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He could knock out a few pints as well:

I don't think Rogers was ever anything more than a decent banger. 

He looked good for a round against a post-prime version of Fedor before getting sparked out. The only reason that performance is so highly rated is because few realised at that time that Fedor had peaked 3 or 4 years earlier and wasn't the fighter he once was. Truth be told, Fedor's prime ended when he beat Cro Cop. He was never really the same again for various reasons. 

Other than that, Rogers' only notable win came over Arlovski, who had flirted with suicide at the time, was fighting timidly after Fedor had nuked him with an overhand right months earlier, and had a very weak chin. 

Even before Rogers fell off the rails outside of the cage, Overeem and Barnett had few issues beating him, and even Warpath went the distance with him on Canadian regional show. 

Oh and:

Not the best knockout, but certainly the best and most iconic call in MMA history:

I recommend watching this short video on Hagler by Lee Wylie:

Wylie's channel is brilliant in general. 

20 minutes ago, Egg Shen said:

Shonie's spinning backfist felt like only the spinning KO for years, can anyone think of an earlier one?

Bas Rutten used a similar technique in Pancrase but I don't think he knocked anyone out with it. 

So no, not to my recollection. 

I'm on Team McKee! 

6 minutes ago, Egg Shen said:

It made Belfort though, those first few Vitor wins in the UFC set him up for life. Looking back at his record, Belfort wouldn't score another KO win for close to five years which is pretty nuts.

He ended with one of the best highlight reels in the sport though.

How normal people remember Vitor:

How I remember Vitor:

Belfort's win over Wanderlei must have felt like an anomaly 5 years later. 

Belfort achieved very little after that fight until the late 2000s, whereas Wanderlei became one of the best fighters in the sport in the early 2000s. 

1 minute ago, wandshogun09 said:

I think Baroni vs Menne was the first MMA knockout I saw.

The best EVA. 

Featured on every sodding DVD intro and Bravo highlights show. 

47 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said:

An old favourite from Igor Vovchanchyn...

That knockout was featured on the DVD that accompanied the Pride FC PS2 game. 

Possibly the first MMA knockout I ever saw. 

Still love a bit of Igor. 

4 hours ago, Egg Shen said:

the old UFC Greatest Knockouts DVD's were a necessity for fans

The background music on those releases was horrendous. 

Robbie Lawler's knockout of Tiki sticks in the memory though. 

Just now, Egg Shen said:

"you'll never hear from me again Koogz" made me laugh😄 

It made me cry. 

I wish he'd stuck to it. 

I know this will draw a big number, but from a sporting perspective it might be the most pointless MMA rematch since Tito vs Ken 3:

Tank Abbott utterly loathes Tito:

Btw, I know who the manager is that Abbott refers to. It's that dude who featured on the Ortiz/Lion's Den documentary years ago. 

There aren't many MMA commentators that I actually like these days.

DC and Rogan do my head in. Cruz does nothing for me. Goldie, Thomson and Big John are fucking dreadful. I like Bisping, but more the person rather than the commentator. 

Anik is alright I guess. 

It was actually Hearns - https://www.instagram.com/p/CMX_evblIgK/

He was just misinformed. 

Hardy was alright on commentary. 

But he was not in the same league as Mauro or Brian Stann. 

Fury wins via late stoppage. I base this prediction on the following:

AJ is essentially a lesser version of a prime Wladimir Klitschko. Both are reliant on establishing their jab to set up their power shots, but they struggle if they are made to feel uncomfortable at this range. Fury has all the tools to exploit this weakness in AJ's game. He has the better jab and his use of feints will surely take Joshua out of his comfort zone. He also has a stronger inside game, and the better defence. Thus, Fury is at an advantage wherever the bout is contested at. 

Granted, AJ is a powerful puncher, but so were Wladimir and Wilder, yet Fury was able to take the best punches of both, and other than in the final round of the first bout against Wilder, was never really troubled. Moreover, a key difference between Joshua and Wladimir, is that Wladimir has better cardio. Therefore, I believe Fury will be able to walk down and stop a tiring AJ in the later rounds. 
 

It was only really 5 years ago or so that I properly read up about the Fab 4/4 Kings and watched a lot of their fights. I became a fan of all 4 of them, much more so than the best boxers of the 90s (Chavez, Jones Jr, Whittaker), and the 00s (Pac, Mayweather). 

With Hagler, it was his run at Middleweight, and his all-time great wins over Duran and Hearns that cemented his legacy with experts/historians. Those performances probably put him above Hearns, Jones Jr and any boxer who competed in the 2010s (can you believe that Duran and Hearns will still knocking about in the early to mid 2000s?). Of course, there was also the Leonard fight, for which the decision has been debated to the point of exhaustion. I personally had Hagler winning by 2 rounds when I watched it back last year. Hagler would have almost certainly had won if he hadn't requested one of the judges be removed (the removed judge scored the fight in his favour from home) and had he not opted to box right-handed in the opening 2 rounds. 

But to most casual observers, it will be the shootout with Hearns that he will be remembered for. It's a bittersweet fight for me personally, as Hearns is probably my favourite boxer of all-time. Yet, I can't deny that it's a cracking spectacle that still holds up today. For many, it is/was the height of their boxing fandom. 

Rip Marv. 

7 minutes ago, robinbobs said:

Probably one of the best fighters in the world right now.

Steady on. 

One of the most marketable potentially. 

Horrendous news 😢