Best rivalries that never resulted in fights?

[Threetrees]

Michael Bisping vs Yoel Romero is probably never going to happen unless Romero looks like a shell of himself

with some of the back and forth, for a minute the fight seemed destined to happen and then came along GSP
this got me thinking, what are some other fights that seemed destined but for some reason or another never happened?

I mean for Yoel Romero/Bisping


holy shit promotional gold

The other one that jumps to my mind is Fedor/Couture

Much like Romero/Bisping, I doubt it would have been competitive, but it seemed like it was going to happen for sure after Randy left the UFC

 

[pick999]

tito vs dana

 

[ThatGuy7698]

Conor McGregor vs. anybody who isn't Nate Diaz or Eddie Alvarez.

 

[DRMZ]

Khabib vs Tony

 

[CalvilloRay]

Roy Nelson vs Shane Carwin

 

[MMAcolyte]

Junior dos Santos vs Brock Lesnar

 

[BoD 2.0]

Nick Diaz vs Mayhem Miller. Luckily for Mayhem.

 

[calisoul]

Kind of a silly thread. I am taken back your join date.
Kimura vs Helio
Saku vs any gracie

Fast forword:
Tito vs Shamrock
Tito vs Liddell
Liddel vs Wandy
Chuck vs Randy
Fedor vs CroCop........

need I keep on?

edit: whoops these all did

 

[Threetrees]

Kind of a silly thread. I am taken back your join date.
Kimura vs Helio
Saku vs any gracie

Fast forword:
Tito vs Shamrock
Tito vs Liddell
Liddel vs Wandy
Chuck vs Randy
Fedor vs CroCop........

need I keep on?

Yeah actually
I want as many as possible
Since those fights all happened

 

[Alanf7]

Bisping turned into a coward.

 

[topcat87]

Mcgregor aldo wasn't really a fight was it.
Rousey Cyborg

 

[Übermacht]

Nick Diaz vs Mayhem Miller. Luckily for Mayhem.

This is the right answer.

 

[calisoul]

not really rivalries but should have would have

Randy vs Fedor
Fedor vs Barnett (Dope goodbye affliction)
Coleman vs Tim Silva
Mir vs Fedor..... still will happen!!!!!!! Mir is underrated.
Andy vs Jones..... WOW!
Hughes vs Andy
GSP vs Andy
going down in weight
BJ vs Saku
Franklin vs GSP
GSP vs Saku
Dana vs Tito
Rogan vs Snipes

 

[CerebralKnievel]

Randy and Fedor never shared any sort of rivalry.

 

[calisoul]

Yeah actually
I want as many as possible
Since those fights all happened

Sorry sherbro. I skim read. Legit thread.

 

[Billthebutcher2]

Shamrock vs Shamrock

 

[Threetrees]

Randy and Fedor never shared any sort of rivalry.

Define rivalry

 

[Soul On Ice]

 

[CerebralKnievel]

Define rivalry

Antagonism, verbal sparring, mutual dislike, hostility, competition. A contest between two people or organizations born either of an established tense competition or emotional friction .

They never crossed paths in any meaningful event, never spoke ill of one another, and really never in any way set sights on one another. Randy did of course want to compete with Fedor to test himself, but it was amicable and professional. There was never any hype generated by Fedor on this potential matchup and the two never even engaged in a face-off

 

[Enigma87]

Conor McGregor vs. anybody who isn't Nate Diaz or Eddie Alvarez.

Aldo?