Best Underdog Wins In MMA

underdogs are usually called underdogs for a reason but every once in a while even the most hardcore MMA fan can be surprised this is a list of fights where a fighter wasn't given much of a chance to win and ended up shocking the world these are some of the best underdog wins in MMA in 2004 pride held a heavyweight tournament featuring some of MMA's top fighters among the favourites to win were Fedor Emelianenko Antonio Nogueira and Mirko Cro Cop broke up was one of the most feared fighters in the heavyweight division at the time with nine wins finishing eight of them and only one loss cro cops opponent kevin the monster Randleman on the other hand had seven losses prior and wasn't given much of a chance to win coming from a wrestling background randall man's game plan was to take cro cop down as soon as possible after an unsuccessful clinch and takedown attempt things didn't look so good for the monster it was this moment that everyone expected Mirko Cro Cop to destroy Kevin Randleman [Applause] [Music] Mirko was knocked out one minute and 57 seconds into the first round Randleman was eliminated from the tournament after losing his next fight to fedor emelianenko but not before delivering one of the best slams in MMA history Kevin Randleman died this year after a heart attack he was 45 years old while not as well-known as some of the other fights on this list Muhammad king mo Lawal and Emanuel Newton fought at Bellator 90 King mo was a big favor to win with odds closing near minus 1000 we're betting $1,000 would only net you a $100 profit Lawal made his MMA debut in 2008 against a veteran of over 60 MMA fights Travis beaut King mo finished view in the first round via TKO the wall also has wins against notable fighters mark Kerr Audra Gracie and even gay guard moose Ozzy Newton wasn't as well known at the time with seven losses prior being mostly known for his unorthodox style employing a variety of spinning techniques the fight looked fairly even with both fighters landing good shots as pointed out by commentator Jimmy Smith Lawal had a tendency to drop his hands after throwing punches the simple mistake turned out to have a significant impact on Nutan one via KO in the first round stunning everyone in attendance while a Newton fought once again at Bellator 106 with Newton winning again this time by decision fedor emelianenko used to be considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world remaining virtually unbeaten in over 30 professional fights but the streak came to an abrupt end at Strikeforce in 2010 his opponent Fabricio Werdum was released from the UFC after being knocked out by Junior dos Santos the odds were swayed heavily in Emelianenko's favor with ver doom coming in as a 6 to 1 underdog phaidor quickly dropped for doom and seemed to be on his way to winning the fight until fer doom a grappling world champion caught him in a triangle choke after 33 fights without being defeated the legendary fighter the mystical figure the embodiment of what a true MMA fighter should be tapped out in the first round his head stuck in some guy's smelly crotch [Applause] phaidor went on to lose the next two fights as well but has since rebounded winning his last four fights in a row Matt Serra was a nearly 10 to 1 underdog when he fought George st. Pierre at UFC 69 I do believe that the heavy favorite if I had to bet my life on it I'd have to bet on George st. Pierre he's been more successful he's been more impressive Sarah didn't exactly work his way through the ranks and only received a title shot for competing on the UFC's reality show The Ultimate Fighter after defeating Pete Spratt Tony Carter and a controversial decision win over Chris Lytle he was given a shot at the welterweight title it was supposed to be GSP s first title defense since winning the championship against Matt Hughes at UFC 65 but Matt Serra had other plans after hurting GSP Sara didn't let up until the fight to stop [Applause] Sara and GSP fought again a year later with GSP dominating Sara and reclaiming the welterweight title and a few honorable mentions Nick Diaz surprised everybody at pride 33 by not only beating Takanori Gomi but winning via gogoplata while completely stoned he tested positive for the Gomi fight and they said there was so much weed in his system when they tested him that he had to be high when he was fighting Mike Russo pulled off an unexpected upset after knocking out Todd Duffee then followed up with one of the most brutal hammer fists ever seen in MMA Holly Holm shocked the world by knocking out Ronda Rousey due to copyright constraints we can't show the footage but here's a digitally rendered representation of the fight [Music] [Applause] thanks for watching be sure to subscribe [Music]

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Keywords: mma, mixed martial arts, bellator, king mo, emanuel newton, cro cop, kevin randleman, fedor emelianenko, matt serra, gsp, werdum

Id: QanoAqRZvIo

Length: 7min 31sec (451 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 20 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/allhailchopper]

That Randleman ko still hunt my dreams.

[u/nocopypastamemerino]

Dillashaw vs Barao

[u/[deleted]]

MontageKing is the fucking man.

[u/stunna006]

omg the rousey reenactment! lmao

[u/ghangis24]

I'm pretty new to UFC and have been watching them recently starting at UFC 1. I'm only at 35 now, and I had no idea Randleman had died. :( Dude was ferocious as fuck, and I still think he should have won his fight with Bas Rutten.