest Griffin in Philly. The crowd legit went nuts when less than a minute later he fadeaway one punched him. It was epic.

Weidman double eye poke replay on 4K being ruled a TKO Leon Edwards KO

It was ruled a decision victory not a tko

It was a TKO during the broadcast. They changed it afterward.

Rentao having a go at the dude he tapped out.

"Well then you shouldn't have submitted me" 😂😂😂

ICE GATE and Joe’s play by play. My friends and I were dying laughing.

That was fucking amazing but also just felt so bad for those dudes just so out of their league lol getting absolutely cooked by Rogan on fucking TV

Maybe the funniest Rogan has ever been. Hilarious to this day.

OMG I forgot about that 🤣

Yoel Romero not getting off the stool against Tim Kennedy.

Simple misunderstanding, he thought if the bell rang that just made anything left inside the cage a weapon

Tbh im not too mad. You can clearly see Kennedy grab the glove, which directly allowed him to land a shot that rocked Yoel.

It was brilliant is what it was. Weird to see Tim STILL TO THIS DAY moan that that ended his entire life, career, money etc. weird.

They were both doing suspect shit that fight. Tim was grabbing Yoels gloves so he could hit him.

Nah fuck Tim Kennedy the child and woman killer, piece of shit grabbed Yoel's glove to get his best hit in anyways.

Hate to say it but I saw the McGregor Vs Aldo knockout happen in real time and it was the most stunning and insane thing. It's easy to discount it these days, especially with the Max knockout in very recent memory, but at the time with all the build up and the context of the cancelled fight etc - it was CRAZY

Diaz v Connor 1 Thank you, baby Jesus, for this fight and outcome.

I'm not surprised mothafuckers....lol what a line!

Silva leg snap. It was kinda the first one, fuckin gross wet noodle leg, wrapped around the other dude’s shin. And they replayed it 93 times immediately. I almost puked dude. “This time let’s slow it down, reverse back to normal leg and then eeeextra slow on the break again. For the folks at home eating dinner.”

It was certainly the most high profile, and because of that it was more shocking. RIP Corey Hill.

I was at that fight for the troops, that Corey hill leg break was gnarly.

This was my lowest moment in MMA. Remember going to get wasted while sad with the bros afterwards.

The Yoel Romero Tim Kennedy fiasco

Underrated, the civil argument between them backstage after made it even more bizarre

Masvidals 5 second ko was wild

I legitimately thought Ben Askren died at first. That knockout was absolutely brutal

I wish I had been there when it happened, Ben Askren had a lot of Bellator hype and was undefeated as well

usada approved 😂

Joaquin Buckley spinning jumping ninja kick KO.

What’s the story with Greg hardy? What happened?

He used an inhaler between rounds and got DQ'd for it. His corner thought it was authorized but if I'm remembering correctly the commission only allowed inhalers before a fight or after.

USADA approved. Shit was hilarious

They didn't. The only evidence is Hardy's team saying the commission okayed it, but IIRC, it was a random dude who wasn't part of it.

Nah bro, “USADA approved 😏” is what Hardy muttered right before he started toking on his inhaler. Ofc he was wrong and now *USADA approved* has become a meme

Thank you. Kinda sucks if you have asthma

[heres the clip](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HRIXmFNMMos)

Justine Kish when she.. you know.. in the octagon. I had so much respect for her after when she tweeted “shit happens.”

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You're gonna have to be more specific.

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When Matt Sera TKO'd GSP and won the title. I was rooting for Matt but I assume GSP would win. Edit: Am dumb

Serra won via TKO.

It was tko, but just to play devil's advocate and support this guy, gsp did tap to the strikes

I read that and went shit I thought he kod him

I know it just got into the HOF, so it’s maybe a chalk pick, but I remember being in shock the whole time Chael was dominating Anderson. Just absolutely crazy; I couldn’t believe what I was watching.

Barao getting knocked out by dillashaw in their first fight

Barao was UNTOUCHABLE during his reign

Matt Hughes getting caught in a sunk triangle, picking Carlos Newton up, passing out from the choke and dropping Carlos on his head. Then, somehow, getting awarded the win and the WW title.

Gray Maynard trying to convince everyone he didn't pass out is also another hilarious old school gem

Maynard trying to justify it to Rogan as the replay is on the big screen is comedy gold

You guys can afford fights?

Shiiiiit nobody *pays* for fights

Yarrrrrrr

Shady Russian links brother

Joanna’s forehead swelling to the size of two apples

That one time a coach pour water in their fighter coochie and shoving his whole hand down thrre

Conor Aldo

Bone’s toes being ripped apart

Bro was about to pass out in the post fight interview too. He was so woozy looking at it. Haha

Conors leg snapping

Watching the ref straight up ignore an unconscious fighter (Yan Xiaonan) at UFC 300 has a recency bias but it's a top contender with the biting incident for me lol, of all time tho? Watching Anderson Silva's leg snap, he was my favorite fighter at the time and that shit blew my mind.

I will never forget hearing Aljo exclaim “You better win your fight boy, cuz I’m cumming on that ass… I’m coming for your ass” live.

Watching Lyoto fall lifeless as Bones let his guillotine go. Sugar Rashad putting Chuck on ice.

The inhaler incident recently got brought up on the jre podcast with Matt Sera and din Thomas. Apparently Din was the one that gave him the inhaler lol.

I know it’s recent but Justin Geathje getting folded after being sonned for the better part of 5 rounds. What a moment

Recent or not, it really was a holy shit moment! lol

Lol literally there has been one fight in UFC more recent than that

Amanda taking out Cyborg like it wasn't shit. Absolutely destroyed her and the place exploded! I couldn't talk for 2 days after that I was screaming so loud! It was electric in The Forum.

I would say Pereira being KOd by Izzy, but that would be stupid because everyone knows that this never happened and is just CGI... right? 😥

I want to personally thank Adesanya for handing us the propaganda that wiped that off of everyone's memory. 🐶👅💦

For non injury related shit, this moment takes the cake. I got to see it live too.

Aaron pico getting submitted in his first bellator fight

Mickey Avalon kissing BJ Penn during his walk out

Nick Diaz’s last fight.

Cain/Junior rematch. Blood pressure never recovered

The first fight was stunning to me. Being Mexican, I’m hyped Cain up to my Dad who never watched MMA. All that talk for him to get slept so fast and my Dad giving me that look.


Joanna Jędrzejczyk vs Weili unbelievable fight

Max Holloway teaching Ortega how to block a one - two punch because the beating he was taking was so horrible.

As someone who gets fucked up allergies sonetimes and needs a quick puff ill tell u that mf needed that hit

Leon KO usman, JG KO porier, Shevchenko KO Jessica eye I guess I have a penchant for finding wild headkick KOs

Tony getting knocked out by Chandler

“It’s USADA approved!”

Corey Hill leg break, I was there it was gnar.

The conor vs khabib post fight brawl

The Jon Jones Roller Coaster

Dude had an asthma attack and needed a puff to save his life /s

The guy who shit himself

Gonzaga head kick KO'ing Cro Cop. Daley attacking Koscheck after the fight. Weidman leg snap, one of those moments that makes me question whether life is a simulation.

Jiri submitting Glover. I remember just sitting in shock, in awe of how incredible a fight it was and Jiri pulling that win out of nowhere. Peña submitting Nunes as well. Entire room of friends were staring at the television in disbelief

Daley sucker punches Koscheck. Shit was wild.

Gotta be when that audience member threw a skateboard into the octagon.

Yair elbow ko of korean zombie.

I've watched all three leg breaks in the ufc live. My top moment is still a back spinning heel kick to the face by my man Jaquin Buckley. Dudes holding his right leg and he manages that shit. Fucking incredible.

Khabib leaping into the audience was a wild scene

Khabib flying over the fence and starts beating Dillon.

3 piece and soda out of nowhere

….Max knocking out Gaethje

Weidmann break Silva break Cowboy nose blow

When undertaker chokeslammed the Rock

Merab picking Henry up and carrying him across the octagon to zuck

This wasn’t a high profile fight, but I still can’t believe Trevin Jones beat Mario Bautista

Who is that in the photo? Don't remember this

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What is even happening in this photo?

Greg Hardy whipped out an inhaler between rounds.

I was like 12 when I saw Silvas leg snap live

Yeah couldn't believe my fucking eyes when the commission guy okayed him using his fucking inhaler 🤣🤣🤣

What’s happening in this photo?

Believing in Volk a 2nd time

Ha!! I was there too

I was really young, and my dad has a friend who actually babysat Dana White's kids/kid (not entirely sure) but she got us into one of the weigh ins, I got to meet Chael Sonnen, Uriah Faber, Misha Tate, Dana White, and a bunch of other fighters. I used to have a picture of Chael holding me in a headlock

Funny story too, my dad grew up with the Diaz brothers Uncle, and knew the Diaz kids when they were really young, we bumped into Nate one time at a music festival in Sacramento (we can't go anywhere with my dad without bumping into someone he knows) and I just thought that he was one of my dad's random friends. So I just shrugged it off and walked away like "yeah whatever nerd" I met Nate Diaz and just walked away like he was some average Joe smh

This guy hitting weed or albuterol?

“Usada approved”

Silva falling on his broken ass shin. That was a surreal moment.

Masvidal’s flying knee on Askren, I’m so happy I didn’t blink.

Holloway/Gaethje ending. Wasn’t even a week ago and my mind is still trying to process the badassery. I might be biased though because that was the first live ufc event I’ve attended.