Name a fighter that has a lot of popularity but not as much talent

[BEATDOWNS]

lol at all you noobs saying Nate Diaz. Won his season of TUF. Beat Gomi, Cerrone, and Miller back to back to back. Fourth most submission wins in UFC history. Fifth most strikes landed in UFC history. Y'all just mad because he beat one of your favorite fighters.

lol he won his season because Manny twisted his rib.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

he doesn't have any popularity outside of this forum.

Very false statement you have no life outside this forum is where your at. I have spoken about Fedor to many people at work and in irl on many occasions over teh years.

so in other words get a life ya goof!

 

[mraa1]

Hard to have a successful career in the UFC without talent...
But if I had to pick some names, they would mostly be HWs

Mark Hunt
Tai Tuivasa
Black Beast

The exceptions, Jorge Masvidal & Nate Diaz (Nick was better, prime for prime)

Funny thing about Masvidal is that I do think he was elite at one point but by the time he became extremely popular he was shopworn

 

[Lawrence]

Jim Miller?

Lol, sounds like a hilariously bad take.

I love Miller Bro.

But he is never the quickest, the strongest or the hardest hitter....

He takes the limited tools he was given and collected some amazing scalps.

The guy doesn't look like the killer he is.

 

[joeson]

Dana White

 

[didok]

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Conor

 

[TGArthur]

Fedor

 

[TGArthur]

lol at all you noobs saying Nate Diaz. Won his season of TUF. Beat Gomi, Cerrone, and Miller back to back to back. Fourth most submission wins in UFC history. Fifth most strikes landed in UFC history. Y'all just mad because he beat one of your favorite fighters.

And to top it off, NO ONE mentioned these two overhyped jobs

 

[andgonsil]

Conor

 

[NicholasJBasile]

I think Rosas has MORE talent than popularity TBH. I don't know any Rosas fans but he's got talent.

I'm a Rosas fan -- he used to train at the same gym as me. I also agree -- his whole family has tons of talent.

 

[r-harper-1]

Tank Abbott

 

[StonedLemur]

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Fatty Pimpledick sir.

 

[StonedLemur]

Popularity is a talent, but in terms of fighting talent, I'll throw another name in the ring: Bob Sapp

He beat Ernesto Hoost, can't do that without talent sir.

 

[Elvis.]

Nobuhiko Takada
He got to main event 2 Pride events against Rickson fucking Gracie

 

[GrantB13]

Darren Till is a candidate.

 

[Psychojoe86]

Currently the best I can think of is Paddy. He has a good chin and is fairly well-rounded, but definitely not going to do well at the top of lightweight with how sloppy and limited he is.

 

[Trabaho]

lol at all you noobs saying Nate Diaz. Won his season of TUF. Beat Gomi, Cerrone, and Miller back to back to back. Fourth most submission wins in UFC history. Fifth most strikes landed in UFC history. Y'all just mad because he beat one of your favorite fighters.

Popularity to quality ratio. He's gonna land a lot of punches with that school boy power.

 

[Mind Mine]

Kimbo easy

No matter how you slice it no pun intended a man your damn Father’s age probably starting an mma career and getting as far as Kimbo did is EXTREMELY TALENTED. Whoever told you otherwise is a fool. Perhaps you should think of context before saying things like this

 

[tasticles]

cm punk

Winner! I can't think of a worse fighter in all UFC history. Nick Diaz doesn't need to be on anyones list. Slick boxing and BJJ in his prime.

 

[Mind Mine]

I just started my journey as an mma fan at the point that I have no ability to see how Diego was a legend. BJ was starting to lose it as well when I started watching. I saw no spark of his greatness live but saw a couple sparks in the archives