Full listing of UFC Tonight's "Top 50 Moments of 2013" ~ Stickgrappler's Sojourn of Septillion Steps

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Full listing of UFC Tonight's "Top 50 Moments of 2013"

12/28/2013 10:59:00 AM MMA, UFC No comments

Although 2013 is not finished yet, Fuel-TV's "UFC Tonight" picked their Top 50 Moments of 2013. A bold move if I may, given this upcoming UFC, #168 will take place in 2 days on Saturday Dec 28th. It features these matchups which may be potential candidates in the Top 50 Moments of 2013:

Chris Weidman (10-0/Middleweight Champion) vs. Anderson Silva (33-5/former Middleweight Champion) - Silva lost his title to Weidman, this is the immediate rematch - both made the list
Ronday Rousey (7-0) vs. Meisha Tate (13-4) - both were coaches on this year's (18th season) of The Ultimate Fighter - there is no love between these two - both fighters are included in the Top 50
Travis Browne (15-1-1) vs. Josh Barnett (33-6) - Both Browne and Barnett made the Top 50
Prelim bout of Chris Leben (22-10) vs. Uriah Hall (7-4) - Hall has a spot in the Top 50

OK, are you ready? Let's get it on! Here is the full listing of the Top 50 Moments of 2013 as picked by UFC Tonight. I have linked where available of animated GIF's I've made from that respective fight. In time, I will make more and aim to make GIFs from all 50 fights.

50. UFC on Fox 8 -- The knockout of Bobby Voelker by Robbie Lawler and brutal finish of Mac Danzig by Melvin Guillard are spotlighted.

49. UFC 158 -- Johny Hendricks' win over Carlos Condit via unanimous decision.
48. UFC on FX 8 -- Jacare Souza's first appearance under Zuffa's banner, where he submitted Chris Camozzi in the first round.
47. UFC 164 -- Chad Mendes' thrashing of Clay Guida.
46. UFC 162 -- Cub Swanson's finish of Dennis Siver.
45. UFC Fight Night 28 -- Glover Teixeira's TKO victory over Ryan Bader.
44. UFC 156 -- Demian Maia's smothering victory over Jon Fitch.
43. UFC 159 -- Roy Nelson's knockout of Cheick Kongo.
42. UFC Fight Night 29 -- Dong Hyun Kim's knockout of Erick Silva.
41. UFC Fight Night 26 -- Matt Brown's finish of Mike Pyle.
40. Nate Marquardt's knockout losses at UFC 158 and UFC 166.
39. UFC on Fox 7 -- Yoel Romero's flying knee against Clifford Sparks.
38. UFC 156 -- Jose Aldo's decision victory over Frankie Edgar.
37. UFC 166 -- Jessica Eye vs. Sarah Kaufman fight.
36. UFC 157 -- Dennis Bermudez vs. Matt Grice's battle.
35. UFC on Fuel 7 -- Renan Barao's submission victory over Michael McDonald.
34. UFC 157 -- Robbie Lawler return's to UFC with victory over Josh Koscheck.
33. UFC on Fox 7 -- The "Immortal" Matt Brown picks up win number five over Jordan Mein.
32. UFC on Fox 7 -- Ben Henderson's controversial win over Gilbert Melendez, then wedding proposal.
31. UFC 160 -- T.J. Grant's finish of Gray Maynard.
30. UFC on Fox 7 -- Josh Thomson's TKO victory over Nate Diaz.
29. UFC Fight Night 26 -- Conor McGregor's boxing clinic at expense of Marcus Brimage.
28. UFC 164 -- Josh Barnett's nasty TKO win over Frank Mir.
27. UFC on Fox 8 -- Demetrious Johnson's submission victory over John Moraga.
26. UFC on Fox 6 -- Anthony "Showtime" Pettis finishes Donald Cerrone.
25. UFC Fight for the Troops 3 -- Tim Kennedy's left-handed knockout of Rafael Natal.
24. UFC 163 -- Jose Aldo finishes Chan Sung Jung in the fourth round.
23. UFC 159 -- Jon Jones demolishes Chael Sonnen and breaks his toe in process.
22. The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 17 Finale -- Cat Zingano vs. Miesha Tate.
21. UFC 158 -- Nick Diaz vs. Georges St. Pierre.
20. UFC 167 -- GSP beats "Big Rigg" via split decision.
19. UFC Fight Night 33 -- Mauricio Rua stops James Te Huna.
18. UFC Fight Night 27 -- Carlos Condit finishes Martin Kampmann in their rematch.
17. UFC on Fox 9 -- "Mighty Mouse" knocks out Joseph Benavidez.
16. UFC 160 -- Junior Dos Santos knocks out seemingly un-knockout-able Mark Hunt.
15. TUF 17 -- Uriah Hall's knockout of Adam Cella.
14. UFC Fight Night 30 -- Lyoto Machida finishes Mark Munoz.
13. UFC 156 -- Antonio Silva's shocking finish of Alistair Overeem, followed by Overeem getting knocked out by Travis Browne.
12. UFC 165 -- Renan Barao's finish of Eddie Wineland.
11. UFC on Fuel 8 -- Mark Hunt TKO's Stefan Struve.

And mental drumroll please ... Here's the Top 10:

10. Vitor Belfort's incredible 2013 -- KO victories over Michael Bisping, Luke Rockhold and Dan Henderson.

9. UFC Fight Night 26 -- Chael Sonnen's finish via submission over "Shogun."

8. TUF 18 Finale -- Julianna Pena's finish of Jessica Rakoczy results in her winning TUF 18.

7. UFC on Fuel 8 -- Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann.

6. UFC 164 -- Anthony Pettis' lightweight title victory over Ben Henderson.

5. UFC 166 -- Cain Velazquez and his dominant victory over Junior Dos Santos paired with Gilbet Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez.

4. UFC Fight Night 33 -- Mark Hunt vs. "Bigfoot" Silva.

3. UFC 157 -- Ronda Rousey defeats Liz Carmouche.

2. UFC 165 -- Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson.

1. UFC 162 -- Chris Weidman vs. Anderson Silva.

Source: www.mmamania.com

Looking over that list and the amount of animated GIF's I've made (3 out of 50?!?!?!), I've got a lot of catchup to do!

Was there any particular noteworthy moment you felt should've been included but wasn't?

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Saturday, December 28, 2013