Solid list. These were fun fights and like you said about Conor vs. Aldo, if you know you know...Jones vs. Gustafsson 1 was like that. Jones was seen as basically unbeatable and then Gustaffson started beating him up and even taking him down. I remember watching it in a packed restaurant with a group of friends and everyone -- even people who didn't really care about MMA -- was losing their minds. Girls in our friend group who were with us just to enjoy the night out and didn't follow the sport were texting and calling friends and yelling, "You've got to see this fight that's happening now!" Just chaos. Older fight but it shocked everyone.
Damn when the ladies are texting about it you already know it was a big fight . Yes man those fights back then were nuts. As Joe Rogan would say “PEOPLE FORGET MAN”
Cris Cyborg is the all-time absolute boogeyman of the MMA. I remember how fucking scary she was for just existing, and also the hype it was when she arrived at UFC.
Bro I remember being pissed at hyping up all my noob buddies to ufc , at the time, about how dope Izzy vs Romero was going to be, because I did hella like Yoel Romeros early career in the ufc, but man, talk about the biggest shitting of the bed , ever😂 Fuck that fight, I hate that fight so much in hindsight, mostly I hate Izzy for not doing anything, I think it was his fault mainly tbh.
Your definition of recent memory is different than mine. Half of these happened pre pandemic 5+ yrs ago.
Still recent memory for me tbh. But I get what you mean
Ikr Mcgregor beating aldo was 10 years ago 😂
Solid list. These were fun fights and like you said about Conor vs. Aldo, if you know you know...Jones vs. Gustafsson 1 was like that. Jones was seen as basically unbeatable and then Gustaffson started beating him up and even taking him down.
I remember watching it in a packed restaurant with a group of friends and everyone -- even people who didn't really care about MMA -- was losing their minds. Girls in our friend group who were with us just to enjoy the night out and didn't follow the sport were texting and calling friends and yelling, "You've got to see this fight that's happening now!" Just chaos. Older fight but it shocked everyone.
Damn when the ladies are texting about it you already know it was a big fight . Yes man those fights back then were nuts. As Joe Rogan would say “PEOPLE FORGET MAN”
@BunnyMMA Exactly. And I was just thinking: " People forget, maaaan" about how big that fight was when I read this. 😂
Cris Cyborg is the all-time absolute boogeyman of the MMA. I remember how fucking scary she was for just existing, and also the hype it was when she arrived at UFC.
Bro I remember being pissed at hyping up all my noob buddies to ufc , at the time, about how dope Izzy vs Romero was going to be, because I did hella like Yoel Romeros early career in the ufc, but man, talk about the biggest shitting of the bed , ever😂
Fuck that fight, I hate that fight so much in hindsight, mostly I hate Izzy for not doing anything, I think it was his fault mainly tbh.
Right. Such a frustrating fight
I mean atleast they got to see Weili vs Joanna
Islam vs Charles ufc 280 and Islam vs Volk 2