Change one fight outcome for a butterfly effect

[Chad W]

What if cm punk won. biggest PPV star in combat sports history

 

[Toco]

RDA would not have beaten Conor. Brazilians typically are easy to get to mentally.

aldo, yes. not sure with RDA. he could channel his anger like cody and fight better than ever. also change that shameful av

 

[RayA]

TJ gets the SD over Cruz. Best case scenario, he goes on to fight who he did, Assuncao, then Lineker, then Garbrandt, and becomes BW GOAT.

Realistically, he rematches Cruz, probably wins, gets scheduled to fight Faber for the marketability, and then either avenges his loss to Assuncao or a fight with Grabrandt. Without Cody's 5 rounds against Cruz to analyze, the result could be very different.

If he wins, that would be around the time that Demetrius was supposed to fight Borg. TJ would have much higher claim to the fight at this time, and instead of Borg, he'd be fighting TJ. This could possibly prevent MM from beating Silva's record.

 

[ImNotSurpisedDonks!]

I would like to have seen what would have happened if Jimmerson one punch KO’d Gracie

Then he woulda been raped by Ken. Would have been hillarious tho if a Gracie didn't win 'The Gracie Challenge'.

 

[capnlarge]

Fedor did not lose to Werdum.
The emperor would go on to win the HW tourney and as such, SF would not break.

Instead, it would grow exponentially with behind their stacked HW division with Fedor at the top..

UFC (in decline) would start losing its fighters. WME-IMG would not buy UFC

SF would continue to grow and become the biggest MMA promotion there is.

Scott Coker wouldbe the new (tame) Dana.

No shitty fights made for Profit.

Conor never happens.

Fedor was never a draw. Strikeforce more likely to still be around today if they had never signed him to that ridiculous co-promotion deal with M-1 Global leeches.

 

[Shaddows]

Fedor was never a draw. Strikeforce more likely to still be around today if they had never signed him to that ridiculous co-promotion deal with M-1 Global leeches.

Fedor was a draw internationally.
Would also be a draw if he was able to come and win that HW tourney.

Paying him the amount he deserved, but then to see him lose, that is what broke SF.

 

[capnlarge]

Fedor was a draw internationally.
Would also be a draw if he was able to come and win that HW tourney.

Paying him the amount he deserved, but then to see him lose, that is what broke SF.

Fedor being undefeated and winning the HW tournament didn't save Pride.

Also, in your scenario where Strikeforce becomes #1, Conor probably comes to Strikeforce, so you aren't dodging that bullet.

 

[Shaddows]

Fedor being undefeated and winning the HW tournament didn't save Pride.

Also, in your scenario where Strikeforce becomes #1, Conor probably comes to Strikeforce, so you aren't dodging that bullet.

What killed pride was Yakuza involvement.
No one could save Pride from the backlash.

And no, Scott is not Dana. he wouldn't allow Conor to be Conor.
So Conor would not become what he is now.

 

[P4PKingBisping]

Nick over GSP
Imagine the landscape of Welterweight
No GSP Legacy
Bisping retires as Champion

 

[tonyDaTiger]

Nate beats Conor at UFC 202, Conor never becomes double champion, never fights Floyd Mayweather.

 

[Bork Neslar]

CM Punk KOs Gall with his first punch. Gets a title shot, wins again, and becomes the UFC's WW champion.

 

[Garnett Silk]

Barnett beats Travis Browne and fights Werdum for #1 title contention...

 

[avenue94]

Personal favorite: Edgar gets the nod in the rematch with Bendo (as he should have), then goes on to face the contenders Bendo faced, Diaz and Melendez. Edgar most likely beats them and becomes the undisputed GOAT lightweight.

 

[Hrvman]

Takada KO's Gracie.

Pride 1 becomes the last Pride event.

Fedor joins the UFC, destroys everyone.

Cro Cop never quits K-1 since there is no JMMA org as big as K-1, becomes K-1 WGP champion 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, loses to Schilt in 2006.

No striker transitions to MMA like Mirko did, so MMA is led by wrestlers, the striking departement in MMA doesn't evolve until JDS comes to MMA in late 2010's.

Wanderlei KO's Chuck in UFC and remains UFC champ from 2002 to 2005, Shogun is unkown, no soccer kicks, he quit MMA

 

[Andy Capp]

Shit title, couldn't be arsed to word it better

So which one single fight, if you changed the outcome of, would have the greatest butterfly effect to the MMA world?
Please try and be more inventive than Conor/Aldo for fuck sake you heathens

example; UFC 70, instead of the actual outcome, Cro Cop 'Cro Cops' Gonzaga and gets a title shot at Randy Couture.
This would then be one of the biggest HW fights of all time (up to that point). I do still think the Randy of that night could have beaten Cro Cop, but it would be a different Cro Cop, one that didn't have his soul taken by Gonzaga, one that didn't suffer a major concussion, maybe his chin would hold up better for longer.

If Cro Cop won, he'd likely go on to rematch Nogueira, and likely win with Nog's decline. And then onto Brock and Mir, again fights that this version of Cro Cop would likely win.
Eventually running into Shane and Cain

Dude could've dominated HW for 3 years and be seen as one of the absolute greats of all time

shit thread, tldr, very mental very strange fuck off

obligatory tits and arse to save the day

I think your post nailed it.
/thread.

 

[MMAFanatic86]

Gus vs Jones. I don't like Gus, but that fight would have created an endless loop of rubber matches. Thankfully Jones discovered coke and edged out the victory.

 

[Andy Capp]

Fedor did not lose to Werdum.
The emperor would go on to win the HW tourney and as such, SF would not break.

Instead, it would grow exponentially with behind their stacked HW division with Fedor at the top..

UFC (in decline) would start losing its fighters. WME-IMG would not buy UFC

SF would continue to grow and become the biggest MMA promotion there is.

Scott Coker wouldbe the new (tame) Dana.

No shitty fights made for Profit.

Conor never happens.

No shitty fights made for profit? Have you seen Bellator lately? Piss on Coker.

 

[NaughtyBoy]

Shamrock beats gracie, bjj doesn't go viral.

Viral ? Not viral protection at that time man...

 

[Shaddows]

No shitty fights made for profit? Have you seen Bellator lately? Piss on Coker.

yes, and their cards are better than UFC's... and for free...
Mind you, they do the best they can with what they got.
UFC does the worse they can as long as you pay.

Piss on, Zuffa-Zombie.

 

[Andy Capp]

yes, and their cards are better than UFC's... and for free...
Mind you, they do the best they can with what they got.
UFC does the worse they can as long as you pay.

Piss on, Zuffa-Zombie.

I would equally spread my piss on both of them. No need to suggest otherwise because it's not the point.