Fighters whose only losses are to UFC champions

[fractal]

There are only 5 UFC fighters, who have only lost to other UFC champs (not counting interim champs and BMF title):

1. DC
2. Gane
3. GSP
4. Petr Yan (edit: doesn't count since he has a pre-UFC loss I didn't catch while making this list)

Can you guess the 5th one without looking at records (I had to look it up - would've never guessed)

Spoiler: Hint

LW

Spoiler: Hint 2

Pre-2010

Spoiler: 5

Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk

PS: I might be missing contenders, but I can't think of any

EDIT: Also Carwin, Cain, Ronda, Joanna, Chad Mendes (surprised me), Umar

 

[DumpsterBaby]

Machida? Who did he lose to that wasn’t a champion in the UFC?

Edit: Nevermind, Romero and Brunson.

 

[Johnnny]

Chad Mendes (Aldo, McGregor, Edgar, Volkanovski)

Cain Velasquez (Dos Santos, Werdum, Ngannou)

Ronda Rousey (Holm, Nunes)

Shane Carwin (Dos Santos, Lesnar)

 

[Egészségére!]

Hendo came real close if you only count ufc losses

8 losses to 7 ufc champs & Gegard

 

[fractal]

Chad Mendes (Aldo, McGregor, Edgar, Volkanovski)

Cain Velasquez (Dos Santos, Werdum, Ngannou)

Ronda Rousey (Holm, Nunes)

Shane Carwin (Dos Santos, Lesnar)

Nice list. Rousey of course. Forgot about Cain.

Would've never thought of Mendes.

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

Poatan, at least his ufc losses

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Joanna is one. She only lost to Rose twice, Weili twice and Valentina.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

I'm assuming you're only counting UFC losses btw as even though I didn't agree with it Yan did lose to Magomed Magomedov in ACB.

 

[fractal]

I'm assuming you're only counting UFC losses btw as even though I didn't agree with it Yan did lose to Magomed Magomedov in ACB.

No you're right about Yan. I wasn't only counting UFC but missed his loss to MM

 

[fractal]

Hendo came real close if you only count ufc losses

8 losses to 7 ufc champs & Gegard

I am counting losses outside the UFC as well, otherwise we'd probably have a much longer list

 

[Harlekin]

Ngannou
Miocic
Shogun
Big Nog
Werdum
Shogun
Big Nog
Chuck

Overeem has 8 losses to champions, 1 Nc to Crocop

 

[JPOMMA]

There are only 5 UFC fighters, who have only lost to other UFC champs (not counting interim champs and BMF title):

1. DC
2. Gane
3. GSP
4. Petr Yan (has pre-UFC loss)

Can you guess the 5th one without looking at records (I had to look it up - would've never guessed)

Spoiler: Hint

LW

Spoiler: Hint 2

Pre-2010

Spoiler: 5

Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk

PS: I might be missing contenders, but I can't think of any

EDIT: Also Carwin, Cain, Ronda, Joanna, Chad Mendes (surprised me)

Serra wasn’t champion when GSP lost to him. Or does it make the list because Serra got the belt from that fight?

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Ngannou
Miocic
Shogun
Big Nog
Werdum
Shogun
Big Nog
Chuck

Overeem has 8 losses to champions, 1 Nc to Crocop

These guys have lost to people like Stefan Struve, OSP, Keith Jardine and Marcin Tybura Sherbro.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Oh and there's a few people who are still active and just haven't had time to lose to non champs yet but do still have a fair amount of fights in the UFC.

Tatiana Suarez (only lost title shot to Weili)
Umar Nurmagomedov (only lost title shot to Merab)
Ikram Aliskerov (lost to Whiitaker inside the UFC, does have a pre UFC loss but it was against Khamzat)

 

[balkanbomber85]

What the F?

GSP lost to Serra who was the contender and never a champ, thus, he lost to Serra and only after that, only after the official announcement, Serra was a champ. So, no, that does not count.

 

[Bluesbreaker]

What the F?

GSP lost to Serra who was the contender and never a champ, thus, he lost to Serra and only after that, only after the official announcement, Serra was a champ. So, no, that does not count.

You're upset about this arbitrary set of rules in a thread on an internet forum?

 

[Jokke]

What the F?

GSP lost to Serra who was the contender and never a champ, thus, he lost to Serra and only after that, only after the official announcement, Serra was a champ. So, no, that does not count.

Of course, this takes into account fighters who later went on to become champions. That shouldn’t be hard to understand.

 

[balkanbomber85]

You're upset about this arbitrary set of rules in a thread on an internet forum?

You are upset about a post of somebody in a thread on an internet karate forum?

 

[balkanbomber85]

Of course, this takes into account fighters who later went on to become champions. That shouldn’t be hard to understand.

Yeah, no, thats not how it works.

 

[Fight Professor]

In PRIDE Yuji Nagata only lost to 2 Grand Prix winners - Fedor and CroCop.