Aldo looked really good at 235 lbs. Unbelievable really.

@whoishe113

7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 I just heard this

@brianbutterworth6107

7 ай бұрын

Yeah and he had just come down to that weight from the 275 division where he was going to fight Tyson Fury.

@southstreetbarbecue7875

7 ай бұрын

Muscle weighs more than fat. Or something...

@markwrenn5965

7 ай бұрын

@@jamesmelton4412 idk if this is an example of this, but I know for a fact that content creators will purposely say incorrect things or, at the very least, leave errors in the final edit so that people (like you and me) will comment about it, thus driving up engagements. Ya see it all the time.

@timdirk1139

7 ай бұрын

Had to rewind that part a few times to make sure I heard it correctly

Never even heard about Silva vs Hughes. That would have altered the course of one man's greatness.

@d-baer4161

7 ай бұрын

4! Silva Hughes gsp and franklin

@stabyourcat

7 ай бұрын

@@d-baer4161 Trueeee. Damn that would have actually been crazy.

@d-baer4161

7 ай бұрын

@@stabyourcat we the real hardcores caring about what coulda been 🤣

"Can you imagine a UFC champ fighting in back to back months? Especially in the modern era" Deiveson Figureido: 😐

@alexanderlohner3104

7 ай бұрын

Thats fucking insane. Especially considering how much Weight Figueiredo cut to get to 125

As a Judoka myself, I was so excited for Karo Parisyan VS Matt Hughes, and I can still hear the Pay-Per-View add when something brings me back to that moment. Karo's injury was truly unfortunate because he truly was underrated, and his throws were truly awe inspiring.

@probablyyourdad

7 ай бұрын

Karo was not underrated lol he was a beast tho Matt would have ragdolled him

@tcwentertainment

7 ай бұрын

​@@probablyyourdadwhat makes him not underrated?

@Gg-wh3vi

7 ай бұрын

Karo v Diego Sanchez was my dads favorite fight sent Karo’s tooth flying off a knee in the clinch!

@maushunt701

7 ай бұрын

I have huge respect for Judokas man, such beautiful techniques. Specially the ones that can transmute those skills into MMA. Kari was truly interesting to watch. It’s a shame Judo is getting a bit lost in the MMA world.

7 ай бұрын

I wouldn't say underrated, but underappreciated by those that didn't see him. Prior to the injuries he was beating well known names at that point. He only had 4 losses, the 1 to GSP, 1 to Diego, and 2 to Sherk outside of the UFC.

Garbrandt getting an immediate title shot against Figgy but having to later pull out will always be crazy

Karo's use of judo is still some of the best examples of it in the UFC imho

Jose Aldo looks really undersized for 235 pounds. I didn’t even know that was a weight class! I can’t believe he went that far up in weight!

@DigDootyDitches

7 ай бұрын

they said he came down to that weight class 0.0

Aldo went down to 235lbs apparently 20:27

I think a part of my brain thought Severn/Frye were the same person for the past like 15 years

I love the direction that the new videos are going in. The longer form more in depth content is going to be really important in progression the Chanel. But I also do love how these shorter form videos are mixed in. Especially when it’s an OG like Jason!

Well stipe vs jones

As an MMA fan since the very first UFC, this is one of the most painful videos you guys have ever put out (aside from actual tragedies).

You forgot Igor Vovchanchin vs. Tank Abbott in the first round of the UFC 11 tournament.

Pettis vs Aldo at their peak and Vitor vs Fedor cancellation are 2 of the wildest, most violent fights we never got

"....and then roid raged the fuck out...." Almost spit my coffee out laughing. 🤣

14:03 Deiveson & Moreno both had fights back to back, UFC 255 & 256 👀

Dang Jose Aldo came down to 235 pounds? 20:29 lol who knew he was so big

Brock Lesners mma debut against Min Soo Kim was supposed to be against Hong Man Choi. That’s what I heard in Korea’s mma community.

Damn man, I remember when this channel had like 30k subs. I’m so proud of you guys I might actually buy a true t.

When you said 'imagine a champion fighting back to back months', I've been watching a lot of ONE recently and their Muay Thai fighters have crazy numbers in their records; could you do a video explaining why their is such a difference in the amount of fights they have compared to MMA please? I'm assuming it's not JUST the money, those Muay Thai fighters knock the shite out of each other. Thanks and keep up the good work.

@desyncer

7 ай бұрын

Muay Thai fighters do hard training from a young age and it's a lifestyle and culture thing. They sleep, eat and live in the gym where they train. Some guys will fight every weekend if they could. Big stadium fighters will normally fight less often but it can still be as frequent as every three weeks or once a month if they stay healthy.

@CarlWidegrip

7 ай бұрын

It is part of the culture. There are events, small-to-mid sized, going every week and fighters are expected to fight. Since they only get paid to fight there’s pretty serious incentives to step in there if you’re physically able. Add to that the pressure from gambling pundits. As your name value rises they usually fight less often, but 4-6 times a year is still common.

@theologicalmonochromaticbo2102

7 ай бұрын

I am only speculating, but I can assume their lack of weight cutting also allows for a quicker turnaround

@bsenka

7 ай бұрын

I know! Stamp Fairtex is only 25, but her recent fight for the One Atomweight MMA title was her NINETY-NINTH pro fight!!!!

@TheA1M4fame

7 ай бұрын

To add to that, I hate to say it, but PED usage is a bit more... prevalent to say the least. Someone more qualified to speak on that is Gabriel Varga, world featherweight kickboxing champion for numerous major promotions. He's made many videos discussing his experiences in Thailand, to include PED usage and testing.

How about the fight between Dana and Tito we really missed out there as mma fans

A good recentish one that you missed was the Nate Diaz vs Dustin Poirier title fight for that 165 pound division that was announced and just never happened.

Holy shit it's Jason!!!! We need more Jason!!!

Chuck Liddell vs Ken Shamrock better be on this list. Vernon White replaced Shamrock due to Ken's injury.

Eddie vs Nick during that time period could’ve been one of the gnarliest fights in the history of mma. I would’ve rather continued living life not thinking that fight could’ve happened because we missed out on a spectacle with that one not coming together

@ahmeddjeghri6879

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely

Silva vs Hughes getting booked blew my mind.

Sakuraba vs frank shamrock was a match i really wanted to see. he even appeared in the ring and called him out. I bet it would've happened if saku signed with pancrase instead of pride.( though we wouldn't have eventualy got sakuraba vs the gracies.) And had Mark Kerr beat fujita in the pride gp, we wouldve had a clash of titans with Kerr vs Coleman.

@BiggieTrismegistus

7 ай бұрын

I was thinking about guys who should be in the UFC Hall of Fame and wonder if Mark Kerr is worthy of induction. He had a short run but for a brief time he was probably the scariest fighter alive. K1 World Grand Prix Winner Bronko Cikatić looked _terrified_ facing Kerr at Pride 2 and was obviously trying to get himself disqualifed as quickly as possible.

@Rando1975

7 ай бұрын

​@@BiggieTrismegistusIn Branco's defense, Kerr was terrifying at that time.

@George18798

7 ай бұрын

Mark Kerr and Mark Coleman would have never fought each other

@Jekyll_Island_Creatures

7 ай бұрын

@@George18798 Not true. They knew is was very much a possibility in the Grand Prix tournament. Kerr and Coleman weren't super close, not like Coleman and Randleman were.

@George18798

7 ай бұрын

@@Jekyll_Island_Creatures What do you mean they weren't close? Watch "The Smashing Machine" documentary. They wouldn't have fought, either one would have just stepped aside, more likely Mark Coleman cause he at the time was on decline while Mark Kerr was undefeated (Igor Vovchanchyn fight was overturned), but after the tournament it was Mark Coleman who resurrected his career while Mark Kerr from that point had only downfall

Damn I never knew Jose fought at heavyweight

Tony vs khabib really is the most cured fight, 5 failed attempts and it never happened

@NRC613

7 ай бұрын

Cured eh

@passiveaggressivestarbucks9321

7 ай бұрын

Watching the demise of Tony doesn’t help either

@probablyyourdad

7 ай бұрын

What did it cure

@cracklecracklebaybay5612

7 ай бұрын

So cursed, the 5th time caused a world wide shutdown. 😆

@franciscoramirez9867

7 ай бұрын

Cured bacon

Great video!!! Best in awhile (not meant with any disrespect). Love it when you guys do history videos! I’ve been in this since UFC 1 and I only knew about (or at least remember) 1 of these potential fights

Great edit and my favorite delivery. Thanks! :)

Heavyweight Aldo was a beast!

Aldo thick as hell, man be looking 100 pounds lighter than his 235 pound weight lol.

Before we start : I remember the time Kamaru Usman was to fight Santiago Ponzinibio...2016? it fell through. Now the career course could bring them back against one another

Holy shit Jose dropped down to 235!!! lol

I love a good typo/mistake, and now I'm picturing Aldo at 235lbs and it's a great image in my head. Just fat retired happy Jose over 2 bills 😆

Randy vs Coleman happened but After their primes. Much more so for one than the other

Also love that UFC 17 became UFC 217 REDEMPTION 😂

Hughes vs Silva: same outcome as Hughes vs Landi-Jons

Video idea, forgotten wars, eg mark hunt and Bigfoot silva 1 was a absolute war but imo it doesn't get the love it deserves

Jon Jones vs Anthony Rumble Johnson UFC 187 Jon Jones vs Dan Henderson UFC 151 Junior Dos Santos vs Alistair Overeem UFC 146 Junior Dos Santos vs Brock Lesnar... UFC 131 Shogun vs Rashad Evans... UFC on Fox 19 (besides on the video mentioned of UFC 128)

Thank God Anderson took the Pride deal. He wasnt ready in 2002 and might have made a weaker impression in the UFC instead of becoming the legend that he was 4 years later

Conor Mcgregor vs Max Holloway. when that fight happened, Mcgregor was Level 1 Plumber Mcgregor who was just getting his way out of Cage Warriors and Holloway was a new kid, he was just 20 y.o or something. they were not yet the superstars they would become years later. wish that fight happened a few years later.

Bas rutten. We all love him, but hall of fame, 2 fights in ufc and 1 of them, he got battered. Worst ref decision of its time .

@Rando1975

7 ай бұрын

Judges decision, not ref's decision. But, yeah, I've watched that fight numerous times and still think Randleman was robbed.

@percynolan6198

7 ай бұрын

@Rando1975 yeah I meant judge 😆

@devriestown

7 ай бұрын

Kevin smashed him to bits, lol

This one was awesome!

I still get chills when I see that faceoff between Chuck and Wanderlei. What could have been...

@dustinpakatak

7 ай бұрын

Gay

@thatrugbyguy

7 ай бұрын

They did fight a couple years later though. It was banger too.

@loismylane

7 ай бұрын

@@thatrugbyguy I honestly think it was a gift from the MMA gods that both of their chins held up to give us a banger for the ages and a pretty good taste at what would have been

I love list like this would love a part 2 if there is enough fights like this. I always find it crazy that in the Arlovski title reign i think at one point we were maybe getting Arlovski vs Cro Cop then Arlovski vs Ricco Rodriguez then eneded up with Eilers vs Arlovski.

Aldo fought at 235lbs? 😂

The editor of this video did some amazing visual storytelling.

@batmanwins5701

4 ай бұрын

Great video❤

Mark Kerr v Royce Gracie at Pride 2 should had been #1

Honorable mention for dustin vs nate diaz

20:27 that's a heavy ass jose aldo 😂

Silva vs Hughes would have been epic!! I never knew that at all!! Hearing that legit made my jaw drop.

Marco Ruas vs Don Frye was announced but never came too fruition. I have a vhs with an indemand commercial for it. Igor Vovchachin vs Ken Shamrock and Igor Vovchachin vs Semmy Schilt in Pride were also announced but never happened. There is a huge thread on UG that has a list of fights that were announced that never happened.

babe wake up new MMAOnPoint

Yall remember when Aldo came down to 235 😂

Bro I never knew Aldo was 235

18:58 Cowboy, Mighty Mouse, and Big Country were the first ones that came to mind.

There's a reason we forgot, they were heartbreaking when canceled. Now this video opens those wounds, pours lemon juice and salt in them, and then left us to weep 😢

235lb Aldo is a menace. Would've absolutely crushed Cejudo.

Aldo at 235 was a monster.

@4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt

7 ай бұрын

He’s Undefeated at that weight !

Good lord that was a long ad. I mean at least give us an intermission screen or something

Still waiting for lesnar vs cormier ...maybe @ufc200😮

Sadly, I remembered all of these except Hughes vs Anderson Silva. A big What If?

The pride lightweight Grand Prix that never happened. It had posters printed for it and everything.

Karo was good dude but he is forgotten about now he was on first ufc game for ps3

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235 aldo would be horrifying

Jose Aldo came down to 235 huh? Lol love you guys 😂

Ilia was also supposed to make his debut in 2018 at 135 against petr yan in moscow

2024 ah yes Jose Aldo Junior the former 235lbs champion

235 lbs Fat Aldo

If Don Frye and Dan Severin did fight you'd need them to wear badges to differentiate them 😅

You can’t tell me don Frye and Dan Severn aren’t the same person 😂

Tito vs Randleman is a good one, would have been fun to see if Randleman's wrestling would have been enough to neutralize Tito's takedown and secure him the win and subsequently become a two division UFC champion before it was common

Aldo really bulk all the way to 235

Heavyweight Aldo was terrifying

Please use the old soundtrack you use to use..please, I can’t get over it and I’m finding it hard to adapt to the new one.

Mark kerr vs royce

Am I missing something? Chuck did fight Wandy and won 🤔

@Rando1975

7 ай бұрын

This was years before they finally did fight. Similar to Coleman vs. Couture that was mentioned earlier in the video.

@FusionFocus863

7 ай бұрын

The first went to Randy, second to Chuck, third and final to Chuck.

@zachariah9739

7 ай бұрын

@@FusionFocus863Wandy, not Randy 😂

@bmoredubber1353

7 ай бұрын

@Rando1975 The title of the video is fights you forgot ALMOST happened. They definitely fought, it just wasn't when the UFC had planned.

Aldo came down to 235lbs can't believe I missed that

How about ranking fighters based on their top 5 wins ?

Video titled "Legendary fights you forgot where ALMOST booked." Included: Wanderlei Silva vs Chuck Liddell

Rickson vs Sakuraba !! Frank vs Saku!!

Deiveson Figueiredo fought 2 months back to back in "today's age". Y'all hiring?

Imagine looking up to Matt Hughes as a fighter, and after a while u come across that book he wrote...

Some others include Lyoto v Forrest before either were ever champion. Interesting to think how much that fight could have impacted 1 or both of their careers. Also Mark Coleman was apparently slated to be Brocken first opponent in the UFC not Mir. Surely would have been an easy nights work for Brock and we may never have got his legendary feud with Mir.

One not talked about much is Leon vs Khamzat

Royce Gracie vs Mark Kerr??

We've come so far it takes two minutes to start the videos now eh

please do top ten moments where the fighter talked trash during the fight

Just wondering... Why is your logo a ghi when ghis havent been a thing in mma since the first couple of ufc events?

@PrinceIsot

7 ай бұрын

I can't tell if you're joking or not

Aldo Vs Pettis at 155 was booked

Matt hughes vs anderson silva

i like that u say brock v fedor What! i guess im not much of a fan as i thought probs wont know any of these well i knew 2 of these bas v randy and chuck v vandy ugh

Jose Aldo was 235 pounds where was I in his career for that time?

what about Brock Lesnar vs DC

Yeah who remembers that one time Chuck liddell almost fought tito ortiz in 2017 with oscar de la hoya promoting it? I even saw some conceptual art on if the even took place. Crazy what these dudes are doing with AI these days...

The real trivia is that Aldo made 235

Nick diaz vs Eddie Alvarez!?? Wowwww