Fighters and their "nemesis"

[Deleted member 429453]

I was thinking recently it seems quite often that a good fighter who has generally been dominant and beaten many will eventually find a "nemesis" (sorry couldn't think of better word)

Their "match" who somehow has got their game.

Some examples,
sakuraba for the Gracie's
Pettis for benson
Cain for jds
Weidman for Anderson


Please give more examples and give me your theory why this phenomenon happens, cos it's not like the "nemesis" does a one off like when gsp got knocked out by serra.
The nemesis only counts if he has beaten a dominant fighter more than once

 

[tenniswhiz]

Wand for Saku

Fedor for Big Nog

Hallman for Hughes

Edgar/Penn and Weidman/Silva do involve old guys winding down...

 

[Deleted member 429453]

Yeah can totally see SOME about young replacing old but some seems about somehow one has somehow got the game of the other, I can't really explain it cos they don't seem lucky wins, and the one beaten by the "nemesis" is usually really dominant over everyone else

 

[raaju]

Benson/Cowboy
Ronda/Miesha
Shogun/Lyoto

 

[Rob_M.]

Hughes - Any Gracie

 

[Toco]

 

[Lucifer Alpha]

Faber/champions.

 

[Striderx5]

Faber/champions.

 

[Deleted member 429453]

Gusty could be the nemesis if he puts in a good showing next time round but he sure had jones on the ropes!

 

[Uncommon Valor]

I was thinking Sonnen for Silva, but I guess Weidman works too.

 

[Deleted member 429453]

I was thinking Sonnen for Silva, but I guess Weidman works too.

Sonnen had nemesis potential but didn't seal the deal with win

 

[Thisisme2]

Barnett vs crocop!!!!!

 

[Deleted member 468727]

Penn-Edgar
Aldo-Mendes
Silva-Sonnen
Shogun-Henderson

 

[Woliwo]

Rumble/The weight-in scale
GSP/Hughes, Serra and maybe Penn?

Have huge potential if he (hopefully) goes through Rumble.

Faber/champions.

Haha good one, and so true.

 

[tsarbomba]

Liddell's is rampage

 

[TheLuckiest]

Faber/champions.

lol

Sick burn brah

 

[Bokelj]

Vitor, Reem, Eric Silva and many more

 

[HARDCORE CHINO]

aldo/team alfa male
rampage/chuck


fedor/every HW in his era!

 

[Locooo]

Wanderlei / Rampage

BJ / Hughes

GSP / BJ

Public Esteem / Jones

Tito / Shamrock

 

[Mad Jitsu]

Urijah Faber- Mike Brown

Chuck Liddell- Rampage

Matt Hughes- GSP

Anderson Silva- Chris Weidman

Big Nog- Mir

Vitor- Overeem