Most disappointing derailed hype train that you believed in?

[MCS]

Joe Duffy for me. Liked his boxing, kicking and guard play. All very good.

 

[ifindgifsforjackslack]

Robbie lawler became champ, how is that a hype train

 

[dc007]

I was a Brandon Vera true believer.

Came to post this

 

[sonhow]

Jimmy Hettes
And for beating Nam Phan and Bruce Leeroy

 

[Ares Black]

Robbie lawler became champ, how is that a hype train

Well, first of all, that's not Robbie Lawler.

 

[humdizzle]

I remember when I first saw adesanya fight I thought he was a title contender.
I feel the same about zabit, after his first few UFC fights I thought he would beat max, although with his latest performances and gassing out in the 3rd i'm not so sure anymore.
had high hopes for O'Malley but his legs are a weakness that I don't think he can improve on that
i was riding the ngannou train, got off, and now i'm back on. I do think he is working on his TD defense even though we haven't seen it.
I think costa will be derailed and exposed by izzy.
I thought johnny walker was going to go a lot farther than he did, that was sad.

 

[Adamant]

Andrei Arlovski
Cro Cop
Overeem (Ubereem lived up to the hype but post-USADA Overeem has been a major disappointment)

I was fully on the Arlovski hype train. I remember the "Who's next" trailer that played during UFC 52 and I thought that was the coolest. Then he beat Buentello and I thought for sure the pitbull was gonna be a monster HW for years to come. Then he fought Sylvia again and never recovered.

Don't really need to say much about Cro Cop. I was hyped beyond belief for his signing. I was expecting the PRIDE Cro Cop to show up and dominate and easily become the HW Champ. Then he fought Gonzaga and was a tomato can for the rest of his UFC career.

I was fully on the Ubereem hype train, and he delivered big. Then those bastards at USADA happened and Reem hasn't been the same since.

 

[axe wound]

not about a fighter in itself but just the hype of the matchup - Ferg v Khabib would have been great - a really interesting matchup I think

 

[pbateman]

he was a dark horse for this Dream WW Tourney, and upset Hayato Sakurai,

i loved checking out this guys spinning shit, and it looks like he cuts a couple ounces to 170

 

[Dirge]

Robbie lawler became champ, how is that a hype train

hahahaaa..

Oh god.

Ok well.

 

[Mebetter]

Miguel Torres, Francis Carmont, Rumble Johnson, and Renan Barao

 

[Koimpact]

After Ubereem ran through Brock I thought he was definitely going to hold that get that HW belt and run roughshod over the entire division.... Nope

 

[Mammothman]

Rockhold, Werdum, Pettis, I know they were champs but I expected way more from them

 

[C0NCH3TO]

Cro cop by far.

 

[sonofjay817]

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For me it would have to be former Bellator LW champion Will Brooks. He was coming off two big wins over Michael Chandler and i could of sworn he was the next UFC LW champion. He came into the UFC and barely beat Ross Pearson before getting finished in his next 3 fights and being released by the UFC and disappearing into irrelevance

Ken Shamrock. I use to be such a huge fan. I thought he was the world's most dangerous man. He disappointed me so many times.

 

[Brom Bones]

Soak-A-Jew

 

[Sweater of AV]

Jon Jones

 

[Steve Fox]

Robbie lawler became champ, how is that a hype train

Nice reference!

 

[rl4090526]

Erick Silva. But I still believe because he's still young.

 

[ARW]

Ngannou before stipe wrested him. He lay there like a fat whale unable to get up breaking my heart, he grew up “digging SAND in a SANDMINE”