On a random Sunday afternoon, I received to pondering. Who’s a fighter who has by no means been a UFC champion to beat probably the most different champions. The concept got here to me due to the presense of Neil Magny on the upcoming PPV. He beat Robbie Lawler and Johny Hendricks, which sounds spectacular so long as you do not look into it. So I did a bit digging and received shocking outcomes.
A number of guidelines. Interim champions do not depend. Different promotional champions do not depend. This will get wacky as a result of beating Large Nog would not depend however beating Tim Sylvia does. However I wished to maintain it constant so, right here we’re. Let me know if I missed anybody.
Edit: I’ve to redo this checklist, as a result of it by some means fully slipped my thoughts that Hendo was by no means UFC champ.
**Large Nog:** Couture, Coleman, Ricco Rodriguez, Werdum, Barnett, Sylvia. (6)
**Fedor:** Rampage, Arlovsky, Mir, Sylvia, Coleman, Randleman. (6)
**Overeem:** Belfort, Lesnar, Werdum, Mir, JDS, Arlovsky. (6)
**Dan Henderson:** Newton, Bisping, Bustamante, Franklin, Belfort, Shogun (6)
4 champs overwhelmed:
**Sakuraba:** Rampage, Newton, Randleman, Belfort.
**Dustin Poirier:** – Alvarez, McGregor, Holloway, Pettis.
**Renzo Gracie:** – Miletich, Newton, Frank Shamrock, Maurice Smith.
3 champs overwhelmed:
**Cowboy Cerrone:** – Bendo, Alvarez, Charlie Olives.
**Mirko Cro Cop:** Barnett, Coleman, Randleman
**Gustaffson** – Jan, Glover, Shogun.
**Gegard Mousasi:** Machida, Weidman, Belfort
**Jake Shields:** – Lawler, Woodley, Menne.
**Clay Guida:** – RDA, Pettis, B.J. Penn.
**Ryan Bader:** Rampage, Evans, Machida.
**Colby Covington:** – RDA, Woodley, Lawler.
**Yoel Romero:** – Weidman, Machida, Rockhold.
**Chael Sonnen:** – Bisping, Rampage, Shogun.
**Nick Diaz:** – B.J. Penn, Frank Shamrock, Lawler.
**Jacare Souza:** – Lawler, Weidman, Belfort.
**Tatiana Suarez** – Andrade, Esparza, Grasso
Suarez has wins over Grasso, Esparza and Andrade
Can’t wait to see this as an mma on point video lol
Edit: this isn’t a shot at them by any means, I love their content. This is just such a good list idea that I feel like it would make a great video
Gustafsson – Shogun, Glover, Jan
Really cool post. Kinda interesting that the top 3 are all heavyweights. Also funny that Fedor is tied for first without ever fighting in the UFC.
Ubereem was a different beast altogether
Sakuraba beating Royce?
Dustin Poirier and Jake Shields for sure the Yin and Yang of this stat.
One wins, and you come away looking like you got stampeded by a herd of buffalo, the other wins and nobody would know you’d been involved in any kind of athletic contest after a shower.
**Wanderlei Silva:** – Bisping, Sakuraba (who was champion of UFC Ultimate Japan), Henderson (who was champion of UFC 17), Mezger (champion at UFC 13), Rampage
Sakuraba has five if you were to count Royce Gracie’s UFC tournament wins.
Jake Paul has beaten 3 mma champions 🤷🏿♂️
I feel like including Pride champs is kinda cheating. Fedor was the definition of a champion lol
If you’re gonna include Hendo as champ then you should include all tournament champions or other major league champs like Pride or Strikeforce
**Muhammed Lawal:** – Rampage, Kerr (who was champion of two UFC tournaments), Procházka
Mods will probably delete this post saying it “belongs in the discussion threads”
They did it to my last post.
Now I need RDA vs Poirier even more now, I can see my boy break into the top 5!!
**Lil Nog:** – Guy Mezger, Dan Henderson (who was a UFC champion btw), Rashad Evans, Tito Ortiz
If you include Strikeforce etc, Gastelum has beat Hendricks, Marquardt, Belfort, Bisping and Jacare.
Insane that Yoel never won a belt despite entering MMA at like 35 years old lol
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Hendo was never UFC champ, what’re you smoking my man
**Renzo Gracie:** – Pat Miletich, Carlos Newton, Frank Shamrock, Maurice Smith, Oleg Taktarov (idk, if they were champion of a UFC tournament, do they count as champions?)
Sakuraba was a UFC tournament champion 1997 Japan
Renzo Gracie had 4: Maurice Smith, Pat Miletich, Carlos Newton, Frank Shamrock
(even if the Shamrock win was via DQ and Newton got robbed lol)
I can’t count Cowboys win over Bendo. Robbery it was
There’s a universe where Lance Armstrong snapped and offed Jeff Noviski, USADA doesn’t exist and Ubereem is on a 45 fight KO streak.
Porier resume crazy. Mcgregor x2 Holloway x2 Pettis, Gaethje, Alvarez
Amanda Nunez 7
Holm rousey tate shevchenko Peña cyborg randamie
Overeem was the HW champion of Strikeforce
It’s not fair to say they beaten champs before they were champs. Like cowboy beat a young Charles