Great technical fights?

[AmericanMMA]

Carlos Sakuraba VS Newton was great

Came here to say this. If you enjoy the ground game, check this fight out. Very fun to watch.

 

[NicholasJBasile]

Carlos Sakuraba VS Newton was great

I came in here to say this -- this fight was so technical for how old it was; great scrambles

 

[Bork Neslar]

Garry vs Neal

 

[linvillegorge]

First GSP/BJ fight

 

[NicholasJBasile]

This is like my personal bat signal. Newton vs Sakuraba was not a fight. It was not even a particularly great grappling match.

For over a minute Sakuraba literally sits in Newton's guard and does nothing. Seriously. Watch from where I've timestamped. It's absolute garbage. Please explain to me how the complete minute of zero activity and zero strikes (while they're both completely fresh) constitutes a great anything.



The notion that this was a great fight or a great grappling match is one of the greatest myths in MMA history.

I'm guilty of this lmao

 

[gosuasus]

Off top of my head

Frank Shamrock vs. Horn
Igor vs. Enson
Nick vs. Karo
Bendo vs. Pettis 1
Hominick vs. Jabouin/Aldo
Condit vs. Kampmann 1
Shogun vs. Lil Nog 1
Edgar vs. Griffin
Cro Cop vs. Wand 2