Which fighters could you tell were destined for greatness?

[Dirge]

None.

Everytime I thought that I was proven wrong in spectacular fasion.

Brandon Thatch
Travis Browne
Roger Huerta
Recently Johnny Walker.

It really never fails

Fuck, I was dead positive on Thatch and Huerta as well.

I also thought Spencer Fisher would be champ... go figure.

 

[Intellidamus]

I thought David Terrell was going to be a can’t miss superstar. Nope

 

[Bangkok ready d1]

Edmen shabazyan... Hope im right

 

[91 seconds]

In recent memory most definitely Khabib. Jones is another one.

I thought it was apparent with Jose Aldo. He was still hitting his stride when the big 3 (Fedor/Silva/GSP) were solidifying their legacies, even on occasion thrown in with them. When Cormier was wreaking havoc in Strikeforce I figured he was champ material.

 

[Willek]

Platinum Mike Perry

 

[AndrewGolota48]

Cain is just about the only one where I saw it coming.

I was even in denial about Jones for a while.

 

[GSP_37]

Jon Jones
Travis Browne
Makwan Amirkhani
Hatsu Hioki

 

[updowniri]

ortega

 

[Bad Karate]

I remember thinking Robert Whittaker was going to be champ after he lost a close decision to Court Mcgee. (I thought he won)

Even back then his distance management and counter striking were phenomenal.

 

[link67]

I really thought he was going to be the WW Hendo, and going to terrorize this division for years as a wrestler who could destroy you with a patented punch.

 

[Twyger]

Omari akhmedov

 

[Bubba Kid]

Jon Jones 10 years ago

 

[FinalConflict2005]

That was the fight for me also. I was like, “this guy is my new favorite fighter.” All of my friends couldn’t see it and didn’t understand why I liked this random Canadian guy.

He spinning back kicked and axe kicked mayhem on the ground. Still one of my favourite all time fights

 

[PRHandGrenade]

Conor. After his first fight I felt like he had the Anderson Silva type effect about him

 

[PlayTheGame]

He spinning back kicked and axe kicked mayhem on the ground. Still one of my favourite all time fights

Yeah that's a good one. I sometimes forget how sharp, fast, relentless and well-rounded young GSP was. Almost 15 years has passed, but place a 23 y.o. GSP into the modern LW/WW landscape, and he would still kick major ass.

 

[PlayTheGame]

OK I'm putting Geoff Neal on that list right now haha.

 

[billiam]

The one that stands out the most was watching Anderson Silva manhandle Leben.

 

[mjfan23]

Aron picco lol

 

[thehighking]

I always knew Colby would make UFC great again

 

[SteveColdStone]

Cody Garbrandt. He’s fell off hard but he screamed future champ to me after I saw him beat Brimage.