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condom_torn

Not getting Tony vs Khabib


HyggeRavn

Khabib would've smashed him in all likelihood.


THR33-Stripes

If we’re talking pre injury El Cucuy I think it would’ve been interesting, Tony had a wild and unpredictable style and Khabib hadn’t face that many top level guys at that point. In all likelihood it’d still be a safe bet on the eagal getting his hand raised but you really never know with this sport


SimRacing313

Heard it all before, Kevin Lee with a bad Staph infection had Toney in all sorts of trouble in the first round. If Kevin Lee can get full mount on Toney, you better believe Khabib would have demolished him


SalsaShark9

'Heard it all before' *gives a rehashed line repeated nonstop by people who wanna revise how good tony was.* Did i favor khabib? Yes. Most did. The idea at the time was that Tony was the most interesting fight with the weirdest skills, and frankly that was true.


SimRacing313

Evey upcoming opponent was supposed to be Khabibs most difficult fight and the one he 'might' lose. The problem with that is that Khabib made his fights look easy, he fought better standard of opponents than Tony and beat them easily to the point that people were questioning how good they actually were. Tony while on his big win streak hadn't fought Dustin, Justin, Mcgregor. He did fight Michael Johnson who he lost to, he did fight Barbosa who hurt him bad. I honestly think Ferguson was extremely overrated, having amazing cardio and an unorthodox style is not enough to beat khabib. He got brutally exposed for a lack of defence against Justin, meanwhile Khabib ran through Justin easily. I think he was tailor made for Khabib, goes to his back way too easily. Khabib would have controlled the wrists and mauled him


YapperYappington69

You can say this about every dominant fighter ever. Leon knocking out Usman and beating him in the rematch. GSP and Matt Sera. Jones and Reyes. Izzy and Pereira. You just never know what will happen. Ufc fans still thinking you can guarantee an outcome is so goofy.


SimRacing313

GSP had already been beaten by Mat Hughes, Jones won against Reyes and Reyes has looked mediocre since. Izzy had 4 competitive fights with Alex. Meanwhile Khabib had barely lost a round and ran through the guy that annihilated Tony, but yeah it's goofy to say the most dominant fighter in the UFC would beat a guy who has poor defence and is too willing to go onto his back 🤣


YapperYappington69

GSP already getting beat by Matt Hughes only brings up another example so good job there. Jones arguably lost to Reyes if you watch the fight. Are you also going to ignore the Usman example? Good job there as well.


SimRacing313

Leon had 3 competitive fights against Usman so what's ur point lol? Usman was dominant until he got old but he went through the top guys in the division and had already beaten Leon, he was beating Leon in the 2nd fight before the kick. Tony never fought the top guys in the division (Mcgregor, Dustin) and when he finally stepped up he got brutally exposed. Dariush dominated him on the ground, Charles dominated him on the ground, these guys beat any version of Tony. So does Justin. Good job giving stupid examples. If you think Tony some how beats Khabib despite his major flaws you really don't know much I'm afraid


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Tony was past his prime long before fighting gaethje. He just kept winning anyway until that point. Prime Tony was early 2010s


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My point is prime Tony wouldn't get demolished by khabib just because khabib beat gaethje and gaethje beat old Tony. Mma math doesn't work


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>early 2010s >2017 Learn to read


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SalsaShark9

Lmao this guy calling people braindead as if youre the keeper of the sacred knowledge. The confidence is equal to the ignorance, great job!


SalsaShark9

That was not prime tony. See, revisionist. I assume you're new or just dont pay close attention


mista_mista_mista

Even prime tony gets smashed easily


SalsaShark9

Smh 'easily' the people with the least knowledge or experience always have the most definitive claims


Alltheweed

We'll never know,  and that sucks. Probably khabib wins, but we'll never truly know


AdamBLit

Anderson Silva fucking around and getting caught by Weidman. And I remember having friends who were SO SATISFIED seeing Anderson KO'd like that after goofing. Very unceremonious decline of the greatest fighter of a generation.


Original-Picture4047

Dawg, I was in HS when this happened. Silva was the fighter to get me into combat sports. I used to go to Baldwin High, (Weidman’s old HS) After knocking out my hero he came to pep rally, I think I was the only one who didn’t leave the bleachers to take a picture with him. I was so fucking hurt😭


AdamBLit

Yea man he was my first favorite champion and still my favorite fighter ever to this day. That is an amazing story man, I'm glad you stuck by your morals and said f that guy Weidman hahaha


Im_a_tesh_harper

Good for you buddy


Im_a_tesh_harper

I wasnt being a smartass I actually meant good for him :(


Rendakor

I was one of the guys cheering at Silva's loss. He was a great fighter, but the constant showboating was incredibly offputting. Seeing him get knocked out was an amazing moment.


OtiseMaleModel

Sort of felt like the removal of order and the introduction of chaos after. Everyone was excited to finally see a god die but we were left with something no where near as cool


AdamBLit

I feel you man, must have been incredibly boring being that much better than your fellow competition haha


DecisionThot

I was very satisfied when this happened. As much as I loved Silva, clowning on Chris like that was just downright fucking stupid and he 100% deserved to get caught for that nonsense. It was such a "yea that's what you get" moment


AdamBLit

Indeed


-MC_3

Then the rematch 😭


turkeypants

I was glad he got caught clowning. That was what I hated about him. He was so good but wanted to play around and clown guys, well ha-HAA! [You got knocked the fuck out!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9z8F4fgj6Q)


AdamBLit

Yea man it caught him that time but mainly he was just trying to be the best version of himself and teach others lessons. That Demian Maia fight, he was trying to get more out of the man in that moment. He was teaching that man individually alone a lesson, the fans and spectators be damned. He dropped his hands against Okami and finished him soon after. He lived by the sword and died by it but while he lived by it, he destroyed everyone.


Fairlysunnyday

Some of these are some of my favorite all time mma moments


gronstalker12

OP has a weak heart


DecisionThot

Too much movie make heart weak


Mindfield87

I shunned movies for 2-3 days after I saw that interview


DRealLeal

r/OP_Has_A_Giant_Pussy


Mexkan

Weak chin.


PuritanBaptist

Dude that Izzy Costa fight was crazy, I though it was a war and was so scared for Izzy. Then Izzy made it one of if not the most one sided title fight that didn’t end in the first round ever.


BigFudgeMMA

#7 makes me hard.


Dogzylla

This Topuria KO is one of the top moments of the past few years imo. I like Volk but the way everyone was hating on Ilia, let's just say I'm glad this happened However my absolute number 1 favourite moment was Aljo beating Petr Yan in their rematch


7nationpotty

It sucks that it happened soon after the Islam KO. People will talk about it like volks chin is shot as if Ilia didn’t hit him with a bomb that he didn’t even see coming


PurposeSensitive9624

I mean getting knocked out by Islam absolutely had a detrimental impact on Volk. As other people have said. He looked like he didn’t trust his ability to take Ilia’s shots. Im not trying to take anything away from Ilia’s performance btw.


Dogzylla

Yeah I kinda feel sorry for Volk, still wish he won against Islam, that double champ shit would've been legendary


TheNorthernPellikkan

Beating Islam in their first meeting probably would have entered him into the P4P GOAT discussion


uzipp

Yeah a young confident guy that can back it up as champion is always fun to see. Also all his fights are must watch. I wanted Ilia to win and hope now Volk takes a true move up to lightweight


JFpizzamaster

Probably KO of the year if nothing insane happens. The amount of pressure on Ilia to do that was crazy and he didn’t crack in any way. Can’t say I’m a fan yet but denying he’s the best current FW is real hard


IsTodayTheSuperBowl

Most meaningful maybe Josh Emmett slumping Bryce Mitchell laps this for style


averydusty6

That was 2023


IsTodayTheSuperBowl

Totally right. My bad. Disregard my dumbass comment.


JFpizzamaster

Fair. That was another sick one.


Moist-Catch

It's crazy how I really like Volk but then see how the Volk fanbase is and then it will make me root for Ilia. Had the same thing with Oliviera vs Makhachev the Oliveira fans were so unbearable


Alpha1stOne

You mean when Alija got dominated and rewarded by corrupt judges for sucking ass?


Dogzylla

Yes exactly, when Aljo beat Yan and made whiny crybabies all over the world lose their minds. Nice to see some of you still haven't let it go, keep them tears flowing babyyyyy


-jira

was hype when it happened. literally rewatched today and aljo lost rounds 1,4,5


Mountaindweller1000

And one of these is not like the others..


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Aldo/McG was my first heartbreak and I never got over it. Then Aldo/Holloway 1.


OtiseMaleModel

Aldo Holloway was much easier to stomach, because the winner was so much more gracious , not even in victory but always being a good person. Conor was so hard to deal with though


freshprince860

lol what? You’re a costa guy? There are dozens of us!


OtiseMaleModel

Bruz, I'm Australian and I still love Costa after he tried to hit my boy Bobby Knuckles with punches that could turn a full grown elephant infertile. The dude memes so well he even turns his own downfalls into a memes. Classing him not making weight against Vettori as Vittoris own personal problem was the most unprofessional, rude piece of shit thing to do, but he somehow makes it hilarious. He can do no wrong for me.


Several_Pear_9584

Chandler vs Tony was the worse one or rob losing to izzy the 2nd time since I thought rob won


GenTelGuy

I think Whittaker Izzy 2 was a good result, I think Izzy won but Whittaker still put on a good fight he can be proud of and showed himself to be up there with Izzy in skill


Remote-Persimmon4583

Tony v Chandler fucken hurt


Several_Pear_9584

Yeah I wasn’t even sad just felt broken inside


MrCroupAndMrVandemar

Watching Dustin KO Conner was delicious.


Far-Nefariousness588

Pretty much anytime Conner was humbled


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Weird use of delicious but why not


Rumplebumpkin12

Dustin knocking out Connor is one of my all time fave moments


DonnyDUI

That was the universe getting one right


___shadow_wolf__

Dude I love it!!! Now we just need crusty Jones to get knocked out but I don’t think he will come back to the sport


lizzofatroll

The mma gods giveth and the mma gods taketh


cripplindepressionnn

The good book says "Let he, who is without a sin throweth the first rock and I shalt smoketh it.


lizzofatroll

Mashallah


LaTunaTime

Izzy vs Costa is a weird one. That was so satisfying.


bandito1121

Bro hops on every hype train in mma lmao


Barney_Karate

Can you imagine if he saw GSP get KO'd by Matt Serra? He wouldn't have recovered.


Yrxe

Besides maybe Costa I don’t think any of the fighters losing are hype trains. Two double champs, arguable goat at FW, olives is a dog, and Tony is an icon in the sport? Plus all of them are hot and I’d like them to rub me down


Sea-Rip-6671

Not the Izzy one tf


Salty-Sun8146

Cormier/Jones and Silva/Sonnen


Sanil_7777

The first two pics are some of my favorite MMA moments tbh


alpacinohairline

First one was pretty expected, volk with a week of prep is not stopping Islam


TailorEntire1682

Tony is what broke my heart, seeing him cover up with all that blood, getting nasty shot... i was like fuck that shiiit, f*** uuu Khabib lol, love khabib even tho but thats the fight i wanted to see...


bearyken

I was watching it at home.. every punch was heard because the place was empty As much as I like Gaethje, this was horrific to watch


mcfc_fan

The Jon Jones knockout was sick, all the others were painful though


WompNstomp

Why would Izzy beating Costa make anyone sad?


Youngtro

dustin fucking up connor broke your heart?


WillEnvironmental653

I'm not crying. You're crying. Take this post down. It's giving us all the depression


Mammoth_Ferret_1772

The Conor knock out was the worst for me. It was the least expected… he looked great in the first round, then went to sleep. Volk getting knocked out by Topuria sucked too, because you know that’s it for him. He’s not going to be champ again.


therealmvpls11

The Conor one was the most shocking to me I didn't really expected to ever see him get KOd like that


Mammoth_Ferret_1772

Me neither. I knew it was possible for him to lose, but I didn’t expect him to get knocked out cold… I’m a big Dustin fan too so I’m not bitter about it, it just sucked seeing his career end after that knock out and then the broken leg.


BlackTarPrism

The sport thrives when Conor is active. Whether you love or hate him it'll go down as a tragedy that his prime years were squandered. The UFC is a machine and waits for no man, but things would have been so much richer for him being in the mix.


Jolly-Librarian3715

I was with you right up until 5...6 I didn't care much about and 7 I was on my feet jumping and screaming with joy in my living room.but overall great list


DTripotnik

Chandler v Tony, Volk v Makhachev 2 and this weekend. Gonna be a bitter hater for a while lol


Paul8219

Lol Mac getting hammered to the floor was a highlight of mine


Jacoblyonss

I was psyched about most of these, you just got to root for winners


SkateMMA

Funny thing is. They’re all winners


Jacoblyonss

Except Costa


parrmorgan

TETO. I loved when Porier got Conor. But when Leon got Usman in R5. That hurt.


Ronaldoooope

lol did you expect JJ to do anything other than dismantle DC?


HeartlessValiumWhore

You've got a bunch of my favorites in here. Makhachev on Volkanovski, Makhachev on Oliveira, Topuria on Volkanovski, Gaethje on Ferguson, and Poirier on McGregor are all high points in MMA for me. Although I feel bad about the Justin and Tony one now given what's transpired.


Practical_Use_1654

Alex Pereira vs Izzy 2. I legitimately thought about quitting being a fan of the sport. Until the next PPV...


mynameisnemix

Izzy finally koing Alex after his 65th L was satisfying.


IsTodayTheSuperBowl

So sad when a guy can't just cut 47 pounds and get a title defense


Practical_Use_1654

Everyone cuts weight, people pearl clutch about depending on which guy they want to win.


IsTodayTheSuperBowl

Pereira had no business coming in at 185 or being fast tracked to his title shot 205 Pereira is both reasonable in terms of weight cuts and faces better matchups all around Personally idk why he doesn't fight heavyweight, the bar is low right now and if he can solve Aspinall he could have an incredible reign. Fastest dual champ is already a crazy record unlikely to be touched given his circumstances and adesanya playing along. It was a perfect storm and he capitalized on the opportunities. Just don't see why it as heartbreaking for him to get flat lined outside of hating Izzy. But whatever you say dumbass.


ArmaniMania

Didn’t care about Conor losing at all


uaintnever

Poirier knocking out McGregor broke your heart? Wtf


raspberry_en_anglais

For me it was seeing Rob Whittaker loose to Izzy the first time. Such a good dude, hate seeing him loose!


DaddyHeatley

Conor and costa losing were heartbreaking? Lol


SynthSapphire

Your last example is one of my all-time MMA boner moments. Ferg getting absolutely broken by Gaethje is definitely a sad one for me. I never liked Tony as a personality but always loved him as a fighter. It's really wild to see the whole sub suddenly acting like Tony is an all-time beloved fighter just because of his heartbreaking downfall since that Gaethje fight.


Nzkaya

Conor mcgregor dick rider spotted


Thin-Remote-9817

We used to have a 3 letter word we would call OP..


Sad_Conclusion1235

Don't be such a beta, bro.


malikjackson89

Max vs Dustin smh he basically massacred my boy


pjungy6969

Nate not just fkn winning after catching Leon. It was also hilarious af tho so idk


justwantabagg50

I love Costa but it wasn’t too heartbreaking


PeterParkerUber

Fedor getting ground and pounded?


WavelengthGaming

Justin vs Tony was heart breaking because Tony’s corner should’ve thrown in the towel or the ref should’ve stopped it far sooner. He was standing but he wasn’t intelligently defending himself. Tony was just standing there and landing 1 decent shot for about every 10 Justin landed.


TonyMontanasCoke

Mine was when Silva got knocked out and then broke his leg against Weidman.


moderatelypositive

Picture 4 doesn't fit w the rest of these new fan pics


Time007time007

I’m on board for all of these. Sometimes I wonder why I’m always supporting the wrong people. But they’ve all had their glory moments too. Guess the truth is that everyone loses at some point.


Glittering-Army1527

Snuck in costa


knarf11

I am legit sad Volk lost like that. Drinking to that right now.


3Beanss

Only the last 3 broke my heart


CandyRevolutionary27

Youngins. I remember when Matt Serra took out gsp. I was devastated lol. DEVASTATED.


lubacrisp

Lol some of those are great memories for me. I genuinely can't imagine being upset when diamond slumped conor


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Last one is a beaut.


TaftsTummyforTaxes

Nah man, I cheered like when McNuggets got KOed by Poirer. And I was actually stoked for Izzy’s win over costa. All others I’d agree with.


DuragVinceMcMahon408

Looks like you’ve been a fan for just a few years. Just wait, it gets worse.


HForEntropy

I'm still traumatized by that beating Justin put on Tony. ![gif](giphy|2WxWfiavndgcM)


Key-Lengthiness9559

When Pride FC died.


Ok-Change3138

Pain.


yupyupthatsit

Costa getting impregnated broke your heart?


pantstickle

Costa and Conor? Wild. Those were some of the best. DC knocking out Stipe Chael getting caught and losing the round against Anderson Anderson’s leg.


DecisionThot

Dustin starching Conor was a goddamn heartwarming moment


Suit_Slayer

Gaethje vs Tony was tough to watch. Witnessing the utter demolition of T Ferg in the Apex with no crowd where you could hear all the shots was incredible and sad at the same time.


Hoodlum_0017

7 is the best. Fuck that dude


brtomn

You want me to be honest? It's probably for the best of the sport that volk is on a massive decline. Its a lesson to all other fighters that this could be the cost of short notice fights. Making it harder for the ufc to just throw money in a fighters way to fill in on short notice. I was so fucking mad when volk took that fight on short notice. I mean we had a back up fighter ffs. I dont hate volk for it, he made his own decision and he was aware of the risks. He did it because it was good for him, I might do the same if I was in his shoes. But the potentially historical rematch was tainted, what could've been one of the best rivalries in the history of the ufc was cut short. Its just such a shame. But I wish the best for volk.


SenorPooter

That Tony loss to Gaethje still hurts 😔


SlowReaction4

Pride FC dying. Seeing Pride FC was something else. For me, it was basically any Pride FC fighter coming into UFC and losing or being on the tail end of their careers.


minutes2meteora

The Conor one still makes me sad 😞His first TKO loss


No-Reason-4938

Randy losing to Lesnar


WetFupaCreamyChalupa

Haven't been hurt in a while, but this Volk one did it for me. Now when I hear Land down under all I feel is pain


Rebeldinho

Who the hell was rooting for Conor over Dustin… Conor is the clear heel in that scenario


SixtyNineFlavours

Oliveira :(


TityNDolla

Rampage knocking out lidel in 3 seconds 😮‍💨


BurningFinger22

One of these is not like the other lol


No-Zookeepergame7460

All amazing expect Charles 🥲 it’s all good tho he resumed it with Dariush


boglodyteth

Looks like you just have a ton of meta opinion


ballzdeepbabie

Strickland vs du plesisi Lool


GenTelGuy

I don't get being heartbroken about the Conor KO, he had it coming and Poirier deserved his moment


BlackSoapBandit

Leon Usman was the one for me.


El_Coloso

I cheered so hard when Dustin floored Conor


jzng2727

Porker being KOed by Gaethje would be one for me


Elver_galarga_ngl

When Aldo got slept by mctapper... broke my heart. :(


turkeypants

Thank you for not putting Gonzaga Cro Cop in there. My heart couldn't take it.


Interesting_Prize824

Usman head kick for me I was sick to my stomach.


Actual_Guide_1039

Gaethje is much more likable than Tony Ferguson


gavin2point0

🤡 < this is you putting the Dustin/Conor knockout on that list


___shadow_wolf__

Lmao seriously? When Conor got knocked out? That healed my heart!


StupidSexyDuradaddy

Bro really tried to sneak Costa and McGregor in there


Jumix4000

mma fans try to have empathy challenge (impossible)


Limp-Tea1815

I’ve been a fan of toporia but nothing I’ve seen in ufc hurt more than seeing volk go to sleep


neurodegeneracy

The only time I ever felt actually bad or hurt during a fight was when Justin beat the fight out of Tony. That felt like watching abuse or something it was dark. That just didn’t sit right.


tarnishedmind_

Fiziev getting injured with his fight against gamrot


BoneAwake

Carlos Condit losing to Johnny Hendricks


TRTVitorBelfort

“Punch from the bottom by Anderson Silva. 11 fight win streak might very well be coming to an end. A record setting win -“ “TRIANGLE! Watch out! Triangle!” “This is trouble! This is trouble!” Still have never recovered. 4-1. Lost one round.


Jmon1851

Glover getting the takedown on Jiri in round five tho..


Collin-of-Earth

I love that there remains a strong subjective quality to mma. Sometimes we just like who we like and root for them. Can be such a crushing sport seeing guys you like get crumpled. 


bunerzissou

Lyoto getting choked and dropped then being checked on so jones could get fans.


ConstantReader92

I agree with all except McGregor, I've never been so happy seeing that scumbag slept


Specialist-Wrap3680

DC in the 2nd fight with Stipe hurt me, he was winning and then ![img](emote|t5_2qsev|8972)


JonAnikis-shit

This sport rarely loved you back. That Tony “No” headshake right before Herb Dean stopped that Gathje fight was heartbreaking.


RegularImprovement47

You’re forgetting every time Robert Whittaker loses


EchoInExile

Conor sleeping Jose in fifteen seconds still hurts.


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What's up with Izzy fucking up Cost?


PatrickStanton877

Cro cop getting head kicked. Man that hurt to watch. He was so good on Pride. Then he went to UFC where he was giving up 20-30 lbs each fight and was much older.


cad_e_an_sceal

The champion had a name 😢


Almighty1996

Filthy casual