Who was your biggest UFC bust?

[JosephTessaro]

Gilbert Melendez.

21-2, top ranked lightweight, 9 title fight victories in Strikeforce, here comes the man that's gonna show Strikeforce is the new WEC in terms of dominating the UFC lightweight division!

Wait for it...

Wait...

6 years later, retires 1-6 in the UFC.

Giblert was another casualty to USADA...

 

[maximus__]

Yup, they kept telling him to feint, and that he was winning...why lie to the dude?

I mean unleash his natural beast, and no not his dick lol

He would have won if he just threw something at some point. If he threw a 2 punch combo for every 5 feints he would have completely shut Santos down.

 

[Tairy Hesticles]

Gunnar Nelson. I thought for sure he was gonna roll his way into a championship fight.

 

[infokuss]

Connie the Coke Fiend McGregor would be my answer

 

[StonedLemur]

He would have won if he just threw something at some point. If he threw a 2 punch combo for every 5 feints he would have completely shut Santos down.

It's like they're stifling any action because they're afraid he'll lose....but he lost anyway.
Why not let him loose and tell him the truth.
Pisses me off lol.

 

[thehighking]

Brandon Thatch. Watched him grow up in the ROF promotion that is now defunct but had awesome cards in Colorado, mostly in Broomfield. There was a shit ton of great fighters that fought under ROF and he was one of them. Tons of finishes in the first round. Huge ass WW.

Won his first 2 fights then gots sub'd 4 in a row and hasn't fought since.

That's a good one. I thought Hyun Gyu Lim was going to be something special too, another huge WW.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Agree on Lombard. I thought Dennis Kang would have more success than he did

I legitimately came in here to post Kang.

 

[fortheo]

Hatsu Hioki

That one hurt, but I still think he was robbed by guida, and Lamas didn't do much to "beat" him either other than stay trapped in a submission the majority of the fight.

 

[Masturbin]

Dern

 

[campbecc]

Connie the Coke Fiend McGregor would be my answer

He was a world champion, how is he a bust? He is more of an overachiever than a bust, he never would have beaten Khabib so he went as far as he could.

 

[Tyr XIII]

I was excited to see Jason Miller get a second well deserved chance in the UFC aswell. When he lost to Dollaway and Bisping I felt terrible for the guy especially after seeing how much getting cut a second time completely fucked up his mind.

I always loved him but during his fight with bisping I realized he wasn’t what I thought he was and was never the same

 

[Tyr XIII]

KJ Noons

extremely underrated comment right here. I thought he and masvidal were two of the best fighters no one knew about back then

 

[fastone]

Josh Grispi?

 

[Sensee]

Holy funbags Batman!

 

[Rationality]

Rin Nakai

 

[jeff7b9]

P4P : Joanna Bolt-Ons




Overall, Meisha, now that Cat and Ostavich are no longer in the UFC


And for the men, Izzy, obviously.

 

[H41ph_84k3d]

Must resist urge to make shit joke.

 

[Dirty Frank]

Ben Askren.

 

[TJH Exitium]

Lombard started off well but got caught for PEDS and then declined, plus age hit him

Did he start off well?

I only seem to remember him standing rigidly still in the center of the Octagon and doing nothing

 

[griffithberserk]

Gomi