Shooting Star 0 Report post Posted May 16, 2006 Thread title explains itself....I have recently fallen in love with this sport. Anyone got any recommendations for matches I should download? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted May 16, 2006 Chris Leben Vs Joe Doerksen http://www.megaupload.com/?d=16W5OL2N *Awesome, competitive, action-packed fight between two 185 pounders. Leben is a fringe top 10'er and Doerkson is competitive with just about everyone and a slick ground fighter.* Babalu Vs Shogun http://www.megaupload.com/?d=16JJ92C0 *From the IFC: Global Domination LHW tournament, Babalu had just went the distance with Trevor Prangley and Shogun beat Eric Wanderlei in the first round. Today, these are two top ten guys, possibly two top fivers. Babalu is the number 1 contender to Chuck Liddells LHW title, and Shogun won the GP last year. UFC 38 - Ian Freeman vs Frank Mir http://www.megaupload.com/?d=188VT9B3 *Frank Mir was a prospective heavyweight the UFC was hoping to groom and Freeman was the hometown underdog. Bushido7 Gomi Vs Azeredo http://www.megaupload.com/?d=16FS8VBQ *These two had 2 great fights in 2005, this one having one of the more brutal finishes you'd see. Matt Hughes vs Frank Trigg I:NEW http://rapidshare.de/files/1683543/Matt_Hu..._Trigg.wmv.html Matt Hughes vs Frank Trigg II: NEW http://rapidshare.de/files/2340894/Matt_Hu...hlight.wmv.html *Two great matches, especially when watching them back-to-back and seeing how the second fight plays off the first one. One of the top moments of 2005 happened in the second fight. Minotauro vs Bob Sapp: NEW http://rapidshare.de/files/2340635/minotau...do_ufc.wmv.html *I believe this was the FOTY in 2002, and solidified Nog into one of the greatest fighters of all time. Minotauro vs Sergei Kharitonov http://www.megaupload.com/?d=16SDGLZ4 *This is not necessarily essential viewing, but it's one of the better HW fights in the past few years. UFC 22 Only One Champ - Frank Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz http://www.megaupload.com/?d=186UGALS *For a while this was considered thee greatest UFC fight of all time, and perhaps still holds that position. Story-wise, it's tremendous, as Tito had a history with the Lions Den and came in bigger and stronger than Frank, but Frank had more experience and a better strategy and better conditioning. Imanari vs Hansen http://rapidshare.de/files/3127167/Bushido...Hansen.WMV.html *Imanari has awesome leglocks and Hansen has great knees. I luv this one. 11)George St.Pierre Vs Jay Heiron (UFC 4Cool http://www.megaupload.com/?d=22VXRZFT *Watch GSP destroy Heiron. Listen to Joe Rogan try to ignore GSP's shitkicking and continue sucking Heirons cockle. 22)George St.Pierre Vs Matt Hughes (UFC 50) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=35EX7ZTQ *This was a fight for the vacated WW title. It was GSP's third fight in the UFC. 30)Fedor Emelianenko Vs Kevin Randleman (Pride HwGp04) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=30VOZWZ2 31)Fedor Emelianenko Vs Mark Coleman (Pride HwGp04) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=32VRVKV6 *Fedor is God. 35)Quinton Jackson Vs Shogun Rua (Pride MwGp05) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=22PBE5GN *Shoguns first fight in the MW GP of last year. Rampage had been a top 5 fighter at the time and Shogun wasn't even in the top ten. 47)Shogun Rua Vs Gono (Pride Bushido 2) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=321HHPNL *Shoguns first PRIDE fight. Gono is a very good stand up fighter, and Shogun is nuts. 49)Caol Uno Vs Joachim Hansen (K-1 Hero's 1) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=35X7KKJA *Many people had this as the FOTY last year, and last year was STACKED. 68)Bas Rutten Vs Frank Shamrock (King Of Pancrase) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=38GBDCT7 *An awesome fight between two legends in the sport. 102)Chuck Liddel Vs Vernon White (UFC 49) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=327VSP91 *This was one of my favourite fights from 2004, just a fun lil match. 107)B.J. Penn Vs Matt Hughes (UFC 46) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=32CQT3CD *BJ was moving up in weight and Hughes was an unstoppable champion. 110)Kazushi Sakuraba Vs Quinton Jackson (Pride 15) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=32JPD862 *Rampages first PRIDE fight and Saku was coming off a brutal loss to Wanderlei Silva. Two Words: Power. Bomb. 116)Vanderlei Silva Vs Yuki Kondo (Pride GP 2004 Finals) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=39WTJILT *If there is one thing Wanderlei Silva can do, it is destroy Japanese Fighters Who are Smaller than him. 117)Shogun Rua Vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.Pt.1 (Pride Cc MwGp05) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=35PQI5QA 118)Shogun Rua Vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.Pt.2 (Pride Cc MwGp05) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=41JBGLRA *From the quarter finals of last years MW GP, a FOTYC, very competitive, back-and-forth, action everywhere. Chute Boxe vs. Brazilian Top Team. 119)Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Vs Dan Henderson (Pride Te MwGp05) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=428M9YHT *Dan had beaten Rogerios brother before, though Minotauro was able to win the rematch. This was in the first round of the MW GP. 138)Randy Couture Vs Chuck Liddel 1 (UFC 43) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=39B1MONW *Randy had come off two straight losses in the HW division, while Chuck Liddell was building lots of momentum with wins over Babalu, Belfort, Randleman, etc. Tito was refusing to fight Chuck, so this fight was set up to crown an interim champion. The idea was Chuck beats Randy, Chuck has Titos belt, Chuck and Tito fight to unify. Well, Randy had another idea. 140)Fedor Emelianenko Vs Gary Goodrige (Pride MwGp2003) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=40WVGYYK 144)Fedor Emelianenko Vs Naoya Ogawa (Pride HwGp2004) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=43SJN6ZX 145)Fedor Vs Heath Herring (Pride 23) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=43EEWIGO *I <3 Fedor 146)Tito Ortiz Vs Vitor Belfort (UFC 51) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=434QB8GN *Ortiz and Belfort were supposed to fight at UFC 33 in UFC's first show in Vegas. Belfort pulled out citing injury, it took 31/2 years for them to get them in the ring together, with both guys trying to make their way back up the rankings. 148)Don Frye Vs Takayama (Pride 21) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=438YOQR0 *Ever see a hockey fight? Ever see a hockey fight, on CRACK? 151)Chuck Liddel Vs Renato Sobral (UFC 40) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=40JXQPMN *Putting this up just cause they're going to fight eachother within the next few months. 157)Vanderlei Silva Vs Mark Hunt (Pride Shockwave 2005) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=431UPFGP *Really good fight and a rare case of Silva being the smaller man. 158)David loiseau Vs Charles McCarthy (UFC 53) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=40JNGZGK *This is shown all the time on SPIKE, but just in case, spinning back kick, flying knee. Fedor Doc (parts 1,2,3) http://files.filefront.com/Fedor_Doc_1/;42...;/fileinfo.html http://files.filefront.com/Fedor_doc_2/;42...;/fileinfo.html http://files.filefront.com/fedor_prt_3/;42...;/fileinfo.html *It's a Japanese doc covering a Russian Fighter. But if U <3 Fedor, U will <3 to see him train ROCKY style. Sherk vs. GSP http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WW456GV2 Sean Sherk is one of the few fighters to take Matt Hughes the distance and give him a competitive fight in the octagon and came in with that as his only loss in over 40 fights. GSP fucks his shit up. Minotauro vs Crocop http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FYLAZHOW Kinda like Nog vs. Sapp, but with more kicks but the same amount of awesome. Minotauro vs Mark Coleman http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q4SJ077G Minotauro vs Groodidge http://www.megaupload.com/pt/?d=YUA0KMAO *Two fights to show how good and dangerous Nog is on the ground. Coleman has said that Nog had the strongest grip of anyone he has ever met - Coleman is an olympic level wrestler, btw. Goodridge is an armwrestling champion and another strong motherfucker. Just to put things in perspective. Minotauro vs Fedor Pride25 (2003) 1 round http://www.megaupload.com/pt/?d=4YGIOU9U 2 round http://www.megaupload.com/pt/?d=MQEQDQ5B 3 round http://www.megaupload.com/pt/?d=GIDKX8YA *Those matches above with Nog? They show how awesome he is. How he is the best heavyweight in the world. Well, before this fight he was. I've seen this fight maybe more than any other, and it never bores me. Minotauro vs Fedor Pride GP 2004 http://www.megaupload.com/pt/?d=IJU6ZF3T *The rematch. Minotauro vs Enson Inoue http://rapidshare.de/files/4703268/Minotau...e_2002.wmv.html *Enson said he would retire if he lost. He also has a habit of never quitting. Watch his head turn purple. Minotauro vs Schilt: http://s8.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=34I9M72T4S7RY2AMHUV3K3HQN4 *Schilt looks like Ivan Drago. Minotauro vs Dan Henderson (2nd) http://www.megaupload.com/pt/?d=YCP0ECQ4 *Awesome fight. That's all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I like Forums 0 Report post Posted May 16, 2006 I was insanely excited by Rudo's post until I realized a tonne of the links are inactive. Any chance you could re-up a few of them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lei Tong 0 Report post Posted May 16, 2006 Don't worry, RRR went about .500 on his recommendations.[/snob] I'll up some of my favorites later tonight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Not necessarily my favourites, but good matches. You know, stuff to check out. Some of those should still work, though I admittedly haven't checked them myself in a few months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I like Forums 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Fedor Vs Heath Herring (Pride 23) UFC 22 Only One Champ - Frank Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz Minotauro vs Sergei Kharitonov were the only ones I was actually disappointed that were down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2EO9794B Frank Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz. This might be boring to some, but I personally found it exciting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Not MMA, but here's what happens when you take one guy who knows a lot about grappling and pit against a guy who doesn't in a grappling environment. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RRVCCKTN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Learn a thing or two about the ground game. Ultimate Submissions HL http://www.megaupload.com/?d=20RM8T4D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Okay, I just saw the ADCC match again. I don't even know why I should bother going for Jiu jitsu anymore, shit like that just demoralizes you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Skill and athleticism vs. a true brawler with a never say Die Attitude. Mir vs Tank http://rapidshare.de/files/2345579/UFC_41_..._Abbot.wmv.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Noguiera's "Here I am motherfuckers" moment just before he started his path of glory in PRIDE. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs Coleman (Pride Fc 16) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=25HOHZZH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=319BI1UX Twenty greatest comebacks, I always liked this vid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Watch a fight where the Quebecers reverse roles, as Menjivar is the bigger fighter who actually doesn't make 170, while GSP makes it no problem. Really fun fight. Georges St. Pierre vs Ivan Menjivar (UCC 7) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CEXWFJES That's it for now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Whoops, one more, this was a really fun grappling fight. Don't know how well it holds up now, but I'm sure it's still good. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B5PFOTIK Newton vs. Renzo Gracie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Doerkson/Leben. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lei Tong 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 I'm still pissed I didn't add Serra/Gomi clips to my ADCC HL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 That move he did from holding Gomi in Turtle to getting his back was downright Godly. Why can't he fulfill his potential in MMA? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lei Tong 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 That move he did from holding Gomi in Turtle to getting his back was downright Godly. Why can't he fulfill his potential in MMA? Because his takedowns are kind of teh suck, his stand-up is unrefined and he's a midget. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 He's taken down some tough guys, I think he took down Penn, and he took down Menjivar, who while undersized is no joke. His standup is a little wild, but it is improving, especially if you look at his fight with Karo, he got him pretty good there. Also, I'm surprised Karo dominated the ground war in that one. Those elbows were probably it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lei Tong 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 He took Penn down for a split second while trying for 15 minutes, and most of the other guys he's taken down were outsized rather heavily. His shot has always been of the bumrush variety. Also, while he has some pop standing, as you mentioned, it's pretty unrefined, which when combined with his short stature and reach, makes stand-up exchanges a dangerous proposition for the guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conspiracy_Victim 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2006 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=319BI1UX Twenty greatest comebacks, I always liked this vid. I can't get this one to fully download. It hangs about 80% of the way through, And I thought the only way Frye/Takayama would end was when one of them dropped of a heart attack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2006 I pinned this. Keep adding matches, guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AboveAverage484 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2006 For those who would like some K-1 recommendations, along with a shameless plug for my article: http://kakutougi.info/content/view/295/ I might have the first four up this weekend on yousendit or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest brainuse Report post Posted May 21, 2006 A few quick suggestions: Rizzo v Barnett - Someone finally decides it'd be a good idea to stand with Rizzo and give him opportunities to counterpunch. This ends up generating a tense almost completely stand up battle, and one of the most brutal KO punches I've ever seen. Hansen v Uno - When broadcast this fight was missing a round, and even with that round missing, it was still a FOTY candidate. Lawler v Riley - Lawler bombs, and Riley does what Riley does, which is eat punches and keep coming like a tank. Certainly not the highest skill level fight you will ever see, but an amazingly entertaining brawl. Griffin v Bonnar - Say what you will, this fight was the goods. Two up and comers beating the hell out of each other. Sakurai v Trigg - An absolutely stunning comeback from the tail end of Mach's glory days. Bustamante v Lindland - The peak of Busta's MMA career. He flat out dominates one of the best fighters in the world, in just about every facet of the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
starvenger 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2006 Minotauro vs Dan Henderson (2nd) http://www.megaupload.com/pt/?d=YCP0ECQ4 *Awesome fight. That's all. I just got StarChoice, and as a surprise there's a free preview of The Fight Network until June (showcasing their "Intense" package featuring Fight Network, SexTV, Spike and... MuchMusic?). They showed this fight. I don't know what Henderson ate for breakfast that day, but it probably involved a lot of painkillers. Insane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmericanDragon 0 Report post Posted July 4, 2006 Franklin vs Lyoto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLq2rQoevbY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mrbutcherer Report post Posted November 18, 2006 If at all possible, would like to request these MUST See matches, all from 2006 (and maybe some from before). Unluckily for me, haven't been able to find 'em, so I was hoping since this thread helped point me in so many awesome feuds someone could hook it up. George St. Pierre vs BJ Penn 3/4/06 vs Frank Trigg 8/20/05 BJ Penn vs Hughes 2 9/23/06 Matt Hughes vs Royce Gracie 5/27/06 vs Sean Sherk 4/25/03 Rich Franklin vs Anderson Silva 10/14/06 Edit: Also if you will: Wanderlei Silva vs Cro Cop 1 & 2 Fedor vs Nogueira 2 (original link was down) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2006 Franklin/Silva is available on DailyMotion under 'Anderson Silva'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mrbutcherer Report post Posted November 18, 2006 Err, yeah I saw it there, but I was sorta *kinda* hoping to download it. I've found a few of these laying around on sites that, well yeah sure you can watch them, but I was (sorta) hoping to download 'em. Don't care if the server is yousendit, sendspace, megaupload, rapidshare, whatever heh heh. But I was (just a teensy bit) hoping to download the matches. Or maybe, do you know how to download from DailyMotion? Appreciate the info, btw. Thanks Curry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
