The Best of the Forgotten UFC fighters

[Mr Wings]

HAROLD HOWARD

 

[DougieJones]

Johnny "Hollywood" Case

David Branch

 

[don't ask]

These men should never be forgotten because they peaked as greats before the sport hit it big.

 

[Zach The Maniac]

Greg Gaggenwanker!! He had the best guard of anyone! He was like a damn woodchipper.

 

[Thy]

Nate "The Great" Marquardt

Dude had some of the best highlight reels knockout combos ever and absolutely flat lined an up and coming Tyron Woodley.

yea, i mean, if it's in his name, he's prolly one of "the greats"

 

[VinceArch]

Who is his best win. Dan Hardy on a 3 fight loss streak. Koschek masacred him but Kos was elite.

Probably the former WW champion he beat.

 

[Trabaho]

Probably the former WW champion he beat.

And Matt Brown twice

 

[FlowchartRog]

Very good choices with Ruas and Smith. Both deserve more respect and recognition imo.

 

[prime_lobov]

Belal Muhammad

 

[Sms_productions713]

Alessio Sakara always had some of the most exciting boxing. He had no chin, but gave us some awesome wars



Another was Jamie Varner. He was top 5 at one time. When he was WEC champ, I would have liked to see him vs the top guys at that time

 

[Ares Black]

wasn't there someone with the nickname "the great"

Nate Marquardt?

 

[Ares Black]

Belal Muhammad

 

[Ares Black]

That guy was fucking awesome.

 

[NoStoneUnturned]

Mike Pyle

Fought a lot tough dudes. Enjoyed him.

 

[DougieJones]

Alessio Sakara always had some of the most exciting boxing. He had no chin, but gave us some awesome wars

Don't forget how Apocalyptic he was

 

[BowserJr]

Who are some former greats (or guys that showed promise) that have been lost to time

I think the most obvious is Frank Shamrock- defended his belt multiple times and even beat an upcoming Tito. The UFC has practically erased him from history.

Marco Ruas- the guy who popularized leg kicks

Maurice Smith- the first true kickboxer in the UFC to have success

Jens Pulver- did some amazing things early on

Phil Baroni- He was great only in the sense that he was a character and had a few spectacular KO's early on, branded as the next big thing, before he became a total bust and a murderer

Justin Eilers- a deep cut- had some big wins then disappeared. For a single, hot minute, people thought this guy would be something.

David Terrell- Highly touted. Was exposed (just like Eilers) but for a minute looked to be "the future"

Great List!

I'd add Pedro Rizzo, Ricco Rodriguez, Caol Uno, Bustamante to that list

 

[BowserJr]

Also Trevor Prangley, Amar Suloev and Andre Semenov

 

[Siver!]

Pat and Jeff Curran never get enough love.

Give them some love!

Their teammate Bartimus Palaszewski was cool, too.

 

[reddhelium]

Renan Barao

 

[RemyR]

IMO Murillo Bustamante is one of the most criminally underrated fighters especially since he started fighter when he was older. As a side note he got fucking robbed against Hendo in their rematch.