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Let's do this. I'll close nominations on New Year's Day (some time) and then we'll do voting for a couple weeks after that. I'm populating initial nominees from the past Rowdy ringsports end of year winners. I'm only putting in positive categories, though if I really get overriden on that I will add "worst fight." Imo if something is bad enough to be memorable, nominate it for a comedy award. I'll keep adding things that generated lots of buzz, as I t hink of them too. Mekchu posted:Thread for MMA's Best & Worst of 2019 Voting & Discussion is now open - https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3907807 So here are the categories I'm starting with and the nominations. I'd like to cap it at 10 categories to make voting easier. I've put in yearly winners for fighter of the year as automatic nominees, plus a few obvious candidates. Fighter of the Decade Criteria: combination of influence on the sport while maintaining consistently good performances at the highest levels, i.e. successful and important. 2013: Chris Weidman 2014: Robbie Lawler 2015: Conor McGregor 2016: Cody Garbrandt 2017: Max Holloway 2018: Daniel Cormier Ronda Rousey Best at fighting Criteria: winning the most and toughest fights against the strongest opposition. Jon Jones Anderson Silva Georges St. Pierre Demetrious Johnson Khabib Nurmagomedov Amanda Nunes (has entirely cleaned out two divisions and has two wins over the champ of a third) Coolest fighter Criteria: PSP's favourite fighters who are cool who you like because of their personality and/or because they're fun to watch. 2013-16: Mark Hunt 2017: Demetrious Johnson 2018: Max Holloway Tony Ferguson (wins TUF in 2011, goes 15-1 in the 2010s, is cool and weird) Justin Gaethje Amanda Nunes Robbie Lawler Nate Diaz Daniel Cormier, he put the wrestlefuck on people really good. Fight of the decade 2013: UFC Fight Night 33 Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva 2014: UFC 171 Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler 2015: UFC 189 Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald 2016: UFC 206 - Cub Swanson vs Doo Ho Choi 2017: UFC 218 - Eddie Alvarez vs Justin Gaethje 2018: Chan Sung Jung vs Yair Rodriguez, UFC Fight Night 139 Jorge Santiago vs Kazuo Misaki 2 Sengoku 14 nomination post UFC 125 Edgar vs Maynard UFC 136 Edgar vs Maynard 2 UFC 117 Sonnen-Silva UFC 139 Henderson vs Shogun UFC on Fuel: Zombie vs Poirier - Korean Zombie vs Dustin Poirier UFC 195 Robbie Lawler vs Carlos Condit UFC 166 - Gilbert Melendez vs Diego Sanchez MMA story of the decade Women in MMA MMA in New York USADA Reebok WME-IMG MMA comedy of the decade 2015: Anderson Silva vs. Nick Diaz The fight. The drug failures. The trials. The dick pills. The prank call. Everything. DWG has requested a full pbp of this to refresh 2016: Kimbo Slice vs Dada 5000 2017: Andrei Arlovski fights a giant baby in a diaper 2018: Everything surrounding UFC 223 (Tony tripping on a cable with sunglasses; Conor vs Bus; weighing Iaquinta's panties...) Yoel Romero in sum: stool, poop, no for gay jesus.. etc. nomination post Ronda Rousey poops in the woods then marries the tiki themed turd golem Comedy of the decade - Chael Sonnen vs Tito Ortiz bellator press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlIajTUb2bo Brendan Schaub (his UFC fights, his podcast with Joe when he got told he'd be hosed up hard by top heavyweights, his claims he wasn't retiring when he ultimately did, his attempt at podcasting on like 5 mediocre podcasts, and his terrible stand up career.) KO of the decade 2013: UFC 162 Chris Weidman KO Anderson Silva 2014: UFC Fight Night 52 Mark Hunt KO Roy Nelson 2015: UFC 194 Conor McGregor KO Jose Aldo [Punches] 2016*TIE*: UFC 206 - Lando Vannata KO Jon Makdessi (Spinning wheel kick) 2016*TIE*: UFC 199 - Dan Henderson KO Hector Lombard (Back elbow) 2017: UFC 219 - Francis Ngannou KO Alistair Overeem (Uppercut) 2018: Yair Rodriguez vs Chan Sung Jung, upward elbow, UFC Fight Night 139 Jienitsu KO Shinya Aoki Dynamite 2010 nomination post UFC 239 - Masvidal KO Askren (5 sec flying knee) UFC 126 Anderson Silva KO Vitor Belfort (front kick TO THE FACE) UFC 142 Edson Barboza KO Terry Etim (wheel kick) TUF 17 Uriah Hall KO Adam Cella (Spinning hook kick) Submission of the decade 2013: UFC 164 Anthony Pettis SUB Benson Henderson via Armbar 2014: UFC Fight Night 49 Ben Saunders SUB Chris Heatherly via Omoplata 2015: UFC 186 Demetrious Johnson SUB Kyoji Horiguchi [Armbar] 2016: UFC on Fox 18 - Ben Rothwell SUB Josh Barnett (Gogo choke) 2017: UFC 216 - Demetrious Johnson SUB Ray Borg (Suplex armbar) 2018: Aljamain Sterling vs Cody Stamann and Zabit Magomedshapirov vs Brandon Davis, kneebar, UFC 228 Korean Zombie sub Leonard Garcia (twister), UFC Fight Night Nogueira vs. Davis Strikeforce whatever: Werdum vs Fedor nomination post Performance of the decade 2015: UFC 193 Holly Holm def. Ronda Rousey 2016: UFC 206 - Cody Garbrandt def. Dominick Cruz 2017: UFC 218 - Max Holloway vs Jose Aldo 2 2018: Amanda Nunes vs Cris Cyborg, UFC 232 UFC 128 Jon Jones vs Shogun Rua nomination post UFC 173 TJ Dillashaw def Renan Barγo UFC 121 Cain Velasquez def Brock Lesnar UFC 217 Georges St. Pierre sub Michael Bisping Upset of the decade. 2013: UFC 162 Chris Weidman def. Anderson Silva 2014: UFC 173 TJ Dillashaw def. Renan Barγo 2015: UFC 193 Holly Holm def. Ronda Rousey 2016: UFC 199 - Michael Bisping def. Luke Rockhold 2017: UFC 217 - Rose Namajunas vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk 2018: Henry Cejudo vs Demetrious Johnson, UFC 227 UFC 232 Nunes KOng Cyborg in less than a round. I don't think anyone saw that happening the way it did. Mekchu posted:I think this 100% should be done. 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZXg4a1gkvQ CommonShore fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Jan 2, 2020 |
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CommonShore posted:MMA comedy of the decade I'll be honest, it took me a minute to remember the full scope of how much this was a shitshow and I think it deserves a full recap by someone. It's my pick.
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Dec 24, 2019 01:44
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MMA comedy of the decade is yoel Romero for me. Stoolgate, an actually stool in his pants during the fight which he acted like it was a normal thing afterwards, no for gay Jesus, his weird corner man, winning 17 mil for not being on steroids apparently, I am sure there is many more. Also whoever live posted in the GDT during the Kennedy fight "not the first time there has been an unwanted stool in a yoel Romero fight". Probably the hardest the forums have ever made me laugh. turntabler fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Dec 24, 2019 |
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Dec 24, 2019 01:48
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I never heard about the poop in his pants bit. Wtf.
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Dec 24, 2019 02:00
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i have a few nominations that came to mind. Fight of the decade Sengoku 14: Jorge Santiago vs. Kazuo Misaki 2 (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xl12z3) one of the most brutal and violent fights you'll ever see. should really be viewed in context of their first also excellent fight which i can't find online now. and in the context of misaki's whole career. he's great. UFC 117: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen. all time classic, from start to finish. it's a perfect encapsulation of chael sonnen. he double legs his way out of full mount at one point. KO of the decade Dynamite 2010: Jienotsu vs. Shinya Aoki (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcGjmRXA0xc) maybe this one doesn't count because it's a weird mixed rules hybrid match. it's incredible. the guy with the dyed hair is a kickboxer. the guy without dyed hair is a grappler and was the best lightweight in japan. he's also a huge rear end in a top hat who has molested female reporters and deliberately broken his opponents' limbs after they tapped. it's worth watching in full. Submission of the decade Strikeforce: Fabricio Werdum vs. Fedor fedor had looked a bit poo poo for a few fights before this and his fall wasn't exactly graceful after. but it was a really wonderful submission. it was very cathartic to see fedor lose. there's not a lot of his insane fans left but one of them made a thread called the agony and ecstasy of being a fedor fan or something like that after he lost. Performance of the decade UFC 128: Jon Jones vs. Shogun Rua. i think jones was a decent favourite coming in. no one could have predicted this beatdown. i thought shogun would sweep him with kneebars and beat him up on the feet. i learned an important lesson. Foul Fowl fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Dec 24, 2019 |
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Edited to include ^, ^^, and ^^^. I'm linking nomination posts or informational posts instead of quoting what I feel is relevant information.
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Dec 24, 2019 04:18
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Comedy of the decade - Chael Sonnen vs Tito Ortiz bellator press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlIajTUb2bo
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Dec 24, 2019 04:38
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Amanda Nunes deserves to be coolest fighter
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Dec 25, 2019 01:08
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I'm going to put her in there and rejigger the "best fighter" divisoins a bit.
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Dec 25, 2019 03:16
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2012 highlight is out for UFC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmNQCNAACw
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Dec 25, 2019 07:23
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Robbie vs Condit should probably be in the mix for fight of the decade
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Dec 25, 2019 08:25
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZXg4a1gkvQ Updated a few more categories based on posts and other stuff
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Dec 26, 2019 23:14
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no love for sanchez-melendez? it's my favorite fight of all time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oHr1sTpimE
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Comedy of the Decade: Brendan Schaub (his UFC fights, his podcast with Joe when he got told he'd be hosed up hard by top heavyweights, his claims he wasn't retiring when he ultimately did, his attempt at podcasting on like 5 mediocre podcasts, and his terrible stand up career.) Upset of the Decade: Nunes KOng Cyborg in less than a round. I don't think anyone saw that happening the way it did. Coolest Fighter of the Decade: Daniel Cormier, he put the wrestlefuck on people really good.
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Poll is up https://forms.gle/YZPhRrgJnEcBzy118
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Jan 2, 2020 23:36
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It's so weird to think about how huge a deal Holly beating Ronda was, given how completely unremarkable (outside of being funny) Holly Holm's career has been since then. Nunes forever!
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Jerusalem posted:It's so weird to think about how huge a deal Holly beating Ronda was, given how completely unremarkable (outside of being funny) Holly Holm's career has been since then. Just imagine if they had matched Ronda up with GDR like...ever.
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Jan 10, 2020 11:52
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Jerusalem posted:It's so weird to think about how huge a deal Holly beating Ronda was, given how completely unremarkable (outside of being funny) Holly Holm's career has been since then. Buster DougLass
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Brut posted:Just imagine if they had matched Ronda up with GDR like...ever. Holm's cowardice played a big part as she skittered around the outside. GdR probably would have just gotten tossed and subbed
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Extremely disappointed in myself that I forgot about one of the funniest things in MMA history. Dominick Cruz had been out of action for nearly 3 years due to injury. In his last bout, a successful defense of the bantamweight title, saw him break his hand in the first round. He then tore his ACL in 2012. His body rejected the cadaver ligament used as a replacement, requiring another surgery. He then suffered a torn groin, putting him out of action even longer. Then, in 2014, he finally returned to action, taking on Takeya Mizugaki. Cruz, true to his nickname, dominated, finishing Mizugaki just past the first minute. His first fight since 2011, his first finish since 2010. Cruz was back, and was gonna challenge for the title he'd never lost. At the World MMA Awards, Cruz was rightfully honored with Comeback of the Year, but not for a single bout that he turned around, but his whole career, that many people thought was over some time in 2013. So what's funny? Cruz accepted the award on crutches, because he had torn his other ACL and would have to sit out all of 2015 nursing yet another injury.
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Jan 10, 2020 22:12
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Lid posted:Buster DougLass gently caress 
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Voting is closed. I've calculated the results and I'm working on an effortpost for each. I got a headstart on the really big blowout votes, and some of them will take less effort than others.
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