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The Greatest Heavyweight MMA Fights of All Time
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What are MMA's most memorable heavyweight battles?
From legends like Mirko CroCop and Fedor Emelianenko, to modern gladiators like Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir, heavyweights have combined for some all time great MMA bouts. They are ranked here. Create YOUR own ranking today.
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- Emelianenko vs. Filipovic
- Fedor Emelianenko | Decision
- 2005 | Pride Final Conflict 2005
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- Nogueira vs. Couture
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | Decision
- 2009 | UFC 102
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3
- Emelianenko vs. Nogueira I
- Fedor Emelianenko | Decision
- 2003 | Pride 25
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4
- Lesnar vs. Carwin
- Brock Lesnar | Submission | Round 2
- 2010 | UFC 116
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5
- Couture vs. Sylvia
- Randy Couture | Decision
- 2007 | UFC 68
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- Frye vs. Takayama
- Don Frye | KO/TKO | Round 1
- 2002 | Pride 21
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- Velasquez vs. Lesnar
- Cain Velasquez | KO/TKO | Round 1
- 2010 | UFC 121
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- Nogueira vs. Filipovic
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | Sub | RD 2
- 2003 | Pride Final Conflict 2003
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- Emelianenko vs. Randleman
- Fedor Emelianenko | Submission | Round 1
- 2004 | Pride Critical Countdown 2004
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- Filipovic vs. Silva II
- Mirko Filipovic | KO/TKO | Round 1
- 2006 | Pride Final Conflict Absolute
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- Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry | 2011 - UFC on Versus 4
- Junior Dos Santos vs. Roy Nelson | 2010 - UFC 117
- Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga | 2007 - UFC 74
- Frank Mir vs. Tim Sylvia | 2004 - UFC 48
- Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira II | 2011 - UFC 140
- Dan Henderson vs. Fedor Emelianenko | 2011 - Strikeforce
- Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | 2010 - UFC 110
- Mirko Filipovic vs. Aleksander Emelianenko | 2004 - Pride Final Conflict 2004
- Randy Couture vs. Pedro Rizzo I | 2001 - UFC 31
- Mirko Filipovic vs. Igor Vovchanchyn | 2003 - Pride Total Elimination 2003
- Junior Dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin | 2011 - UFC 131
- Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira I | 2008 - UFC 92
- Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royler Gracie | 1999 - Pride 8
- Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Quinton Jackson | 2001 - Pride 15
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers | 2009 - Strikeforce
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Tim Sylvia | 2008 - UFC 81
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira III | 2004 - Pride Shockwave 2004
- Randy Couture vs. Vitor Belfort I | 1997 - UFC 15
- Junior Dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez | 2011 - UFC on FOX 1
- Don Frye vs. Ken Shamrock | 2002 - Pride 19
- Pat Barry vs. Antoni Hardonk | 2009 - UFC 104
- Pedro Rizzo vs. Josh Barnett I | 2001 - UFC 30
- Cain Velasquez vs. Cheick Kongo | 2009 - UFC 99
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Kazuyuki Fujita | 2003 - Pride 26
- Junior Dos Santos vs. Mirko Filipovic | 2009 - UFC 103
- Antonio Silva vs. Fedor Emelianenko | 2011 - Strikeforce
- Josh Barnett vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira I | 2006 - Pride Final Conflict Absolute
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mark Coleman I | 2004 - Pride Total Elimination 2004
- Tim Sylvia vs. Andrei Arlovski II | 2006 - UFC 59
- Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir II | 2009 - UFC 100
- Mirko Filipovic vs. Pat Barry | 2010 - UFC 115
- Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Ryan Gracie | 2000 - Pride 12
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski | 2009 - Affliction 2
- Mirko Filipovic vs. Josh Barnett III | 2006 - Pride Final Conflict Absolute
- Alistair Overeem vs. Brock Lesnar | 2011 - UFC 141
- Mirko Filipovic vs. Josh Barnett II | 2005 - Pride 30
- Fabricio Werdum vs. Fedor Emelianenko | 2010 - Strikeforce
- Mirko Filipovic vs. Josh Barnett I | 2004 - Pride 28
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Heath Herring I | 2001 - Pride 17
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Heath Herring III | 2007 - UFC 73
- Todd Duffee vs. Tim Hague | 2009 - UFC 102
- Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Mirko Filipovic | 2007 - UFC 70
- Dave Herman vs. John Olav Einemo | 2011 - UFC 131
- Kevin Randleman vs. Mirko Filipovic I | 2004 - Pride Total Elimination 2004
- Junior Dos Santos vs. Fabricio Werdum | 2008 - UFC 90
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Mark Coleman | 2001 - Pride 16
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Dan Henderson II | 2002 - Pride 24
- Pete Williams vs. Mark Coleman | 1998 - UFC 17
- Frank Mir vs. Brock Lesnar I | 2008 - UFC 81
- Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring | 2008 - UFC 87
- Antonio Silva vs. Mike Kyle | 2010 - Strikeforce
- Brendan Schaub vs. Mirko Filipovic | 2011 - UFC 128
- Tim Sylvia vs. Wesley Correira | 2002 - UFC 39
- Mark Hunt vs. Mirko Filipovic | 2005 - Pride Shockwave 2005
- Mike Russow vs. Todd Duffee | 2010 - UFC 114
- Mirko Filipovic vs. Kazushi Sakuraba | 2002 - Pride Shockwave
- Junior Dos Santos vs. Stefan Struve | 2009 - UFC 95
- Cain Velasquez vs. Ben Rothwell | 2009 - UFC 104
- Alistair Overeem vs. Todd Duffee | 2010 - Fields Dynamite!! 2010
- Mark Hunt vs. Wanderlei Silva | 2004 - Pride Shockwave 2004
- Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson | 2011 - UFC 130
- Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie I | 2000 - Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia | 2008 - Affliction 1
- Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture | 2008 - UFC 91
- Mark Coleman vs. Igor Vovchanchyn | 2000 - Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals
- Fabricio Werdum vs. Roy Nelson | 2012 - UFC 143
- Mirko Filipovic vs. Hidehiko Yoshida | 2006 - Pride Critical Countdown Absolute
- Mark Hunt vs. Cheick Kongo | 2012 - UFC 144
- Daniel Cormier vs. Josh Barnett | 2012 - Strikeforce
- Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Mark Kerr | 2000 - Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Sergei Kharitonov | 2004 - Pride Final Conflict 2004
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Heath Herring II | 2004 - Pride Critical Countdown 2004
- Alistair Overeem vs. Brett Rogers | 2010 - Strikeforce
- Sergei Kharitonov vs. Andrei Arlovski | 2011 - Strikeforce
- Junior Dos Santos vs. Gilbert Yvel | 2010 - UFC 108
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub | 2011 - UFC 134
- Junior Dos Santos vs. Gabriel Gonzaga | 2010 - UFC on Versus 1
- Sergei Kharitonov vs. Murilo Rua | 2004 - Pride Total Elimination 2004
- Andrei Arlovski vs. Tim Sylvia I | 2005 - UFC 51
- Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum II | 2011 - Strikeforce
- Joey Beltran vs. Aaron Rosa | 2011 - UFC 131
- Stefan Struve vs. Dave Herman | 2012 - UFC on FUEL TV 1
- Josh Barnett vs. Randy Couture | 2002 - UFC 36
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mark Hunt | 2006 - Pride Shockwave 2006
- Frank Mir vs. Wes Sims I | 2003 - UFC 43
- Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Ednaldo Oliveira | 2012 - UFC 142
- Kimbo Slice vs. David Abbott | 2008 - EliteXC
- Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Vitor Belfort | 1999 - Pride 5
- Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson I | 2000 - Pride 12
- Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Enson Inoue | 2000 - Pride 10
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