Fighters who had a huge drop

[zxyss25]

HW Fedor
High - Pride Legend - best fighter outside UFC,
Low - KOED quickly by journeyman Matt Mittrione and LHW Ryan Bader - having to fight MW Chael Sonnen

HW JDS
High - Undeated UFC Champion, with quick championship KO on National TV (Fox)
Low - Losing (4) in a row by finish and getting cut

LHW Shogun
High - Winning the title by KO
Low - Getting KOed by Paul Craig - a journeyman and the LHW version of Maia/Jake Shields

MW - Weidman
High - Beating Anderson Silva twice - MW Champion
Low - current status

WW - Jake Ellenberger
High - being a #1 contender at WW and KOing former #1 contender Jake Shields
Low - getting KOed by Mike Perry, Ben Saunders and Bryan Barbara

LW - Gray Maynard
High - Coming so close to KOing Franke Edgar twice and become LHW champ
Low - Losing to Ryan Hall

 

[VinceArch]

Fighters lose more the older they get? That's what I'm getting from your 1st three examples.

 

[Reign009]

There's a lot. MMA is like that.

Very tough sport.

 

[zxyss25]

Fighters lose more the older they get? That's what I'm getting from your 1st three examples.

Some get better with age

Robert Whitaker
Dustin Pourier
Derrick Lewis
Michael Bisping
Jan Blanchowitz

 

[HeDidn'tWantTheFight]

I consider a huge drop to be a fall off that isn't totally attributable to something like age or injury. Often this means having a weakness exposed or losing a fight and not being able to mentally recover from it. Ronda's obviously the prime example.

 

[jx820]

LW - Hermes Franca
High - Former #1 contender
Low - 42 Months in prison for multiple sexual assaults

LW - BJ Penn
High - 2 division champion, LW GOAT in his day
Low - Knocked out by some fat guy in a parking lot

 

[Elvis.]

Roger Huerta
Thierry Somodoju
Kendall Grove
Matt Linland
Pedro Rizzo
Kid Yamamoto
Just off the top of my head all fell really fast for one reason or another (age, injury, cracked chin )

Not taking a shot at any of them , enjoyed watching them all

 

[Professional]

Miguel Torres

 

[VinceArch]

Some get better with age

Robert Whitaker
Dustin Pourier
Derrick Lewis
Michael Bisping
Jan Blanchowitz

Fair point. Although I think Poirier and Whittaker are in their prime and not on the wrong side of 30 is also helpful.

 

[TripAtTheBrain]

Renan Barao.

 

[RayA]

I'm amazed Renan Barao wasn't mentioned immediately Herr. Guy was rated as a P4P monster and future GOAT and couldn't and still can't get a decent win after being dismantled by TJ.

 

[RayA]

Renan Barao.

Fuck you

 

[Frank McEdgar]

 

[Garnet_StrongerThanYou]

Chris Weidman and Renan Barao and Johnny Hendricks all got USADA’d.

 

[snugglecakes]

Yes, there was a time when an athlete had 1 birthday too many. Imagine that.

 

[zxyss25]

"Punch" drunk

 

[Luckyme]

Tony Ferguson. Went from a 12 fight win streak to 3 fight losing streak getting dominated in every single round.

Tyron Woodley. Like Ferguson, lost every single round since losing championship.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Carlos Condit has 2 wins since USADA went into effect

 

[AnotherOldGuy]

Well, if you're including getting old as a drop its hard not to notice things like:

Muhammad Ali
High: Olympic gold medalist and HW world champion
Low: Dead

Sugar Ray Robinson
High: MW world champion and often considered the boxing GOAT
Low: Dead

Its a drop all of us will make some day. There's even a good song about it:

 

[JokersKnife]