- Joined
- Oct 12, 2015
- Messages
- 19,804
- Reaction score
- 17,249
No it wasn't. It was Cain vs. Mir
Great fights that were in the works but didn't happen
- Thread starter BowserJr
- Start date
No it wasn't. It was Cain vs. Mir
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2008
- Messages
- 11,808
- Reaction score
- 1,796
Gary Goodridge vs Tank Abbott
Was supposed to happen at UFC 19, but Tank got sick and we got Gary Goodridge vs Andre Roberts
Igor Vovchanchyn vs anyone in the UFC
Was supposed to happen at . . . I think UFC 10, but Igor had visa issues.
Was supposed to happen at UFC 19, but Tank got sick and we got Gary Goodridge vs Andre Roberts
Igor Vovchanchyn vs anyone in the UFC
Was supposed to happen at . . . I think UFC 10, but Igor had visa issues.
- Joined
- Sep 19, 2004
- Messages
- 2,894
- Reaction score
- 1,349
Initially was Hunt vs Cain, both Mir and Cain fought on this card
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2014
- Messages
- 6,484
- Reaction score
- 3,210
BJ Penn vs Carlos Condit
I think Condit would have beat the ever living shit outta Penn at that time in their careers doe.
I think Condit would have beat the ever living shit outta Penn at that time in their careers doe.
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2016
- Messages
- 6,104
- Reaction score
- 2,679
Not sure if Fedor - Randy counts. They certainly tried...
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2009
- Messages
- 67,306
- Reaction score
- 72,638
Bisping and Mousasi where supposed to fight but Bisping got pulled to fight Anderson instead and Rich Franklin was supposed to fight Martin Kampmann that one I'm not sure why it fell through. I was bummed when those got cancelled.
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2015
- Messages
- 11,584
- Reaction score
- 7,072
Rashad vs Shogun
Hendo Vs Jones / Rumble vs Jones
Randy Vs Crocop…was planned but Gonzaga happened.
Fedor vs Barnett…non UFC but this one from Affliction really hurt
These really stick out for me
Hendo Vs Jones / Rumble vs Jones
Randy Vs Crocop…was planned but Gonzaga happened.
Fedor vs Barnett…non UFC but this one from Affliction really hurt
These really stick out for me
Last edited:
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2018
- Messages
- 41,162
- Reaction score
- 91,034
Rickson-Ogawa
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2015
- Messages
- 19,804
- Reaction score
- 17,249
Initially it was Cain vs Mir and Hunt vs. Strive. Then they both moved up a slot
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2015
- Messages
- 9,601
- Reaction score
- 4,182
Diaz vs. McGregor and Jones vs. DC at UFC 200. Both fights got canceled after we'd already bought plane tickets and had a nice Hotel room in Vegas. So we went anyway. The final card bore little resemblance to the card we paid for, but it was still fun and we got to be on TV... Sortof... 
- Joined
- Apr 27, 2006
- Messages
- 30,485
- Reaction score
- 10,131
I think it's fair to say that Fedor - Randy was a cancelled fight... Randy quit the UFC with the specific intent to fight Fedor in Affliction, but was ultimately stopped by legal action.
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2017
- Messages
- 1,303
- Reaction score
- 1,656
That was supposed to happen? Holy crap Hughes would have gotten murked.
- Joined
- Jan 14, 2006
- Messages
- 26,575
- Reaction score
- 4,711
As an old school fan...
Bas Rutten vs Rickson Gracie: Bas called him out numerous times, including once after a Pancrase fight with Rickson in the crowd. Instead, Rickson chose to fight Funaki, who had already retired and who was physically shot from years of pro-wrestling. I would've loved to have seen Bas obliterate Rickson and his phony invincible image along with it.
Frank Shamrock vs Kazushi Sakuraba: Frank said that he was thinking about making to jump to PRIDE and even expressed his interest in fighting Sakuraba, but it never happened. Words can't describe how amazing it would've been to see them lock horns, though for the grappling nerd in me, I actually would've preferred to see them fight in Pancrase.
Tito Ortiz vs Vitor Belfort: I know that this fight happened at UFC 51, but I wish that it would've happened when it was originally scheduled at UFC 33. I would've loved to have seen a five-round title fight, and especially if Tito would've been able to win, it would've given his title reign a huge bump in credibility.
Ken Shamrock vs Igor Vovchanchyn: This was the originally scheduled bout at PRIDE 13, but Ken got hurt, so on short-notice his Lion's Den fighter Tra Telligman stepped up and scored the upset of his career and one of the GOAT upsets. It's such an epic fight given the fact that Tra had no business winning it, but it would've been amazing as a die-hard Ken fan to have seen him get that win, which would've been his biggest post-WWF win by a mile.
Cro Cop/Nogueira II: All the respect in the world to Josh Barnett, who put on a hell of a performance against Nog in the 2006 OWGP semi-finals - the fight was amazing and Barnett nearly tapped Nog with a kneebar - but everyone on the planet knew that stylistically he had absolutely nothing for Cro Cop. Given Nog's earlier upset over Cro Cop, and the fact that Cro Cop had improved leaps and bounds in the intervening years, the only thing that would've made his OWGP victory sweeter would've been if he'd been able to avenge his loss to Nog in the finals, which he absolutely would've done and in brutal fashion considering how on fire he was that night.
Bas Rutten vs Rickson Gracie: Bas called him out numerous times, including once after a Pancrase fight with Rickson in the crowd. Instead, Rickson chose to fight Funaki, who had already retired and who was physically shot from years of pro-wrestling. I would've loved to have seen Bas obliterate Rickson and his phony invincible image along with it.
Frank Shamrock vs Kazushi Sakuraba: Frank said that he was thinking about making to jump to PRIDE and even expressed his interest in fighting Sakuraba, but it never happened. Words can't describe how amazing it would've been to see them lock horns, though for the grappling nerd in me, I actually would've preferred to see them fight in Pancrase.
Tito Ortiz vs Vitor Belfort: I know that this fight happened at UFC 51, but I wish that it would've happened when it was originally scheduled at UFC 33. I would've loved to have seen a five-round title fight, and especially if Tito would've been able to win, it would've given his title reign a huge bump in credibility.
Ken Shamrock vs Igor Vovchanchyn: This was the originally scheduled bout at PRIDE 13, but Ken got hurt, so on short-notice his Lion's Den fighter Tra Telligman stepped up and scored the upset of his career and one of the GOAT upsets. It's such an epic fight given the fact that Tra had no business winning it, but it would've been amazing as a die-hard Ken fan to have seen him get that win, which would've been his biggest post-WWF win by a mile.
Cro Cop/Nogueira II: All the respect in the world to Josh Barnett, who put on a hell of a performance against Nog in the 2006 OWGP semi-finals - the fight was amazing and Barnett nearly tapped Nog with a kneebar - but everyone on the planet knew that stylistically he had absolutely nothing for Cro Cop. Given Nog's earlier upset over Cro Cop, and the fact that Cro Cop had improved leaps and bounds in the intervening years, the only thing that would've made his OWGP victory sweeter would've been if he'd been able to avenge his loss to Nog in the finals, which he absolutely would've done and in brutal fashion considering how on fire he was that night.
