Rewatch Remember Tra Telligman

[the ambush]

Telligman's one of my favorite fighters of all-time. While Telligman was not a Heavyweight champion in PRIDE FC or UFC. Telligman was still a tough fight for anyone in that era and he holds a win over Igor Vovchanchyn.

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

The fact that he's was able to do that with one pec and one lung is inspirational. Crazy how he ended up like that, all because of a childhood car accident.

 

[Yungrich]

Holy pec tear batman

 

[Ares Black]

He's definitely the best fighter who had only one pec.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

i remember when he fought my favorite fighter Igor Vovchanchyn and pretty much put a boxing clinic on him. sad days, thanks for bringing up that memory you son of a bitch

 

[Ares Black]

Holy pec tear batman

It's actually from an injury when he was a baby. He also only had one lung, apparently.

 

[Ares Black]

Also, it's Tra Telligman, not Tre.

 

[wufabufa]

 

[Deleted member 585708]

Tra was a pretty good guy for his time.

Don't be fooled by his submission record either, couple of guys wimped out against him!

 

[Steve-French]

I remember Tra. He fought out of the Lions Den. I also remember when he lost against Vitor Belfort at UFC 12 and Tank Abbott was in the booth and said, "I bet Telligman wishes he had another pectoral muscle right now." Tank was such a prick

Time Stamped...

 

[Poirierfan]

He's definitely the best fighter who had only one pec.

Don't be a pecker, dude.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

i remember when he fought my favorite fighter Igor Vovchanchyn and pretty much put a boxing clinic on him. sad days, thanks for bringing up that memory you son of a bitch

Honestly i can only remember him getting head kick KOed by Sylvia .

 

[Starman]

I could never watch his fights. They always made me feel queasy.

 

[Ares Black]

I could never watch his fights. They always made me feel queasy.

That's because you are ableist.

 

[Dr. Rose]

He was one of those guys that could have done more. He had talent, but he never fought with any frequency, and if I recall correctly, he fought a lot of times on short notice, like against Igor.

 

[Nathan LaMontagne]

Tra is a perfect example of defying odds.

90% of the HWs of the UFC now don't have the cardio as a man with one fucking lung.

 

[VinceArch]

I wonder if a heart punch would be more effective?

 

[Brom Bones]

I remember Tra. He fought out of the Lions Den. I also remember when he lost against Vitor Belfort at UFC 12 and Tank Abbott was in the booth and said, "I bet Telligman wishes he had another pectoral muscle right now." Tank was such a prick

Time Stamped...

*pectorial

 

[Kryptt]

Yup! We freaked when we saw him the first time.

Anyhow props and thanks for Tra Scraps!

 

[mmaknight]

He overcame a lot of adversity and made it to the big show for that era. Nothing but respect.

His fight with Belfort back in the 1990's was when I first became a fan of Victor Belfort. In that particular fight Tank was a guest color commentator - he was kind of a d*** about it towards Telligman.