10 UFC Fighters Who Had Perfect Performances Inside The Octagon

When someone competes in a sport that's as chaotic and violent as MMA, even achieving a great performance should be applauded, let alone a perfect one. The difficulty only increases as fighters rise up the ranks and begin battling the best competition in the world in promotions like the UFC.

Although it's rare to see a fighter go into a competition state that produces the finest combination of technique, strength, balance and finesse, there have been some moments in the promotion's history where fight fans have witnessed poetry in motion. They're able to utilise every minute detail that they'd worked on prior to their bout and execute it to perfection.

We've gone back through the UFC's immense fight catalogue and picked out the ten Octagon performances that simply defied belief. From fighters who have created the ultimate game plan to defeat a feared opponent to special fighters who are experts in turning their opponent's biggest strengths and best habits into the sort of weakness they only see in their nightmares, these are the ten most perfect performances we've ever seen inside the UFC.

Let's begin...

Although former UFC flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson, never quite got the credit he deserved while fighting for the promotion, he did produce some incredible performances in the 125lb weight class while he was there.

If there's one thing that Johnson was good at, it was proving how far ahead of his peers he was. Whatever their biggest strength was, he would go out of his way to beat them there, which is exactly what happened to Ray Borg. Anyone who had seen Borg fight knew that he not only specialised in creating scrambles, he excelled in latching onto submissions from the scrambles he started.

It's a great, yet undervalued skill that Borg was able to use against a lot of flyweights, but Johnson's ability to adapt to his surroundings and stay two steps ahead of his opponents left Borg flummoxed, frustrated and desperate throughout their fight.

After effortlessly outstriking and out-grappling his opponent for five rounds, in typical Mighty Mouse fashion, he finished the bout with a one-of-a-kind back suplex to armbar finish that put an exclamation mark on this world class performance.