Fighters dealing with defeat and coming back.

[Mulletenthusiast]

It's incredible how fighters how deal with their loses in a calm way have a big chance of coming back. I can say, as example, Kattar and Andrade. After getting the beat of their life and suffering a complete domination they aren't mad or sad; they just coped and tried to get better in the next fight (thing that they did, by the way).

 

[Sonny Qc]

GSP became the GOAT after losing Vs Serra

 

[SmoothPies]

Yair came back pretty good from being dominated by Frankie

Ngannou after the first Stipe fight

Glover after Gus

 

[Serge421]

Fedor did pretty good after losing via cut lol

 

[C0NCH3TO]

That’s where the true warrior spirit is at. I would probably never come back after getting brutalized like Kattar did. Bisping comes to mind, he had his share of bad losses, came back and won gold. He’s a douche but also a goddamn warrior.

 

[spinitch]

Max vs Conor . Dustin vs Conor.

 

[Legio_X]

Would hunt count? Lost 6 straight including his first fight in the UFC. Next thing you know he's hitting everybody with the walk off KO.

Werdum turned into a beast after getting KTFO by JDS and cut from the UFC.

 

[G10]

Some handle losses better than others, that's for sure.

Personally, I think the greatest example of a fighter coming back after a loss was Aldo after Conor. Aldo not only lost, but he did so in the most humiliating way possible. He was a legend reduced to tears after being viciously mocked and berated for months and then KOed in a few seconds. Years later, he's approaching a title shot in another division. That's some inspirational s*** right there.

 

[HockeyBjj]

Are you talking a single loss and bouncing right back?
Kattar after the Max thrashing was indeed a good one. Cain Velasques got 1st round KOed by JDS and then looked amazing until injuries and poor decisions vs Werdum.

Or like a rocky part of the career with multiple Ls, learning adapting and never getting discouraged, and then looking better than ever?
Charlie Olives and Dustin Porier are great examples of that.

 

[13Seconds]

The way Francis came back from the Stipe loss to Lewis had me worried. Then he KO'd Blaydes in 30 seconds and showed his warrior spirit. Man was about to get cut lol.

 

[Tito Tapped]

GSP became the GOAT after losing Vs Serra

You can even go back to the first fight with Hughes where GSP was admittedly afraid and lost but came back to whoop Hughes' ass 2 more times after that.

 

[tornado362]

Ortega after the Max beatdown needs a mention

 

[MMAProfessional]

Kattar made slight improvements in that he wasn't a pure boxer. Andrade has been the version she is for a while now.

 

[Raymundo Alvarado Guevara]

Gaethje coming after Khabib defeated

 

[WHITEBELT JESUS]

Gaethje coming after Khabib defeated

 

[Percwalker]

NO BIAS BUT OLIVEIRA TRADED WINS AND LOSSES UNTIL HE CHANNELED HIS EYE OF THE TIGER MAGIC ROCK FOCUS WENT 10-0 CAPTURED AND DEFENDED THE BELT AND AS WE SEE NOW BECOME THE GREATEST FIGHTER OF ALL TIME (OK MAYBE I AM A LITTLE BIT BIAS)

 

[spinup]

Petr Yan came back OK after losing to Aljo.

 

[Argonaut]

Oliveira, Jan and Bisping have to be up there with the all time greats, coming back after each having more than 5 losses in the undisputed UFC to winning the title.

Their stories will serve as motivation for fighters coming off a loss for years and years, no matter how bad it is.

Oliveira being KO'd and submitted multiple times

Bisping recieving possibly the most widely watched brutal KO of all time vs Henderson

Jan being dominated by wrestlers to multiple UD losses prior to winning the title

 

[Serge421]

Some handle losses better than others, that's for sure.

Personally, I think the greatest example of a fighter coming back after a loss was Aldo after Conor. Aldo not only lost, but he did so in the most humiliating way possible. He was a legend reduced to tears after being viciously mocked and berated for months and then KOed in a few seconds. Years later, he's approaching a title shot in another division. That's some inspirational s*** right there.

He got the interim belt 7 months later

 

[Pizza Werewolf]

BJ Penn deserves a mention, he came back to fight over and over again after losing at the end of his career.
He didn't win but gotta give him credit for trying.