Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-33532122-20180302171109/@comment-32783267-20180306164406

@CanadianOracle3301 and @Justme28

Well some of those guys, the best guys never in UFC,  have valid reasons like Fedor, who was a GOAT sorta undersized HW smashing everyone for a while then he stopped taking his training seriously and surrounded himself with Yes-men (especially those Church fellas).. and now he's chinny as f*ck when finally got himself into a major promotion... years afted his prime and I'm not sure who will win in Fedor/Frank fight tbh. (I want Chael to win the HW tourny.)

Then there is Mirko Cro Cop, whose days as a top dog were over when he got into UFC.. though Japan Grand Prix Cro Cop wrecked everyone last last year (probably on smth). Good for him to go out on the to-... OH MY GOD!! Cro Cop vs. Nelson in May!!

Another interesting case is Gilbert Melendez (or Giblert as Reebok spelled) who was once one of the top p4p guy in consideration but his UFC run is .. well uneventful as far as we've seen. You could say there were lack of talents back in the days but guys like Josh Thompson were no joke.. so it might be the fact that he's been through too many wars especially with his style of fighting. We could also say the inverse for top dawgs in UFC struggling in other major promotions like Bendo.

As for Lombard, he got no excuse for me. Guy lost to Tim Boetsch in his debut.. wasting his lengthy winstreak.. and letdowns after letdowns? Yup he kicked a lot of cans to pad his record and probably was on some Cuban diet too. I've talked breifly about Hector on a reply to Justme28 above.. but with you involved in the discussion I went into full doorstopper mode.. lol.

Askren's wrestling is legit, no doubt. But he does run his mouth too much, I agree with that. Unlike Lombard, Askren knows what he's good at and impose it on his opponents.. so I think he would fare better than Hector did.