MMA is a pretty surprising business. Go ahead, try and argue it isn’t.
How many times have you seen a guy, on the fringes of his own consciousness and easy pickings for an opponent, come back and knock that opponent out with a Hail Mary shot out of nowhere?
How many times have you gone to bed with things being pretty normal only to wake up eight hours later and see that the whole sport has been turned on its ear?
How many times have you said “There’s no way the UFC is getting me to pay $60 for that” only to surprise yourself by willingly dropping dough on a “Mighty Mouse” main event come Saturday night?
OK, well maybe not that last one. But you get the point.
Anyway, here are the five biggest surprises to happen in MMA so far in 2014.