Fighters you secretly had high hopes for.

[HelloJapan]

Actually i thought the same about Gouveia...glad i'am not alone lol.

 

[dghodsi]

Koji oshi before he fought the diaz bros

 

[stabyourcat]

When Melvin Guillard tore apart Evan Dunham, I thought for sure he was on the way the to a title shot. And... yeah...

 

[THE WARMASTER]

Erick Silva

I had such high hopes but he has been nothing but a letdown
One more fight though...

Same.

I met him in Vegas during Anderson/Chael II and rode the tram with him to the expo. He was real cool and friendly, and when we got to the expo, he went to a booth while I waited in line to get a pic with him and Okami lol.

Afterwards, I told my buddy (who doesn't follow MMA, but also got his picture taken with Erick)to hang on to the picture because one day that man is gonna be a UFC champion.

Still waiting.

 

[deviake]

Gomi (UFC), Randleman, Terry Etim, Michael Bisping (at one point in time), Mac Danzig, Erick Silva (I still hold out hope), Gina Carano (sigh), etc.

 

[Steely]

I want to believe

 

[deviake]

No one more than this.

Oh ya. Oh ya.

Edit:

Dustin hazelett, Roger Huerta.

 

[YES Cartwheel]

Karo Parisyan.

And recently,

 

[aali14]

The Thatch

 

[CorporateTool]

Lim, Thatch... Erick Silva looked potentially dominant for awhile... I still maintain that Cody Mckenzie had some sort of weird potential... Not championship level, but the dude squandered himself by being completely nuts. Him and Mayhem.

 

[The Unbrain]

He may still be in with a chance if he gets on a run.

Dude, he just turned 21. He's got a fair bit of time to make a run.

 

[dghodsi]

Kimbo slice

 

[Hihlosis]

Has to be JDS for me. For a while it looked like he was gonna hold the HW title for a while. Those Cain beatings took a toll on his soul, let alone his body.

 

[Cat Biscuits]

Kamal Shalorus

 

[SlomiGa]

Erick Silva, Travis Browne (for some reason), Rua, CroCop

 

[Blacklabel]

mitrione / thatch

 

[BokaBokte]

Cody McKenzie

 

[fightdonttweet]

Has to be JDS for me. For a while it looked like he was gonna hold the HW title for a while. Those Cain beatings took a toll on his soul, let alone his body.

Troll post? He's the former champ and second or third best guy in the division. He was never a dark horse and why on earth would you be embarrassed to be a fan?

 

[Hemmmmmo]

Krazy horse Bennet

 

[Johnny Drama]

Jamie Varner's 2nd UFC stint- Especially after he destroyed Barboza.
Vinny Magalhaes 2nd UFC stint-Not after he got KO'd by Perosh.
Lavar Johnson-Exciting KO machine.....not much ground game.