Forgotten MMA fighters....

I was onboard with the hype train when he debuted in the UFC, but unfortunately it didn't last. Will always remember him for the Chipotle burrito browsing Sherdog photo.


Oof.


Will always be a fan due to his epic fight with Zuluzinho in PRIDE.


Legend. Will always remember him for his IVC fights and for that one flying knee he hit on Carlos Newton in PRIDE that didn't knock him out somehow.


One of the best grapplers in MMA back in the day. Unfortunately his issues got the best of him and his career didn't work out as hoped. That second fight with Sonnen was unfortunate.


King of the freakshow fights. Will always remember the Super Hluk title.
Never forget

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Lyle Beernohm was like 16-0 fighting cans and then lost to Pat Healy and Aoki. Then went on to fight more cans.
 
Lyle Beernohm was like 16-0 fighting cans and then lost to Pat Healy and Aoki. Then went on to fight more cans.
Fancy Pants had legit wins over Ludwig, Shaolin and Aurelio. He was pretty good.

Jason Reinhardt on the other hand went 18-0 against literal bums before Lauzon destroyed him.
 
21. Karl James Noons

22. Sarah Kaufman

23. Kaitlin Young

24. Rafael Cavalcante

25. Muhammed Lawal

26. Emanuel Newton

27. Travis Wiuff

28. David Branch

29. Steve Carl

30. Raynell Cooper

31. Roger Gracie
 
Fancy Pants had legit wins over Ludwig, Shaolin and Aurelio. He was pretty good.

Jason Reinhardt on the other hand went 18-0 against literal bums before Lauzon destroyed him.
Yeah, those wins from Fancy Pants were legit.
 
Honestly... Based on the miraculous comeback of Diego Brandao, he's definitely a name to pick

Dude is a just bleed disciple with a lot of finishes in victories (and in losses), including an extremely rare helicopter armbar.
 
I guess he´s forgotten for a good reason (Travis Fulton).

Dan Severn? His facebook page seems like it´s run by a fan.

I remember Gilbert Yvel very well. The ref he ko´d here in Finland was also the matchmaker, manager and promoter and whatnot in the same night. Also trainer for Gilbert´s opponent.

Marco Ruas?

Joachim Hansen?
 
Honestly... Based on the miraculous comeback of Diego Brandao, he's definitely a name to pick

Dude is a just bleed disciple with a lot of finishes in victories (and in losses), including an extremely rare helicopter armbar.
Bermudez vs Brandao is one of the best TUF finales in history:

 
What about JZ? He used to be a name.
Now that's a good shout. I remember him tearing it up in HERO'S. I met him at the PFL tapings. I forgot who it was he was cornering, but he seemed like a very nice person from our brief interaction.
 
a lot of well known fighters (for tr00 fans) who always get listed in 'legends' threads being listed as 'forgotten' 😶

my choice is gonna be.... ERICA MONTOYA,
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who was briefly an early WMMA sensation in the early/mid 2000s, debuting 2 weeks after her 15th birthday (!) and going 6-0... before losing 2 fights in Japan (including her last fight to the definitely-not-forgotton Megumi Fujii), then completely disappeared off the face of the earth, aged 19.

One rumor I read is it was one of those 'pushy parent living out his 'badass ultimate human cockfighter' fantasy through his kid' type deals, she didn't actually want to do it, so she 'ran away' as soon as she reached adulthood.

Nevertheless! she will always hold the distinction of being the first womyn in a UFC vidya gaem, being featured in 'UFC sudden impact' released in 2004.
Here's ingame footage of her beating up George Micha.... uh, Candre Arlovski (a real fight would have gone similar, though I doubt Candre would have got back up after she hit him).

word is this came about because the WOKE(🫢) UFC was planning to add women as early as 2002-2004, with Erica Montoya vs Shelby Walker (who at one time was dating DENIS KANG - another forgotton fighter?) being worked on as the first bout, but it fell through for reasons I can't remember (or weren't disclosed) and didn't happen for another 10 years (perhaps, because WOKE (🫢) had not yet been invented in the noughties). But by the time it was cancelled, she was already 'in game'.
 
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Phillip Miller 16-0 and retired to be a cop.
Cole and Micah Miller. Both cool dudes I trained with.
Jeff Bedard another cool dude I trained with.
Vladimir Matyushenko and Trevor Prangley. Got to take wrestling classes from them.
Jorge Santiago He gave me my blue belt in BJJ
Those are some names you might of forgot.
 
a lot of well known fighters (for tr00 fans) who always get listed in 'legends' threads being listed as 'forgotten' 😶

my choice is gonna be.... ERICA MONTOYA,
erica-montoya.jpg

who was briefly an early WMMA sensation in the early/mid 2000s, debuting 2 weeks after her 15th birthday (!) and going 6-0... before losing 2 fights in Japan (including her last fight to the definitely-not-forgotton Megumi Fujii), then completely disappeared off the face of the earth, aged 19.

One rumor I read is it was one of those 'pushy parent living out his 'badass ultimate human cockfighter' fantasy through his kid' type deals, she didn't actually want to do it, so she 'ran away' as soon as she reached adulthood.

Nevertheless! she will always hold the distinction of being the first womyn in a UFC vidya gaem, being featured in 'UFC sudden impact' released in 2004.
Here's ingame footage of her beating up George Micha.... uh, Candre Arlovski (a real fight would have gone similar, though I doubt Candre would have got back up after she hit him).

word is this came about because the WOKE(🫢) UFC was planning to add women as early as 2002-2004, with Erica Montoya vs Shelby Walker (who at one time was dating DENIS KANG - another forgotton fighter?) being worked on as the first bout, but it fell through for reasons I can't remember (or weren't disclosed) and didn't happen for another 10 years (perhaps, because WOKE (🫢) had not yet been invented in the noughties). But by the time it was cancelled, she was already 'in game'.



That game looks fun. Man Orlovski was a baby back then.
 
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Phillip Miller 16-0 and retired to be a cop.
Cole and Micah Miller. Both cool dudes I trained with.
Jeff Bedard another cool dude I trained with.
Vladimir Matyushenko and Trevor Prangley. Got to take wrestling classes from them.
Jorge Santiago He gave me my blue belt in BJJ
Those are some names you might of forgot.
You trained at American Top Team?
 
19. Zoila Frausto
ahh man, I r emember when she beat 22-0 Megumi Fujii in a massive upset. She had gone 6-0 Bellator 12-1 overall and everyone was crowning her WMMA goat. Then she fell off hard and retired at 36.
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You trained at American Top Team?
Not sure about the guy you quoted, but Prangley has been running an AKA school in North Idaho down the street from me for many years

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