Best to never win gold
by Calvin.04
Top 5 best fighters in UFC to never win a title fight. Criteria- resume, how close they were to winning gold, longevity, skill/fight style, had to have been top 5 in their division at some point. Guys currently in their prime are less likely to be in the list due to them still competing for title
- Joseph Benavidez
- John Dodson
- Brandon Royval
- Jussier Formiga
- Kyoji Horiguchi
- Cory Sandhagen
- Urijah Faber
- Raphael Assunção
- Umar Nurmagomedov
- Marlon Moraes
- Chad Mendes
- Diego Lopes
- Brian Ortega
- Ricardo Lamas
- Cub Swanson
- Donald Cerrone
- Edson Barboza
- Arman Tsarukyan
- Dan Hooker
- Nate Diaz
- Demian Maia
- Shavkat Rakhmonov
- Stephen Thompson
- Rory MacDonald
- Gilbert Burns
- Dan Henderson
- Yoel Romero
- Jacaré Souza
- Chael Sonnen
- Gegard Mousasi
- Alexander Gustafsson
- Dominick Reyes
- Anthony Johnson
- Ryan Bader
- Thiago Santos
- Alexander Volkov
- Alistair Overeem
- Derrick Lewis
- Sergei Pavlovich
- Pedro Rizzo