Is Conor ko'ing Aldo the greatest fighting performance in the UFC history?

god no! it was a crazy well placed and damn near perfect punch. not an amazing overall performance. big difference.
 
HereticBD said:
Something longer than a few seconds. I mean, it was a good shot but it can happen to anybody. It's no more impressive than what Jorge did to Askren. Not that it's not impressive, I just don't consider it a "performance" that proves a whole hell of lot. One guy just made a very early mistake. If they fight a hundred times, it doesn't go down like that very often.

You brought up Jones. I'd say he has some of the most impressive performances of dominance and picking apart an opponent. Machida, Shogun, Cormier. Anderson Silva clowning Forrest Griffin and Rich Franklin are up there too.
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Nailed it on all fronts. I'm with you, but the (accurate imo) take that 10-second flash-KOs are not the ultimate proof of performance or ability, and give us very little to gauge whether or not they could repeat the feat . . . will never be popular.

People much prefer the low-hanging fruit of "fast ko=clearly better fighter in every way, always".

For me, a multi-round ass-whooping where you not only dominate your opponent but also completely shut down their offense. . . .now THAT's a flawless performance, and makes me think with certainty and confidence that they could repeat the feat.

While on the topic, I think Strickland's utter humiliation of Izzy was a greater performance than Conman's brilliant cracking of Aldo's chin. It proved a whole lot more imo.
 
For me, it's always been Anderson vs. Leben.

Most North American fans didn't even know who Silva was at the time; Leben was being built up for a title fight; Oddsmakers had Silva as a slight favourite, but the promotional team was implying that Silva was a stepping stone for Leben to fight for the title before the fight aside from one throwaway remark by Rogan about Silva being a "different kind of striker"; and then the fight happens and Silva lands nearly everything he throws, and Leben lands zero strikes (I think the fight stats credit him with 1 punch landed, but it was glancing at best).

Thus began Silva's reign of terror in the UFC.
 
ipowerslapmywife said:
Aldo didn’t make a mistake, he got in an exchange with the superior boxer and got knocked out in 10 seconds. That result likely happens 9 out of 10 times, either way Aldo would’ve got countered and caught early
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Haters (other than me) don't want to fa e the truth

But conor was a great fighter on his rise and simply had Aldos number. He wins 10/10 for me.
 
ipowerslapmywife said:
Aldo fans always get triggered when you say Conor is more skilled than Aldo at anything. Sure Aldo has better leg kicks but Conor has better boxing. Acting like no one seen Aldo get countered and put to sleep with ease. Conor is the best boxer in mma history that didn’t come from boxing like Toney.
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Not 💯 sure I would say he is the best boxer in mma, but he's certainly in that conversation and head to head as I said in my previous comment, he's better than Aldo
 
Masvidal vs askren
Zombie vs the canadian who got knocked out after trying a glove touch cheapshot
 
Has any morons shown up yet claiming a perfect slip and counter was a fluke yet? The counter he was literally drilling while warming up right before walking out?
 
Too quick to end.
gotBooched said:
Cain over Lesnar
Honorable mention - The Reem over Lesnar (but not a title fight)

GSP over Jon Fitch

Jones over Shogun

BJ over Hughes

Holly over Ronda



All of these are title fights that were completely one sided beatdowns against good or at least scary fighters. Complete, one-sided dominations. I think these are better examples of legendary performances. McGregor Aldo was just too quick. You didn't get to see McGregor outstrike Aldo 200-20, or take him down at will, or laugh at his leg kicks or anything at all other than one single exchange.
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Probably would have been better for Shoguns long term health to get kod by that first knee but nope .
 
IloveTHIS said:
Has any morons shown up yet claiming a perfect slip and counter was a fluke yet? The counter he was literally drilling while warming up right before walking out?
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Not a fluke. Just a massive moment in a massive fight. Conor just got there first. We were inches away from a double ko.
 
I remember well before the Aldo fight, there was a fan made made promo that depicted Conor rising through the ranks to dethrone Aldo. At the time I laughed it off but it was wild to see it happen; and happen easily
 
Aldo also landed...Dont fool yourself, its Jones vs Shogun, Conor vs Alvarez, delivering 1 great punch, while taking one but yours was better its not the greatest performance in the UFC.
 
IloveTHIS said:
Has any morons shown up yet claiming a perfect slip and counter was a fluke yet? The counter he was literally drilling while warming up right before walking out?
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Aldo also landed on Conor.
 
Hazuki Ryo said:
Greater than Silva matrixing Forrest because obviously Aldo was a legitimate GOAT candidate, and a striking specialist.

Greater than Jones vs Shogun I think, because of all the mental game that broke Aldo

Was there a better fight preparation and result than this one? From a fighter's perspective, being able to get into one of the greatest of all time fighter's head, then ko'ing him in 13 seconds.. This has to be the perfect execution of a gameplan. Injury free and famous for it for the rest of his days
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Probably the biggest example of winning the mental battle which resulted in a win in the cage, Aldo was cooked
 
Hazuki Ryo said:
Greater than Silva matrixing Forrest because obviously Aldo was a legitimate GOAT candidate, and a striking specialist.

Greater than Jones vs Shogun I think, because of all the mental game that broke Aldo

Was there a better fight preparation and result than this one? From a fighter's perspective, being able to get into one of the greatest of all time fighter's head, then ko'ing him in 13 seconds.. This has to be the perfect execution of a gameplan. Injury free and famous for it for the rest of his days
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Yes
 
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