Fights that were fought between fighters before either was well-known

[jeremi87]

Gus/te huna

 

[Gawd]

Nobody has mentioned BJ - Machida yet?

Well, BJ might have been somewhat well known at the time.

 

[diazisawesome**]

Tyson Griffin Vs. Urijah Faber happened in a small show long before either was well known, this was Faber's lone loss for a long time.

wasnt faber going for a superman punch or something? iirc that fight was at 155,faber has some balls.

 

[ABC]

Franklin/Machida

 

[clumseygenius]

Alot of the ones mentioned were already pretty well know when the met so fars as i'm reading.

Rory Macdonald/Jordan Mein
Pat Curran/Mike Ricci

Beat me to both of them lol

Sonnen vs Mayhem, GSP vs Menjivar.

Was about to post the GSP-Ivan fight too

Tyson Griffin Vs. Urijah Faber happened in a small show long before either was well known, this was Faber's lone loss for a long time.

Still remember that one clear as day,was a pretty good fight and Faber got put to sleep hard! Crowd went nuts. Worth watching for any who havent seen.

Babalu v Fedor is another,though i think it may have been mentioned

 

[Y2Khaos]

Nate Marquardt vs Yves Edwards

 

[BJJscion]

Brian Ebersole fighting Hector Lombard and Stephan Bonnar.

Also Gegard Mousasi/Hector Lombard.

 

[Chinballs]

Machida vs Franklin

Wanderlei vs Mezger

 

[Unhinged]

Caol Uno vs. Hayato Sakurai
Kid Yamamoto vs. Josh Thompson
Genki Sudo vs. Nate Marquardt

 

[Unhinged]

Nobody has mentioned BJ - Machida yet?

Well, BJ might have been somewhat well known at the time.

Somewhat known? He was already a Former Welterweight champ by then and had a huge established fanbase for years.

Machida was still relatively unknown though.

 

[Sivo The Ram]

fedor vs arona

 

[Guitarmbar]

Matt Hughes vs. Dennis Hallman way back in 1998.

 

[DanTremlett]

Shogun fought Babalu and Cyborg years ago in Brazil, before signing with PRIDE.

 

[NorCalNinja]

Nick Diaz vs Chris Lytle


Was Diaz second fight.

 

[Jblizzle]

Hendo vs Newton

Jorge Masvidal, Joe Lauzon, and Raphael Assuncao fought each other before thay were known

Hermes Franca vs Mike Brown

 

[Cio]

Griffin vs. Sonnen
Glover vs. Sokoudjou
Sonnen vs. Mayhem
Herring vs. Tanner
Sanchez vs. Santiago

Only ones I can think of right now.

 

[yCoRrUpT]

Sherk Karo 1
Sherk Karo 2
Hughes Hallman 1
Hughes Hallman 2

 

[Soufian]

Urijah Faber vs. Bibiano Fernandes

 

[Tysonalifrazier]

Masvidal vs. Daley.