this is gonna sound weird but i remember a long time ago watching a pokemon r/s/e run, but instead of using the mudkip line the whole way through, the runner caught a machop, evolved it into machoke, taught it facade, got it paralyzed and then swept through the game. anyone know where i can find this?

You're probably thinking of the old Emerald glitchless TAS.
A new one was made about a year ago, still using Machoke.