Fabio Maldonado: King-Maker

[Siver!]

Fabio Maldonado is cool as hell, I remember signed Maiquel Falcao and wondering why they didn't just sign the guy that beat him twice - Fabio Maldonado - then about two months later or something, the UFC actually did.

His UFC debut was actually in England, where he beat up James McSweeney, his boxing overcoming McSweeney's kickboxing. His body work was immense, and I was a fan from that day forward.

But retrospectively, while Fabio wasn't a 'great' fighter, his résumé is something else when you look at who he's fought - this guy has taken on a string of world champions and elite contenders, often before they achieved their greatest feats - The Kingmaker of MMA.

World Champions:

Stipe Miocic
Glover Teixeira
Fedor Emelianenko
Rampage Jackson

And behind that are a ton of big name contenders and ranked fighters:

Jiri Prochazka
Sergei Kharitonov
Nikita Krylov
Corey Anderson

Even Mikhail Mokhnatkin is a beast, and he fought that Russian guy with the weird record, Ivan Shtyrkov.

Maldonado seems like a Sherdog-kinda fighter, no? Any love here for the Brazilian and all the names he fought? It's like a who's who of light heavyweight and heavyweight monsters.

 

[WHITEBELT JESUS]

Wish dad bod Maldonado would have actually trained.

 

[eighterumg5]

I've always liked that awkward Bastard.
He should have a win over Fedor too

 

[2004 account]

He's better than what many here make him out to be for sure but still could've been more well rounded imo , that would've gotten him farther in his mma career.

 

[Chomsky Honk]

Robbed of that draw. Robbed dirty!

 

[sabretitan]

He's awesome in person.. hit on my girlfriend but it wa friendly. I'm pretty sure it was in Montreal

 

[RonMachineGunJhun]

I mentioned him in a thread a week ago about fighters taking damage in their careers. Fabio was one that came to mind

 

[Deleted member 405583]

Always loved watching him. Great boxing and a never quit attitude. Will be a fan for life

 

[Siver!]

I mentioned him in a thread a week ago about fighters taking damage in their careers. Fabio was one that came to mind

Yeah I remember him marching forward against Gian Villante and just eating punches so that he could land body shots, and it kinda worked in the end.

Not the most conservative strategy I've ever seen, but that guy seemed to enjoy fighting like that. He even tended to punch himself before his fights!

 

[Cooliox]

One of the best guys I've seen at working the body


Too bad it didn't work out, cause UFC judges are idiots. They never rewarded him for it. He should have easily gotten the decision over Kyle Kingsburry, and I believe I had him winning against Igor too

 

[hogwash]

All hail the goat avy

 

[EndlessCritic]

Brawldonado had some fantastic just bleed wars.

There's a reason the UFC kept him after he started out 0-3.

Rogan nearly had an aneurysm when he tagged Glover.

 

[hogwash]

Siver! with another HOF avy

 

[Bork Neslar]

Fabio > Fedor

 

[Substance Abuse]

Fabio > Fedor

 

[manboy<3]

Always liked Maldonado

No Tattoos, no stupid rap entrance, no trash talk, no stupid bleached hair, no stupid fuckboy haircut, no stupid ripped and shredded body more suitable for gay porn than fighting

 

[Thesnake101]

Fabio Maldonado is cool as hell, I remember signed Maiquel Falcao and wondering why they didn't just sign the guy that beat him twice - Fabio Maldonado - then about two months later or something, the UFC actually did.

His UFC debut was actually in England, where he beat up James McSweeney, his boxing overcoming McSweeney's kickboxing. His body work was immense, and I was a fan from that day forward.

But retrospectively, while Fabio wasn't a 'great' fighter, his résumé is something else when you look at who he's fought - this guy has taken on a string of world champions and elite contenders, often before they achieved their greatest feats - The Kingmaker of MMA.

World Champions:

Stipe Miocic
Glover Teixeira
Fedor Emelianenko
Rampage Jackson

And behind that are a ton of big name contenders and ranked fighters:

Jiri Prochazka
Sergei Kharitonov
Nikita Krylov
Corey Anderson

Even Mikhail Mokhnatkin is a beast, and he fought that Russian guy with the weird record, Ivan Shtyrkov.

Maldonado seems like a Sherdog-kinda fighter, no? Any love here for the Brazilian and all the names he fought? It's like a who's who of light heavyweight and heavyweight monsters.

Definitely the kind of guy you'd want separating the actual contenders from raw prospects, pretty game against whomever.

Let's not get carried away with the Mokhnatkin mention though.

 

[felmmando]

I've always liked that awkward Bastard.
He should have a win over Fedor too

I can't agree. At best, he should have a draw.

 

[felmmando]

Always liked Maldonado

No Tattoos, no stupid rap entrance, no trash talk, no stupid bleached hair, no stupid fuckboy haircut, no stupid ripped and shredded body more suitable for gay porn than fighting

Why do you dislike fighters with shredded physiques? It's not hard to think of some who are better fighters than Maldonado.

 

[eighterumg5]

I can't agree. At best, he should have a draw.

That ref could have stopped the fight and not many would have thought it was a bad stoppage. If it was in any other country it would have been. I say this as a Fedor fan