The Greatest "Iconic" Moments In MMA........
by freedomthrtyfve on Mar 10, 2010 7:54 PM EST
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PrintThis question has probably been asked and re asked about a thousand times, and probably very recently, but 'm not letting that discourage me.
Every sport has its iconic moments, Ali beating Foreman, Douglas beating Tyson, Usain "lightening" Bolt destroying every one in his path, Dan Marino appearing in "Ace Ventura, Pet Detective", and Michael Shumacher appearing to be the stig onTop Gear.
But on a serious note, alot of my favourite moments include Scott Smith and Minitauro,and alot of their unbelievable "Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat", or "Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" for their opponents, moments.
There are many moments that make us utter "what the f**k", but some standout more than others.
My personal favourites include,:
Bobb Sapp against Mintauro, for various reasons.
Fedor against Kevin Randleman, for obvious reasons.
And any Scott Smith fight where he has had his ass whooped and knocked his opponent "the f**k out" for also obvious reasons.
And also a noteable mention to Robbie Lawler for his fight against Melvin.
But, my personal favourite is when Mr Anderson Silva was crab clawed.
You may say that these are not "Iconic moments", but they are to me.
Which are your favourites?
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i've just picked the underdog and recovery theme.
by freedomthrtyfve on Mar 10, 2010 8:00 PM EST reply actions
randy knocking big tim down in the 1st few seconds of the 1st round
and Page KOing Chuck,
the entire Griffin – Bonnar fight,
Pierre vs hughes 3,
Andy Ko’ing Forrest with a leaning back jab,
Hughes vs Trigg 2 comeback,
"This is no haul for Jón Páll" - Jón Páll Sigmarsson (R.I.P.)
by Randy for Couture on Mar 12, 2010 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
i'll make a prediction
lions superbowl 2010!
I get my ass kicked for money, all you gotta do is talk motherfucker.... Rampage Pride GP03
One that springs to mind quickly
Is Forrest tapping Shogun. Always been a fan of Griffin (not delusional, don’t think he’s p4p or even top 10 of LHW), but never thought he had a chance on that fight. When he tapped Shogun, I jumped round screaming. That and Chuck KO’ing Randy the first time, and Randy controlling Tito were great to see the first time round and in the heat if the moment
When You Say Running Around That Reminds Me
of the time when Fedor KO’s Arlovski. Soon as Arlovski had landed my love seat had been flipped over. Also I agree when Forrest won that fight I was like umm… is that you Shogun?
by AintNoSunshine on Mar 10, 2010 8:56 PM EST up reply actions
Fedor/Randleman still makes me smile
Fedor invented a language that incorporates Sambo and Kimuras.
So next time FEDOR is kicking your ass, don't be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
Aldo's flying knee on Cub Swanson.
I realized this kid could not only be great, but an all-time great.
The world is a dangerous place to live - not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don't do anything about it. - Albert Einstein
i'm trying to think of bad things about aldo, but i can't...
by freedomthrtyfve on Mar 10, 2010 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
I didn't believe the hype until I saw that.
The world is a dangerous place to live - not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don't do anything about it. - Albert Einstein
one of my greatest moments was when....
chuck fought wanderlei at 79, nemesis, the whole card was fantastic, and sokodju entered with the predator mask on.
by freedomthrtyfve on Mar 10, 2010 9:24 PM EST reply actions
That was Great.
Now I am not racist but by black friend who was with me when he came out was jumping all over the place. He thought it was the greatest thing. I knew he’d lose though.
by AintNoSunshine on Mar 10, 2010 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Matt Hughes vs Trigg both times
i would say hughes vs newton but its too early in his career
Fedor played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.
AMERICA.....FUCK YEAH
My favourite ever fight has to be Chuck-Wandi, that was a brutal war between 2 legends and lived up to the insane hype. Both men proved to the world that for one night at least they still had it.
As for iconic moments, in no particular order they include Smith’s comebacks against Dung, Sell and Benji. Those were 3 crazy finishes and I was going wild when Smith won. Watching Nog’s comebacks against Cro Cop and Sylvia was awesome as well.
Also seeing Andy’s masterclass in striking against Franklin (both times) and Forrest was amazing, the way that he made 2 former champions look like amateurs and dodged their punches matrix style before countering with his own strikes was a pleasure to watch. Seeing Andy destroy Franklin the first time and GSP smash Hughes the first time was what got me into MMA to begin with.
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
Same here David , the comeback that Big Nog did on cro cop is 1 of the if not the best in mma history!
Big Nog showed 1 of the biggest hearts I’ve ever seen in that fight. How can any1 forget rampage flying head 1st thru the rope after getting murdered by Wand? That had 2 be my personal fav =D
That was priceless
Both Wand-Rampage fights in Pride were epic. Those beatdowns sum up his legacy better than any other, even the Sakaraba ones.
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
GSP getting KO'ed by Serra.
But a true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies. - Kenny Powers
I Still Watch That And Get Boosebumps.
My Goosebump Fights or Moments.
Serra KO’s GSP
Randy vs Nog – The Entire Fight
Fedor Countering AA’s Knee
Anderson Demolishing Forrest
BJ ending the Fight vs Sherk
Just to name a few
by AintNoSunshine on Mar 10, 2010 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed with all of them
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
one THE most iconic moments for me.. Torres vs. maeda when they both had eachother in toe holds… I was absolutely screaming at the tv for one of em to tap…
that fight was insane.
One of my top five favorite fights ever.
"I like being punched... I like... punchin'" ~Gray Maynard
"A black belt only covers two inches of your ass, you have to cover the rest" ~Royce Gracie
Pulver Vs Penn 1
Jens showed more heart than ive ever seen in the cage
Fedor played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.
AMERICA.....FUCK YEAH
Wandy destroying Rampage back at Pride.
But a true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies. - Kenny Powers
man, for real!
I had to watch it about six times before I could believe what I was seeing. That was crazy. Looked like he was using Arona as a sledge hammer to drive in railroad spikes.
Griffin vs Bonnar!
ICONIC!
But a true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies. - Kenny Powers
Agreed x2
Wandy’s MT Clinch was of Legend in Pride
by AintNoSunshine on Mar 10, 2010 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
For Me
Royce Gracie slapping the triangle on Dan Severn in the open weight UFC final. Most people did not even know what Gracie was doing, all of a sudden Severn was tapping. Great moment.
Next two are Fedor fighting CroCop, which was such a huge fight, and Lidell KO’ing The Natural in the rubber match
No problem Freedom
There are so many others, these just stand out to me. Having been a fan for 15 years, I have seen a lot of fights. These left a real impression due to the magnitude of the fights and that they delivered. A few others that are personal favorites, not just signifigant MMA moments:
Vitor KO’ing Tank in about a minute. Tank was seriously feared at that time, since he has been slowly forgotten.
Sakuraba beating Gracie: Gracie was almost considered unbeatable.
Randy spanking Tito: simply put, awesome
Hendo KO’ing Wand in Vegas for the title. Last of Pride, Wand in the US for the first time in a long time. It was an amazing fight and Wand has not looked the same since.
Ruas leg kicking 6’8’’ Paul Varleans into submission. First time we saw leg kicks work.
Forrest v Bonnar: Don’t like either fighter, but can’t deny what it did for the sport
by domino effect on Mar 11, 2010 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
i have to say, one of the most iconic moments personally in mma......
was when i downloaded pride deacade, blew my mind….
by freedomthrtyfve on Mar 10, 2010 10:27 PM EST reply actions
Tito bowing at Frank's feet begging for mercy
tapping out from strikes, and then putting on a Frank Shamrock T-Shirt for the official announcement. To my knowledge this is the only time Tito took defeat like a man and admitted that his opponent was the superior fighter.
This was the greatest moment in MMA history!
Randy spanking Tito was a close second.
Royce winning the first tourney
Randy beating Chuck, shocking the world, & becoming the first ever 2 division champ.
Rampage slamming Arona
GSP beating his icon Hughes
Fedor vs CroCop
Vitor’s 1min KO of Wandy
Sakuraba vs Newton (greatest grappling match ever)
Sakuraba vs Royce (90min war, 1st Gracie loss)
Andy’s destruction of Rich & introducing a new era
GSP vs Penn II
CroCop getting KOd by his own trademark high kick
Frank Shamrock making Tito beg him to stop
Griffin vs Bonnar
Marco Rua introducing leg kicks to MMA by chopping down goliath Paul Varleans
Brock’s destruction of Randy
Frye vs Coleman
Frye vs Takayama (craziest slugfest ever)
The ones that stand out from this list, at least for me,
Fedor vs Cro Cop, so much hype( maybe the wrong word but can’t think of anything else) behind that fight.
Sakuraba vs Royce, the Gracie killer is born.
CroCop getting KOd by his own trademark high kick, just Wow.
Frank Shamrock making Tito beg him to stop, Awesome.
But a true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies. - Kenny Powers
The Death of Pride.
MMA would not be what it is now without the great influence of this organization.
But a true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies. - Kenny Powers
The Fight and the controversy that followed of
Machida vs Shogun. It’s a new one but I would consider it “iconic”.
But a true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies. - Kenny Powers
That fight was amazing, from the first punch I was going wild cheering on Randy to victory
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
For me there are a few moments which I think have already been mentioned
chuck vs wand lived up to all the hype even tho was probably a few years late in happening.
Gsp vs bj 2 maybe a fight that didn’t quite match the build up but the moment after te bell when gsp got up and punched the cage had me going crazy!!!!
Randy vs timmy never been a big fan of randy but when that punch landed it sure a hell had me of my seat cheering.
Shogun vs machida, I was so happy to see the old shogun back even of he got screwed with the decision in my opinion. Great fight nonetheless.
by eagzy on Mar 11, 2010 8:59 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I think of iconic moments...
as one that most people can look back and remember a decade later as if it just happened the night before or one that universally changed some aspect of MMA as a sport. Some have already been mentioned, but that said, my top picks are (in no particular order):
1) Cro-cop getting KO’d by a head kick
2) Serra KO’ing GSP
3) Fedor vs Cro-cop
4) Bonnar vs Forrest (don’t care for either guy, but brought about the TUF era and helped MMA go more mainstream)
5) Kimbo vs Seth (exposed a poser and brought about the downfall of an entire org in one fight)
6) Any early UFC where Royce Gracie dominated big men using jits
7) Hendo’s KO of Bisping (you know it’s good when they start using your name as a pseudo-verb: “He just got Bisping’d!”
8) UFC buys out Pride
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I think of iconic moments as moments that made me turn into a MMA fan
There are many great moments but to be iconic moments I will list my top five.
5) Royce Gracie and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu early dominance in the UFC and the mystory of JJ that was very unkown at the time, against many other styles is one of my earliest memories and still remains with me today as one biggest reasons I became a MMA fan.
4) Wanderlie Silva need I say more? I will anyway Royce got me hooked and Wandy reeled me into MMA fan 4Life. His furious style and determination against the worlds best at the time, with great success, gave me the same kind of feeling as a fan that Tyson did for me in boxing.
3) Forrest vs Bonnar on TUF one of MMA biggest turning points into connecting MMA with todays mainstream sports. And even though the fighters may not of been top ranked fighters at the time it was a great battle with both fighters putting everything they had on the line. A great fight and great turning point for the UFC & MMA.
2) Dana White love him or hate him he’s always a subject in MMA talked about and with out a doubt the most as a non-fighter. He is also one of the main reasons in North America that has helped legalized MMA and reasons MMA is becoming as big as it is.
1) UFC take over of Pride combining most of the best fighters in the world to compete against eachother and forming the #1 organization of the world. What would MMA be like today if this didn’t happen?
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
+1 to Vitor ko'ing Tank
that blew my mind when i saw the speed and power he unleashed, i thought Vitor was going to be an all time great for sure.
"6'1' 240lbs of solid steel and sex appeal...Garyyyy Goodridge!"
favorite ring intro ever!
Forrest submitting Shogun
Chuck vs. Tito both times
Hendo vs. Bisping
Serra vs. ST. Pierre 1….(good one)
Definitely Chonan vs. Silva
Cro Cop vs. Fedor
Couture vs. Silvia
all I got for now that really fit the definition of Iconic
Randy VS, Big Nog is one of my favorite fights ever! Especially because everyone had written Nog off after the Mir fight and he came roaring back. And the fact that Couture was able to power his way out of and defend those submissions made it even more dramatic! I also love the Frye-Takayama moment at the end of the first round when they are both dirty boxing and the whole place just goes NUTS!
i have to say Hughes Trigg 2
My breakout fighter for this coming year: Terry Etim
Upset of the Year: John Hathaway over Diego Sanchez
Duz any of the hardcores remember Jerry bolander vs Scott ferozo in the early ufc days?!
That shit was insane! 1 of the craziest fights I’ve seen. Wut about Keith hackney vs Emanuel yarburough? Keith hackney , Dan Severn , Marco ruas, Royce, even tank had sum of the sickest ko’s on ufc history. Man how I miss the old days =D
I remember Dan Severn on the ground grappling and punching that chinese fighter in the nuts!!
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth - Mike Tyson
O that was Kieth hackney vs. Joe Son!
I honestly had nightmares for weeks after watching that fight=D my nuts still hurt ! Lol
Considering what Son did to those women he bloody well deserved it
Fat evil loser, he got off lucky against Hackney in retrospect.
"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"
Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.
Never heard of that story bro fill me plz!
I remeber seeing that fight when I was kid & haven’t anything of him since. I seen a clipnof YouTube of Keith hackney turning his nuts in2 mashed potatoes with the Benny hill music in the backround that reminded of him =D but never heard that story yur talking about
on the subject of wandy rampage....
when they smiled at each other just before the ko…… pure genius…..it could not have been timed more perfectly if someone had scripted it, and a part of mma i will always remember…….
by freedomthrtyfve on Mar 12, 2010 6:20 PM EST reply actions
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