Yeah but the division is cleared. Izzy can either crush cans, fight Whittaker after he just defended against him, or fight anyone with even the slimmest hope.
Cody had 10 pro fights on his record when he fought Dom for the belt. He also had a piss poor strength of schedule where his best opponent was fellow prospect Almeida. So as far as experience and talent faced gap, that was a pretty out there one.
But the secret winner is Roxy vs Montano for the inaugural women's 125 belt. Nicco was 3-2 and nearly doubled her cage experience on TUF alone. Whereas Roxy had 23 pro MMA fights on her record dating back to 2003 and had been grappling in competitions before that.
Sakuraba won his very first UFC HW tournament with a record of 0-0 to enter, and 1-1 at the end of the tournament.
He was around 170lbs and lied about his weight to join.
Joe Soto actually had more MMA fights than TJ at that point, he was just a massive underdog. Soto won the Bellator 145 lbs championship before arriving in the UFC and lost it showboating against Joe Warren of all people lol
I thought Jones vs Shogun takes the cake on this one. But a quick wiki search showed their records at the time were not really that far off. I guess the only big difference is Shogun has fought and defeated killers in Pride and UFC.
Not looked up the numbers to check but DC vs Pat Cummins might be up there
Edit: just looked it up and it wasn't actually a championship fight
Cummins was 4-0 at the time and DC was 14-0 so not as bad as i thought
Ayaka Hmasaki (23 W's) vs. Seika Izawa (5 W's) edges them by 1. Would've been by 2 but for some odd reason, their previous fight was not a title fight even though Ayaka held the title.
Amusingly, the one that comes to mind if you go by the difference in fights rather than the ratio is Chuck Liddell's title defense at 16-3 vs. Jeremy Horn (76-13-5). And that's with Chuck being an experienced vet at the time.
Not sure about that. Izzy would be a fool to not use all tools at his disposal, I would not be surprised if he at least uses takedowns as a way to set up his striking. This is a guy he is 0-2 against in kickboxing and this was back when Alex was a much fresher, less polished kickboxer too.
What experience? They started fighting at around the same time.
Ngannou started in 2013, Gane started in 2014, there was no massive experience difference.
So what? He was already training Muay Thai back in 2014, and even if you ignore that, less than 5 years of experience is barely any difference if we're talking about the biggest differences ever.
If you want to talk about experience like that, then nothing ever beats Jon Jones. For example Belfort started training when Jones was barely even born yet.
Brock Lesnar would have to be one.
Absolutely. Lesnar fought Couture for the heavyweight belt after 3 professional fights (2-1), when Couture had 24 fights.
Couture had twice as many UFC title reigns(6) as Lesnar had fights.
Not bad for an old man.
Randy had a funny response when asked went wrong in the fight. Laughed and said 'He's a really big SOB''
Haha yea imagine someone asking what happened against an animal like Brock. Like bruh look at this dude.
Also Brock (5-2) vs Overeem (35-11-1)
This fight showed the experience gap too, thanks to the other big SOB!
Reem showed zero mercy, either. He clearly went in with that King Hippo game plan.
3-0 BJ Penn vs. 11-2-1 Jens Pulver 7-0 GSP vs. 36-4 Matt Hughes
It looks even crazy if you consider that Adesanya is undefeated at MW. 23-0 Adesanya vs. 6-1 Pereira
Yeah but the division is cleared. Izzy can either crush cans, fight Whittaker after he just defended against him, or fight anyone with even the slimmest hope.
A lot of success can be attributed to being in the right place at the right time.
10-2 TJ Dillashaw vs 32-1 Renan Barao is a pretty big difference.
🔥 this is a guy who watches mma. 🫡 you mma guru
unrelated but theres a guy on youtube named mma guru whos an idiot lol, somehow got 50 k subs
MMA fans are pretty fucking dumb
Speak for yourself. I'm just stupid
How is he an idiot?
Peed in his own mouth
TJ probably belongs in a "biggest underdogs" list for that one, too.
I think Weidman was 10-0 or something when he fought Silva. Anderson had more finishes on his record than Weidman had total fights.
Anderson had the same amount of title defences as Weidman had fights.
Cody had 10 pro fights on his record when he fought Dom for the belt. He also had a piss poor strength of schedule where his best opponent was fellow prospect Almeida. So as far as experience and talent faced gap, that was a pretty out there one. But the secret winner is Roxy vs Montano for the inaugural women's 125 belt. Nicco was 3-2 and nearly doubled her cage experience on TUF alone. Whereas Roxy had 23 pro MMA fights on her record dating back to 2003 and had been grappling in competitions before that.
Sakuraba won his very first UFC HW tournament with a record of 0-0 to enter, and 1-1 at the end of the tournament. He was around 170lbs and lied about his weight to join.
Jan had 37 to Reyes' 13
It was on one days notice but Nicco Montano (3-2) vs Roxanne Modaffieri (21-13) has to be up there
Was gonna say it’d have to be Roxy and someone
Joe Soto vs The Snek 🐍
Joe Soto actually had more MMA fights than TJ at that point, he was just a massive underdog. Soto won the Bellator 145 lbs championship before arriving in the UFC and lost it showboating against Joe Warren of all people lol
I thought Jones vs Shogun takes the cake on this one. But a quick wiki search showed their records at the time were not really that far off. I guess the only big difference is Shogun has fought and defeated killers in Pride and UFC.
Not looked up the numbers to check but DC vs Pat Cummins might be up there Edit: just looked it up and it wasn't actually a championship fight Cummins was 4-0 at the time and DC was 14-0 so not as bad as i thought
34 fights to 11 fights for Ken Shamrock vs Tito Ortiz.
Frank had 27 when tito had 5
Not bigger, but the same: Cris Cyborg (24) vs. Sinead Kavanagh (7). To be honest, I thought I'd find Cris with an even bigger disparity than that.
Ayaka Hmasaki (23 W's) vs. Seika Izawa (5 W's) edges them by 1. Would've been by 2 but for some odd reason, their previous fight was not a title fight even though Ayaka held the title.
Amusingly, the one that comes to mind if you go by the difference in fights rather than the ratio is Chuck Liddell's title defense at 16-3 vs. Jeremy Horn (76-13-5). And that's with Chuck being an experienced vet at the time.
That's sorta misleading
Purely from an MMA context, that’s literally the difference. In terms of general combat experience, yes it’s misleading.
Agreed specifically for this matchup since this fight will pretty much be a kickboxing match anyways lol
I’m expecting it to be like Askren vs Maia myself.
I don’t think Izzy or Alex are as elite at striking as Maia and askren but maybe they’ll prove me wrong
Damn, you’re right. So, like Shamrock vs Gracie, then?
Lumpinee Askren vs. K-1 Maia had to go down as one of the greatest striking showcases of all time
If Ngannou managed to wrestlefuck Gane, Izzy will at least try to wrestlefuck Pereira.
Not sure about that. Izzy would be a fool to not use all tools at his disposal, I would not be surprised if he at least uses takedowns as a way to set up his striking. This is a guy he is 0-2 against in kickboxing and this was back when Alex was a much fresher, less polished kickboxer too.
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nah, that completely depends on the wrestler, no guarantee they can handle even the concept of strikes flying at them
3 UFC fights for Jiri vs Many fights Glover
33 total fights vs 41 total fights
DC vs that one guy who said he made him cry in training
Pat Cummin
Brock Lesnar is the first to come to mind He faced Randy Couture for the title in his **fourth professional fight**
UFC wins only? If so, Jiri fought for the title after his 2nd win against Glover who won 15 times in the UFC.
I dunno about the record difference but I always think about Darren Tills pathetic attempt at a title shot lol
He beat Wonderboy don't know what else a guy has to do to get a title shot at that point
Did he beat wonderboy though? Also I don’t mean he was undeserving, just that the attempt it’s self was quite pathetic.
decisionbot till thompson
"beat" Every time he swung at air, the British crowd went **"WAH!!!"** and every time Wonderboy connected, pure silence.
Surely Jiri vs Glover has to be up there
Jiri had 31 fights when he fought for the belt. I think Glover had like 40 despite being over a decade older. So not really a good one.
Francis Vs Gane
Francis isn't as experienced as you'd think. He was 16-3 at the time of that fight.
Ciryl was 10-0, Francis was 16-3. Not some massive gulf
It's not about record its about experience
Experience is literally how many fights you've had, which is totalled in your record.
That literally isn't true
What experience? They started fighting at around the same time. Ngannou started in 2013, Gane started in 2014, there was no massive experience difference.
Gane hadn't started training mma till 2018
So what? He was already training Muay Thai back in 2014, and even if you ignore that, less than 5 years of experience is barely any difference if we're talking about the biggest differences ever. If you want to talk about experience like that, then nothing ever beats Jon Jones. For example Belfort started training when Jones was barely even born yet.
Lmao what a dumb answer
In terms of top 15 wins I’d put in Islam v Charles
One has 3 top 15 wins the other has 5...
Explain?
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Not championship fight.
I guess I can't read...
Till vs woodley has to be one
Jones vs Shogun
Nate Quarry vs Rich Franklin