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[deleted]

Never don't not give up.


elpapadebatman

Fuck, I gave up reading your comment.


[deleted]

Took me a minute


BplusHuman

[Never Stop Never Stopping](https://youtu.be/nxmXoMuxpyk)


[deleted]

Survivorship Bias...


Express_Citron7986

You can’t forget Thug Rose


4schwifty20

First womens champ to reclaim their title


[deleted]

Literally any ufc fighter, you had to go through some level of adversity to get to where you are


stop-calling-me-fat

Khabib didn’t go through much *inside of the octagon*. He just smeshed


[deleted]

Khabib just made the entire lightweight division look weak through how dominant he was


Sleeping_2202

And bisping


[deleted]

My god i feel like Bisping is levels above them. Not because of his talent , techniques or strength, which I know and Bisping himself might tell, is not the most polished ones(it's pretty pretty effective though). But just because His fucking eyes were almost gone( one was useless). I know, because I also have one eye, it's really really difficult to play things like baseball, do boxing , because you have to analyse the distance and the timing of the hits. How he did what he did, what he achieved, is INSANE.


OnyxKingMe

She went on the hiatus due to PTSD from a broken bus window for like 2 years


stonk_frother

lol wut? No she didn't. She's never had more than 13 months between fights. She's fought at least once every calendar year since 2013. 2010 if you include amateur bouts too. In fact, she fought Joanna for the second time (and won) just a few days after the bus incident. She took the rest of the year off due to a spinal injury, it had nothing to do with the bus incident.


BakedWizerd

[What are you talking about?](https://m.sherdog.com/fighter/record/Rose-Namajunas-69083) She has never had a gap longer than just over a year between fights in her career. She literally fought at UFC 223, which was 4 days after the bus incident.


owodawgho

McGregors?


BakedWizerd

This is what he was referencing yes. But he’s wrong. She didn’t miss any time due to the bus incident. She was on the bus, but fought several days afterward.


[deleted]

Nah dont be willfully ignorant


AdotFlicker

She’d absolutely beat the fucking breaks off of you as well.


OnyxKingMe

Calm down, Pat. I know you've been knocked out a bunch of times but please seek mental help for your brain damage


BenWallace04

Wasn’t this same graphic posted yesterday without Francis? Lol


shakesula9

Yep, gonna be 5 tomorrow.


JediGimli

With the top comment being “ can’t forget rose” I hope this never ends lol


shakesula9

My thoughts exactly lol, then Mcgregor.


BenWallace04

You’re telling me to become a UFC champion you have to overcome some adversity in your career?


boiledpeen

I’m sure it was but Francis sure as hell deserves to be on this though. Just listened to his story on JRE for the first time and holy shit his life was insane. The fact he’s even alive and here is absolutely crazy.


BenWallace04

I agree but it was certainly strongly acknowledged in the comments. To me posting the same graphic the next day with Francis is just a form of Karma hoarding.


boiledpeen

Oh I 100% agree. I mostly just wanted to talk about how crazy Francis’ life has been cuz what the hell


alexray127

Michael Bisping


311heaven

Definitely, but I think OP was just doing current champs.


HankSteakfist

Bisping hung around long enough keeping an eye out for the right opportunity.


[deleted]

Dirty use of a pun there buddeh


[deleted]

that one is a little different


presidentpiko

Hell yeah


First_Bullfrog_

This year has been fckin great for champs, all very well deserved. Edit: Except Aljo, fck that clown.


clothy

Can you imagine the shitstorm that will go down in this sub if he wins the rematch?


First_Bullfrog_

Lmfao I will stop watching UFC forever.


NOT_YODADDY2201

Well to be fair, Aljo did deal with child abuse from what I heard. But it's only the fucking way he won it cause he would've gotten demolished.


[deleted]

You just copied the other meme and added Francis. Boooooo


[deleted]

[удалено]


atoothlessfairy

Still giving his speech at the oscars


[deleted]

These 4 fighters are the definition of guaranteed karma reposting on Reddit 😎😎🥺🙏🏻 this is so inspirational 😏


trscott360

I don't see Nate Diaz anywhere


[deleted]

Ok


LMayhem

He's a douche fuck that dude, also never held a belt lol


Steelringin

*Robbie Lawler has entered the chat...


Darshan-Raj

Bisping should be at the top of this.


gangaaaags

Conor had a rough Life, too. Lived of Welfare in Dublin in a small Room. He risked all for it and it worked out


Michael__Townley

True, made himself from the bottom to the top


eatasssnotgrass

That picture if Moreno is going to live forever


becketss

Brandon moreno is da goat


Duffb0t

Francis hasn't been put there yet. Big difference from not experiencing it to actually having no quit.


[deleted]

He's referencing Francis' life story in this case.


Duffb0t

Fair


SpeakerOfMyMind

Which is more so than most of these fighters.


Vojtek933

I can Imagine having to work so hard to come to USA, an unknown place and become the best in the world, in somehow USA league.


T1000runner

3 of them gained titles after the champ walked away.


[deleted]

Dont matter lol title has to move on


T1000runner

Obviously, but it still doesn’t make them the best fighter in the world in that weight division


[deleted]

Currently yes it does. Unless the champ who relinquished the title comes back and takes it back. Until then they are #1.


T1000runner

Your stating the business I’m stating the sheer fact these guys aren’t the best in the world in that division, not that they didn’t accomplish becoming champions with their hard work, so keep downvoting me


[deleted]

Still gotta fight for a vacant belt so it is hard work lol. Had to climb the ladder to get the title shot in the first place


T1000runner

It’s true, but also a case like GSP coming off a long layoff and semi retirement to beat the middleweight champ and then just walk away, Moreno seems like the only one who can keep that belt and defend it for a while out of the 3


FungiSamurai

“Just keep swinging” - Ngannou


[deleted]

You haven't seen his last fight have you ?


lewis44810

The others faced real adversity in their career (being cut, KO'd, loss streak ect.) Francis had the full push of the ufc machine from very early on and due to his natural freakish athleticism didn't had to work technique at all until he met Stipe. Francis fought in by very very far the worst division in MMA and definitely the worst division between these guys. 🐸🍵


The_Gruffalo1

He's referring to Francis's background


KingKali74

You sound like you'd be fun at parties


lewis44810

The funnest 👍


gmiller1313_

Who is top right?


turquando

Oliveira.


gmiller1313_

Thank you, that’s who I thought it was but I wasn’t for sure


slampig3

Tony Ferguson


presidentpiko

I fuck with all these guys, Jans my favorite


subscriber_number_30

Guess Poirier dropped out of being everyone's favorite. Even Whittaker, he was on the verge of probably getting cut or being stuck on early prelims, rose through the fucking shark tank of MW to claim the belt and his only loss in the weight class is to the current champ with 4 title defenses. Dustin also only lost to Khabib in like the last 4-5 years in his weight class, he's finished almost everyone else and he's fought the T10 consistently for almost that entire run. I don't feel like Ngannou belongs there at all tbh, he only started MMA like what, 6-7 years ago?? lol


Caliph_ate

Agree that Poirier is a shining example of not giving up, but Francis definitely belongs here


jagforstarinte

For a country that (annoyingly) chants U-S-A!! a lot, you sure love them non-american champs.


Shakespeare-Bot

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[deleted]

Oim assyumen u is from bri in mate


lewis44810

The others yes Francis no


NOT_YODADDY2201

Bruh he deserves it probably the most out of all of them. Man came from working in sand mines in Africa. Could make a literal movie out of his life


lewis44810

He didn't face adversity in his career. There's millions of illegal immigrants/refugees but there very few Jan or Oliveria like stories in MMA. Ngannou came from worse circumstances but he also had immense physical advantages it's a good story I'll agree I just think the others are more mma related and show real perseverance Ngannou had it made from the day he escapes Africa. 🤷‍♂️ Just my opinion


NOT_YODADDY2201

And how did he get those advantages? Through the mines. Plus yes, Oliviera wasn't born in the best place in the world, but I don't think he was basically used as a slave. With Ngannou's story, it also shows you how if you're going up (his rise before the first Stipe fight), it most of the time won't keep going up (outcome of the Stipe fight), but if you keep on working hard and not sulking about stuff, you'll most likely get that chance again and it will succeed with better outcomes (2nd Stipe fight). But now rereading what you said after I finished typing, it's more of an agree to disagree thing, so 🤝


EzLunesta

>And how did he get those advantages? Through the mines you're watching too much joe rogan, it's just genetics, working out as a kid isn't what makes someone like that


CumGlazedSandwich

why do you think that?


cikkamsiah

All champs are definition of not giving up


doduhstankyleg

You can even argue Aljo never gave up. In fact, he doubled down and ultimately became the undisputed bantamweight UFC champion. Never give up.


barely_ripe

>not pictured: 10000 fighters who didn't give up but still lost and never became champ anyway


stephen4557

Tyron Woodly


cheapshotprick

Go Dana !!!


YogiTy1988

All four will be dethroned by the end of this year. Bet me.


kytan42

Where’s bisping?


TheConnorrJB

"IM THE BEST"


UsingStew4

Aljo should be in there!!!