Biggest MMA Upset of 2018

Cammo101 · Post #1 » by **Cammo101** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:41 pm

Previous winners:

2017 - Rose Namajunas over Joanna Jedrzejczyk (UFC 217)
2016 - Michael Bisping over Luke Rockhold (UFC 199)
2015 - Holly Holm over Ronda Rousey (UFC 193)
2014 - TJ Dillashaw over Renan Barao (UFC 173)
2013 - Emanuel Newton over King Mo/Antonio Silva over Alistair Overeem (tie)
2012 - Tim Boetsch over Yushin Okami/Jamie Varner over Edson Barboza (tie)
2011 - Tito Ortiz over Ryan Bader (UFC 132)
2010 - Fabricio Werdum over Fedor Emelianenko (Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum)

Steelo Green · Post #2 » by **Steelo Green** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 8:05 pm

Nunes, no question.

kimuradragon · Post #3 » by **kimuradragon** » Tue Jan 1, 2019 1:45 am

RaptorsFTL wrote:Nunes, no question.

Nunes was barely an underdog.

Easily Cejudo vs. Johnson, only because Lobov vs. Johnson wasn't nominated.

Steelo Green · Post #4 » by **Steelo Green** » Tue Jan 1, 2019 6:44 pm

kimuradragon wrote:
RaptorsFTL wrote:Nunes, no question.

Nunes was barely an underdog.

Easily Cejudo vs. Johnson, only because Lobov vs. Johnson wasn't nominated.

I don't consider the MM loss as an upset because the longer you go, the harder it is to keep defending, and it was a really controversial decision to me.

Cyborg had one loss and she hadn't lost in what 13 years? I don't know about barely underdog, the line changed last second but was heavily for Cyborg still. Nunes did it in emphatic fashion.

Bernman · Post #5 » by **Bernman** » Tue Jan 1, 2019 9:39 pm

I never considered Nunes-Cyborg a major upset in a similar way as Rose-Joanna and Holm-Rousey wasn't for me. WMMA has a dearth of women with impressive physical ability. So the anomalies run roughshod over the rest of the division until they meet up with fellow outliers. Might not be dominant themselves because they have holes in their game that were exploited by fighters with the skill to maybe take advantage (i.e.: Tate over Holm, after Tate had been dominated), but when they met up with someone who previously hadn't met someone with commensurate physical ability, they were at worst very live dogs to defeat them.

Slo · Post #6 » by **Slo** » Tue Jan 1, 2019 10:27 pm

I still go with Nunes, it might not have been the biggest upset if you go with Vegas odds but it was still undeniably the biggest "HOLY **** what just happened" momment this year in the UFC. Maybe not that Nunes won but the way it all went down was

Cejudo might have been the bigger underdog odds wise but when he won i was like "Alright, DJ had to loose at one point.." and it was a long grind out win (and i still dont even agree that Cejudo won, **** glorifying the takedowns when they dont amount to anything) where after the Nunes fight everyone was shell shocked

REDDzone · Post #7 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Jan 2, 2019 4:17 pm

I went with Nunes just because she definitively won with no controversy.

GoRapstheoriginal · Post #8 » by **GoRapstheoriginal** » Thu Jan 3, 2019 12:26 am

Nunes. I thought I already posted in here/this topic...

cowboyronnie · Post #9 » by **cowboyronnie** » Fri Jan 4, 2019 6:32 pm

Cejudo was not even surprising if you paid attention to the specifics of his two losses. And the man's near delusional self-belief. To eck out a decision? Big deal.

Amanda KO1'd a woman people dropped belts to avoid. Germaine was like 41-0 in kickboxing, didn't want to fight Cyborg.

Post #10 » by **Duke4life831** » Fri Jan 4, 2019 7:01 pm

Cyborg has looked unbeatable for the last 10 years. Only 2 of her fights went to decision in the last 10 years. Then add in the way Nunes beat her, she didnt beat her in a close decision, the girl just steamrolled over her. Ya I will go with that one.

AirCanadaMouse · Post #11 » by **AirCanadaMouse** » Sat Jan 5, 2019 11:30 am

I would pick the other Nunes, because I still don't get how Nina Ansaroff beat Claudia.