Spike/UFC's Top 100 Fights

by Tim Burke on May 1, 2009 2:42 PM EDT

Spike TV will be airing a concept in July that will should be at least mildly interesting. It's going to be called "UFC's Ultimate 100", a 5-part series where they show clips from and talk about the top 100 UFC fights of all time. The fans are the ones who decide, and the polls open today on the site at Ultimate100.spike.com.

The voting process is pretty weak, but the show could end up being entertaining. My list of fights that I voted 10 (or "epic") for:

Forrest Griffin/Quinton Jackson, UFC 86
Goran Reljic/Wilson Gouveia, UFC 84
Chuck Liddell/Wanderlei Silva, UFC 79
Quinton Jackson/Dan Henderson, UFC 75
Tyson Griffin/Clay Guida, UFC 72
Scott Smith/Pete Sell, TUF 4 Finale
Diego Sanchez/Karo Parisyan, UFN 6
Sam Stout/Spencer Fisher, UFC 58
Rich Franklin/David Loiseau, UFC 58
Diego Sanchez/Nick Diaz, TUF 2 Finale
Matt Hughes/Frank Trigg 2, UFC 52
Forrest Griffin/Stephan Bonnar, TUF 1 Finale
Karo Parisyan/Nick Diaz, UFC 49
BJ Penn/Matt Hughes 1, UFC 46
Carlos Newton/Pat Miletich, UFC 31
Pedro Rizzo/Josh Barnett, UFC 30

What fights would you pick? Which fights should have made the cut? Which shouldn't have?

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I can’t believe Tito/Frank Shamrock doesn’t make the list, but Junie Browning/Dave Kaplan did.

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by Tim Burke on May 1, 2009 2:43 PM EDT reply actions

Where’s Diaz/Lawler?

by AnonymousA on May 1, 2009 3:00 PM EDT reply actions

good call

from the forest itself comes the handle for the axe

by troy145 on May 1, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Great idea, horrible execution

Either let people vote on all UFC fights, or choose the top 100 yourself and reveal them during the specials. The fact that you can only choose from 177 fights to begin with kind of undermines the whole idea. I understand them not wanting Jimmerson/Gracie to be voted # 1, but would it be any less embarrassing if Browning/Kaplan was?

by thepenismightier on May 1, 2009 3:15 PM EDT reply actions

It's going to be Griffin/Bonnar at #1

The rest is prologue.

by Derek Suboticki on May 1, 2009 3:42 PM EDT reply actions

co-sign

by dt3 on May 1, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions

i'm so confused...

Josh Neer vs. Nate Diaz was an AMAZING fight, but it has an average of 5.5??

REALLY??

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by funnytiger on May 1, 2009 4:45 PM EDT reply actions

I didn’t find it that amazing.

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by Tim Burke on May 1, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions

really??

to each their own…

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by funnytiger on May 1, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Yup, it’s all good. I like a lot of fights that other people aren’t huge fans of. Most of my favorites didn’t even make the list here. Diaz/Lawler, Maia/MacDonald, etc.

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by Tim Burke on May 1, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow! I can’t believe they omitted Maia/MacDonald.

by Jahbulon on May 1, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions

that was easily one of the FOTY candidates

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by lovingmma25 on May 2, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions

I loved that fight too, but it’s hardly top 6 ever material.

by Derek Suboticki on May 1, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions

odd statement...

who said it was top 6 anything?

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by funnytiger on May 3, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Anybody else find it predictable that the only Tito fights on there are his losses?

by The Legend on May 1, 2009 5:46 PM EDT reply actions

Watching his head get punched by Chuck is wonderful.

by Derek Suboticki on May 1, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions

predictable

"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007

by lovingmma25 on May 2, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions

Arlovski / Sylvia III

make it happen.

by nastyem on May 1, 2009 6:12 PM EDT reply actions

no dice on jones vs bonnar?

by phantasma475 on May 1, 2009 9:51 PM EDT reply actions

That is very unfortunate

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on May 1, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Severn/Shamrock

by Farthammer on May 1, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions

wtf

no maia/macdonald, no Ruas/Varelans? i am disappointed to say the least

good luck in life!

by georgehouse on May 1, 2009 10:44 PM EDT reply actions

A few of my favs on the list are

Couture vs Sylvia
GSP vs Huges 3
BJ Penn vs Uno
BJ Penn vs GSP 1
Couture vs Gonzaga
Wiman vs Tavares
Serra vs Parisyan
Cabbage vs Tank
Liddell vs Jardine
BJ Penn vs Huges 1 & 2

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by lovingmma25 on May 2, 2009 12:15 AM EDT reply actions

Junie/Kaplan has an average of 0.0 so far.

No Griffin/Bonnar? WTF?

Keep firing Assholes!
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by Ubernoober on May 2, 2009 12:18 AM EDT reply actions

Griffin/Bonnar’s there.

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by Tim Burke on May 2, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

And Junie/Diamond Dave is a 4.3 right now.

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by Tim Burke on May 2, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

This system of voting is terrible. Really really a big mess up on the spike web designers’ part

by EazyEismydad on May 2, 2009 4:25 PM EDT reply actions

Leaders right now:

Chuck/Wandy 7.7
Griffin/Bonnar 7.7
Couture/Sylvia 7.4
Couture/Liddell 1 7.4
Huerta/Guida 7.2
Couture/Ortiz 7.2

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by Tim Burke on May 2, 2009 5:12 PM EDT reply actions

See now, all this consternation and that looks pretty good for a leaderboard.

by Derek Suboticki on May 2, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions

guess i can’t really brag about thinking of this idea in the ufc 100 wishlist fanpost, since it was executed so poorly. but at least theyre doing something extra to commemorate the event.

by woooburn on May 4, 2009 12:33 AM EDT reply actions