What fight do you think was/is the pinnacle matchup of MMA at the time?

[Ozze]

Fedor vs. CroCop and Jones vs. DC for me.

 

[Snake989]

Usman vs Edwards 2 was a great match up. Usman reigning champ on a 15 fight win streak in the ufc versus Leon on 9 fight win streak with his lost loss being to Usman.

 

[Staph infection]

Randy vs chuck 1

 

[usernamee]

Covington vs Usman 1

haters gonna hate

 

[jsbx45]

DC and Jones were the 2 best fighters ever to share a cage at the same time. Both guys were at the peak of their skills and physical capability. Just a perfect storm.

I'd add Hendo vs Anderson which at the time was not only UFC champ vs Pride champ, but probably the best and second best MW we'd ever seen at that point.

Volk vs Max - all 3 fights

Damn. Good picks. Hendo fight was so disappointing. Silva was so good.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Leban vs Silva to determine of those fighting in Japan could hang with the American hot shots

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

GSP/Penn 2

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Conor vs Khabib

 

[jsbx45]

I think, maybe 2-3 years ago, Jones/Ngannou could have been the biggest MMA fight of all time. Dana screwed the pooch on that one.

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

Conor vs Aldo just for the buildup alone.

 

[pick999]

Penn gsp 2

 

[PeterGriffin]

GSP vs. Condit

 

[Cartiac]

I think, maybe 2-3 years ago, Jones/Ngannou could have been the biggest MMA fight of all time. Dana screwed the pooch on that one.

Talk about screwing the pooch. I know hating on Dana is often the coolest thing on this forum but you clearly failed to read the room and realize grownups were actually trying to discuss MMA.

Now back to the topic, if we are going to talk about the pinnacle of MMA matchups I think we have to go back to the very beginning with the Gracie vs Shamrock fights that defined MMA as a thing. While details have changed, those 3 fights to this day define everything MMA is about.

 

[samuelsoncast]

Cabbage vs. Tank

 

[Gabe]

Jones vs. DC 1

 

[Minnja]

Anderson v Chael 2
Demetrius Johnson v Joe Benavidez 2
Jose Aldo v Chad Mendes 2
Jose Aldo v Frankie Edgar 1

 

[Choco]

Igor Vovchanchyn vs Mark Kerr

Hook me to this human cockfighting thing of us.

 

[Legendary Wrestling]

Penn Vs Gsp 2

This
Hughes vs GSP was also highly anticipated

 

[cmw43]

It wasn't long ago half the board was saying that Jon Jones vs Cyril Gane was the greatest fight on paper of all time....

 

[WOLVERINEKILLS]

Build Up: Khabib vs Conor
Stylistic Difference: Fedor vs Cro Cop
Skillwise: Jones vs DC
Most Prestigious: Anderson vs Hendo