2018 MMA Fight of the Year

Cammo101 · Post #1 » by **Cammo101** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:49 pm

Previous winners:

2017 - Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Johnson (TUF 25 Finale)
2016 - Robbie Lawler vs. Carlot Condit (UFC 195)/Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi (UFC 206) (tie)
2015 - Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald 2 (UFC 189)
2014 - Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler 1 (UFC 171)
2013 - Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson (UFC 165)
2012 - Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier (UFC on Fuel 3)
2011 - Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio Rua (UFC 139)
2010 - Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama/Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung/Anthony Pettis vs. Ben Henderson (tie)

REDDzone · Post #2 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Jan 2, 2019 4:24 pm

Went with Holloway/Ortega. So happy to see Holloway back on track, Ortega has the heart of a lion and actually came back for a round after taking a beating early.

The high stakes put it over Zombie/Yair to me.

Post #3 » by **Duke4life831** » Wed Jan 2, 2019 8:27 pm

Gotta give Max/Ortega the slight edge. Yair vs Zombie was a really good fight, but the crazy finish was the most memorable part for me.

Max vs Ortega it seemed like every second of that fight was just epic. Crazy skill, crazy volume, crazy heart. Then add on that it was a title fight, ya that's the one I'm going with.

AirCanadaMouse · Post #4 » by **AirCanadaMouse** » Sat Jan 5, 2019 11:35 am

Khabib-McGregor. I loved the fight itself, and for me personally, the hype had paid off. Biggest MMA fight of all time, not much of an argument for me, especially when there wasn't a true stand-out, classic fight.

Post #5 » by **spykelee** » Sun Jan 6, 2019 4:37 am

Rodriquez Zombie was the best fight I saw this year.

MystikSpiral · Post #6 » by **MystikSpiral** » Mon Jan 7, 2019 1:17 am

Personally I think Weidman vs Jacare at least deserved to be on that list. That fight was awesome.

Steelo Green · Post #7 » by **Steelo Green** » Mon Jan 7, 2019 5:36 am

Yoel vs. Bobby Knuckles was incredible.

Yair vs. Zombie though takes it for the finish.

Can't really go wrong. Great year of MMA.

REDDzone · Post #8 » by **REDDzone** » Mon Jan 7, 2019 1:54 pm

Yea, another honorable mention for Yoel/Bobby.

It'll be interesting to see if either of those two are ever the same after that war.

cowboyronnie · Post #9 » by **cowboyronnie** » Mon Jan 7, 2019 3:13 pm

Steelo Green wrote:Yoel vs. Bobby Knuckles was incredible.

Yair vs. Zombie though takes it for the finish.

Can't really go wrong. Great year of MMA.

What sets the fights apart is that the former was between two greats and for the title. Where Yair and KZ are just very good and in a random ME. Quality has to win over clobber and drama.

Post #10 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Tue Jan 8, 2019 11:04 pm

I forgot about Yoel vs Whittaker 2. I don’t think I’ve said “WHAT THE ****” as many times as I did that night in the whole rest of my life combined.

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