Fighter you expected to make it big in the UFC

[UFC=Pride]

Cro Cop

 

[Liverkick-king56]

Thiago Silva
John Makdessi
Travis Browne? (he was big but I expected so much more but Edmond ruined his style)
Rick Story
Shane Campbell
Clint Hester
Alex Caceres
Costas Phillipou

 

[ChaelSonnen]

Thomas Almeida

 

[Weidman]

Ronda Rousey

 

[NumbBigToe]

Spoiler

 

[wisdom blows]

Lando
Will Brooks
Gunnar Nelson
Erick Silva
Charles Oliveira

 

[Darkgsp]

Doo Ho Choi ( Korean Super Boy)
like i don't even think he will fight again

 

[Drugstore Cowboy]

Lando
Will Brooks
Gunnar Nelson
Erick Silva
Charles Oliveira

Solid list.

 

[Rvd Slmr]

Melendez getting two title shots, only to piss hot and get freaking Diego has his only win in six fights.

 

[Dead Kennedy]

inB4 Kang

God damn it, beat me to it. But unfortunately this. Still one of my favorite fighters regardless...

WAR DENIS KANG!!!!!!!

 

[Gambit MMA]

todd duffee is great choice
also hector for sure

i thought gray maynard was gonna dominate 155 for a while

 

[ClosetVitorFan]

Spoiler

Fresh off top wins vs Arona and lil Nog. (Which I saw live in Vegas at pride 33) he was the next big thing. From team quest under Dan Henderson. Wow did that fizzle.

 

[ImNotSurpisedDonks!]

Giblert Melendez

Fixed*

 

[dsdoubled]

I thought Bobby Green would be a solid top 5-10 LW

Agreed. Though it looks like whatever caused his skid a few years back has been remedied. He looked great when he first came over from SF and has looked good his last 2 fights. He is fighting a tough opponent in Drakkar Klose in December.

 

[dsdoubled]

-Melvin Manhoef, if he ever signed to UFC years ago.
-Mirko CroCop
-Hector Lombard
-Ngannou
-Tyrone Spong, if he ever signed to UFC.
-Bojan Velickovic

Lombard probably more than anyone I can think of. Came to the UFC in his prime, dangerous, a finisher, very well rounded, etc.

 

[dsdoubled]

Watching Thiago Tavares against Jason Black and Tyson Griffin I thought he was going to be champ. He looked that good. Really really impressive. Hes had a good run and probably made a living fighting but he fell off quite a bit.

 

[Xaero]

Sexyama.

I watch his fights nude.

 

[Blazmo]

Marcin Prachnio. I just don't understand what went wrong. He fought legit competition outside the UFC yet his time inside the Octagon has been disastrous.

 

[wolfgangkrauser]

Thomas Almeida

 

[JsinLegacy]

Will Brooks. Dude has all the talent in the world but just wasn't able to put it together fully in the UFC.