2009 Board Awards: Biggest Upset of the Year

Cammo101 · Post #1 » by **Cammo101** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:27 pm

What was the biggest Upset in MMA in 2009?

Nemesis21 · Post #2 » by **Nemesis21** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:54 pm

IMO Bowles takes Torres title

Post #3 » by **CPT** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:06 pm

I think it's really Mercer over Sylvia, because as much as Sylvia had fallen, he was at least a top 20 HW, and Mercer was a 47 year old washed up boxer who got subbed by Kimbo Slice. However, it was at a small show, and I didn't really care about it, so it's not getting my vote.

I gotta say Bowles over Torres, because it was the only one where a seemingly unbeatable, top P4P guy went down.

Aldo over Brown wasn't even really an upset. Tons of people were picking Aldo, and I think he may have actually been the favourite on some sites, but it was pretty close to a pick'em if I'm not mistaken.

Post #4 » by **damo[23]** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:12 pm

I think the Mercer fight was certainly an upset and a shock, but given really where TS was in the HW division I find it hard to call it an upset, due to it really being a quite inconsquential fight in the division.

For me, the Bowles over Torres fight was an upset. Torres at the time was really getting press on being one of the best P4P fighters and all that jazz, really being hyped up, interviews with him directly asking how he gets so good etc ... and then this kid comes out the gates and blitz's him.

El Hardee · Post #5 » by **El Hardee** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:32 pm

Nemesis21 wrote:IMO Bowles takes Torres title

+1, I heard Mir went into severe depression after this one.

cowboyronnie · Post #6 » by **cowboyronnie** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:45 pm

There's just no question it's Warren over Kid. A 1-1 guy beats a one-time top 3 P4Per.

NYK 455 · Post #7 » by **NYK 455** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:58 am

Mercer/Sylvia. Thiago over Koscheck was pretty surprising too.

Post #8 » by **damo[23]** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:29 pm

NYK 455 wrote:Mercer/Sylvia. Thiago over Koscheck was pretty surprising too.

The best part of the Thiago over Kos shocker was that he was getting criticised for his hands, then pow, right in the kisser.

Cammo101 · Post #9 » by **Cammo101** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:40 pm

damo[23] wrote:
NYK 455 wrote:Mercer/Sylvia. Thiago over Koscheck was pretty surprising too.

The best part of the Thiago over Kos shocker was that he was getting criticised for his hands, then pow, right in the kisser.

Yeah. Rogan was mid-sentence bashing Thiago's standup when he hammered Kos.

I still think it was a garbage stoppage though.

Nemesis21 · Post #10 » by **Nemesis21** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:59 pm

Cammo101 wrote:
damo[23] wrote:
NYK 455 wrote:Mercer/Sylvia. Thiago over Koscheck was pretty surprising too.

The best part of the Thiago over Kos shocker was that he was getting criticised for his hands, then pow, right in the kisser.

Yeah. Rogan was mid-sentence bashing Thiago's standup when he hammered Kos.

I still think it was a garbage stoppage though.

Same here, Kos will avenge that loss with no problem. IMO Kos will be the next to get GSP after Hardy gets destroyed.

cowboyronnie · Post #11 » by **cowboyronnie** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:44 pm

It was a fluke. Kos wins that fight 19/20 times.

Cammo101 · Post #12 » by **Cammo101** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:11 pm

cowboyronnie wrote:It was a fluke. Kos wins that fight 19/20 times.

Agreed.

Blame Rasho · Post #13 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:42 pm

Cammo101 wrote:
damo[23] wrote:
NYK 455 wrote:Mercer/Sylvia. Thiago over Koscheck was pretty surprising too.

The best part of the Thiago over Kos shocker was that he was getting criticised for his hands, then pow, right in the kisser.

Yeah. Rogan was mid-sentence bashing Thiago's standup when he hammered Kos.

I still think it was a garbage stoppage though.

He was out for a sec and that is when people get hurt...

Blame Rasho · Post #14 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:46 pm

NYK 455 wrote:Mercer/Sylvia. Thiago over Koscheck was pretty surprising too.

I think that Thiago was the bigger upset in the grade scale of things...but just the footage of the Mercer KO was epic... He caught him flush and then tried to give him a single leg take down to the ground when he was out...

I wish I could find the promo for the PPV. I can't find it on youtube.