How good could Blagoy “the Bulgarian Bull” Imanov been if not for that pneumothorax at a bar?

[DiazSlap]

For you casuals who only seen Blagoy fight post attack in the less than mediocre UFC HW division might be fooled into thinking he is nothing special.

However, we are talking about a guy (pre-attack) who handed Fedor his first loss in combat sambo AND who was undefeated in MMA(pre-attack).

Blagoy basically took himself to the hospital with a knife stuck lodged in his chest.

Sure be is lucky to be alive but what could have been?

 

[Shaolin Alan]

 

[Shaolin Alan]

 

[DiazSlap]

Don’t think enough people know about this…

 

[DrRodentia]

I dunno, but coming back from near death and never getting knocked out at HW with 27 fights prove he's as tough as they come.

 

[DiazSlap]

I dunno, but coming back from near death and never getting knocked out at HW with 27 fights prove he's as tough as they come.

Hell yeah, had all the tools and tough as nails…

I hope he is doing well but gotta wonder what he could have achieved instead of taking decision L’s to the likes of Marcin Tybura….

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

one of the most durable guys in UFC history, I remember francis' coach saying that he's the best sparring patner for francis because francis can just beat him up and blagoy never gets hurt lol

 

[NicholasJBasile]

For you casuals who only seen Blagoy fight post attack in the less than mediocre UFC HW division might be fooled into thinking he is nothing special.

However, we are talking about a guy (pre-attack) who handed Fedor his first loss in combat sambo AND who was undefeated in MMA(pre-attack).

Blagoy basically took himself to the hospital with a knife stuck lodged in his chest.

Sure be is lucky to be alive but what could have been?

He was damn good even with the stabbing incident but honestly I feel had he been healthy and not stabbed in the heart (weird typing that out) he could've been even better. He was a wrecking ball outside of the UFC before the incident.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Blagoy has his chest stab. Mir has his motorcycle accident. Holdsworth has his training accident with a snake. Abe Lincoln had medical school.

We’ll never know.

 

[DiazSlap]

He was damn good even with the stabbing incident but honestly I feel had he been healthy and not stabbed in the heart (weird typing that out) he could've been even better. He was a wrecking ball outside of the UFC before the incident.

Yeah gotta agree…iron chin, power, grappling, mentally tough AF…

What HW today can claim all that??

 

[DiazSlap]

Blagoy has his chest stab. Mir has his motorcycle accident. Holdsworth has his training accident with a snake. Abe Lincoln had medical school.

We’ll never know.

SU.

 

[NicholasJBasile]

Yeah gotta agree…iron chin, power, grappling, mentally tough AF…

What HW today can claim all that??

His grappling/wrestling is what seemed to have taken the biggest hit. After the incident, he seemed to rely more on his striking. It got him far, but was a bit underminning of his overall game imo

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

For you casuals who only seen Blagoy fight post attack in the less than mediocre UFC HW division might be fooled into thinking he is nothing special.

However, we are talking about a guy (pre-attack) who handed Fedor his first loss in combat sambo AND who was undefeated in MMA(pre-attack).

Blagoy basically took himself to the hospital with a knife stuck lodged in his chest.

Sure be is lucky to be alive but what could have been?

He sucked in mma

 

[Gabe]

He can be good at Lyft or Uber

 

[mahavishnunj]

Don’t think enough people know about this…

I remember the cage potato headline was something like, "Fedor Loses!(don't worry, in sambo). Then he started actually losing.

 

[Bork Neslar]

Old news.

 

[DiazSlap]

I remember the cage potato headline was something like, "Fedor Loses!(don't worry, in sambo). Then he started actually losing.

Yep, remember that as well…I think that was the first clue that Fedor was on the decline…

He still won a few more MMA matches but in that Arlovski fight, it was obvious Fedor was not the same anymore despite him eventually sending AA into the shadow realm.