Favorite UFC fighter to never be champion?

[CDJ]

Title says it all


The Human Bonus Machine Joe Lauzon is my answer. Got to see him in his last fight in Boston, pretty much everybody in the section around me lost their voice and almost started crying we were all so excited. Never seen a crowd so electrified. Hopefully he goes out on that, I know Dana wants him to.

honorable mention for me is Thiago Santos

im very interested to see the names you all come up with

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[m9]

Cerrone, Faber, Ferguson were the first few that came to mind.

 

[Know Your Enemy]

Rory

 

[Byron Bitz]

The Diaz Brothers, Cowboy, Alexander Gustafsson, Rousimar Palhares

 

[Kent Nilsson]

Cowboy

 

[I am not exposed]

Wonderboy and Ferguson.

 

[Perennial]

Wonderboy

I like him more as a person than I do as a fighter though...

 

[MD thaivuN]

Ben Rothwell. The man is so weird on the mic. Will also never forget him using his sith lord powers to tap out Josh Barnett

 

[Jacksonbobson]

Kimbo Slice

 

[pistolpete11]

For me, definitely Cowboy and then Nate and then Poirier if you aren't counting interim belts.

Honorable mentions and if you are only counting undisputed UFC champions, Masvidal, Lewis, Hunt, Hendo, Jacare, Romero, Condit, Tony, Gus, Chael, Gaethje, Waterson, Wonderboy, Zombie, Joey B., Askren.

 

[Moncherry]

Speaking strictly on fighters whose time is gone:

Mousasi, Overeem, Hunt.

 

[CDJ]

Kimbo Slice

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Mousasi is a sneaky one @Moncherry

 

[crazychimp]

Masvidal, Mousasi, Maia, Cerrone, Yves Edward, Diaz Brothers, Romero, Parisyan, Florian, MacDonald, Swanson, Korean Zombie, G. Melendez, Condit, Poirer, Ferguson, Cro Cop & Overeem.

 

[Moncherry]

I forgot about Cro Cop, definitely him as well. Probably because I wanted to forget the travesty of him losing to Schaub.

 

[Sheppy]

I always enjoyed Lytle & Belcher.

 

[ZDH]

Ankalaev

 

[crazychimp]

I always enjoyed Lytle & Belcher.

Forgot about these two. I was really rooting for Lytle that TUF season, obviously Serra got the job done vs GSP but I liked Lytles style more, he’s had some submission wins that are a work of art. Belcher was awesome to watch as well, great footwork and kicks, I believe his career ended because of an eye injury vs Bisping, ironically Bisping actually has a prosthetic eye now. Such a dangerous sport.

The UFC needs to do something about the eye pokes either fines or yellow cards and better gloves, maybe like they had in Pride, you’d hardly saw pokes there. The curve in these gloves are forced, grapplers might complain but we didn’t hear any complaints from guys like Sakuraba or Big Nog when they fought. I also believe fighter do it intentionally as well, guys know how to throw punches they drill these things over and over, I’m not buying the whole excuse of keeping an open hand to prepare to defend a takedown, or clinch situation.

 

[CDJ]

Forgot about these two. I was really rooting for Lytle that TUF season, obviously Serra got the job done vs GSP but I liked Lytles style more, he’s had some submission wins that are a work of art. Belcher was awesome to watch as well, great footwork and kicks, I believe his career ended because of an eye injury vs Bisping, ironically Bisping actually has a prosthetic eye now. Such a dangerous sport.

The UFC needs to do something about the eye pokes either fines or yellow cards and better gloves, maybe like they had in Pride, you’d hardly saw pokes there. The curve in these gloves are forced, grapplers might complain but we didn’t hear any complaints from guys like Sakuraba or Big Nog when they fought. I also believe fighter do it intentionally as well, guys know how to throw punches they drill these things over and over, I’m not buying the whole excuse of keeping an open hand to prepare to defend a takedown, or clinch situation.

that did indeed happen in Belchers last fight (needed stitches), he had also dealt with a spinal fracture and some eye issues before that as well which I’m sure played a role in his decision to call it quits


I see him in ads on Instagram for What I’m pretty sure is a sleeping supplement?