CagePotato: Greatest techniques each year since 93
“… there’s the holy s— factor. Actually, they said ‘the holy f—— s—factor.’ It happens at every fight. At least…
“… there’s the holy s— factor. Actually, they said ‘the holy f—— s—factor.’ It happens at every fight. At least one or two times in every UFC show, whether you say it out loud or you say it to yourself, you go, ‘holy shit did that just happen?’ I mean, you might see somebody do a flip, get kicked in the head, get knocked out with a punch. At some point, you’re going ‘whoah, did that just happen? Did I really just see that?’ That’s the nucleus of what our product is.”
Lorenzo Fertitta
The great spirits at CagePotato have put together a video timeline of MMA’s Greatest Techniques of the Year, 1993-2011, the things that made us go “Holy f—— s—.”
1993: Royce Gracie‘s Rear-Naked Choke
1994: Dan Severn‘s Suplexes
1995: Marco Ruas’s Leg Kicks
1996: Gary Goodridge’s Goose Neck Crucifix
1997: Chris Haseman and Mark Kerr’s Chin-in-Eye Submissions
1998: Vitor Belfort‘s Running Punch-Blitz
1999: Rumina Sato’s Flying Armbar
2000: Genki Sudo’s Giant Swing
2001: Shonie Carter‘s Spinning Backfist
2002: Bob Sapp‘s Piledriver
2003: Mirko Cro Cop’s Left Head Kick
2004: Ryo Chonan‘s Scissor-Leg Takedown/Heel Hook
2005: Matt Hughes‘s Country Boy Carry
2006: Anderson Silva’s Standing Reverse Elbow
2007: Nick Diaz‘s Gogoplata
2008: James Irvin‘s Superman Punch
2009: Toby Imada‘s Flying Inverted Triangle Choke
2010: Anthony Pettis‘s Showtime Kick
2011: Lyoto Machida‘s Jumping Front Kick