Why was Cowboy a popular fighter?

[koquerelle]

You sound like a casual.

 

[The Chosen]

Oh, so:

- Nate Diaz
- Nick Diaz
- Jorge Masvidal (BMF doesn't count lol)
- Tony Ferguson (interim counts?)
- Korean Zombie
- Urijah Faber (UFC champ that is)
- Joe B
- Chael Sonnen

The list goes on and on

Tony was way better, prime Tony is what made me love MMA.

 

[No Skill Gap]

Tony was way better, prime Tony is what made me love MMA.

That seems rather subjective. And kind of ironically disproves your initial point and question lol

 

[Yep]

Racism

 

[DoNoootin]

I agree.
He fucking sucked.
He got battered by any top guy within the first 2 rounds...
That's the definition of a journeyman.

 

[Moro]

I agree.
He fucking sucked.
He got battered by any top guy within the first 2 rounds...
That's the definition of a journeyman.

Your username comes from a bum and journeyman himself, Conor McGregor.

 

[IamStryker]

Ban for awful thread.

 

[vmx12]

TS such a noob he probably means Alex Oliveira...

 

[Ares Black]

Tell me you are a new fan without telling me you are a new fan.

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

Look at his highlights, dude generally finished or got finished. Not hard to see why he would be a fan favorite. Also the fact he went up and tko'd guys like Story that had never been tko'd before was pretty nuts as well. Coté's only tko loss was a knee injury to Silva so even Silva wasn't able to do what Cerrone did to him, Wonderboy wasn't able to either. Story beat Prime Hendricks but got statched by Cowboy.

 

[Ghostoftheville]

You sound like a casual.

Casuals love Cowboy

 

[kongeriket]

Tell me you are a new fan without telling me you are a new fan.

That's exactly the type of thread which makes my visit to sherdog forum look like this:

 

[ThaiSexPills]

He was never a champion though and lost a lot of important fights

So? 99% of fighters will never be champion, it doesn’t mean they can’t entertain us. His post fight awards speak for themselves.

 

[Mr Wings]

I thought he was worshipped a little too much, but I grew to like him.

 

[Shaddows]

My theory is that having a stick like wearing a cowboy hat can get you quite far, and Cowboy was pretty handsome when he was younger as well. Casuals easily recognized him as the cowboy hat guy

LOL just no.
The things is, Cowboy would fight ANY time the UFC needed him to jump in.
A week's notice is a full camp for Cowboy.
Plus he is a good fighter.

That is mainly why he got famous and became a fan favorite. He would save cards that would literally suck if he didn't jump in to help.

 

[Shaddows]

He was never a champion though and lost a lot of important fights

Lies!!!
Ring of Fire 26: Relentless on September 9, 2006 - He became the Lightweight Champion.

 

[egk]

Gotta love a Cowboy "stick"

 

[DoNoootin]

Your username comes from a bum and journeyman himself, Conor McGregor.

Quite possibly. @ Conor being a journeyman... But, unlikely. He beat top competitors definitively, won two belts;

Cowboy won no belts and got beat by all top competition.

 

[awksedperl]

I agree with TS. I don't like any fighters who fought a lot in the UFC but never won UFC championships. But it's difficult to execute this prejudice day-to-day, since I often have to wait until the fighter retires for good, and then decide if he/she was never any good or worthy of having liked his/her fights. If they never won a belt, it's axiomatic that their fights had no entertainment value, and that they were terrible fighters, in retrospect. It's sad for me that it looks like I'm going to end up disliking Mousasi, Kennedy, Romero, Diaz, Diaz, Hendo, Jacare, Jardine*, Houston**, Neer, Fisher, and Perry, among others. It looks like all of their fights will turn out to have been terrible, and they themselves unworthy of admiration as fighters.

Maybe I can like their fights they had in other organizations, provided that they won a title there. I haven't worked that part out yet.

*His style was too weird to look away from. But he never won a title, so none of his fights was entertaining.
**Before it occurred to someone to take him down.

 

[Islam Imamate]

I agree with TS. I don't like any fighters who fought a lot in the UFC but never won UFC championships. But it's difficult to execute this prejudice day-to-day, since I often have to wait until the fighter retires for good, and then decide if he/she was never any good or worthy of having liked his/her fights. If they never won a belt, it's axiomatic that their fights had no entertainment value, and that they were terrible fighters, in retrospect. It's sad for me that it looks like I'm going to end up disliking Mousasi, Kennedy, Romero, Diaz, Diaz, Hendo, Jacare, Jardine*, Houston**, Neer, Fisher, and Perry, among others. It looks like all of their fights will turn out to have been terrible, and they themselves unworthy of admiration as fighters.

Maybe I can like their fights they had in other organizations, provided that they won a title there. I haven't worked that part out yet.

*His style was too weird to look away from. But he never won a title, so none of his fights was entertaining.
**Before it occurred to someone to take him down.

Hendo never won a belt? He won two at the same time bruh