Name an unknown fighter who got popular before even stepping into the UFC octagon

[IndyCovaHart]

the real answer is

Basically any unknown who looks like a movie star adventure protagonist a-la Conan.

Weigh-In Man Crushes.

 

[bad seed]

Basically any unknown who looks like a movie star adventure protagonist a-la Conan.

Weigh-In Man Crushes.

yeah but the Sage effect was on another level. The threads in anticipation of his A-level prowess would make the most hardened cynics into believers.

 

[Kid Killashaw]

are you stupid?

none of them were unknown.

Write your thread properly then dummy.

"before stepping into the UFC octagon"