Mark Coleman had no business being in the ring with a peak Fedor a second time, Coleman was 41 years old and past it. PRIDE should have booked a Cro Cop rematch, a fight with Hendo, Rampage or Shogun instead.
To be fair, Tumenov did kind of look like Lawler from a distance, wearing that beanie. lol It's the only time i have ever thought the two of them looked a like.
I'm so bad at faces. Even as a huge fight fan I could totally have made the same mistake. After a fight everyone's features are all distorted and it just gets confusing
I've always thought that Coleman's kids meeting Fedor in the ring was one of the most humanizing moments of the sport's history. Coleman wanted to make sure that his girls knew that Fedor wasn't some kind of bad guy that they should be afraid of. He was a dad just like their dad.
But at the same time, they just saw their dad take an ass whooping, in front row, and almost STRAIGHT AWAY they were rushed in to not only see even closer the damage done but the man who did it as well. It was like their dad got mauled by a bear and the father said "ah don't worry, this bear isn't so frighting. I understand your point but your reasoning is from an adult's point of view. From a child's point of view, only the most roughest or iron willed would not be phased in any form. Had this occurred backstage, after things had calmed down, i'd 100% agree with you.
I thought it was a lovely moment. It could have been really cheesy if he’d turned it into “AND STILL my boy” but all he wanted to say was he was proud no matter what
@@Dclin9 I mean wasn't he divorced? Also we're talking about the guy who had to take a fixed fight because he needed the payday, he could've not had another option
Speaking of coaches, I haven't watched MMA in a couple years so I don't know if it still happens, but every single fight involving Gegard Mousasi climaxed in one of his Red Devils coaches enthusiastically kissing and hugging him, and ended 100% of times with a frustrated Mousasi (who apparently doesn't like to get hugged after fights) repeatedly pushing him away. He was even there for Gegard's K1 victories, good times. That was always a mixture of uncomfortable and funny, I hope that coach is still around at Bellator...
Rumbles corner was instructing him to do things properly, and kept telling him to stop trying to grapple and wrestle with DC, and they kept screaming for him to do the exact opposite of what he was trying to do. Rumble was refusing to listen and acting as if he didn't hear a word of it. They had trained him for months, put in a ton of effort, set up a game plan to neutralize and finish DC, and yet Rumble stopped listening, didn't do anything he was told, and you can hear Hooft through the audio footage saying "you need to keep your distance, stop wrestling him, if you stand your distance, its an easy game, why make it difficult?" then round 2 starts and Rumble reverses against the cage and tries going for a takedown, as Hooft is screaming for him to keep distance. Hooft then says "i'm not saying anything, it's going the same as last time, why? why the fuck does this happen every time?" right as Rumble is getting choked out. Then his corner leave him. It was awkward, and i felt bad for Rumble, but at the same time, he has a tendency to not listen and it's got to be excruciatingly aggravating for any coach who sets up a camp designed to go a certain way and then have your fighter throw the gameplan out the window and refuse to listen.
Why does every episode end with the same clip of dimestore Randy Savage screaming at a video game? What ever happened to, “and have yourself a wonderful day.”?
Yeah I called this out earlier too, that dude is just annoying and the way they present him is like "let's cut all of his annoying moments to a compilation and show that".
Tony getting beat yet staying on his feet for 5 rounds was hard to watch. Specially rounds 4 and 5 were he was clearly put of the fight but he wasn't gonna give up.
Coleman was a fool for doing that to his young daughters. Bringing them in to look at how battered Mark was, then had them meet Fedor... wtf... maybe do that the next day...or month.
Bellator fight ending nut shots should be somewhere on this list. The one recently where the kid starting crying in the ring while the camera and mic stay on him for a good 5 five minutes was hard to watch.
Shout out to the Jens Pulver one, he was an incredible coach that season. You could tell he really cared about his fighters and the final had two of his fighters. Underated tuf coach for sure.
I don’t understand how Chris’ dad is uncomfortable. I remember watching and thinking it was sweet for this father to show the world that he had so much pride in his son and his abilities win or lose.
yeah i don’t think it’s as awkward or uncomfortable as everyone says. but i think the worst part for me is chris’ reaction to it. he plays it off like it’s nothing but you just know he was like “....really dad......”
I buried my dad when I was a kid. At 40, I've lived longer without him than I did with him. I'd give anything to have my dad embarrass me like Chris' dad did.
Honestly I don't think a son should live in fear of being disowned by his own father just for some loss. Or any loss. I mean it should not even be in question, and Weidman's father doesn't actually sound sweet to me with that STILL.
Tbh I don't know what would have been worse. That head shake or him getting ko'ed. But still so uncomfortable to watch a dude that seemed invincible just get beat up like that.
Top ten houses sold by Al Iaquinta, “that shouldn’t have worked” moments, best high level grapplers with striking backgrounds and vice versa, bloodiest fights, funniest fights/fighters, fighters you can’t understand in English
Chris Weidman snapping his leg on Uriah Hall, after Hall just fought Anderson Silva who snapped his leg on Chris Weidman is hands down the most uncomfortable moment in MMA history
DirtyQ yeah and it was just really uncomfortable cause it wasn’t normal Conor funny trash talk he was going really far into what he was saying and it wasn’t fun to watch
#2 should be corey hill, seeing as he did the same thing but much earlier and far worse in recovery. Also where is that moment from Tuf when matt riddle ko3d that dude who layed their moaning after being koed?
alternative answers include: Colby mocking Usman’s recently passed coach the silence after Dana’s “cocaine isn’t cheap” line Anytime Adesanya speaks (no example needed)
Had a mate fight someone who had previously been on a reality dating show called Take Me Out. He failed to get a date. The whole crowd were chanting either Take Him Out, No Likey - No Lighty, or just laughing at the poor guy. My mate absolutely smashed him as well. Totally one sided, got him down and just let rip with GnP
EVERYTHING about the 'and this is still my boy' just kills me every time. The way he grabs the mic after the interview is done, Chris' face being visibly confused dispite all the damage and the deafening silence that follows the whole thing. Fkn A+ moment
Pulver got the last laugh in TUF, when push came to shove, he was the better coach and two of his guys were in the final while Penn had Andy fucking Wang
i remember the mark coleman father daughter moment and it was extremely painful to watch. I remember thinking that those poor kids were likely scarred for life. Hell, ive come into the house sporting nasty wounds a few times from work and the look of concern on my kids face told the story, i can only imagine if they had to watch as there father was pulverized in a fight like that.
To mirror this list, I would say Figuerido winning against Benavidez was a legit feel good moment. Redemption because of the first fight, after which he was mercilessly called a cheater and lucky. And the fact that the promo bias was actually getting insane to the point of clear demonstrable favour for Joe over Deiveson. Fans I think were glad he won, and dominated, because honestly it was getting way too much.
I forget what woman fighter it was, but her trainer poured water down her shorts in between rounds. Dennis Hallman's speedos were cringeworthy. Weidman's dad saying "He's still my boy!!" was epic! Caleb Starnes running away from Nate Quarry was funny. Kimo carrying in a huge crucifix. Diego walking out to fight going "YES! YES! YES!".... 😄
Yamasaki sporadically makes a crazy call not because hes a bad ref but because he wants to give us, the fans, something to talk about....its a service. Put your hearts up in the air for Mario. Like his namesake hes never far from a pipe.
I cannot get enough of Roe Jogan marching into the cage and putting somebody RIGHT on the spot 💀💀 then shoves the mic in their face and makes them respond 😂😂💀😂
Tbh I think the Tony Ferguson loss vs Gaethje was more uncomfortable than the Joe Benevidez loss. Tony took an ungodly amount of "fight ending" shots, the last 3 rounds were brutal and hard to watch, and nobody expected it to be so bad. But with Benevidez vs. Figueirado, if you saw the first fight then the second fight going that way wasnt a huge shock. Both fights were extremely hard to watch, the Tony loss was just more brutal IMO
That noise Joe Benavidez made after he regained consciousness sent chills down my spine.. I respect all the warriors, past and present that put their lives on the line for our entertainment
The post fight interview in the Forrest Griffin vs Tito Ortiz fight where Forrest interviewed Tito in what we thought at the time was his last MMA fight. It was uncomfortable awkward and bizarre.
I thought that Max Holloway interview on UFC tonight is what got him removed from the last minute fight with Khabib. And that’s why Raging Al got the fight.
That time a fighter's mom had to stand in for him during the official results because she had embarrassed him on the world stage moment's prior should definitely be somewhere on this list.
Honorable mention; Uriah Hall knocks out Adam Cella TUF 17. Spinning Heel kick that could be considered one of the best knockouts ever followed by one of the longest most uncomfortable gasps for air as Cella tries to regain consciousness. That image of him lying on the canvas with everyone silent, Uriah says “sorry Adam”; that is a UFC moment I’ll never forget. So heavy.
That wasn’t benevidez, that was deivason screaming after he won..... I’ve watched that fight so many times and looked for that and you can clearly see him yell, not joe. Still the most brutal beating I’ve ever seen, despite it being a title fight.
