What fighter is retired now that you didn't appreciate as much but now you wish they were back?

[HHJ]

I think Josh Koschek was a great heel,and didn't have to make a character he wad a natural. I would root hard for him today.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Anderson Silva. I wasn't a diehard hater of his or anything, but I spent most of his prime cheering against him, most of the time. We never see that kind of beautiful violence anymore. He was like a poet, of violence.

 

[Roido]

I think Josh Koschek was a great heel,and didn't have to make a character he wad a natural. I would root hard for him today.

ur right abt him being a natural villain. thats one of the many things i cant stand about covington, dude is so unnatural and is obvious he practices lines and shit, just for him to stumble over

 

[VinceArch]

Definitely Keith Jardine. Such an unorthodox style but it certainly gave him wins despite having a chin being made of glass. I wonder how a style like that would do in today's 205 division?

 

[Fossor]

Imo BJ Penn was about to get back to the win column

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Ricardo Arona.

Dude would have made waves in the UFC. But instead is riding them...

 

[Adamant__]

Joanna was fun. Wasn't a hater but didn't appreciate her enough lol.

 

[Benoitthegr8]

The Reem, his fights were always exciting and mostly ended in violent finish

 

[Sick85]

Hector Lombard or Johnny Hendricks

 

[Siver!]

Siyar Bahadurzada.

I just feel his UFC run was kinda forgettable, too inactive, and very frustrating overall.

He was an exciting guy, was one of the guys that sent Rob Wilkinson over to PFL, and in today's style of matchmaking I'd love to see him duke it out with a bunch of welterweight strikers.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

I don’t have any. I appreciated my favourite fighters in real time.

I miss seeing them fight. But they don’t ever need to come back. Retired with their brains intact. And except for one, they are millionaires.

GSP, Stipe (assuming he’s retired), Felicia Spencer, and Amanda Nunes.

The rest of the fighters on my All-Time fav list are still active.

 

[FreddieRoachsVoice]

- Marcus Davis: Guy was a fun finisher who was always a highlight on the card
- Chris Lytle: see above
- Martin Kampmann: Seemed inevitable that he would fight for the belt but I'm now sad it never happened

Will miss Lawler and Edgar tremendously when they retire but I did appreciate them when they were around

 

[FreddieRoachsVoice]

Definitely Keith Jardine. Such an unorthodox style but it certainly gave him wins despite having a chin being made of glass. I wonder how a style like that would do in today's 205 division?

 

[m249viking]

Ngannou

 

[VinceArch]

"There's the nipple tweak, Joe."

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Jason Thacker

 

[chiefwiggum]

I’d say Tom Erickson. He was a destroyer and I was a tall frail boy when he was killing it in wrestling and mma and kickboxing

 

[Mind Mine]

Brock. There’ll never be another

 

[chaos_36]

Matt Hughes - Literally hated him his entire run up until the Sera fight. I just found him smug and a bit douchey and it clouded my judgement as to how good he actually was. Now when I go back and rewatch his fights I do so as a fan.

 

[kingghidrah]

Gerard Gordeau. Took out Tuli's teeth, a piece of Royce's ear, and Yuki Nakai's eye. Put him up against Joe Son and hope for the appropriate results.