Is this the most unexpected and/or craziest UFC championship picture?

[Deleted member 465145]

Given the recent dethroning of Dos Anjos, Robbie Lawler's nearly unrealistic (but very real) "reign" over the WW division, Bisping's decisive win, Miesha Tate, and Miocic, is this the most unexpected group of champions ever? I don't count DC because Jones fucking his career up is something I've come to expect. Thoughts?

 

[IndyCovaHart]

Id have to go with yes on this one.

 

[billharford]

don't forget, the FW champ keeps taking fights at 170

 

[AceCooch]

Eh...

First off, Robbie Lawler's "Reign" imo isn't that unrealistic, he and Hendricks inherited GSP's void, and although Condit should have won, Lawler was still favored.. I get that Lawler has pulled a 180 from his early career, but so did Dos Anjos

Eddie shocked me

I'll give you Tate and Bisping, though Rousey is out of the picture and Weidman and Anderson have been spotty

I honestly have thought Miocic would be champ since back around 2012

DC is not very shocking given his resume along with Jones's departure..

 

[Kevlar44]

Still don't understand why anyone considers Miocic a surprising champ...

 

[Huligani]

Still don't understand why anyone considers Miocic a surprising champ...

I think only the TS does. People were saying Miocic would be champ 2 years ago.

 

[IndyCovaHart]

I may be in the minority here but I have Wonderboy as the lineal WW champ right now.

I had Hendricks beating GSP and Robbie in both fights.

Shit is definitely convoluted all around though.

 

[dontlaugh]

Yes. Like go back 5 years and ask if you'd imagine this line up of champions. Robbie Lawler ? people would troll you out of sherdog. Stipe Miocic ? pff Cain and JDS are HW overlords. Seriously weird times, let's embrace it, it seems MMA will not have a lot of dominant champions from now on so it might be interested seein the upsets.

 

[Rozko]

Still don't understand why anyone considers Miocic a surprising champ...

I think people still remember the Struve KO and his loss to "shot" Dos Santos is relatively recent.

The Struve fight happened long enough ago for him to rebound and grow but most people thought Dos Santos was done as a top level guy especially after the loss to Reem.