I coulda been a Contender...

[Reach4theSky]

What are some of your Could have been/What if's in MMA..?

Couple of examples..

Phillip Miller was 16-0 in mma 2-0 in the UFC when he retired at the age of 24 to become a police officer. Citing MMA didn't pay enough. He had wins over Jake Shields, Brian Foster, Mark Weir just to name a few. One of the biggest ''What ifs" in MMA history..

TJ Grant was about to get a title shot when problems with concussions brought his career to a screeching halt..

What are some of yours? (the more obscure the better)

 

[IloveTHIS]

Me. Motorcycle wreck fucked me up. I think it would have come down to me vs Conor for the belt

 

[World eater]

Zabit Magomedsharipov is the obvious name that comes up all the time. I also wondered about Cole Conrad, but he was not in the UFC.

 

[chinarice]

Khabib

What if he stayed and fought another 3-4 years?

Could have been a true contender for GOAT

 

[Vegeta]

Me. Motorcycle wreck fucked me up. I think it would have come down to me vs Conor for the belt

The weight difference would be huge
265+ vs 155 is not fair.

 

[numberonebspod]

Wouldn't be a what could have been thread without brining up "The Soul Assassin", David Terrell.

 

[Da Speeit]

TJ Grant was a blast to watch and had some crazy momentum. Really a shame

 

[Tweak896]

Chris Holdsworth, TJ shortened his career, but he was supposed to be one of the best from TAM. I would check up on news on him every year or so until I gave up. 2-0 in UFC.

 

[TheMadHatter]

khamzat will be #1 in the near future

 

[supermurph]

Lee Murray is the one I always think of when this comes up. If that road rage thing never happened, and he didn't have visa issues, it could have completely changed his future.

 

[supermurph]

Igor Zinoviev maybe, but that Shamrock fight derailed his future. Wins over Sperry and Enson in his first few fights.

 

[Hazuki Ryo]

I coulda been somebody. Instead of a bum.

 

[Xoleth]

 

[Leonard Haid]

What if Bruce Lee were alive today, and in his prime, and had had a few years to adjust his training to suit MMA fighting? How would he have done in MMA?

 

[sonhow]

Nick Diaz. Well he was a contender and champion at strikeforce but many dont realize that he basically stepped away from relevancy at the age of 28. Hes done pretty much just novelty stuff ever since.

 

[Oldman1]

What if Bruce Lee were alive today, and in his prime, and had had a few years to adjust his training to suit MMA fighting? How would he have done in MMA?

terrible, he was an actor

 

[HHJ]

What if Bruce Lee were alive today, and in his prime, and had had a few years to adjust his training to suit MMA fighting? How would he have done in MMA?

I have nothing but total respect and admiration and fanboyism for Bruce Lee and his words, but there is absolutely no answer to this question.

Way too many what ifs.

 

[HHJ]

Khabib

What if he stayed and fought another 3-4 years?

Could have been a true contender for GOAT

Goat means nothing. Just a fanboy made-up list.


I think he would beat the same guys Islam did, so he'd probably have done pretty well.

 

[Danny89**]

Yeah zabit is the badass. He looked like good here:

 

[VinceArch]

I don't know if Gregor Gillespie would have been a contender but it would have been interesting to see how far he could go had he chose to continue.