fighters who became more popular after a loss

[Patrick Jane]

Fred Ettish

 

[3betUSA]

Fedor. Atleast his true fans. His losses came to 2 steroid heads and the current hw champ

 

[3betUSA]

I liked watching Olaf alfanso in wec days. He just came to fight

 

[SOAzmayesh]

S.Northcutt - His fans were so divided on spoilt pretty boy who's getting a bigger slice of the cake to a driven kid who will be the next best thing -
After the fight, everyone realised - he's just a kid regardless of all the side stories.

 

[Kleinschuster]

Lesnar proved that he could hang in that first fight. he gained new ufc fans who werent wwe fans

There are tons of fighters who got new fans after losing a fight. That was not the question. The question was who became a star - and Lesnar was already a star before.

 

[Mga223]

Bonnar - Lost to Griffin, gets UFC contract, ends up fighting for Silvas title

Sonnen - Loses to Anderson in a heroic effort, becoming a star since.

Gustaffson - Loses to Jon Jones, gets on cover of EA UFC

Lesnar - loses to Mir, but basically dominates the entire match until the submission. The rest his history.

Diaz - Plenty of fans from his pride and strikeforce days already, but after 1-2-5, a whole new fanbase started.

Um what?

Also lesnar always had a huge following win or lose

 

[BOTTICELLI]

Maladano n Rory

 

[Lemmy]

Chuck Wepner.

in UFC win\loss is a secondary thing, being a company guy is all you need to be pushed.

 

[cumafish]

Maaaaaan...I still think Bonnar should have got the nod in that fight...

Along with Alex in his...

I had Bonnar winning too, it was close so no robbery there.
Gus benefited the most from a loss in recent memory.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

I would say Frankie, after losing to Benson. Their first fight was pretty epic, in the moment.

 

[Headkicktoleg]

Frankie Edgar became champ after losing to BJ Penn

 

[YesMySon]

There are tons of fighters who got new fans after losing a fight. That was not the question. The question was who became a star - and Lesnar was already a star before.

No the question was who became more popular. I know because I asked it

 

[Jermei]

Chael. Every other poster had a 'I believe in Sonnen' av after he lost to Anderson.

 

[djacobox372]

Overeem, I don't think I've ever seen a fighter get knocked out so many times and still stay popular and relevant.

 

[Kleinschuster]

No the question was who became more popular. I know because I asked it

K, than I misunderstood. But then most fighters who had a tough fight got more popular. Almost nobody gots less popular after a fight (the few times like Daley sucker punching not counted).