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Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin
Performance of the Year: Kevin Lee, Fight Night Atlantic City, 21st April.

He timed almost all of Barboza's kicks and knees, and crushed him on the ground. If the doctor didn't stop the fight, it probably would have been 49-43 or 49-42. I saw some media scores that gave Lee the 2nd round 10-7.

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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.
Sadly he has no chance of winning because what people will remember is the stank legs.

Tezcatlipoca
Sep 18, 2009

Lid posted:

Sadly he has no chance of winning because what people will remember is the stank legs.

I remember Barboza taking an even worse beating than Khabib gave him so nah, dawg.

CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man


Comeback of the year Jack Hermansson vs Thales Leites, UFC 224.

Hermansson has his rib explode early in round 2 and has a legit BJJ player on top of him until the bell, surviving several deep submission attempts. Round 3 he comes out hard, survives a locked-in anaconda choke, and manages to get mount and a TKO by strikes.

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.
Comedy in MMA

https://twitter.com/FancyCombat/status/995500499838427137

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
Oleinik 2nd Ezekiel choke

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



Digital Jedi posted:

Oleinik 2nd Ezekiel choke

2nd UFC Exekiel choke ever and he’s responsible for both. He’s had 11 in his career iirc.

Dr. Abysmal
Feb 17, 2010

We're all doomed
Comeback of the Year: Claudio Puelles vs. Felipe Silva, UFC Fight Night 129.

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"
Feel like there's been some stuff to nominate in recent weeks, so here we go:

Knockout of the Year

Lyoto Machida (front kick) vs Vitor Belfort, UFC 224

Jose Torres (Slam) vs Jarred Brooks, UFC Fight Night 131

Marlon Moraes (head kick) vs Jimmie Rivera, UFC Fight Night 131

Round of the Year

Jason Knight vs Makwan Amirkhani, R1, UFC Fight Night 130

Comeback of the Year

Arnold Allen vs Mads Burnell, UFC Fight Night 130

Cornering incompetence:

Raquel Pennington tells her team she's done at the end of r4. They tell her to go out anyway for round 5, which saw her get stopped very quickly - UFC 224

Comedy in MMA

King Mo gets killed by Ryan Bader in 15 seconds, Bellator 199

Jarred Brooks slams himself unconscious vs Jose Torres, UFC Fight Night 131

Worst Fight

Kamaru Usman vs Demian Maia, UFC Fight Night 129

Darren Till vs Stephen Thompson, UFC Fight Night 130

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

LobsterMobster posted:

Lyoto Machida (front kick) vs Vitor Belfort, UFC 224

Machida hacked his own moveset and replaced it with Anderson Silva's :mmmsmug:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TmFYGktmPc

Tezcatlipoca
Sep 18, 2009
Jimmy Smith's dedication to being wrong really annoyed me with that KO. He goes on and on about the front leg tricking Belfort while Machida obviously feints then kicks with his rear leg.

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin
Fight of the year: Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero, UFC 225, 9th June 2018.

Round of the year: Round 3, Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero, UFC 225, 9th June 2018.

Comedy in MMA: CM Punk vs. Mike Jackson, UFC 225, 9th June 2018.

KO of the year: Curtis Blaydes vs. Alistair Overeem, UFC 225, 9th June 2018.

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



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

Memento posted:

Round of the year: Round 3, Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero, UFC 225, 9th June 2018.

KO of the year: Curtis Blaydes vs. Alistair Overeem, UFC 225, 9th June 2018.

second

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin
I can't remember the last time I saw someone's face go BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD as fast as Overeem's did. Every elbow landed in the exact same spot on his forehead and opened the cut wider and wider. 50k well earned for Blaydes.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Memento posted:

Fight of the year: Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero, UFC 225, 9th June 2018.

Round of the year: Round 3, Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero, UFC 225, 9th June 2018.

Comedy in MMA: CM Punk vs. Mike Jackson, UFC 225, 9th June 2018.

KO of the year: Curtis Blaydes vs. Alistair Overeem, UFC 225, 9th June 2018.

Agreed on all four

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.
And despite all that

Worst card ufc 225

Snowman_McK
Jan 31, 2010

Lid posted:

And despite all that

Worst card ufc 225

It was very Fight Night 36ish.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



225 itself was bad but it had the best fightpass prelims i’ve seen in a while (minus MMMSRE getting retired).

Bundt Cake
Aug 17, 2003
;(
Curtis Blaydes is *doublechecks* FOR REAL

STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

Lid posted:

And despite all that

Worst card ufc 225

if they rearranged some of the undercard and main card it'd probably be remembered as one of the better ppvs.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Memento posted:

I can't remember the last time I saw someone's face go BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD as fast as Overeem's did. Every elbow landed in the exact same spot on his forehead and opened the cut wider and wider. 50k well earned for Blaydes.

I legitimately thought I had looked at my phone or something for a minute and missed about 20 strikes but no, it happened that fast.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Worst Fight of the Year: Derrick Lewis vs Francis Ngannou at UFC 226

Can you even classify this as a fight?

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
With this Stat I'll submit Pettis's Triangle armbar submissions

https://mobile.twitter.com/MJCflipdascript/status/1015791181941260288

wilderthanmild
Jun 21, 2010

Posting shit



Grimey Drawer

Jerusalem posted:

Worst Fight of the Year: Derrick Lewis vs Francis Ngannou at UFC 226

Can you even classify this as a fight?

No way anyone can find a major televised fight worse than this.

CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man


wilderthanmild posted:

No way anyone can find a major televised fight worse than this.

Gabriel Gonzaga vs Konstantin Erokhin on the Tuf 22 finale was actually a worse fight imo

Lloyd Boner
Oct 11, 2009

Yes officer, my name is Victoria Sonnen...berg
I think expectations going in make this one worse

Ditch
Jul 29, 2003

Backdrop Hunger

Dr. Abysmal posted:

Comeback of the Year: Claudio Puelles vs. Felipe Silva, UFC Fight Night 129.
Re-watched this last night and it is as good as any comeback in MMA history. Wow.

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.
KOotY - Niko Price KO's Randy Brown with hammerfists from the bottom which I'm still not sure really happened.

https://streamja.com/jew7

Fentry
Mar 7, 2003



Adding this crazy sub from One FC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyqS8_Ncvc4&t=30s

Power of Pecota
Aug 4, 2007

Goodness no, now that wouldn't do at all!

Worst Event of the Year - Fight Night 134 Shogun vs. Smith

UFC 222 at least had a cool Brian Ortega KO, Sean O'Malley winning with a broken leg, and C.B. Dolloway's victory chariot. There's one fight left and the only cool thing that happened so far is a guy without a Wikipedia page getting a sudden triangle sub.

Bluedeanie
Jul 20, 2008

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



Round of the year, Aldo vs Stephens

CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man


Round of the year Poirier vs Alvarez II; round 2

Lloyd Boner
Oct 11, 2009

Yes officer, my name is Victoria Sonnen...berg
Jon Jones Award for Eddie cheating his way into his own destruction

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib

Lloyd Boner posted:

Jon Jones Award for Eddie cheating his way into his own destruction

Add Dustin slipping in a clear knee to the balls is his combo getting a TKO

Power of Pecota
Aug 4, 2007

Goodness no, now that wouldn't do at all!

CommonShore posted:

Round of the year Poirier vs Alvarez II; round 2

Enthusiastically seconded

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
Think it's a worth suggestion even with it being such a drat close fight

Upset of the Year
UFC 227 Cejudo dethroning Mighty Mouse by split decision

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
The Big Dan/Lil Kim Award for Refereeing Incompetence


https://twitter.com/BrMassami/status/1031350697084649472


We inch closer to the first in cage death thanks to this ref. And even some blame to the other fighter for not letting go earlier.

CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man


Digital Jedi posted:

The Big Dan/Lil Kim Award for Refereeing Incompetence


https://twitter.com/BrMassami/status/1031350697084649472


We inch closer to the first in cage death thanks to this ref. And even some blame to the other fighter for not letting go earlier.

:stare: :aaaaa:

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Digital Jedi posted:

The Big Dan/Lil Kim Award for Refereeing Incompetence


https://twitter.com/BrMassami/status/1031350697084649472


We inch closer to the first in cage death thanks to this ref. And even some blame to the other fighter for not letting go earlier.

unless that dude was talking mad poo poo in that choke, he's dead. bonus points for the ref sauntering.

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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"
comedy in mma: the man what tore asunder his nard satchel via power tool, and thus, will never drill a high crotch rip ever again

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