Has a fighter ever taken a beating where you genuinely felt sorry for them?

[Substance Abuse]

Despite the ending, I remember him putting up a better fight in 3 than in 2.

JDS took a career's worth of damage in both those fights. Kind of depressing in hind sight. He could have just waited Cain out on injuries. If he only knew, lol.

 

[ThePunisher]

I felt bad when they put lil nog against rumble wtf kind of match making was that dude just got starched and starched really bad.

Oh yeah I felt bad for that one too. He just got steamrolled so bad.

 

[Gilday]

Rousey vs Nunes.
I didn't like her and was rooting against her heavily, but I felt bad for the way she just got absolutely fucked.

Jake Shields vs Ellenberger is an obvious one

 

[king of theRing]

Jake Shields vs Ellenberger is an obvious one

This one. Shields dad like day before or something like that I think.

 

[CTYankee]

I know that I am late to the party but Jan Finney against Cyborg was a crime. The girl was a punching bag.

Thankfully Kim Winslow no longer refs.

 

[KantoTerror]

Never like Joe Stevenson but...the mauling Penn put on him was pretty sad...

Also Pat Curran vs. Joe Warren....Warren asking the ref don't stop the fight prematurely...he basically asked for the beating...

 

[Fireman Carry Larry]

Watching Anthony Smith curl up in a ball as Jon Jones beats the shit out of him

 

[ScarfaceJr]

Hooker vs Barboza is the first thing that comes to mind.

and even though I absolutely love this fight, Faber getting his leg destroyed by Aldo.

 

[WildShrimper]

Yeah I felt bad for Thiago Tavares right around here...

Like damn...

Khabib is a savage.

That stoppage is so much worse in slow motion god DAMN

 

[BodybagJohnny**]

Rich Franklin both times he fought Anderson Silva and ate those knees and elbows in the clinch

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Sterling. The beating he took landed him champ and he’s so shaken by it that he can’t come up with the courage to give Yan his belt back.

 

[sss133]

Despite the ending, I remember him putting up a better fight in 3 than in 2.

Probably better prepared. I don’t think he thought 2 was a possibility at the time. He was attempting a standing guillotine right at the end

 

[IneedSometop]

Kattar, BJ in GSP II, shogun vs Jones

 

[thehighking]

Anthony Smith vs. Glover Tex. They are friends. Glover looked so sad when he found out he knocked Anthony’s teeth out

Glover vs Maldonado was a cruel fight too. Those ground and pound elbows were brutal

 

[Frode Kristiansen]

I feel bad for Brandon Vera vs Jon Jones. He should never been there and receive an elbow from hell.

 

[Rozko]

This was brutal mauling



Edit:
After going through this thread, Glover has a history of committing legal assaults in the cage

 

[Fight Professor]

Jan Finley vs Cyborg.

 

[Huligani]

Shogun against Jones, Sakuraba at the end of his career

 

[Mcnugget]

Yeah I felt bad for Thiago Tavares right around here...

(btw this isn't a loop, its a 15 second clip)

Like damn...

Khabib is a savage.

Yep this one looked closed to a back alley murder like god damn

 

[Kinku]

carla esparza vs joanna jedrzejczyk, Carla came out TUF winner and she has UFC SW belt and probably felt top of the world until she fought JJ. Seeing her outclass the whole match from a fighter that no one really know at the time, made me feel bad for her.