Rory Macdonald
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Fighters that i thought would be great:
Melvin Guillard
Brandon Thatch
Todd Duffee
Chris Horodecki
Jake Ellenburger
Gesias Cavalcante
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Oooh- that’s a good one. He was supposed to be a world beater.
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IIRC: Melvin coming to the ring like he had already beat Joe Lauzon.
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Oh yep guilty on Todd Duffee, thought he was going to be a serious contender.
Good picks!
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Renan Barão after he pieced up Urijah Fabor a couple of times (pre TJ Dillashaw).
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I would have picked Huerta to be the more likely of the two to be champ.
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Someone described his fighting style as “Jose Aldo lite”.
Came into the UFC 5-0 w/ 5 ko
KO’d Tim Hauge in like 2 seconds (Hauge was 10-1 at the time)
Then Duffee became relatively inactive, cant remember why
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According to Fight Matrix, Barão holds the third longest unbeaten streak in MMA history, which lasted from 2005 to 2014 .
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yup good one
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He fell off fast, once people figured out how he planted his feet and swung wild. Always fun to watch though.
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I was kickboxing at an event in the Midwest. Duffee was about 10 years old, they took some pics with me and some of his friends.
Had no idea it was him until one of his training partners made a comment that Duffee could autograph that pic for me. About 15 years after original pic was taken.
Small world and always wished him the best. Never saw him again after original pic was taken.
Will post the pic of I find it.
Interesting read:
Duffee was set to make his UFC debut against Mostapha al-Turk at UFC 99 until the UFC pulled Duffee from the fight. Duffee was replaced by Mirko Filipović.[8]
He was next announced by the UFC to face fellow UFC newcomer Mike Russow.[8] However, Duffee was then pulled from that match and instead was matched up against Tim Hagueat UFC 102.[9] Duffee set the record for the fastest KO in UFC heavyweight history (0:07) after flooring Hague with a stiff jab and rendering him unconscious with follow-up ground and pound.[10] After the finish, he celebrated to the camera by saying “That was an appetizer, I want to eat now Dana, let me eat!”
Duffee was expected to face Paul Buentello at UFC 107[11][12] but pulled out due to a back injury.[13]
Duffee fought Mike Russow at UFC 114 in which he lost via KO in the third round. Prior to the fight Duffee went on record to say that he was being overhyped by the MMA world, while his opponent was very much underrated.[14] After dominating the first two rounds by utilizing his boxing, Duffee looked to be on his way to a unanimous decision win, when, from out of nowhere, Russow caught Duffee with two straight right hands followed by a hammerfist that prompted the referee to stop the fight as Duffee laid unconscious on the canvas. Joe Rogan stated that the nature of the knockout was “like something out of a movie” and was “one of the greatest comebacks in UFC history”. Russow broke his left ulna while deflecting Duffee’s punches at the end of round 1.[15]After the fight it was revealed that Duffee fought with a torn MCL as well as Shingles of the eye.[citation needed]
Duffee was expected to face Jon Madsen on October 23, 2010, at UFC 121,[16] but Duffee was once again forced off the card due to injury and replaced by Gilbert Yvel.[17]
On September 7, 2010, Duffee was surprisingly released from the UFC for unknown reasons.[18] It is rumored that Duffee requested financial aid in order to pay for a knee surgery which he couldn’t afford, but when UFC said that he must pay for it himself there was a dispute between the two parties.[citation needed] Duffee spoke publicly about MMA fighters being underpaid and how he needed to take a second job just to pay for his training. Dana White later said in an interview with Ariel Helwani that Duffee had an attitude problem and that it seemed to him that “he doesn’t want to be in the UFC, he doesn’t like being in the UFC.”[19] He also said that he could work his way back into the organization via fighting in smaller leagues. Following his release Duffee said that he couldn’t understand his release and has never been told why, although he harbors no bitterness toward the UFC president or the company.[20]
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Travis Browne. After knocking out Gonzaga, Reem and Barnett, I thought he was near unstoppable. Then he hooked up with the my pillow ambassador.
Last I heard, they’re both doing well. I wish them both nothing but happiness.
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OH! I just thought of another one:
Tyrone Spong
I thought he would do more in mma.
Scary dude.
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Damn another good one! Thought the same.
Is he still boxing?
I don’t think so.
I’m not sure if he has fought post covid.
I thought Chris Weidman would reign at 185 for a long time after he beat Anderson Silva
I also thought Anthony Pettis would reign at 155 a lot after he beat Benson Henderson in the rematch in the UFC
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Looks like 2019 was his last boxing match. Not a great source but seems accurate.
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I alway felt like Chris got lucky in his fights. I know I’m wrong but going back to the Mark Munoz fight it seemed that way to me.
Got a lot of love for Chris and hope he retires.
