2015 Them's Fightin' Words Awards: Worst Fight of the Year

[Elsalvajeloco]

The nominees are...
 

DANIEL KELLY W-DEC3 PATRICK WALSH (UFC Fight Night 60: Henderson vs. Thatch, 2/14/2015)
Broomfield, CO (1stBank Center)

 

So you have a 40 plus year old, creaky judoka from Australia versus a guy who blew weight and is clearly not good enough for the UFC. Hey, it can't be that bad.

 

Oh wait, it's in high elevation? Shit.
 

KIMBO SLICE W-TKO1 KEN SHAMROCK (Bellator 138: Unfinished Business, 6/19/2015)
St. Louis, MO (Scottrade Center)

 

Pictured: Ken Shamrock seeing visions of himself having to watch countless replays of his fight with Kimbo Clockwork Orange style.
 

ANDRE ARLOVSKI W-DEC3 FRANK MIR (UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson II, 9/5/2015)
Las Vegas, NV (MGM Grand Garden Arena)

 

A heavyweight title eliminator that literally should have happened ten years. What could go wrong?
 

STEFAN STRUVE L-DEC3 JARED ROSHOLT (UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm, 11/14/2015)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Etihad Stadium)

 

UFC 193 was a super eventful card. The antithesis of that is the match that opened up the PPV.
 

GABRIEL GONZAGA W-DEC3 KONSTANTIN EROKHIN (The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber, 12/11/2015)

Las Vegas, NV (The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan)

 

Konstantin Erokhin: Killer, Machine, Giant UFC Bust

 

GABRIELLE GARCIA W-KO1 SEINI DRAUGHN (RIZIN Fighting: World Grand Prix 2015 - Day 3)

Saitama, Japan (Super Super Arena)

 

Garcia vs. Draughn was our Foreman vs. Lyle if Kim Couture vs. Lina Kvokov was our Hagler vs. Hearns.  We should all feel honored to witness such events.

 

 

2013 WINNER: RORY MACDONALD vs. JAKE ELLENBERGER

2014 WINNER: ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. BRENDAN SCHAUB

 

Award voting will close 1/10 at 8:00 p.m. CST

[twiztor]

all solid choices, but that women's match was just pitiful on so many levels. it gets my vote.

[Elsalvajeloco]

I can honestly see myself voting for any of these. However, the Gabi Garcia fight with Barbarian's niece is the only one that will live in MMA lore until the robot overlords take over. From the hilarious Benny Hill start where Gabi got knocked down to the absolutely putrid attempts at striking in the middle to them literally (and I MEAN LITERALLY) standing ten feet across from each other to Gabi unintentionally knocking her silly with the Misty Mountain Hop crescent backfist. Then the big cherry on top being Gabi falling on top of her as she rises dazed and dropping the sloppy hammerfists until Big John stops the madness. There should be a 30 for 30 short on this.

[smitlick]

Had to go Struve/Rosholt after sitting through it live.

[Hail Sabin]

I could vote for at least 4 of those fights. I'll have to think about it over the weekend.

[glfpunk]

I hadn't seen that RIZIN women's fight before. Holy shit I felt embarrassed for them.

[TheVileOne]

Gonzaga/Erokhin was really one of the worst fights I've ever seen.

[Elsalvajeloco]

By a narrow margin...

 

 

GABRIELLE GARCIA VS. SEINI DRAUGHN is your 2015 Them's Fightin' Words Worst Fight of the Year.