What happened to Marlon Moraes, why did he fall off so hard?

[AmbassadorFright]

Marlon was my favorite BW coming up I was a fan during his WSOF (now PFL) run where he was consistently putting on bangers and has some amazing wins. To this day no one ever starched Rivera, Aljo and Assuncao quite like that. He also held a legitimate win over Aldo who went on to fight for the belt. He was a JBG at 135 which is extremely rare the only person putting on consistently exciting and fun fights is OMalley. Everyone else is a boring decision machine. Was it just the Cejudo fight that ruined him, lingering injuries? I just watch him prior to the Henry fight and after and it's not even the same fucking guy and got frustrating to watch as a fan. Literally the scariest killer turn into a joke

 

[Milenkovic]

He was so close to finishing Merab too.

His gas tank really went to shit, and then his chin

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

It's the nature of combat sports. 1 fight your the man and before you know it your on a 5 fight skid and age/mileag/bricken mindset has set in.

 

[Mike]

He got old overnight. It happens.

 

[fortheo]

Chin and will got broken by cejudo, and right after that fight he left his long time coach/team in new jersey and never really looked the same.

 

[Danespina]

He looked great against Cejudo too, which was for the title.

Things really just kept going bad to worse for him.

 

[Danespina]

It's the nature of combat sports. 1 fight your the man and before you know it your on a 5 fight skid

It's even worse than that if you've been following him in the PFL.

 

[AmbassadorFright]

It's even worse than that if you've been following him in the PFL.

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Funny you bring up his record he got KO'd by one of the guys he put away relatively easily in his prime. Pretty much the ultimate testament that he wasn't half the fighter he was

 

[bongwater]

he was never any good

 

[kingghidrah]

as i recall he was murdering Cejudo (who showed a great chin for weathering that storm) but then the tables turned and he was getting killed a round later

that was the turning point of his whole career. I don't think the Aldo win means much, Aldo was back and forth back then before getting back on track

 

[BowserJr]

He fights at 135 where this happens to everyone

Barao
Moraes
Neck Tat
Assuncao

Yan looked like he was next but maybe not
We'll see

 

[El Fernas]

Marlon was my favorite BW coming up I was a fan during his WSOF (now PFL) run where he was consistently putting on bangers and has some amazing wins. To this day no one ever starched Rivera, Aljo and Assuncao quite like that. He also held a legitimate win over Aldo who went on to fight for the belt. He was a JBG at 135 which is extremely rare the only person putting on consistently exciting and fun fights is OMalley. Everyone else is a boring decision machine. Was it just the Cejudo fight that ruined him, lingering injuries? I just watch him prior to the Henry fight and after and it's not even the same fucking guy and got frustrating to watch as a fan. Literally the scariest killer turn into a joke

Legitimate win over Aldo? Nah, he lost that one, he knew he lost it when the decision was announced.

It's even worse than that if you've been following him in the PFL.

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So close to 9 in a row.

 

[jsbx45]

Age and mileage. Father time is cruel and so os the fight game. Aldo won that fight IMO, but Marlon was top 3 for a while there.

 

[Thesnake101]

Coming back so soon after the Sandhagen fight and getting finished did him in. He got stopped the 10th of october and was already back in the cage the 19th of December, that's too quick of a turnaround.

 

[LoveMyMMA]

Still think he lost against Aldo.

Enjoyed watching him fight. His downfall has to be studied.

 

[EndlessCritic]

In retrospect the list of guys he's lost to is not bad at all.

He clearly fell off a cliff, but he's losing to elite fighters.

 

[welcometohavoc]

It's even worse than that if you've been following him in the PFL.

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Johnny Hendricks/Barao level decline

 

[SuspectChin]

Sh*t happens. Chuck Liddell went from having one of the most granite chins in mma to the glassiest.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

It's even worse than that if you've been following him in the PFL.

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Damn, that's a rough losing streak. Literally all TKO/KO's.

 

[baba2008]

Don’t know what happened but I do worry about his future. His brain has been rattled way too much.