Fighters who´s stock went up after losing a fight

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This is a very rare occurrance but it happens in MMA and only when the losing fighter puts everything into the fight and pours his heart out. The audience appreciation that alot.

Now that being said let me give you incidents where a fighter lost but his stock went up.

Jones vs Gus 1 - Gus´s stock went significiant up due to the performance and he poured his heart into it.

Belal vs JDM - Belal poured his heart into that fight and his stock skyrocketed.

Khamzat vs Usman - Usman´s stock skyrocketed

GSP vs Hendricks - Majority thought Hendricks won
 
Jeffery09 said:
This is a very rare occurrance but it happens in MMA and only when the losing fighter puts everything into the fight and pours his heart out. The audience appreciation that alot.

Now that being said let me give you incidents where a fighter lost but his stock went up.

Jones vs Gus 1 - Gus´s stock went significiant up due to the performance and he poured his heart into it.

Belal vs JDM - Belal poured his heart into that fight and his stock skyrocketed.

Khamzat vs Usman - Usman´s stock skyrocketed

GSP vs Hendricks - Majority thought Hendricks won
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Did Belal stock really go up?
He is still hated, he is almost forgotten about now, nobody wants to see him on a PPV card or any main events.
Also his social numbers have not gone up, nobody cares about what he says or is doing.
No fighter has even called him out or is talking about fighting him.
So no, his stock didn't go up, neither did Usman.
 
Don't agree with half of those. Belal's stock didn't go up at all, and neither did Usman's. Usman hasn't fought in a year and a half since, and is a pretty big underdog against #7 Buckley.

The biggest example of a fighter's stock skyrocketing after a loss was Volk after the 1st Islam fight. I agree with the Gus one, and Chael's stock went up quite a bit after the Anderson loss.
 
AL-Tappo McSnappo said:
Did Belal stock really go up?
He is still hated, he is almost forgotten about now, nobody wants to see him on a PPV card or any main events.
Also his social numbers have not gone up, nobody cares about what he says or is doing.
No fighter has even called him out or is talking about fighting him.
So no, his stock didn't go up, neither did Usman.
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They could have ripped him open for that loss but alot of his haters gave him pass and give him kudos for that performance. Same with Usman his stock rose after that fight
 
Dustin Poirier with his loss to Islam - made it to the 5th round, put a big cut on Islam's forehead, made it competitive

Steve Erceg vs Pantoja - Pantoja is the #2 FLW of all time and Erceg made it 2-2 going into the 5th. Unfortunately for Erceg, he's gone on a skid since then
 
- Forrest Griffin against Tito is probably the most notable example
- Cejudo against Joe B
- Evan Dunham against Sherk
- Brock Lesnar against Frank Mir 1
- Gustaffson vs Jones 1 (and how wrong we were)
- Stipe against JDS 1
- Chael vs Anderson 1
- Rory Macdonald vs Condit
- Condit vs Kampmann 1
 
Kimo after losing to Royce Gracie
Kris Moutinho after loss to Suga Sean
Chael after loss to Anderson Silva
Randleman after loss to Fedor (not right away, but over time since it gave him his career highlight move)
 
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