UFC: Top 5 Greatest Bantamweight fights ever (Ranked)

The UFC is known for showcasing some of the greatest mixed martial arts fighters on the planet, and after the closure of WEC, fans were treated to Bantamweight competitors entering the octagon on UFC Fight Nights and numbered PPV events.

With the fighters being smaller in stature than their other division counterparts, bantamweight contests can be explosive affairs with deadly quick striking and a relentless pace.

Some of the greatest bantamweight fights in UFC history are among the best in the company’s history, and we’ve compared fan-voted contests with our own favourites to produce a top 5 for you to check out!

Here are the fan picks and our own favourites for the top 5 greatest bantamweight fights in UFC history, including Cody Garbrandt, Dominick Cruz, T.J. Dillashaw and Urijah Faber.

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Tapologyhas anextensive fan-votingsystem for the best rankings in a number of different elements of MMA.

One of the metrics is ‘the greatest bantamweight fights of all time,’ and we’ve taken the top 5 and will rank them ourselves in this article.

Get ready to see these two names appear quite a few times in this list, and for good reason, as Garbrandt and Dillashaw are two of the greatest 135-pound fighters in the history of the sport.

Dillashaw would end up taking the win via KO/TKO at 2:41 of Round 2, giving the slight underdog at the time a massive win on PPV.

The fight is currently ranked as follows on Tapology:

This epic contest, not even on PPV, would go all five rounds and see Cruz take the win via split decision.

The fight is currently ranked as follows on Tapology:

This contest was so close to going the distance and is regarded by many