Has anyone had a better opportunity on UFC debut than Ben Sosoli?

[John makfresshi]

carwin was fucking savage. i loved seeing him on his path to brock.

Delicious

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

My all time favorite climbing of the ladder, if you will.
Up n coming jds was something else

that was one of the most amazing climbs to the top in the HW division in my opinion.

he wasn't just beating guys, he was devastating them and it wasn't like flukish 1st rd KO's, it was mostly prolonged beatings where he was completely outclassing guys.

 

[Knuckledragger]

Mickey gall got a meal ticket in the form of a very green CM punk lol

Mickey Gall is a predator.

 

[wufabufa]

Houston Alexander
Paulo Thiago
Joe Soto

 

[kuazaa]

 

[datfnguy]

Joe Soto

And the motherfucker was looking like he could last all 5 rounds too.

 

[TRYHARD 2001]

that was one of the most amazing climbs to the top in the HW division in my opinion.

he wasn't just beating guys, he was devastating them and it wasn't like flukish 1st rd KO's, it was mostly prolonged beatings where he was completely outclassing guys.

Probably the nastiest left hook KO I've seen this side of Joe Frazier.

 

[TheLinguist]

Lol

Greg will beat him like a woman

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Bit of an exaggeration about Werdum, he lost to Arlovski then beat Gonzaga and Vera who were both coming off losses

then the UFC cut him

true, but Gonzaga's loss was to Couture in a title fight and Vera's loss was his first loss ever and a decision to former champion TIm Sylvia, before that Vera was destroying most of the HW division. Werdum finished both of those guys.

i think at that time that was impressive enough to warrant a title shot.

 

[Th3Sav4ge]

@KombatWombat

 

[Avenchi]

Ben Askren?

 

[Hellowhosthat]

I mean Gilbert Melendez fought for the world title in his UFC debut.

Actually the biggest opportunity was probably Liz Carmouche, if she could have beaten Ronda.

Plus Ronda, Dom and Aldo were already champions in their UFC debuts.

So I guess the answer is no.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

The smart move for Hardy would be to take the fight to the ground,

Hardy. ground,

... what

Probably the nastiest left hook KO I've seen this side of Joe Frazier.

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy..

 

[Private Whatley]

I mean Gilbert Melendez fought for the world title in his UFC debut.

Actually the biggest opportunity was probably Liz Carmouche, if she could have beaten Ronda.

Plus Ronda, Dom and Aldo were already champions in their UFC debuts.

So I guess the answer is no.

Gil was the reigning Strikeforce champion who was considered the consensus top LW outside the UFC with several outlets pegging him as the top overall LW based on his win ledger.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Gil was the reigning Strikeforce champion who was considered the consensus top LW outside the UFC with several outlets pegging him as the top overall LW based on his win ledger.

Agreed, but it's hard to get a bigger opportunity than fighting for a title.

 

[Knuckledragger]

because he always dies in the end?

Im not sure what I meant by that. Id pay good money to see Gall get put to sleep.

 

[kalabula]

Didn't Bork get to fight Frank in his debut?

No. He fought heath Herrington.

 

[Natural Order]

No. He fought heath Herrington.

Wrong, he fought Mir in his first fight. Herring was second fight. Learn how to Wiki.

 

[John makfresshi]

Probably the nastiest left hook KO I've seen this side of Joe Frazier.

Like condit/hardy, except JDS hits like a dump truck

 

[blaseblah]

Bit of an exaggeration about Werdum, he lost to Arlovski then beat Gonzaga and Vera who were both coming off losses

then the UFC cut him

He was the next contender back then. You can't just look at Wikipedia.