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Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Derrick Lewis surviving that fight and then winning it must be up there for Comeback of the Year too. That ruled.

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Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Yeah that was gross and terrifying and the referee's incompetence was staggering.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Digital Jedi posted:

The Jon Jones Award for Self Destruction(Worst Career Move)
Conor McGregor coked fueled rampage at the Barclays Center for UFC 223 that ended up with 3 fights being cancelled and him in jail

I'm quoting this so I won't forget it, but also how the gently caress could I ever forget this magical, insane time?

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Knockout of the Year:

Siyar "The Great" Bahadurzada vs Luan "Tarzan" Chagas - UFC Fight Night 128 - this may technically count as TWO knockouts?

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

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

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?

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Round of the Year
Round 1: Iuri Alcāntara vs. Cory Sandhagen UFC Fight Night Lincoln 8/25

Comeback of the Year
Iuri Alcāntara vs. Cory Sandhagen UFC Fight Night Lincoln 8/25

One of the craziest things I've ever seen.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

To be fair, yeah that's pretty accurate. At one point the fighter just stops assaulting his opponent, looks up at the ref and literally throws his arms out wide like,"The gently caress, dude?"

The Big Dan/Lil Kim Award for Refereeing Incompetence
Iuri Alcāntara vs. Cory Sandhagen UFC Fight Night Lincoln 8/25

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Knockout of the Year
James Vick vs. Justin Gaethje - UFC Fight Night Lincoln 8/25

Watching one of the fighters instantly transform into a sack of potatoes was a hell of a thing.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Now now, let's be accurate here. He only got an 18 month ban from USADA because he didn't intend to cheat AND snitched on the guy who was helping him to intentionally cheat, and so he can now return in October. :colbert:

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Digital Jedi posted:

Comeback of the Year
UFC 229 The Black Beast KOs Volkov with less than 20 seconds left in the 3rd round after losing the 1st and 2nd

And best post interview of the year too

Holy gently caress yes, just watched it and Volkov being dropped was insane.

Brown Paper Bag posted:

Best Round - Ferguson v Pettis round 2

Hell yes, that was fantastic.

Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 12:12 on Oct 7, 2018

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Fight of the Year: Yair Rodriguez vs. The Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung - UFC Fight Night 139

Knockout of the Year: Yair Rodriguez vs. The Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung - UFC Fight Night 139

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Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Fight of the Year: Jimi Manuwa vs. Thiago Santos at UFC 231

Round of the Year: Round 1 of Jimi Manuwa vs. Thiago Santos at UFC 231

Edit: Also Fight of the Year: Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega at UFC 231. Holy gently caress.

Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 07:09 on Dec 9, 2018

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