Is Todd Duffee the biggest bust in MMA history???

[Lionheart7167]

There have been plenty of prospects who were busts (see Erick Silva, Houston Alexander)

And there have been plenty of fighters who didn't live up to their hype (Sage, PVZ)

But for my money Todd is my number 1 for Ultimate Bust. He's had like 3-4 "comebacks" now, lost to Mike Russow(?) in a fight he was dominating, and now gets finished by a guy he smashed years ago. Yes, I know Phil is on an 11 fight win streak, but still...a guy once heralded as the "future" of the division, with his insane athleticism and power, now holds a 9-4 record and hasn't beaten anyone of note. And this is after the (still-record holding at HW) KO in like 7 seconds.

 

[goOb]

Yes and he is a Sherbro so I am very disappointed in this fact.

 

[OldBoy91]

He's up there. He's probably the prime example of a dude being hyped because he is muscular.

He looked the part, I'm not convinced he ever was the part. His biggest win to this day was a guy he beat before he even had his first UFC stint.

My money is on Brandon Thatch though. Nearly all of Sherdog proclaimed him a future champ. Dude lost 4 straight to guys half his size then quietly retired from the sport.

 

[Pious Augustus]

He's a sherdogger though

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Ben Askren comes to mind
He did great in other promotions, and expectations were high
I remember in one video he talks about a potential future championship fight with Khabib and he was saying stuff like someone's 0 will have to go and it will be USA vs Russia etc

Then this happened

 

[svmr_db]

This last fight in KSW was just for a paycheck, I doubt Todd even trained much for it.

 

[Jawth]

Hes up there but i dont see how his hype derailment was worse than Erick's or Thatch's.

 

[Lionheart7167]

Ben Askren comes to mind
He did great in other promotions, and expectations were high
I remember in one video he talks about a potential future championship fight with Khabib and he was saying stuff like someone's 0 will have to go and it will be USA vs Russia etc

Then this happened

Askren had a shitty UFC career, for sure, but he was coming back from a long layoff (retirement), injured (bad hips) and was significantly out of his prime by that point in time. Not to mention he was a great fighter for both ONE and Bellator. Beat Koreshkov, Lima and Aoki. I wouldn't call his career a "wash" by any means.

 

[StewDogg11]

Brandon Thatch

 

[Izzysexboyfriend]

Ben Askren comes to mind
He did great in other promotions, and expectations were high
I remember in one video he talks about a potential future championship fight with Khabib and he was saying stuff like someone's 0 will have to go and it will be USA vs Russia etc

Then this happened

Ben was old and had a bad hip by the time the UFC finally signed him

 

[Izzysexboyfriend]

Ngannou vs Duffee would’ve been badass

 

[Dyno-fists]

Sage Northcutt still has time, but the hype around him without much high level success...I'd throw his name in the conversation.

 

[Lionheart7167]

Brandon Thatch

I don't think Thatch was ever considered the next big thing. He had two solid wins over guys that were pretty good. I'd say he was like Johnny Walker, if he Walker never re-bounded.

 

[Mammothman]

Phillip "The Next GSP" Nover, Uriah "The Next Silva" Hall, Travis "HW with footwork" Browne are up there too

 

[Vegeta12]

Hey now Erick Silva is a young kid he still has a ton of potential

 

[HaulParris]

Hector Lombard looked indestructible in Björn-ator and was hyped as the guy who was going to dethrone Anderson. Just going from memory, I think he went something like 3-7 in the UFC?

 

[NationWideNinja]

People saw the 7 sec KO coupled with his physique and automatically assumed that he was some kind of beastly future champion in the making. If he had an average looking body nobody would care.

 

[VinceArch]

Who remembers Papy Abedi?

This guy was being called GOAT just because he came out to weigh ins with a fucking cigar lol.

 

[WHITEBELT JESUS]

 

[TITS]

Hey now Erick Silva is a young kid he still has a ton of potential

This has never been funny.