Sherdog’s Top 10: Fights to Show Someone Who Has Never Seen MMA

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10. Jorge Santiago vs. Kazuo Misaki
Sengoku Raiden Championship 14
Aug. 22, 2010 | Tokyo

The rematch of one of the most overlooked wars of all-time was actually better than the original. Santiago and Misaki tore into each other for a second time under the Sengoku banner in 2010, fighting as though their lives depended on it.

Misaki trapped the Brazilian in a deep guillotine choke early on, but Santiago fought his way free and answered with strikes. A head kick nearly knocked out the Japanese veteran, but Misaki somehow managed to hang on. He came close to a stoppage of his own in the fourth round, where he put together punches and hammerfists and had Santiago in real trouble. Santiago returned the favor in round five. There, he forced Misaki’s corner to throw in the towel 4:31 into the frame, as he retained the Sengoku middleweight championship in one of the greatest battles in recent memory.

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