Which UFC Fighter's were cut too soon???

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****Prefacing with the fact that some of these fighter's were cut on losing streaks, or were cut because of their bad attitudes or controversy.

In terms of SKILL however OR what they went on to produce, who was cut too early????

Mokaev- Still undefeated
Ngannou- Arguably the best HW in the world
De Fries- Is on an insane win streak as the current KSW HW champ
Demetrious Johnson- Let go as the Flyweight GOAT (I know, he was "technically" traded)
Daley- Understandably cut for being a dick and punching Kos but he was a top level fighter around that time
Todd Duffee- Never actually produced, BUT was exciting as all hell for that short burst
 
Lionheart7167 said:
****Prefacing with the fact that some of these fighter's were cut on losing streaks, or were cut because of their bad attitudes or controversy.

In terms of SKILL however OR what they went on to produce, who was cut too early????

Mokaev- Still undefeated
Ngannou- Arguably the best HW in the world
De Fries- Is on an insane win streak as the current KSW HW champ
Demetrious Johnson- Let go as the Flyweight GOAT (I know, he was "technically" traded)
Daley- Understandably cut for being a dick and punching Kos but he was a top level fighter around that time
Todd Duffee- Never actually produced, BUT was exciting as all hell for that short burst
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I was totally on board for the Duffee Era
Then FUTURE HW GOAT Mike Fuckin' Russow happened.. and dealt perhaps the most destructive hammerfist in human history
[<dunn]
 
Randy Fandy Fo Fanders said:
Rumble was cut after missing weight a few times. I understand why he was cut and he was successful outside of the UFC, but I also wonder how his career would have gone if he stayed in the UFC.
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Getting released was the best thing to happen to Rumble he met Hooft shortly after and got to the right weight class.
 
Jared Rosholt, did what the modern day Dagestani's do, but Jared had a little more ground 'n' pound and less BJJ holding positions, and was cut. Mind you thats when the sport was really good and deep so it was easier to cut clock holders.
 
Lionheart7167 said:
****Prefacing with the fact that some of these fighter's were cut on losing streaks, or were cut because of their bad attitudes or controversy.

In terms of SKILL however OR what they went on to produce, who was cut too early????

Mokaev- Still undefeated
Ngannou- Arguably the best HW in the world
De Fries- Is on an insane win streak as the current KSW HW champ
Demetrious Johnson- Let go as the Flyweight GOAT (I know, he was "technically" traded)
Daley- Understandably cut for being a dick and punching Kos but he was a top level fighter around that time
Todd Duffee- Never actually produced, BUT was exciting as all hell for that short burst
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Gooch.

Rumble should've been a LHW from the beginning so he did it to himself in a way...R.I.P big homie

Daley should never have been cut, I still wanna punch Koscheck in the face after the horn all these years later.

Gabe said:
Getting released was the best thing to happen to Rumble he met Hooft shortly after and got to the right weight class.
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I believe it benefitted Robbie Lawler too, even though I was pissed about it at the time.

Only Here for Attachments said:
Gerald Harris
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He doesn't get mentioned enough.
 
HI SCOTT NEWMAN said:
Jared Rosholt, did what the modern day Dagestani's do, but Jared had a little more ground 'n' pound and less BJJ holding positions, and was cut. Mind you thats when the sport was really good and deep so it was easier to cut clock holders.
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Might as well throw in Josh Copeland lmao
 
I made a similar thread awhile ago, more emphasis on fighters that were cut early from losses to future great fighters. One example is

Pat Healy: Also only lost by decision.

UFC record:
L - Gleison Tibau : Even Khabib struggled with Tibau, he's a giant LW.
L - Jorge Masivdal : Masvidal was always one of the top fighters, even early on.
L - Bobby Green : Green was on a 6 fight win streak and undefeated in the UFC at the time.
L - Khabib Nurmagomedov: Khabib is already 4-0 in the UFC already.
W > NC - Jim Miller : Wins first fight against a vet, changed to NC for weed.

Kamal Shalorus was undefeated in the WEC, gets 3 fights in the UFC against Jim Miller, Khabib, and RDA. Then cut.

Jake O'Brian was undefeated before UFC and cut after going 4-3 in the UFC... losing to Cain and Arlovski in 2008 and then Jon Jones in 2009

But I was hoping to get more answers to who just got cut too early because they got served unknown tough competition too soon.
Pride has a famous one with Yuji Nagata fighting Cro Cop and Fedor back to back and quitting.

I know UFC has had 2 lost fights and you're cut usually, but there has to be some fighters that only got fed killers and cut immediately afterwards.

My old thread: https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/fighters-that-were-cut-from-ufc-too-early.4243899/
 
I swear some of you guys have no idea what "cut" means.
 
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