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Mekchu
Apr 10, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Best UFC Debut Fight: Lando Vannata vs Tony Ferguson

Vannata deserves props for coming to fight at 155lbs (normally fights at 145lbs) and nearly KO'ng Fergusn (#3 in the LW) in the opening round of his debut match. He then went on to brawl it out with Ferguson until he got submitted after, basically, giving it up.

It was a great debut fight.

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Fentry
Mar 7, 2003



Adding Michael Page's flying knee from this weekend since I'm a sucker for flying knees and also he literally caved in Cyborg's skull

https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/754419055788904449

Bundt Cake
Aug 17, 2003
;(

Fentry posted:

Adding Michael Page's flying knee from this weekend since I'm a sucker for flying knees and also he literally caved in Cyborg's skull

https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/754419055788904449

o gently caress

SquirrelGrip
Jul 4, 2012

Fentry posted:

Adding Michael Page's flying knee from this weekend since I'm a sucker for flying knees and also he literally caved in Cyborg's skull

https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/754419055788904449

i thinks thats it for cyborg hey

https://www.instagram.com/p/BH-FKJkBj5o/

SquirrelGrip fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Jul 18, 2016

Wazzu
Feb 28, 2008

Are you sure I'm winning the Rumble? That does'nt seem right.....

Lid posted:

Very late

KO of the Year

Tong de Pan v Zhao Bao ONE FC 37, January 23rd

NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26P0qsgq2lA

That's an incredible minute of MMA (assuming you don't need pussy poo poo like defence or safety getting in the way of dudes doing awesome moves)

Fentry posted:

Adding Michael Page's flying knee from this weekend since I'm a sucker for flying knees and also he literally caved in Cyborg's skull

https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/754419055788904449

Good old MMA making me admire the strike for MMA reasons, and hate it for medical health reasons.

LobsterMobster
Oct 29, 2009

"I was being quiet and trying to be a good boy but he dialed the right combination to open the throw-down vault and it was on."

"Walter Foxx is ten times brighter than your bulb at the bottom of the tree merry xmas"
Worst ref - https://twitter.com/ZPGIFs/status/759228364712452096

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

Marching Powder posted:

The Inaugural Julian Lane Award for Allowing a Bro to Bang

Erik perez / Francisco Riviera Ufc 201 first 30 seconds (???) r3

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
Greatest comeback of the year

Bluedeanie
Jul 20, 2008

It's no longer a blue world, Max. Where could we go?



KOTY Cerrone def. Story, Tekken juggle combo, UFC 202

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

Bluedeanie posted:

KOTY Cerrone def. Story, Tekken juggle combo, UFC 202

Seconding. It needs consideration at least. It's extremely pretty

Bluedeanie
Jul 20, 2008

It's no longer a blue world, Max. Where could we go?



KOTY, Rumble Johnson banishes Glover to the Shadow Realm and keeps a tooth as a souvenir, UFC 202

Kuno
Nov 4, 2008
FOTY surely that McGregor Diaz fight has to be top contender?

Lloyd Boner
Oct 11, 2009

Yes officer, my name is Victoria Sonnen...berg
Definitely

Team_q
Jul 30, 2007

Bluedeanie posted:

KOTY Cerrone def. Story, Tekken juggle combo, UFC 202

That Combo was amazing.

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs

Bluedeanie posted:

KOTY Cerrone def. Story, Tekken juggle combo, UFC 202

That gut punch made me wince so hard. Phenomenal combo

Snowman_McK
Jan 31, 2010

Kuno posted:

FOTY surely that McGregor Diaz fight has to be top contender?

It's well behind Lawler/Condit.

Joey McChrist
Aug 8, 2005

Bluedeanie posted:

KOTY Cerrone def. Story, Tekken juggle combo, UFC 202

yeah

Bluedeanie posted:

KOTY, Rumble Johnson banishes Glover to the Shadow Realm and keeps a tooth as a souvenir, UFC 202

yeah

Kuno posted:

FOTY surely that McGregor Diaz fight has to be top contender?

i liked lawler/condit better but this was extremely good too

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

Tezcatlipoca
Sep 18, 2009
I nominate Maia's rnc of Condit for submission of the year.

Bundt Cake
Aug 17, 2003
;(
the jumping kick ko has to count for something

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs
Congrats to Paige vanZant on winning the inaugural "Move I Would Only Try On A Video Game That Somehow Actually Worked" award

Bluedeanie
Jul 20, 2008

It's no longer a blue world, Max. Where could we go?



Tezcatlipoca posted:

I nominate Maia's rnc of Condit for submission of the year.

It was super good and I don't object to its nomination, but I feel that Pettis subbing Oliveira was more worthy.

Tezcatlipoca
Sep 18, 2009

Bluedeanie posted:

It was super good and I don't object to its nomination, but I feel that Pettis subbing Oliveira was more worthy.

I was more impressed by Maia's since he got it against a fresh Condit and not a beaten up, tired Oliveira shooting a bad double.

Dr. Abysmal
Feb 17, 2010

We're all doomed
KO of the Year: Ryan Bader vs. Ilir Latifi, Knee, UFC Fight Night Barnett Arlovski

Schenck v. U.S.
Sep 8, 2010

Tezcatlipoca posted:

I was more impressed by Maia's since he got it against a fresh Condit and not a beaten up, tired Oliveira shooting a bad double.

IMO there could be a "Flawless Victory" award for that kind of fight, where a fighter completely has his way with an opponent who is ordinarily very dangerous, and destroys them with minimal difficulty. Maia got the sub in under two minutes and took zero damage doing it, against one of the most dangerous and resilient fighters in the WW division. RDA vs. Cerrone or Rumble vs. Bader are other examples of the same kind of thing (maybe it's exaggerating to call Bader very dangerous, but he was on a four-fight streak and would have been in line behind Jones for the title shot if he'd won).

maffew buildings
Apr 29, 2009

too dumb to be probated; not too dumb to be autobanned
if bader wasn't dangerous would he have been able to do this to an elite veteran fighter?

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fatherdog
Feb 16, 2005
Bader is bad in a lot of ways but he's clearly dangerous, since he has KO and sub finishes over good fighters.

Bluedeanie
Jul 20, 2008

It's no longer a blue world, Max. Where could we go?



Round of the year Werdum vs Browne I I, R1, UFC 203

E: comedy in MMA award, Overeem claiming he got a tap on Miocic and Joe Rogan/the production truck immediately replaying the guillotine attempt from multiple angles to prove him wrong in front of everyone

Bluedeanie fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Sep 11, 2016

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
Best Post Fight Interview

The Kimbo vs DADA 5000 Award for Comedy in MMA

Both: Joe Rogan v Alistair Overeem

just Kimbo: CM Punk

Also Worst Career Move: CM Punk

Lloyd Boner
Oct 11, 2009

Yes officer, my name is Victoria Sonnen...berg
Foul of the Year/Referee incompetence Travis Browne calling his own time out
Something for Werdum vs Edmond

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

Lloyd Boner posted:

Foul of the Year/Referee incompetence Travis Browne calling his own time out
Something for Werdum vs Edmond

Yeah. He'll never work again.

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
Worst Booking Decision

CM Punk v Mickey Gall

CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man


Werdum vs Edmond would go really well into a "What the poo poo was that? Cody McKenzie memorial award for inexplicable weirdness in MMA" award

Josuke Higashikata
Mar 7, 2013


Upset of the Year

Werdum did not break Tarverdyan's face

canoshiz
Nov 6, 2005

THANK GOD FOR THE SMOKE MACHINE!
Nominating Overeem for best post-fight interview of the year. Getting brutally owned by Joe Rogan on the spot is pretty good.

Tezcatlipoca
Sep 18, 2009
I nominate Chas Skelly's submission over Maximo Blanco for anything and everything it could possibly be nominated for.

Gramps
Dec 30, 2006


Tezcatlipoca posted:

I nominate Chas Skelly's submission over Maximo Blanco for anything and everything it could possibly be nominated for.

Agreed, but I feel this way any time someone hits an Anaconda choke because they're my favorite

Street Horrrsing
Mar 24, 2010

Godwalker of The Grateful Prisoner



Elevator of the year: The one that prevented a CB Dolloway fight and confined him to ohio

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/9/16/12943704/dollaway-still-stuck-in-ohio-a-week-after-ufc-203-back-injury

Runner up: The one Gray Maynard hit on Fernando Bruno

Bluedeanie
Jul 20, 2008

It's no longer a blue world, Max. Where could we go?



Sub of the year and also the more winnable comedy in mma: Erick Silva earns a rear naked choke after reverse leapfrogging a gassy idiot who tried to hold his hand, UFC Fight Night Cyborg vs Lansberg

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Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
BEST POST FIGHT

KRAZY HORSE AT RIZIN

NOTHING COMES CLOSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43b71QfkI8M

Lid fucked around with this message at 09:22 on Sep 25, 2016

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