There have been many battles fought, in a ring, and in a cage. All of them have become extremely important in creating the relatively young history of Mixed Martial Arts. But what matches have been key in creating the present day in the MMA world? I will do three of them, one without a weight class and two heavyweight matchups. But feel free to put up any matches you want, from any company.
Royce Gracie vs. Gerard Gordeau
UFC 1: The Beginning
http://www.mma-core.com/videos/_Royce_Gracie_vs_Gerard_Gordeau_UFC_1_The_Beginning?vid=10000456
This is the final match of the first UFC pay per view. In this match, Royce Gracie showed the world that two dimensional fighting is never going to cut and, and that ju-jitsu will dominate these two dimensional fighters each time. Soon after this, fighters who wanted to get into the sport began training against and with ju-jitsu.
Borck Lesnar vs Randy Couture
UFC 91
http://regretfulmorning.com/2008/11/randy-couture-vs-brock-lesnar/
Love him or hate him, Lesnar is bringing in the massive ratings right now for the UFC> This match showed that not all wrestlers are as weak as MMA fighters say they are as Lesnar defeated a legend in Randy Couture.
Fedor Emelianenko vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria
Pride 25
This match was their first of two matches (three counting their no contest) that they had in Pride. It was for the heavyweight championship of the world. At this time, Fedor had not been in Pride for too long, and Nogueria seemed dominant. When they went the full distance and Fedor dominated almost every minute of the match, people began to look at him as the greatest fighter on earth.
So post yours. Some other ones I thought about were Kimbo Slice's beatdown, showing that MMA is not for idiots who street fight. I also thought that the finale of the Ultimate Fighter 1, with both man putting on an impressive fight and proving the success of that show.
Royce Gracie vs. Gerard Gordeau
UFC 1: The Beginning
http://www.mma-core.com/videos/_Royce_Gracie_vs_Gerard_Gordeau_UFC_1_The_Beginning?vid=10000456
This is the final match of the first UFC pay per view. In this match, Royce Gracie showed the world that two dimensional fighting is never going to cut and, and that ju-jitsu will dominate these two dimensional fighters each time. Soon after this, fighters who wanted to get into the sport began training against and with ju-jitsu.
Borck Lesnar vs Randy Couture
UFC 91
http://regretfulmorning.com/2008/11/randy-couture-vs-brock-lesnar/
Love him or hate him, Lesnar is bringing in the massive ratings right now for the UFC> This match showed that not all wrestlers are as weak as MMA fighters say they are as Lesnar defeated a legend in Randy Couture.
Fedor Emelianenko vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria
Pride 25
This match was their first of two matches (three counting their no contest) that they had in Pride. It was for the heavyweight championship of the world. At this time, Fedor had not been in Pride for too long, and Nogueria seemed dominant. When they went the full distance and Fedor dominated almost every minute of the match, people began to look at him as the greatest fighter on earth.
So post yours. Some other ones I thought about were Kimbo Slice's beatdown, showing that MMA is not for idiots who street fight. I also thought that the finale of the Ultimate Fighter 1, with both man putting on an impressive fight and proving the success of that show.