Fighters you secretly had high hopes for.

[Kratoswand]

Aljamain Sterling, John Lineker, Uriah Hall and Frankie Saenz.

 

[TheHotness]

KJ Noons, gomi, blackbeast, and kid Yamamoto

 

[Docile]

I had some high hopes for Niklas B

 

[HeexX]

I had some high hopes for Niklas B

 

[Damon3388]

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

Lol, he just turned 21 a week ago. Probably a decade away from even being in his prime as a fighter. What exactly were you expecting from him at this stage (keeping in mind that he's 8-1 overall, and 2-1 in the UFC so far)?

 

[Cptn1NSAN0]

Nate Marquardt.

I wouldn't call his career a disappointment by any means as he was a Pancrase champ, challenged for UFC gold, won SF gold and has an amazing highlight reel, but after his tekken finish of Gouveia:

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...and his one-timing of Demian Maia:

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...I thought for sure he'd be the one whom Silva would eventually pass the torch to. Then he went 2-2 in his next four fights, losing one sided decisions to Sonnen and Okami and left for StrikeForce. He produced my personal favorite KO combo of all time on Tyron Woodley:

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...and took his belt, rejuvenating my hope in him only for him to go 1-5 in his next six fights, getting badly KO'd multiple times. That armbar win over James Te-Huna had me cheering like a madman.

 

[ChickenNugget]

 

[Docile]

He was cut? When?

Just read it on facebook, he announced it during some mmafighting.com podcast or something.

 

[kikikhan]

I still think he would have had an awesome career, if he was 50 % as disciplined as his brother.

The same.

Rack disciprine...

 

[Moral Victory]

Backstrom and that Japanese guy with the mask who recently started losing, now it's Till.

 

[Gazwald]

Evan Dunham

 

[BroITrainUFC]

I thought Lombard would violently tear through MW

 

[Toizumi]

Sergio Moraes - but he has been very inactive overall. He has won three straight since his loss in the TUF finale (which was outside of his normal weightclass), including a win over Neal Magny in 2013.

 

[phipps66]

Sam Alvey. Still got hope doe.

 

[ejazahmednit]

eddie alvarez, i thot he would murk shit in the UFC

 

[Codpiece]

I wanted Phil Baroni to do well when he came back to the UFC, but I didn't tell a soul, because I didn't think it would happen.

 

[electricfuneral]

Rick story and Brian foster.

 

[The Clinch]

Chieck Kongo and Josh Grispi.

One fights in Bellator and one fights with demons.

 

[Bacco]

Currently Uberfedor return

 

[SirKratos]

Brandon Thatch