Most boring fight in MMA history?

[P4p Islam]

Or Ken Shamrock vs Dan Severn II

I think it was kimo/severn in pride that might have been even worse.

If i remember correctly they circled each other and threw one half-hearted strike every 30 seconds or so.

Lots of people thought it was a rigged fight.

 

[JBJ was here]

This is the only answer. this was back when MMA wasn't even called MMA and the UFC was still on shaky legal grounds.

Shamrock and Severn were actually told in the locker room before the fight that they could be fined if they threw closed-fist strikes.

So the fight was just Shamrock and Severn circling each other warily. The entire fight.

Regulation time was 24 minutes, so they went into 3-minute overtime. Still no action. They went into an additional 3-minute overtime. STILL no action.

Without a doubt, the worst fight in MMA history. Especially with all the build up of champ vs champ. Motor City Madness, it was called. What a joke

It was so bad people were throwing stuff in the cage.

Here is the whole thing if you want to torture yourself or need a cure for insomnia:

That wasn't actually an MMA fight given the ridiculous one-time-only rules imposed on the card. And any fight from the era where fights were one long round, possibly with overtime, shouldn't be judged in the same category as modern MMA fights when it comes to being boring. The rules made any fight that wasn't a quick finish boring.

 

[Stalingrad9]

Probably some prelim borefest I forced myself to sit through when I began watching MMA, so I could be sure I wouldn't miss anything.

 

[witt1021]

Carla vs rose 2, or Caleb Starnes vs Nate quarry.

 

[NoContest]

Rashad vs Nogueira
15 minutes of gently touching gloves

That was terrible. Rashad vs Henderson was pretty bad too. And when they announced the winner by split Rashad was ecstatic for some reason.

Demian Maia vs Tyron Woodley was an extremely boring fight.

Way worse than Maia vs Silva which at least had some bizarre moments. Woodley had some boring title fights.

 

[jeff7b9]

Or Ken Shamrock vs Dan Severn II

Or Kimo vs Dan Severn.

I'm sure as fuck not gonna rewatch 2 hours of patty cake to split that tiebreaker.

 

[jeff7b9]

Most boring would be Rose vs Carla because that was boring for 25 minutes

As I have said in prior versions of this discussion, this just comes down to who saw Severn Kimo or Severn Shamrock 2 and who didn't.

 

[Dana's Moonface]

WMMA

 

[GluttonforPunishment]

No love for Quarry/Starnes?

At least that one was funny at times.

 

[Psychojoe86]

Rose vs Carla 2 is the most boring fight in mma history. A title fight no less. Lol it’s a truly hilariously terrible “fight”.

 

[The Penetrator]

Mokaev vs Johnson

Generally any Mokaev fight honestly, unless he is the one getting subbed and not tapping then its good for that moment...

 

[Sweater of AV]

Y’all ever danced in Detroit...

 

[legedema]

Rose vs Carla 2.

There is no other fight that can beat this

 

[KID Yamamoto]

Ngannou Lewis

I saw this live in the stadium with my dad for my birthday. Honestly it was fun in the crowd reacting to it and holding up our flash lights lmaoo. My buddy got a small Herb Dean chant going.

 

[Thawing Mammoth]

Ngannou Lewis

I mean it would be this one.... but it was hilarious

 

[Sean Ryan]

Especially when you consider the two guys involved and what everyone was expecting. In terms of anticipation, it was the highest high to the lowest low of all time for sure

To be fair it was two monsters with questionable stamina. There was always a chance it could get grim.

 

[Adamant__]

In modern UFC history it's probably Namajunas vs Esparza 2. Of all time, probably Shamrock vs Severn 2.

How did it manage to top Rose vs Carla. I need to see that fight.

 

[Sincere Guy]

Here's some important research I did for an MS Paint competition after teh Lewis/Ngannou fight.

"Last Stallbender"

 

[Ares Black]

How did it manage to top Rose vs Carla. I need to see that fight.

It's posted somewhere in this thread. Trust me, you really don't. It's pretty much half an hour of circling.

 

[BigGucciSosa]

Rose Carla 2, at least Ngannou Lewis had some tension to it