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| That might have been towards me. |
So here we go, I'll give you a list of some familiar faces that weren't around long enough to even make an impact.
Kimbo Slice
"Street Fighting Legend" comes in, beats Houston Alexander in an underwhelming debut & then loses to Matt Mitrione. Dana White sends him packing. Highlight of his career was exploding the ear of James Thompson on an EliteXC card & then KO'd by Seth Petruzelli in 13 seconds.
Sokoudjo
Don't get me started on Sokoudjo. This man KO'd Little Nog & Ricardo Arona in Pride & everyone was hanging from his sac. He comes to the UFC as the next big thing and gets cut after a 1-2 record.
Marcio Cruz
Marcio Cruz came into the UFC with a 1-0 record and was supposed to be a "gimme" match against Frank Mir. This was the result
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| Cruz by TKO |
Now Frank Mir was coming back from an injury but I believe because Kanye West didn't come out with his song that he dedicated to Mir is the reason why Mir lost. After this fight Cruz went 0-2 & was released from the UFC.
Todd Duffee
When Todd Duffee came onto the scene he was considered the "Next Heavyweight Champ" according to the internet. He DESTROYED his opponent in :07 and then had a "gimme" match against a man who had no business fighting him.....his name is Mike Russow.
I remember watching this fight & Mike texting me saying "Duffee is going to give this guy Parkinson's"
10 seconds later this happens.
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| "The Hammerfist of Doom" |
Duffee then wanted to star in movies (Never Back Down 2 as a main character) so Dana White released him. He then went on to lose to Overeem in Dream & wasn't heard from ever again....until he was a late replacement against Philip De Fries 3 years after his last UFC fight & he won by TKO. Is he considered a 1 hit wonder? I'm not 100% sure on that but I know one thing....the next fighter I'm going to talk about is going to break my heart.
Yoshihiro Akiyama
"Sexyama" is considered the greatest fighter ever in the history of ever. After starting his career in Japan (12-1), Sexyama was signed by the UFC & the internet went insane. The Sexwagon was formed and everyone was on.
His first UFC fight was the opener on one of the greatest UFC cards of all time....UFC 100. After winning a very close split decision against Alan Belcher he was sidelined with a broken orbital & started doing PR work for the UFC in Japan. Fast foward 1 year & he's scheduled to fight Wanderlei Silva @ UFC 116. Wanderlei had to pull out due to injury but Chris Leben stepped up after fighting 2 weeks earlier and shocked the world by submitting Akiyama with 21 seconds left of the fight.
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After that fight with Leben, Akiyama was never the same, losing his next 3 fights with now a UFC record of 1-4. He's still employed by the UFC but I think he's best days are behind him. If his looks hold up after he's released, I'm sure movies are in his future.
Now it's time for our main event of the evening.
This list was made because I don't care what you did outside of the UFC. I don't care how many fights you've won outside of the Octagon in front of 72 people in a VFW hall. The next fighter is a perfect example of this. Introducing Frank Trigg
Frank "Twinkle Toes" Trigg
Frank Trigg was introduced to the UFC world @ UFC 45 as a challenger for Matt Hughes & his title.
This was the result
As you can see he lost. After winning his next 2 fights, the UFC decided to give him a rematch against Matt Hughes where he talked so much sh*t that he thought in his head that he was going to win.
UFC 52.
Round starts with both men feeling each other out. Trigg delivers a knee to the groin that the ref didn't see & jumps on Matt Hughes. 2 minutes in & it looks like he's going to win the title
Goldberg & Rogan are having joygasms over the fact that Trigg's boyhood dream is about to come true.
Then after gassing himself out because he's unsure how to finish a fight when locking in a rear naked choke, this happens
and then this happens
After that Trigg lost a one sided ass beating from GSP & disappeared from the UFC for a couple of years until they decided to bring him back to fight Matt Serra & Koscheck. He lost both by KO.
UFC record 2-5.
Since then Frank Trigg has been in TNA (Pro wrestling) & posed for playgirl.
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| Matt Hughes is not impressed. |
There's a few more fighters that could have made this list but have 1 fight left on their contracts. If I see Overeem get cut then I will make an RIP thread for him but I won't be happy making it.
Who do you think belongs on this list & why?
