The UFC Title fights that never were

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I made a list of what I think is every UFC title fight that was scheduled but never happened for whatever reason. I only included fights that were officially scheduled with a date, not rumored or expected fights. Let me know if I missed any.

Yellow= Fight eventually happened, but not for a title

Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman
Frank Mir vs. Andrei Arlovski

Fabricio Werdum vs. Cain Velasquez 2
Mauricio Rua vs. Rashad Evans
Jon Jones vs. Dan Henderson
Jon Jones vs. Anthony Johnson
Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman 2
Robert Whittaker vs. Luke Rockhold
Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Matt Hughes vs. Karo Parisyan

Matt Serra vs. Matt Hughes
Benson Henderson vs. TJ Grant
Anthony Pettis vs. TJ Grant
Anthony Pettis vs. Josh Thomson
Rafael Dos Anjos vs. Conor McGregor
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Max Holloway
Jose Aldo vs. Josh Grispi
Jose Aldo vs. Erik Koch
Jose Aldo vs. Anthony Pettis
Dominick Cruz vs. Renan Barao
Henry Cejudo vs. Jose Aldo
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt
Nicco Montano vs. Sijara Eubanks
Nicco Montano vs. Valentina Shevchenko
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Sijara Eubanks
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanne Calderwood

Which of these fights do you really wish happened? Which do you think would have changed history?
 
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Would've loved to have seen a pulsing Jon Jones fight a confident Rumble Johnson at UFC 187.
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I made a list of what I think is every UFC title fight that was scheduled but never happened for whatever reason. I only included fights that were officially scheduled with a date, not rumored or expected fights. Let me know if I missed any.

Yellow= Fight eventually happened, but not for a title

Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman
Frank Mir vs. Andrei Arlovski

Fabricio Werdum vs. Cain Velasquez 2
Mauricio Rua vs. Rashad Evans
Jon Jones vs. Dan Henderson
Jon Jones vs. Anthony Johnson
Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman 2
Robert Whittaker vs. Luke Rockhold
Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum

Matt Serra vs. Matt Hughes
Benson Henderson vs. TJ Grant
Anthony Pettis vs. TJ Grant
Anthony Pettis vs. Josh Thomson
Rafael Dos Anjos vs. Conor McGregor
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Max Holloway
Jose Aldo vs. Josh Grispi
Jose Aldo vs. Anthony Pettis
Dominick Cruz vs. Renan Barao
Henry Cejudo vs. Jose Aldo
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt
Nicco Montano vs. Sijara Eubanks
Nicco Montano vs. Valentina Shevchenko
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Sijara Eubanks
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanne Calderwood

Which of these fights do you really wish happened? Which do you think would have changed history?
That list makes me feel old.
 
Would've loved to see Shogun vs. Rashad
 
I was really dying to see Schevchenko vs Joanne Calderwood, what a let down.

Montano vs Schev would have been a war too
 
Was Franklin champ when he was supposed to fight Kampmann?
 
Also...two very important what if, almost, never happened fights...

Frank Shamrock vs Sakurba
Frank Shamrock vs Vitor Belfort
 
Some great fights that could have been on that list. What a shame! jones vs. Hendo would have been really cool.
jones vs. Rumble
Rua vs. Rashad
Basically all of them lol
 
I miss TJ Grant. Would’ve loved to have seen Pettis vs. Aldo & Pettis vs. Thomson at one point.
 
1. Jones vs Rumble
2. Khabib vs Tony
3. Whitaker vs Rockhold, no curiosity about the outcome of that one, just would have liked to see it go down.
 
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