Was Calvin Kattar ever good?

He was.

He arguably beat Emmett. He is turning 37 next month, and MMA, especially at FW, you don't always age well. Plus, he had a knee injury and he was out for more than a year. He looked really bad against Sterling, but Sterling arguably outwrestled but just made a single mistake against the arguably second best FW in the world in Movsar. And the guy he just fought is on a run and recently retired Jack Shore, who was a blue-chip prospect once. And let's not forget he was out for like year and half before fighting Sterling so a ring rust is a possibility too for that fight.

Kattar lost today but that's how you go out on your sword. You don't have regrets losing all out like that in the third like he did. Most don't.

Also let's not forget that he beat Giga when Giga was on a 7 fight winning streak in UFC coming off a win against Barboza.
 
JustOnce said:
He was.

He arguably beat Emmett. He is turning 37 next month, and MMA, especially at FW, you don't always age well. Plus, he had a knee injury and he was out for more than a year. He looked really bad against Sterling, but Sterling arguably outwrestled but just made a single mistake against the arguably second best FW in the world in Movsar. And the guy he just fought is on a run and recently retired Jack Shore, who was a blue-chip prospect once. And let's not forget he was out for like year and half before fighting Sterling so a ring rust is a possibility too for that fight.

Kattar lost today but that's how you go out on your sword. You don't have regrets losing all out like that in the third like he did. Most don't.

Also let's not forget that he beat Giga when Giga was on a 7 fight winning streak in UFC coming off a win against Barboza.
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Forgot about the giga fight. Also, I remember him looking pretty good against Zabit in the 3rd.
 
prime_lobov said:
Forgot about the giga fight. Also, I remember him looking pretty good against Zabit in the 3rd.
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Everyone looks good in the 3rd round against Zabit though. Kyle Bochniak was walking Zabit down in the 3rd and Jeremy Stephens also won the 3rd against him.

With all that said prime Kattar was a very good FW. You don't beat guys like Fili, Burgos, Lamas, Stephens, Ige, Giga if you aren't good. Most thought he beat Emmett too. He is past his best days though.
 
incredible how there has to be a thread like this for every fighter who loses a fight. like 100% of the time.
 
rjmbrd said:
His strength of schedule is absolutely bonkers

IMO mismanagement by the UFC, they gave him an absurd string of fights.
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First two fights:

Fili
Burgos

Carniero and fishgold were where he should have been fighting when he fought them next.

But then:
Lamas
Zabit
Stephens
Ige
Holloway
Chickadze
Emmett
Allen
Aljo

All in a row. Actually nuts looking at it all at once.
 
He was looking good until he fought that fight against max and took one of the worst beatings we have ever seen in the ufc. Everyone I was watching that fight was shocked his corner didn’t throw the towel in that fight. And then took him over a year to come back and fight again after that. I think that fight fucked his career although I don’t think he was ever champion material but certainly top 10 guy for awhile.
 
prime_lobov said:
Serious question. I recall thinking he was good when he knocked out Jeremy Stephens, but since then he seems to have tremendously overrated striking and zero power.
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You forget that most on here were picking Kattar over Max. The consensus on Sherdog at the time was that Kattar was the better boxer. This was a tough fight. Zalal was on his bicycle the whole fight. It was more of a track meet than a fight.
 
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