6. Roy Nelson vs. Matt Mitrione
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9MCO1nbeX8 Event: The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale - December 2012 In December 2012, Roy Nelson announced that he had begun improving his boxing, starting to train combinations, and showing it off by absolutely crushing Matt Mitrione at the Ultimate Fighter 16 finale. Wait, what? That's right, Big Country had been knocking guys out for years, and here he was, just learning how to throw combos. Up to that point it had been all brute strength and one-punch knockout power. Mitrione was way outclassed in this bout and never really stood a chance. The initial victim was to have been Shane Carwin, who coached opposite Nelson on The Ultimate Fighter, but he was unavailable yet again due to injury, so Mitrione stepped up - a choice he may have regretted once he woke up.
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