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I just saw on Facebook there was a WMMA Fighter for Bellator who the company promot d as Harley Quinn. I don’t know if that is her actual moniker or whatever, but if I have to watch a crappy WMMA bout, I’d rather there be some added intrigue by making one of the characters colorful.
Needless to say I’m not an MMA purist. It’s the same reason I’d like to see Mike Jackson get another shot, this time on the early prelims. He’d get destroyed, but UFC has taken shots on early prelim fighters who got destroyed before. At least this one has a backstory you can either or like or dislike him for.
Anyway, it got me thinking about how many great fighters they are that just can’t market themselves for whatever reason.
Demian Maia has to be near the top for me. Dude is probably the best pure BJJ practioner in UFC history yet only got a title shot once he made it impossible for the UFC brass not to give him one. After he didn’t succeed there, I don’t see another shot ever happening for him.
Needless to say I’m not an MMA purist. It’s the same reason I’d like to see Mike Jackson get another shot, this time on the early prelims. He’d get destroyed, but UFC has taken shots on early prelim fighters who got destroyed before. At least this one has a backstory you can either or like or dislike him for.
Anyway, it got me thinking about how many great fighters they are that just can’t market themselves for whatever reason.
Demian Maia has to be near the top for me. Dude is probably the best pure BJJ practioner in UFC history yet only got a title shot once he made it impossible for the UFC brass not to give him one. After he didn’t succeed there, I don’t see another shot ever happening for him.