UFC Champs who..

Didnt fade into obscurity after losing their belt or didnt start the decline of their careers when they lost their belt.

JDS is the only one that comes to mind.

Couture? Arlovsky kind of?

 

Benson Henderson

 

Damn how did I not think of Benson.

 

Machida?

 

Dave Menne is definitely still relevant

 

Dominic Cruz, kinnndaaaaa

 

So, basically the recent ones? Barao, Anderson, Cain, Machida. If you wait long enough, they all do.

 

Machida for sure. Vitor. Faber?. Barao won't.

 

Gsp

 

lol most people on here wont know who he is.

 

Frankie is also still relevant. He is not really in the picture right now because TUF takes so damn long.

Also Rashad.

 

Belfort

 

machida's the best example.

 

GSP is the best example.

 

well couture in the sense he won a belt so many times. you could say the same for bj after losing the WW belt.

frankie's still going strong.

bendo's definitely still in his prime

machida dropped a weight class and still seems very prime

franklin took big fights and remained relevant at least as an entertaining fighter

cain retook the belt

(lesnar definitely faded)

(hughes seemed sort of irrelevant after losing to GSP but still had some big fights)

 

forgot about rashad. man was LHW ever fluid up til the jones era.

 

Frank Shamrock was beyond relevant when he vacated his belt.

 

Way to early to say that about JDS.

 

Frankie Edgar is The Answer.

 

Just about anyone not named Chuck, that was a massive fall after losing to Page.