Worst fall from the top?

[ChangeIsComing]

Barao #1 for sure he went from unbeatable to done in 2 seconds. Garbrandt after that, he just never recovered after TJ finished him 2x...it broke him. Moraes was good but never at the very top so an easy 3rd.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Teh Chris fell off quite hard
Cody Neck Tat also

Yea mf’ers forgot about my boy. He was never the same after Luke took him to the woodshed.

I will say, though, it takes serious balls to come back after a leg break like he did. And it may have been dirty, but he did technically get a “W” post leg break.

Still my boy.

 

[Megatronlee]

Embarrassing post all round. Pathetic stuff.

Nope. True stuff. That’s why y’all care. Do better

 

[dcthegod]

gotta be conor. and this is coming from an irish nyc kid who experienced his rise and dominance in realtime and still has some hope, despite the retarded behavior in years recent, that he can reclaim a little piece of that magic for a comeback

 

[PaulieVegas27]

Hendricks

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

Nah he's a joke. A pathetic joke.

Nah he s the GOAT and moaning karens won t change that

 

[Gamer2k4]

Jones

Jones is still an undefeated two-division champion. His only "fall" is in the minds of fans who have always hated him.

The fact that you're even trying to put him in the same category as Barão, who went directly from winning four BW title fights in a row to finishing his career 2-9, only shows you're not interested in a proper comparison and just want to whine about Jones.

 

[Aluminati]

Luke Rockhold. Went from crippling Weidman and dating a Disney princess to getting knocked out by blind ass Bisping and beaten into verbal submission by Mike Perry.

 

[jitzmonkey]

BJ and McGregor really have to be in any opening post on this topic.

Don’t feel like citing my source; but I remember a post/interview/something from a few years ago made by Penn’s wife stating that he’d had trouble with substance abuse for ~25 out of the then 38 years of his life.
So while you’re not wrong, the extenuating circumstances make it significantly less surprising in retrospect.

You the real real. You know context. Thank you. This is why it's hard to decide

IMO, Barao is very a very close 2nd due to (and I’m counting his defenses once Cruz was injured since Barao was the top dog for a couple of years,) having the 2nd longest BW title reign tied with Aljo.

And yeah, I’m counting Cruz’s WEC defenses that came before the merger as “big league.”

That said, I still don’t believe that it negates the fact that Cody should have already bounced back and made a second run at the title still so young in his career by now.

 

[prime_lobov]

Luke Rockhold. Went from crippling Weidman and dating a Disney princess to getting knocked out by blind ass Bisping and beaten into verbal submission by Mike Perry.

Rockhold’s chin failed him and his fight IQ was questionable at the end. He didn’t have the same catastrophic fall from being in consideration for division goat like Barao or Anderson though.

 

[BowserJr]

yeah most title wins
hardest resume
your favorite fighters resume would look like a trash

yeah embarrasing

Most title gifts, most failed tests, most cheating, most ducking, most arrests, most 2nd chances.

 

[marvinparsons]

My vote goes to Renan Barao. Was basically undefeated and a 4x UFC Champion, only 28, no devastating injuries.

He then went 2-8 over like 8 years and never even got a decent win in that span. Basically forgotten at this point.

 

[Stoic1]

Rousey

 

[cws80us]

Gotta throw Izzy in there. He was on his way to being an all-time great, but hit the wall in a big way. Has now lost 4 of his last 5 and all decisively.

 

[mkess101]

Are you insane? Just because Jon made your boy Tommy cry on social media doesn’t mean he “fell from the top.” He’s still undefeated and still the goat

Cry? Aspinall just mocks Jones for being scared of him.

Man, the stories people tell themselves...

 

[mb23100]

Chael went from undefeated and undisputed to beating up dentists in a hotel

 

[SuperNerd]

Chael went from undefeated and undisputed to beating up dentists in a hotel

And still..!! the head of dentistry... Chael P. Sonnen, D.D.S.

 

[IsNormal]

My vote goes to Renan Barao. Was basically undefeated and a 4x UFC Champion, only 28, no devastating injuries.

He then went 2-8 over like 8 years and never even got a decent win in that span. Basically forgotten at this point.

+1

I think many posters forget that the names that may come to mind initially - those are still names that are famous.

While Barao is almost forgotten. I barely remember he was a big deal for a while.

 

[McSpikes]

Barao went from supposed GOAT to absolute can. I don’t understand how this isn’t everybodies answer

 

[Kyojiro Kagenuma]

Nah he s the GOAT and moaning karens won t change that

Whatever you say. I never thought such an incredible fighter could end up being such a punk.