Guys who overcame their reputation?

[djacobox372]

"Decision Dan"

 

[Dionysian]

Don't know how Bisping got a reputation for "facing all comers" since his title reign was second only to Conor in the historic amount of ducking involved. Jacare/Romero/Whittaker all languished their primes while Bisping soaked up as much title time as he could get fighting people that weren't ranked.

 

[thebesteva21]

“Decision” Dan Henderson became an exciting fighter.

Chucks “iron chin” became brittle.

GSP was an excellent kickboxer that turned into an excellent grappler.

Nobody thought Forrest would ever get a title shot, let alone win it. Not sure what he overcame except for expectations.

Sonnen may be the exact opposite of this thread. Guy could have been champ if he developed excellent sub D

 

[tehMoose]

Decision Dan -> H-Bomb

 

[TheHermit]

rafael dos anjos overcame being a punchline to become a perennial top 10.

 

[Crash Lance]

I remember when he first arrived in the UFC I could hardly stand to watch his fights, but grew to love him after knocking out Bisping(who was pretty much the most hated fighters on sherdog back then) now he is loved by all

Who is she? I think that she's very sexy. I didn't notice her in your avatar before. Please tell me what her name is.

When I used the Reverse Image Search Tool on Google, the only result that I see is "purple bikini babes." Obviously, "purple bikini babes" doesn't help me at all.

 

[mmacrisis]

Chris Weidman went from 'My Boy' to 'about to be cut by the UFC'

 

[Goatbib]

Khabib's striking looked pretty abysmal but then he showed a super refined jab againt Al and it was clear he has improved leaps and bounds. He then dropped Conor McGregor of all people and nobody thought that it was even a possibility. His striking has turned out to be leaps and bounds better than how it was percieved earlier.

 

[GaryEric]

GSP finishing Bisping

 

[Brock Sapp]

Who is she? I think that she's very sexy. I didn't notice her in your avatar before. Please tell me what her name is.

When I used the Reverse Image Search Tool on Google, the only result that I see is "purple bikini babes." Obviously, "purple bikini babes" doesn't help me at all.

I like the main colors of my avatar to match my belt color. Literally googled "hot girl purple bikini". You need a girlfriend! Cammon man - Biden voice

 

[The Chosen]

GSP’s goal of winning MW gold was to do just that: move up in weight and get a finish after people always wanted him to fight Silva and getting flack for being a decision machine for most of his championship reign.

 

[cheesus]

Andrei use to cop a tonne of heat for having a glass chin, now it's pretty rare to see him get finished from strikes

 

[The Chosen]

Khabib's striking looked pretty abysmal but then he showed a super refined jab againt Al and it was clear he has improved leaps and bounds. He then dropped Conor McGregor of all people and nobody thought that it was even a possibility. His striking has turned out to be leaps and bounds better than how it was percieved earlier.

Khabib always had the eagle punch in his arsenal, he got some knockdowns with it earlier in his career but cleaned up his game

 

[joeson]

Colby Covington overcame his reputation as a quiet nice guy...

 

[Paolo Delutis]

Paulo Thiago debuting as a BJJ specialist

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Spoiler

Josh koshcheck is like at luke rockhold level when he gets finished...lol

 

[thebesteva21]

Andrei use to cop a tonne of heat for having a glass chin, now it's pretty rare to see him get finished from strikes

I think he just learned how to avoid the big punches.

 

[g*r*b]

Once upon a time there were people who called Miocic pillow-fisted.