I'm not referring to fights where a fighter didn't tap and was subsequently put to sleep or had a limb broken. This was inspired by a recent post asking who the fighter was that rolled out of an armbar and came back to win, which ended up being Corey Sandhagen vs Iuri Alcantara (great fight).
What are some other MMA fights where a fighter was put in a very bad position via submission, yet somehow was able to overcome and escape? Bonus points if they came back and won the fight afterwards.moca adapter2
I cringed hard when Randelman wouldn’t tap to a kneebar by Shogun. I don’t recall any official damage but that was hard to watch. IIRC the ref stopped it anyway.
Ben Henderson was the first person I thought of when I read the title of this thread, he seemed near impossible to tap out. Then Pettis went and made it look easy in their second fight.
I’ll add Matt Hughes in his 2nd fight vs Trigg, that  rear naked choke after the ball shot looked really tight. Even more impressive was his slam and choke on Trigg after getting out of it!Â
Frankie Edgar vs Tyson Griffin. That knee bar was only a few seconds, but it felt like an eternity!
Also Hughes surviving the rear naked choke against Trigg after the nut shut, only to do the running power slam and end it with his own rear naked choke. All of this following some shit talking build-up where Hughes mocked Trigg for not defending the choke in the past.
Lurker99 - Frankie Edgar vs Tyson Griffin. That knee bar was only a few seconds, but it felt like an eternity!
Also Hughes surviving the rear naked choke against Trigg after the nut shut, only to do the running power slam and end it with his own rear naked choke. All of this following some shit talking build-up where Hughes mocked Trigg for not defending the choke in the past.
Griffin and Dos Anjos. That calf slicer looked brutal.