The UFC Title fights that never were

I made a list of what I think is every UFC title fight that was scheduled but never happened for whatever reason. I only included fights that were officially scheduled with a date, not rumored or expected fights. Let me know if I missed any.

Yellow= Fight eventually happened, but not for a title

Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman
Frank Mir vs. Andrei Arlovski

Fabricio Werdum vs. Cain Velasquez 2
Mauricio Rua vs. Rashad Evans
Jon Jones vs. Dan Henderson
Jon Jones vs. Anthony Johnson
Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman 2
Robert Whittaker vs. Luke Rockhold
Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Matt Hughes vs. Karo Parisyan

Matt Serra vs. Matt Hughes
Benson Henderson vs. TJ Grant
Anthony Pettis vs. TJ Grant
Anthony Pettis vs. Josh Thomson
Rafael Dos Anjos vs. Conor McGregor
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Max Holloway
Jose Aldo vs. Josh Grispi
Jose Aldo vs. Anthony Pettis
Dominick Cruz vs. Renan Barao
Henry Cejudo vs. Jose Aldo
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt
Nicco Montano vs. Sijara Eubanks
Nicco Montano vs. Valentina Shevchenko
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Sijara Eubanks
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanne Calderwood

Which of these fights do you really wish happened? Which do you think would have changed history?
Rumble VS Bones
 
Great list. Not a title fight per se, but an eliminator I really missed was Mousasi vs. Gustafsson.
 
Would've loved to have seen a pulsing Jon Jones fight a confident Rumble Johnson at UFC 187.
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Given how the OSP fight went, I think Rumble would have decapitated Jones
 
I was excited to see Nate v Rich in their heyday.

But Nate tested +, Rich lost to Silva, and for whatever reason even the non title fight never happened.

Also, Salaverry v Tanner.
 
I made a list of what I think is every UFC title fight that was scheduled but never happened for whatever reason. I only included fights that were officially scheduled with a date, not rumored or expected fights. Let me know if I missed any.

Yellow= Fight eventually happened, but not for a title

Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman
Frank Mir vs. Andrei Arlovski

Fabricio Werdum vs. Cain Velasquez 2
Mauricio Rua vs. Rashad Evans
Jon Jones vs. Dan Henderson
Jon Jones vs. Anthony Johnson
Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman 2
Robert Whittaker vs. Luke Rockhold
Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Matt Hughes vs. Karo Parisyan

Matt Serra vs. Matt Hughes
Benson Henderson vs. TJ Grant
Anthony Pettis vs. TJ Grant
Anthony Pettis vs. Josh Thomson
Rafael Dos Anjos vs. Conor McGregor
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Max Holloway
Jose Aldo vs. Josh Grispi
Jose Aldo vs. Anthony Pettis
Dominick Cruz vs. Renan Barao
Henry Cejudo vs. Jose Aldo
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt
Nicco Montano vs. Sijara Eubanks
Nicco Montano vs. Valentina Shevchenko
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Sijara Eubanks
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanne Calderwood

Which of these fights do you really wish happened? Which do you think would have changed history?

It sucks we didn't see Rua vs Evans. That was the Golden Age of the 205lbs division, and both of those guys were either at their best or not far removed from it. I also wish Karo Parisyan would've gotten a shot at Matt Hughes; his career took a very bad turn because of that injury. And of course, I would've LOVED to see RDA run over Conor.

I think the fight that would've most changed history is Rockhold vs. Weidman 2. Had that fight happened the way it was supposed to, the Middleweight division would look a lot different.
 
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