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Best non champions

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  • 01-04-2021 3:25pm
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    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,519 ✭✭✭✭


    So who are the best fighters in the UFC history never to be champions in the UFC ?


    My picks

    Nick Diaz
    Dan Henderson
    Yoel Romero


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    MrStuffins
    Registered Users Posts: 19,148 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Great topic.

    Because you include Hendo, I assume you're talking non-UFC Champs?

    First name that comes to mind:

    Urijah Faber - Was the WEC Champ when that was the "legit" belt, but never got over the line in the UFC despite challenging 3-4 times.

    Alex Gustafsson - Has anyone ever come as close.... twice?

    Overeem - Just never happened for him


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    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,519 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    MrStuffins wrote: »
    Great topic.

    Because you include Hendo, I assume you're talking non-UFC Champs?

    First name that comes to mind:

    Urijah Faber - Was the WEC Champ when that was the "legit" belt, but never got over the line in the UFC despite challenging 3-4 times.

    Alex Gustafsson - Has anyone ever come as close.... twice?

    Overeem - Just never happened for him



    yes non UFC

    Once there was no Uberreem he had no chance


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    xtal191
    Registered Users Posts: 6,307 ✭✭✭xtal191


    Rory Mcdonald

    Damian Maia

    Moussasi

    Benavidez


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    MrStuffins
    Registered Users Posts: 19,148 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    xtal191 wrote: »
    Rory Mcdonald

    Damian Maia

    Moussasi

    Benavidez

    McDonald definitely. I'd say that there were times when he was the best WW in the World, he just never got his hands on the belt.

    I haven't watched it in a while but I remember thinking he was 3-1 up against Robbie Lawlor in their epic. So close!

    Joey B is another Faber. A real nearly man.


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    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,519 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    xtal191 wrote: »
    Rory Mcdonald

    Damian Maia

    Moussasi

    Benavidez



    Benavidez is a very good call ,


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    mdwexford
    Registered Users Posts: 11,274 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    Wonderboy deserves a mention.

    Love to see him get one more shot.


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    dashoonage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭dashoonage


    ah lads Tony " how long must i wait" Ferguson


    * interim doesn't count


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    ShaneU
    Registered Users Posts: 14,820 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    Some of my favourite Fighters to watch were never ufc champion

    Mark Hunt
    Wanderlei Silva
    Cro Cop
    Hendo
    Cowboy
    Wonderboy


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    Eoinbmw
    Registered Users Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭Eoinbmw


    Poirer
    Reem
    Ferguson
    Lobov :P


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    Mjolnir
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Mjolnir


    I've never agreed with so many people on boards at once.
    A fair few of the guys mentioned are cases of had one guy not been there.

    Gus was so close, you had to feel for him.
    Ubereem was never making it without the uber,
    Hendo
    Yoel,
    Nick
    Urijah,
    Cro cop


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    [Deleted User]
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    Sonnnen, he damn near beat Silva until he choked in the last round


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    MrStuffins
    Registered Users Posts: 19,148 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Sonnnen, he damn near beat Silva until he choked in the last round

    Madness!

    Also an honorable mention to the fact that he beat Paulo Filho, who was unbeaten at the time and in many places considered the #2 MW in the world behind Silva (although, to be fair was in the throes of a substance abuse problem at the time), in a fight which should have been for the WEC belt but wasn't because Filho missed weight.

    One of the sport's great nearly men!


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    Mjolnir
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Mjolnir


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Sonnnen, he damn near beat Silva until he choked in the last round

    Excuse you sir uncle Chael has never lost, not even a round. I've always loved sonnen, one of those guys that just couldn't get his hands on gold.

    Can't believe I forgot about fedor.


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    ASOT
    Registered Users Posts: 7,733 ✭✭✭ASOT


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Sonnnen, he damn near beat Silva until he choked in the last round

    He only tapped because he thought that meant he lost the round and would have won the fight 4-1.


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    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users Posts: 17,496 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Gonna throw TJ Grant into the mix. The guy looked like a beast when he dropped to LW and had some serious momentum before injury put him out of contention and he eventually retired.

    He was more of a "what if" than a non-champion though


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    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,519 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Mr. CooL ICE wrote: »
    Gonna throw TJ Grant into the mix. The guy looked like a beast when he dropped to LW and had some serious momentum before injury put him out of contention and he eventually retired.

    He was more of a "what if" than a non-champion though



    Great shout

    I just check ant his last fight was 8 years ago, How in the world was that 8 years , time flys


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    Ush1
    Registered Users Posts: 11,461 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    Carlos Condit.


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    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users Posts: 10,972 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    "The Immortal" Matt Brown

    In terms of Win/Loss record, he's nowhere near contention, but if he was ever on a card, I made sure to watch.


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    Carlos Condit (if only style won fights), Nick (if only attitude did) and Yoel (if only 10 years younger :pac: ) for me.


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    Mjolnir
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Mjolnir


    Cali_girl wrote: »
    Carlos Condit (if only style won fights), Nick (if only attitude did) and Yoel (if only 10 years younger :pac: ) for me.

    When you have a name like natural born killer you know you're a bad ass.

    Nick is a beast, to be fair when Silva, gsp, condit and the muscle shark are your most notable losses, you're hard-core. Am I the only one that loved watching nick and just not a nate fan.

    Yoels refusal to use his wrestling is so frustrating, he really has the Cuban wrestling mentality too. Love him but his own worst enemy.


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    derfderf
    Registered Users Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭derfderf


    Rumble Johnson. Look what Glover's doing in the LHW division today, and look at how highly regarded Gus is, and then remember what he did to both of them.
    Anyone with doubts about DC should remember he handled him twice when Rumble was wrecking the rest of the division.


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    mailburner
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    rory...looked only a matter of time at one point

    wonderboy could anyone have come closer without doing it

    Gus That hurt

    Romero same as wonderboy

    Carwin at one point looked unstoppable and beat the piss outa brock for one round and the rest is history


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