Which fighter from the main card had the most impressive win performance?

[Davidjacksonjones]

Well done to all the fighters tonight, win or lose, they put on a show

If you had to pick the most impressive performance from tonight's main card, who would it be?

Hard to pick for me, Sean O'Malley picking Vera apart for 5 rounds was pretty impressive, JDM surviving on the ground against a BJJ black belt and ADCC world champion, and then TKOing him was crazy too, it was also an 11th ranked fighter against a 4th rank fighter.. Poirier survived a brutal onslaught against a young hungry lion and finished him off. MVP showed his insane striking ability and Petr Yan put on a great performance too.

My pick would be between O'Malley and JDM for most impressive performance on tonight's main card

 

[Leinster Rugby]

O'Malley. No finish but a very good performance.

 

[DrRodentia]

O'Malley was the the most dominant. Probably his best performance front to back.

Wonder what would have happened if that liver shot from Chito landed early than the last second of the fight, but that's a hypothetical.

 

[SamuraiBro]

I’d say JDM as it seems like he exceeded everyone’s expectations

 

[KingBarbozaGOAT]

O'Malley was the the most dominant. Probably his best performance front to back.

Wonder what would have happened if that liver shot from Chito landed early than the last second of the fight, but that's a hypothetical.

I doubt he would have landed it earlier in the fight. O'malley wanted a finish and knew there was only 5 seconds left which is why he traded in the pocket like that

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

I’d say JDM as it seems like he exceeded everyone’s expectations

Yeah i thought once Gilbert gets him to the ground it would be game over

 

[Hazuki Ryo]

O'malley for sure.
Poirier and Maddalena had opposite great achievements : One defeated a young hungry lion, the other beat up and old veteran
Blades shut down a one dimensional fighter we thought could end all HWs

 

[ChessJitsu]

I think O'Malley but in terms of outperforming expectations it's JDM

 

[CPH]

Aside from JDM, who got the late finish, all others were decisions, so you have to go with Poirier, who was never in any real trouble, let his highly rated opponent burn out and easily took him out.

O'Malley cruised vs Vera for the most part but that was meant to be a gimme, plus he got Nate Diazed at the final buzzer.
JDM looked great but Burns showed holes in his grappling, wrestling-wise and had him in bad positions a couple of times.
Yan also looked great, improved even, but Song made it very competitive.
MVP once again looked like the one-trick pony that he is.

 

[Dr Brian Pepper]

Aside from JDM, who got the late finish, all others were decisions, so you have to go with Poirier, who was never in any real trouble, let his highly rated opponent burn out and easily took him out.

O'Malley cruised vs Vera for the most part but that was meant to be a gimme, plus he got Nate Diazed at the final buzzer.
JDM looked great but Burns showed holes in his grappling, wrestling-wise and had him in bad positions a couple of times.
Yan also looked great, improved even, but Song made it very competitive.
MVP once again looked like the one-trick pony that he is.

Not close to comparable

that was a good shot, but had it not been the end of the fight sean would have just ate and kept fighting like nothing

 

[HHJ]

O malley I would say

 

[CPH]

Not close to comparable

that was a good shot, but had it not been the end of the fight sean would have just ate and kept fighting like nothing

He literally folded over and had a long breather as soon as the final bell went. But whatever - not going to pursue this coulda, woulda argument. What is clear is that he handpicked a guy he thought he could style on easily and still got caught with big shots and had his nose busted. Not performance of the night unless you are eating the pablum the UFC is trying to feed us 24/7.

 

[DrRodentia]

He literally folded over and had a long breather as soon as the final bell went. But whatever - not going to pursue this coulda, woulda argument. What is clear is that he handpicked a guy he thought he could style on easily and still got caught with big shots and had his nose busted. Not performance of the night unless you are eating the pablum the UFC is trying to feed us 24/7.

Chito is a very good fighter. Him landing a couple good shots over 25 minutes shouldn't be a knock against Sean.

 

[Egészségére!]

Porier for me

I bet the most $ he would lose, thinking his inevitable decline was happening & was proven very wrong

 

[Zanmato]

O Malley by far. Poirier stole it against the run of play and looked unimpressive before that, MVP did what was expected of him, Yan could have lost that, JdM had a scrappy fight. O'Malley made Vera look like he didn't deserve to be in a main event fight

 

[Rationality]

This O'Malley kid might be going places.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Ill say Dustin because he was the only clear underdog by betting and got a brutal KO after surviving bad spots. All the others were clear or in Seans case big favorite except MVP who was close to even

 

[WillyWill]

JDM followed by Yan

 

[WhiteMousse]

He literally folded over and had a long breather as soon as the final bell went. But whatever - not going to pursue this coulda, woulda argument. What is clear is that he handpicked a guy he thought he could style on easily and still got caught with big shots and had his nose busted. Not performance of the night unless you are eating the pablum the UFC is trying to feed us 24/7.

That's not true. He didn't handpick a guy that he matches up well with. He wanted to address a loss on his record

 

[Fossor]

Anyone who watched BSD vs Zaleski Dos Santos knew how the fight with Poirier would end, no surprise there. O'Malley on the other hand made Vera look stupidly overrated. JDM was also impressive