Best ufc fighters to never be champ

[Jay Rock]

Andy Wang

 

[613]

Andy Wang

Honestly, when people see Andy Wang they don't say "he's a punk" they say "he's a warrior"

 

[sabretitan]

Joe B
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[sabretitan]

Franklin?

Rich won the belt from tanner

 

[epluribusunum]

 

[TheChance]

Franklin

WTF?

 

[Big Dawg]

W silva
Franklin

Lol too many names

Franklin was champ.

 

[fzoid4454]

I will start with a few names

Overeem
Florian
Faber
Macdonald
Masvidal
Shields
Nick diaz
Mendes
Gustafsson
Romero

Obviously there are loads more, but that's the first names in my head

Mousasi.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Joe Rogan

 

[Deleted member 278323]

Chad Mendes and Jon Fitch deserves shout outs. Both spend a long time being second best in divisions with dominant champions.

 

[King Joffery]

Tony is Shirley the best by a fair distance to never win the big one, a 12/13 fight win streak, cheated out a few opporunities by khabib pulling out, badly placed cables, unfortunate decisions to wear sunglasses indoors etc.

 

[acannxr]

i think this who lineal champ thing is stupid. there will be who believe that gsp will always be the ww middle weight champs cause he never lost.

Except GSP was never the lineal Middleweight Champion; the lineal title left the UFC with Bustamante and never returned (it actually went to Bellator).

Do you think lineal champions are less stupid now that it doesn't make GSP look good?

 

[mkw]

I would put Chael in the conversation. You can't come as close to winning the belt without winning the belt as old Chael.

 

[G10]

Erik Silva

Give him time. Don't rush the kid, he's still coming into his own.

 

[BowserJr]

Hendo won a tournament belt

Overeem & Jacare, Romero and its not even close

Romero & Jacare were clear #1 & 2 MW at one point and weren't given shots for years

Overeem has the most accolades out of any fighter to not win a UFC belt

 

[G10]

There are too many to mention, and a lot people have thrown out some good names. One fighter in particular no on has mentioned yet is Swanson; he beat a lot of really tough guys in the featherweight division, and he beat most of them in style. I feel bad that he got screwed on a title shot a couple of times so the UFC could make room for McGregor because I think he could've won the belt if the match-making went his way.

 

[Ackmed]

Islam
Covington
KHAMZAT
Ngannou
Ankalaev
Dustin Poirier
Tony Ferguson
Zabit

A bunch of them may still be champ before they retire, definitely Islam, KHAMZAT, Zabit and Ngannou

 

[Jose Beehive]

Michel Pereira

 

[The Chosen]

 

[The Chosen]