Nine Mixed Martial Art Fighters Who Failed To Live Up To Hype
Today, we will look at nine fighters who failed to live up to said hype and why.
9. Davi Terrell
David Terrell was hyped as the next great J fighter to enter MMA. He shocked many people by dropping Matt Lindland with a punch and then pounded him out in 24 seconds. Seeing a future star the UFC put him against Evan Tanner for the middleweight title. After losing to Tanner that, Terrell developed an injury bug and only fought once since the loss in 2006. Terrell has yet to fight in nearly four years, a sign that his MMA career is done.
8.Enson Inoue in PRIDE
After dominating in Shooto as their first Heavyweight Champion and defeating Randy Couture, Enson was invited to fight in PRIDE FC. He was then put up against four of the top heavyweights in MMA: Mark Kerr, Igor Vovchanchyn, Heath Herring, and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria. He failed to beat of of the tpo guys at that time.Even though Inoue was a good fighter, his run in PRIDE pretty much put an end to his active MMA career.
7. Stefan Leko In Pride
Leko is a good example of going into MMA without deciding to learn the ground game first. He looked clueless in his three fights, as smaller fighters took him down and submitted him with ease like Naoya Ogawa.
6. Mark Hunt’s Return to K-1
Mark Hunt did not fight for over a year fter Pride was bought out by the UFC. Despite having a good MMA record with wins over Mirko Cro Cop and Wanderlei Silva, Hunt finally signed a huge deal to return to K-1.
After looking horrible against Semmy Schilt and then he Hunt returned to MMA and promptly lost three fights in a row. First, Alistair Overeen submitted him in minutes, Melvin Manhoef broke the unbreakable chin, and he then lost to Gegard Mousasi.
5. Masaaki Satake in PRIDE
PRIDE signed K-1 Legend Masaaki Satake, who wowed the crowds a legendary fight with Andy Hug.
PRIDE thought that Satake could be the Heavyweight version of Sakuraba and they threw him straight against Mark Coleman. Coleman took the K-1 Star to the ground with ease and submitted him in one minute. After losses to Guy Mezger, Naoya Ogawa, and Igor, PRIDE pulled the plug on the Satake.
4. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou’s hype started after he knocked out Antonio Rogerio Nogueria and Ricardo Arona. After Pride he signed with the UFC and debuted against Lyoto Machida took him down and choked him out in the second round. Sokoudjou than fought Luiz Cane at UFC 89. He soon gassed out in the second round after throwing various kicks, knees, and punches in the first round.
Rameau signed with Affliction to face Renato “Babalu” Sobral and once again, Rameau started hot got gassed out in the second round and was choked out with ease. Rameau then fought Strikeforce Light-Heavyweight Champion Gegard Mousasi gassed out again. He then lost to Minowa in an extremely embarrassing fight that basically signaled the end of him being relevant in the sport.
3 . Mirko Cro Cop in the UFC
Cro Cop signed a six fight, two year deal to fight exclusively for the UFC. After beating Eddie Sanchez, Cro Cop was put in a title conteders fight against Gabriel Gonzaga. Gonzaga beat Cro Cop with a brutal head kick. He then fought Cheick Kongo and lost a one sided decision. After beating Mostapha Al-Turk at UFC 96, he was matched up against heavyweight contender Junior Dos Santos, and Dos Santos picked Cro Cop apart for three rounds before Cro Cop quit. His upcoming fight against Ben Rothwell is essentially Cro Cop’s last major chance to make an impact in MMA.
2. Tim Sylvia in Affliction
The former UFC heavyweight champion signed a contract with Affliction Clothing’s MMA promotion. His first was to be against former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko at the first event.
The fight was a 36 second beat down with Fedor dropping Sylvia and sinking in a rear naked choke.
After the humiliating fight against Fedor, Sylvia took an easy fight against 47-year old boxer Ray Mercer and was then knocked out in brutal fashion after coming into the fight out-of-shape. Sylvia is attempting to resurrect his career by fighting in smaller shows and his next fight is against……Wes Simms.
1. Akebono
Akebono was a sumo legend. After retiring from sumo wrestling, Akebono signed a contract with K-1.
K-1 saw a potential huge ratings for a showdown between Bob Sapp and Akebono on New Years Eve. After losing to Sapp, Akebono went 1-12 in kickboxing and MMA with loses to Royce Graice, Don Frye, Remy Bonjasky, and Hong Man Choi.
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