What are your favourite fights where a fighter dominated a significantly larger opponent?

[mjfan23]

Fedor vs. Timmey, considering how Tim called him out back when he was champ.

Timmeh had the ufc title and title Defence records back then. He was their goat till that point basically then he got Zulu’d

 

[chs140]

Varelans was a big powerful guy but he wasn't the best fighter unfortunately. 6'8" and listed as 330lbs here against 5'9" 207lbs Igor Vorchanchin, who won by KO.



Varelans finished his career at 9-9 and died 'of Covid' in 2021 aged 51.

Why in quotes? Did he not?

 

[613]

Fedor vs almost everyone he fought in his prime.

Fedor beat a lot of bigger guys in his prime. But it's a huge myth he only fought bigger guys. In his prime it was about an even split between guys he outweighed and guys that outweighed him

 

[Reaperman]

Vitor (215lbs) vs Tank Abbott (270lbs) - Vitor ran through him…..

 

[JKS]

Not dominated but Conor vs Nate 2

 

[Lawrence]

every. single. win. of mike tysons career.

Evander agrees with a twinkle in his eye...

 

[Natural Order]

Not a beating per se, but pretty one-sided: career FW/LW Tristan Connelly taking a WW fight on short notice against Michel Pereira (who missed weight), ignoring all of Pereira's circus trick kicks and flips, and shutting him down with meat-and-potatoes MMA.

Came to post this one, good call!

 

[ChimRichalds]

Benson Henderson vs Brandon Thatch

First that came to mind for me as well, Bendo stopped that hype train dead in its tracks lol.

 

[GluttonforPunishment]

Cain making Lesnar breakdance.

 

[Elvis.]

Kid Yamamoto smashed the fuck out of some dudes that were way bigger than him

 

[tymikeson]

Evander agrees with a twinkle in his eye...

Well he didn't beat Evander.

Were talking wins

 

[Hdfi]

Minowaman winning the Super Hulk Tournament

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Fedor beat a lot of bigger guys in his prime. But it's a huge myth he only fought bigger guys. In his prime it was about an even split between guys he outweighed and guys that outweighed him

I think most people would agree that his prime was his PRIDE years and up until the Werdum fight.
During that stretch, he fought 22 times.
He weighed more than his opponent in 6 of those fights. He and Nogueria were about the same weight.
Everyone else was heavier than him.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard 3

My fucking oath, not sure if Frankie dominated as such but he finished him like a champ, was off the couch for that one

 

[Fedorgasm]

Royce Gracie vs Remco Pardoel.

It’s old, but Royce pulls off a cool trip and dominates the giant judoka.

I love that fight too. The narrative nowadays is that the early UFC's were set up for Royce to win but there is plenty of proof that it's not true. This fight is one example. They would never let a huge judoka in the tournament if they were trying to fix it for Royce.

 

[Aluminati]

Mark Schultz vs Gary Goodridge - Mark dominated Goodridge and made him look silly on the ground. So much backstory to this, can't even fathom the circumstances . It always seems unreal when you know the back story.

 

[650lb Sumo]

230lb Big Nog gets tombstone piledrived by frightening 375lb roid monster Sapp

before winning by armbar.

 

[Huligani]

My fucking oath, not sure if Frankie dominated as such but he finished him like a champ, was off the couch for that one

Yeah didn't dominate but the fight was too epic to not name. He did clearly win every round after the first though.

 

[Lawrence]

Well he didn't beat Evander.

Were talking wins

I wasn't arguing Bro....

Evander was even smaller than Tyson and had a terrific Light Heavyweight/Cruserweight run... Some of his most savage victories were below heavyweight.

 

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