Top 10 Rising UFC Stars Getting Smashed

the hype is real UFC's PR machine annually promotes dozens of Fighters trying to make real stars out of them some return these Investments and make it to the very top others face problems and do not stand up to competition and get relegated to the side shows today we are going to take a look at 10 hype trains that everyone anticipated to conquer the MMA world but fell short of expectations and remained only as one hit wonders [Music] Hernandez ended up in the Octagon overnight for five years Alex fought his way through the Thorns of regional promotions and moonlighted as a real estate agent his record stood at eight wins and one loss when he suddenly got a call from UFC and was offered to match up on short notice against the 12th ranking beniel Darius Hernandez had a few weeks to prepare but it was enough to Gate Crash the top league and Triumph at a high-profile numbered event and Alex immediately rushed forward and knocked out his opponent as early as in the first minute with that quick start like that though he lands another punch on the way down but look at this that is just perfect the stunning finish over the experienced fighter instantly brought the young Prospect into the Limelight a few months later he solidified his ranking with yet another Victory and Unleashed a trash-talking war against Donald Cerrone right at the press conference Alex called the veteran aged and withered and promised to send his geriatric ass back into the stables and Alexander Hernandez Hernandez got off to a Brisk start big early land from Hernandez but Cerrone true to form kept us cool at the outset the cowboy gradually gained momentum and started to hit back they're coming oh big right from Cerrone by the end of the first round The Cheeky rookie was probably regretting his insults to the Old Timer however it was too late McDonald's on the canvas was a mere formality [Applause] he's hurt very badly look at this thing right here after recovering from the initial shock of loss Hernandez thanked Cerrone in social media for an invaluable lesson Alex has showed a patchy performance ever since and the status of a Rising Star Overnight downgraded to an ordinary name in the roster Alex the Great now it may be hard to believe but at one point Paige VanZant walked around without breast implants and appeared in the cage more often than she posted her nudes online The Knockout Beauty came to the octagon with a three-in-one record and scored three consecutive wins in less than a year with two of them being inside the distance Van Zandt became a fixture in the top 10 and endeared herself to the audience not only with trademark smiles and cute interviews but also with serious Ambitions UFC encouraged this in every possible way and in late 2015 it main evented the 21 year old girl against Rose nama yunus Van Zant walked out to the fight as the favorite and was full of smiles however after taking a few hits the grin was wiped off her face range playing The Matador when she needs to look at that Rose worked aggressively on the ground with elbows trashing Paige's face elbows here from Rose Mountain Eunice at the end of the third round Nama yunus almost got the finish on the canvas but Van Zant was Saved by the Bell round four was marked by two armbar attempts really difficult to defend here she's going to stretch her out this could be it right here Escape it again in the fifth Paige was finally put out of her misery with a rear naked choke [Applause] for a while she was out of business seeking solace in the popular show Dancing with the Stars Then Paige staged a comeback with a beautiful knockout of Beck Rawlings thus regaining some of her former hype VanZant was given a second chance at another Main Event in which she only got remembered for the dance battle at the weigh-in want to go home the next day Michelle Waterson ruined the bright prospects of her rival once and for all the Octagon Van Zant lift the promotion for Bare knuckle where she made some bucks now Paige successfully sells her intimate content on only fans regularly providing your friends with links and High Spirits foreign got off to a good start in UFC by decisioning four opponents following hitting his stride he performed three beautiful Knockouts in 10 months while the finish of Jamie Simmons was not regarded by many as a significant achievement the annihilation of Cub Swanson in one minute was enough to secure him a main event for the first time a giga outshot Edson Barboza making the referee step in to save the Brazilian in the third round [Applause] three consecutive Knockouts three bonuses a place in the top ten and a winning streak of seven victories embolden Chicago to challenge Max Holloway though the matchmakers were less optimistic pitting him against Calvin cater for a five rounder Giga called himself the best striker in UFC and went so far as to threaten to get the champ Alex volkonovsky after taking out Calvin with ease Spike clock is ignoring the Instinct of self-preservation cater rushed headlong into the combat giving chikaze a hard time with his Onslaught The Tipping Point was at the end of round two when Calvin threw a spinning back elbow then continue to change the adversary's face [Applause] as the scorecards were being announced Chicago sadly watched the referee raising a hand other than his own however this did not prevent him from declaring that he would still beat cater nine times out of ten too bad we cannot test out this prediction anytime soon there have always been enough octagon warriors with a college wrestling background but stars of such magnitude as Gregor Gillespie don't come to MMA very often he had a ranking in the All-American four years in a row and Triumph to the 2007 National Championship soon Gillespie tried his talents and mixed martial arts winning the Ring of combat belt in a matter of a few years having defended his belt twice Gregor signed a contract with UFC and embarked on a career in the promotion with six Landslide victories five of them were scored inside the distance back then no one had such an impressive finishing streak this secured Gregor a place in the main card of the 244 event his opponent was the Everlasting Prospect Kevin Lee who had lost twice in a row made an unsuccessful foray into welterweight and hired a new coach feras Hobby in the run-up to the bout many argued that Gillespie had enough skills to cause problems for khabib nurmagamiyadov it emboldened Gregor to go so far as to say that he would definitely challenge khabib after beating Lee Michigan take it off unfortunately Gillespie failed to walk the talk for several minutes the fighters kept their distance and exchanged Jabs clean forgetting about their wrestling background men are very prepared for good right hand there by Kevin right hand lead halfway through the round there was an ominous clash of the body oh here we go one more time Boom the right hand perfect right hand look at that high kick sensational the brutal Shin to the chin derailed Gillespie's hype train and put him out of business for a year and a half ironically Kevin did not win in the organization anymore and a couple of years later went to work for khabib the decorated Cuban judoka started out in MMA with a record of 7-2 then he picked up Steve and cranked out 25 bouts with no defeats at that time Lombard was Unstoppable he slammed Rivals down from his height foreign tore out their ankles if no Tapout was forthcoming Hector became the first full-fledged Bellator star in the organization he had eight Victorious performances including seven times by way of knockout the Cuban won the very first Bellator middleweight Grand Prix obtained the championship belt and retained it for good a little later he set a Record for fastest knockout in promotion history by finishing J Silva in a matter of six seconds already when they're close to each other Jay Silva mild good left hand and that is it just like that Lombard was rightfully considered as one of the best middleweights in the world to poach him UFC included a pay-per-view sales bonus in the contract Bellator could not offer that type of deal sweetener as a debutante Lombard was supposed to fight with Brian Stan but due to numerous changes he got a gatekeeper Tim Bosh instead Hector made several takedowns is that you win this takedown Lombard is so strong got the takedown and occasionally landed trademark hooks a d every day caught him with the Jab and when you work with a guy like Matt Hume then you can stay with that but the rest of the time he preferred to just stand still and bite his time to strike while the audience was booing Bosh threw careful shots from the distance hitting twice as many as Lombard did and rested the victory by a split decision before long Lombard redeemed himself more than once and demonstrated his power [Applause] [Music] seemed like it was a comeback but then he had doping problems the one-year disqualification the losing streak afterwards and the back elbow of oldie but goodie Dan Henderson okay once and for all relegated all Hector's hopes to the category of those unfulfilled [Applause] Sage Northcutt is widely regarded as UFC's first Golden Boy even before his professional career started he'd won dozens of international karate tournaments at the age of nine Northcutt became the youngest Karate Kid to be on the cover of a professional magazine Dana White first noticed him at Legacy FC during the filming of his show looking for a fight by signing the contract Sage became the youngest fighter on the roster and debuted on a numbered event here we go a single explosion was enough to demolish an undefeated Francisco Trevino pushing cut right [Applause] there in short order Northcutt locked to Guillotine on Cody fister's neck and got another W does it again in just a few months the 19 year old was considered to be the most promising Prospect Sage gave dozens of interviews and frequently flexed his body on social media eight days before the next bout northcutt's opponent pulled out due to an injury and was replaced by Brian barbarina super Sage pushed the action with a few stormy moves hit here up the front legs big right hand by Northcutt but barbarina handled the pressure and gradually took over the initiative 57 seconds at the very beginning of the second round Bam Bam caught a bewildered teenager punishing him for a mistake and maintaining the top position Brian rattled him with some heavy elbows past the guard stepped over again and closed an armed triangle Sage immediately tapped even though barbarina didn't transition to side control [Applause] after the defeat North cut slowly but Shirley was losing the hype around him Sage fought five more times in the octagon and won four of them nonetheless the buzz was over and UFC cut him from the promotion at the end of 2018. Dana White explained that the kid simply wasn't mature enough for such a level Sage signed a contract with Singapore one championship and got brutally knocked out his face was literally cracked so the once promising Karate Kid is still recovering from the eight skull fractures Edmund shabazzian easily put together a streak of six finishes in local Californian leagues and came to prove his skills in a contender series it took only 40 seconds for shabazian to drive Antonio Jones into knockout City and to impress Dana White Sean Shelby and Mick Maynard another one they unanimously signed up shabazian which made him the youngest UFC male fighter at the time Edmund came out victorious in his debut by a split decision and then defeated the next three Rivals inside the distance he nailed Charles Byrd with elbows defending the takedown attempt Jack marshman was pummeled by strikes from the top and eventually tapped to the rear naked choke finally Golden Boy landed a picture-perfect head kick on Brad Tavares propelling Edmund into the top 10 of the middleweight division no other athlete at the age of 21 has gotten this high in the rankings expectations were great and even the champion Israel addisonia stated that he could clearly see Edmund as a future title Challenger Shabazz in himself intended to try on the Belt sooner than Jon Jones did he was even a betting favorite against veteran Derek Brunson Edmund was doing well for the first minutes of the fight here back to Las Vegas they're saying you know stay ooh but then he gassed out remember he has Brunson trapped him at the fence secured a takedown and started chasing the Finish wow Golden Boy ended up barely surviving the second round busted he made it to the third and got stopped in 25 seconds that's about it right here these are huge shots shabazian had to let his dreams of becoming the youngest Champion slip away the next two bouts he lost as well the Joker unfortunately for British MMA fans Michael Bisping the first UFC champion from the UK retired in the fall of 2017. two and a half minutes in however it didn't take long for a New Prospect from England to rise Darren till recovered from a shoulder injury and initiated a crusade at the welterweight division with two victories here it is again the left hand soon he faced off against cowboy Cerrone in the main event despite the underdog status till outstruck Donald on the feet and made the referee step in the Liverpool native earned a way into the top 10 and claimed to become a triple Champion Darren requested to headline the event in his hometown seven months later his wish came true Till's subsequent performance against top welterweight Contender Stephen Thompson was scheduled for May 2018. the crowd went wild as Darren walked out yet the bout itself was more like a chess match it sounds like darrington's game plan was today possibly tie him up and force him to the fighters landed 68 strikes overall and it was a knock down from till in the fifth round that determined the winner [Applause] who does the gorilla want next everyone and anyone I don't care I'm not scared of anyone Darren got a title shot at UFC 228 though he didn't ask for it the hype surrounding the undefeated Prospect was so big that the Brit was even considered to be a betting favorite against the reigning Champion Tyron Woodley early in round two Woodley landed his signature t-bomb we talk a lot about Woodley [Applause] and kept dismantling till for a few minutes on the canvas no he's still in the champ casually locked a DARS choke forcing the contender to tap [Applause] till was heartbroken and as is often the case promised to come back even stronger nonetheless he lost three of his next four fights one shot Dana White admitted that they may have pushed Darren too hard [Music] at the end of 2018 Dana White suddenly made an unprecedented deal trading one of the all-time greats Demetrius Johnson for Ben asgren funky was an undefeated wrestler still he had already passed his prime years after signing a contract Ben started verbally attacking every Star in the promotion including the Diaz brothers GSP and khabib his extraordinary Trash Talk style and phlegmatic appearance aroused huge interest among the public the first few minutes of the bout against Robbie Lawler made the former Bellator Champion suffer the hardest beating of his entire career asgren launched for a takedown at the very beginning brought to you by Modelo but Lawler brutally slammed the curly head into the canvas Robbie Lawler on the single funky miraculously survived vicious grounded pound and turned the battle into a wrestling match for the way Robbie Lawler stuffing his head is the problem the action was stopped by Herb Dean when ruthless either just lowered his hand or fell asleep from a bulldog choke out he's out he wasn't here now watch Robbie's right arm the quest the question is though but look how that arm went live despite a controversial debut Ben continued to Trash Talk welterweight contenders in a few months he was scheduled to face Jorge mosfidal at that time Jorge was considered to be a gatekeeper and was far away from pay-per-view star status askren promised to dominate mosfedal and buzzed up the Rivalry the bout was anticipated more than the main event the fight clock is brought to you bye [Applause] so the fastest knockout in UFC history you know he was out immediately those five seconds of Shadow realm travel have completely changed the lives of several people Ben immediately became an infinite meme generator moswid all gained Fame and paved the way for Hefty paychecks [Music] Johnny Walker was wandering around the regional scene for quite some time he gained momentum in Brazil then in Europe finishing opponents both in heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions after reaching a five-win streak Johnny earned a spot on Dana White's Contender series he grabbed the W by unanimous decision and managed to prove having all-around skills the Brazilian pressed the action and entertained the audience which allowed him to sign a contract I think he senses that he's got the Silva a little bit loopy here wow look at the power not too tired in his UFC debut Johnny got an opportunity to showcase his creative striking and brutally knocked out Khalil Roundtree and that's it welcome to the Octagon they took only 15 seconds to destroy Justin Ledet with an eccentric combination of a hook kick and a spinning back fist is the underdog nov couldn't stop the hype train either and got run over in less than a minute the reason why that happens is Walker injured his shoulder during the Worm dance which caused him more damage than all three previous adversaries combined the exciting prospect plucked up the courage and became a loose cannon Johnny even called out Jon Jones and some MMA fans would give him decent chances against the Invincible 205 pound King people used to believe that Walker was a new blood that could bring some action to the stagnating division the title shot wasn't in the line against Corey Anderson but the Brazilian Prospect could still become a contender in case of a solid performance Johnny was confident and promised to knock Corey out in every interview in Revenge Anderson Unleashed his wrath on Walker blasting a heavy string of punches strikes Johnny managed to get up then absorbed another crippling attack [Applause] one more landed on and the referee stepped in following the stoppage Walker started realizing that his dream of beating Jon Jones was not to be since then Johnny's come out Victorious only once out of four fights and myth busted his status as the chosen one the pure stand-up battle with Donaldson Rooney not many guys if you like the video click the like button subscribe to our Channel and vote for sport close the show we'll look back at it here this replay brought to you in a main event for the ages what a fight

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Keywords: ufc, mma, mixed martial arts, votesport, ufc upsets, best ufc finishes, best ufc knockouts, best ufc moments, khamzat chimaev, Nate Diaz, Paige VanZant, Sage Northcutt, Ben Askren

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Length: 24min 47sec (1487 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 09 2022