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***Top 25 fights to show a new fan - MAKEOVER, we need your input!***

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#1 · (Edited)
So, our lovely old list of the top 25 fights to show a new fan is in serious need of an update.

A LOT of great fights have happened since then, and this is where you guys come in. We need your list. Your top 25 of most entertaining fights all time.

Remember that this has to be the top 25 fights that you would show to a friend if you wanted him/her to get into MMA.

The way this works is, when this thread is eventually closed we will take all your lists, give every fight 1-25 points according to it's placement on each list and add it all up. That way we get an average top 25 which we will unveil sometime in 2012 :)

Now, have fun making these lists - and put some thought into it! And remember - every promotion is in this, not just UFC :)

And thank you for your help!
 
#57 ·
Jason MacDonald vs. Canada Joe Doerksen (UFC 83)


??? This is an awesome fight to show a new fan, it shows an excellent display of grappling and rather than simply jostling for position McDonald is trying to keep his arm from snapping behind his back, it shows excellent technique whilst still being interesting to a layman.

I would recommend whoever is incharge of this list give it a watch, it is probably the only fight my girlfriend has watched fully with interest and amazingly the best parts are the grappeling.

5 Star recommended from me.
 
#43 ·
Hey guys, my account stopped working for a few days, someone must have hacked my account, anyways. I was saying that I train at a famous gym and stuff, trying to get down to 135 because I can't find any fights around here at heavyweight. My girlfriend's dad Gary is a security guard and knows a lot of hand to hand combat stuff, over the holidays he's gonna help me with my striking. I'd say my grappling is at 8.5/10, my striking is probably only a 7/10 but after I spar with Gary for a few hours should be at about 9/10.
 
#47 ·
1. Griffen/Bonnar 1
2. Garcia/Zombie
3. Edgar/Maynard 2
4. Sanchez/Guida
5. Torres/Mizugaki
6. Bendo/Pettis
7. GSP/Penn 1
8.Diaz/Noons 2
9. Liddell/Wandy
10. Edgar/Maynard 3
11. Penn/Fitch
12. Cruz/Faber 2
13. Hendo/Shogun
14. Penn/Sanchez
15. Santiago/Misaki 2
16. Faber/Brown 2
17. Rampage/Wandy 2
18. Penn/Sherk
19. Chandler/Friere (Bellator 44)
20. Couture/Liddell 1
21. Sonnen/Silva
22. Gomi./Diaz (Nick)
22. Rory/Condit
23. Frye.Takayama
24. Chandler/Alvarez (Bellator)
25. Shamrock/Le
 
#48 ·
1. Hendo vs Shogun ** The only one in a specific order
2. Machida vs Shogun 1
3. Henderson vs Pettis
4-6. Liddell vs Couture trilogy
7. Fedor vs Nogeiura
8. Cro Cop vs Nogeiura
9. Penn vs Florian
10. Couture vs Sylvia
11. Korean Zombie vs Garcia 2
12. Cain vs Nogeiura
13-14. Cruz vs Faber 1/2
15-16. Mir vs Nogeiura 1/2
17. Silva vs Griffin
18. A. Silva vs Hendo
19. Franklin vs W. Silva
20. Silva vs Sonnen
21. GSP vs Penn 1
22. Condit vs Ellenberger
23. Diaz vs Daley
24. Penn vs Edgar 1
25. Edgar vs Maynard 3

Something I gleaned from thinking this up over the past ten minutes: 25 is too few fights. There are just to many fights between icons, or barn burners to pack into 25 fights.
 
#49 ·
Something I gleaned from thinking this up over the past ten minutes: 25 is too few fights. There are just to many fights between icons, or barn burners to pack into 25 fights.
I agree I could easily go to 50.

26. Frank/Tito
27. Franklin/Hendo
28. Smith/Sell
29. Stout/Fisher
30. Franklin/Silva
31. Faber/Pulver
32. Torres/Maeda
33. Shogun/Rampage
34. Shogun/Machida 1
35. Couture/Sylvia
36. Penn/Hughes 1
37. Cerrone/Bendo
38. Bendo/Guida
39. Davis/Lytle
40. Grove/Munoz
41. Lil Nog/Shogun
42. Cyborg/Coenen
43. Sanchez/Kampmann
44. Diaz/Daley
45. Kampmann/Condit
46. Fedor/Hendo
47. Guida/Griffen
48. Alvarez/Hansen
49. Kawajiri/Gomi
50. Forrest/Rampage.
 
#55 · (Edited)
1. Diego Sanchez vs Clay Guida
2. GSP vs Koscheck II
3. Jon Jones vs Shogun
4. Dan Henderson vs Shogun
5. Griffin vs Bonnar
6. Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen
7. Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir II
8. Ben Henderson vs Anthony Pettis
9. Daniel Cormier vs Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva
10. Jon Jones vs Machida
11. Machida vs Shogun II
12. BJ Penn vs Frankie Edgar II
13. Edgar vs Maynard II
14. Alistair Overeem vs Brock Lesnar
15. Junior Dos Santos vs Carwin
16. Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort
17. Rich Franklin vs Chuck Liddell
18. Fedor vs Hendo
19. Cain vs Lesnar
20. Jones vs Rampage
21. Machida vs Evans
22. Frank Mir vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
23. Jose Aldo vs Hominick
24. Brian Bowles vs Urijah Faber
25. Evans vs Ortiz

That's my list, I think there might be more fights which deserve to be on it but, I have watched it since UFC 100 i think :)
 
#66 · (Edited)
Gracie vs Ken Shamrock
Tanner vs Franklin
Leben vs Akinyama
Duffy vs Russow
Griffin vs Bonnar (fight one)
Sonnen vs Silva
Silva vs Franklin
BJ Penn vs Hughes (fight 2)
BJ Penn vs Caol Uno
Nick Diaz vs Sanchez
Sanchez vs Kampmann
Freeman vs Mir
Mir vs Big Nog
Liddell vs Couture (fight one)
Liddell vs Couture (fight two)
Liddell vs Ortiz (fight one)
Liddell vs Ortiz (fight two)
Hughes vs Trigg
Fitch vs GSP
Edgar vs Maynard (fight three)
Sanchez vs Guida
Stout vs Edwards
Taylor vs Kelly
Rua vs Henderson
Barry vs Kongo

The first 25 UFC fights that came to mind, im sure if i really took time and thought about it id be changing probably half my choices, anyhoo they are all still entertaining fights.
 
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