#4 Ricardo Arona
One of PRIDE’s best 205lbers in their prime of the mid 2000’s, Ricardo Arona for all intents and purposes dropped off the essence of the earth once Zuffa purchased the Japanese advancement out in 2007.
Most reports recommended that he essentially did not have to do MMA any more as he was being utilized in the Middle East by uber rich sheikhs to show surfing and jiu-jitsu, and on the off chance that that was the situation, you would need to acclaim him. In spite of this present, it is as yet a pity that he never advanced into the UFC.
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Basically, in his PRIDE days, Arona was an incredible contender. Cutting a scary figure with his colossal, tore physical make-up, ‘The Brazilian Tiger’ was extraordinary compared to other grapplers in the game, with an amazing takedown and a devastating best diversion equipped for managing incredible warriors, including Dan Henderson and Wanderlei Silva, both of whom endured misfortunes to him. Arona was never the best striker, yet as a rule he did not have to be – a large portion of his rivals just could not stop his hooking.
How well his overall game would have converted into the UFC – the domain of more incredible wrestlers than PRIDE; any semblance of Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture and in the long run, Jon Jones and Ryan Bader – is as a matter of fact somewhat of a question mark, however it unquestionably would’ve been pleasant to see him go head to head with those sort of warriors.
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As a general rule, Arona still figured out how to confront a’s who of extraordinary 205lbers of his period – Wanderlei, Henderson, Rampage, Shogun, Overeem, etc – and the way that he had such a great amount of progress against those incredible contenders implies he is truly one of the amazing fighters to not battle in the Octagon.
#3 Rickson Gracie
There has most likely never been a MMA contender with as large a legend encompassing them as Rickson Gracie. In the beginning of the game – the mid 1990’s – the Gracie family were the most dreaded contenders of all, as Royce effectively won three of the initial four UFC competitions while any semblance of Renzo and Royler saw achievement in Brazil and Japan. In any case, it was Rickson who a great many people – including his relatives – asserted was the best warrior in the family.
Rickson’s authentic MMA record indicates 11 wins and 0 misfortunes, yet his legend really asserts he had something close to 400 fights in different types of battle – from jiu-jitsu competitions to through and through road battles – and never lost a solitary one.
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The majority of this uncontrollably broad profession stays inconspicuous as far as existing video film, however his aptitudes were absolutely on show in the early PRIDE occasions, where he easily crushed Nobuhiko Takada on two events. At last, Rickson resigned in 2000 at 42 years old, however as of late as 2008 despite everything he guaranteed he could possibly crush the game’s best warriors.
Would he be able to have prevailing in the UFC? There is basically no inquiry concerning it. The legend more often than not expresses that Rickson was initially the Gracie family’s decision to contend in the early UFC appears, however a conflict with his stepbrother Rorion brought about Royce being picked. Also, given Rickson was as far as anyone knows a far better contender than Royce, it appears to be likely he would have tidied up similarly as Royce did in those early shows.
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At last, precisely the amount of Rickson’s notoriety is real, and what amount is fantasy is to some degree obscure. Yet, for the sheer regard offered to him by individuals unmistakably more met all requirements to make a decision than me, he’s plainly truly outstanding to never battle in the UFC.
#2 Shinya Aoki
A standout amongst the most polarizing warriors in MMA history, it is anything but difficult to discount Shinya Aoki as a result of everything awful about Japanese MMA, directly down to abnormal matchmaking and some seemingly one-sided administering amid his period in DREAM. In any case, just investigating his rundown of unfortunate casualties is sufficient to qualify him for this rundown and to put him exceedingly, as well.
For the majority of his issues – he was a quite awful striker and his amusement apparently didn’t interpret at all when he quickly went to the US for battles in StrikeForce and Bellator – Aoki was an extraordinary grappler at his pinnacle, ready to trap even incredible warriors like Joachim Hansen and Eddie Alvarez with his accommodation diversion, an assault that depended predominantly on his crazy adaptability and imagination.
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At his pinnacle, Aoki went unbeaten for a time of three years, winning an aggregate of 12 battles in succession utilizing those smooth catching aptitudes. Furthermore, when he won the DREAM Lightweight title in 2009, avenging a misfortune to Joachim Hansen all the while, he was most likely the greatest star in Japanese MMA as the ubiquity of the game there started to gradually disappear.
Allegations of poor sportsmanship hounded Aoki all through his vocation – he broke the arms of Keith Wisniewski and Mizuto Hirota with horrible entries and the two occurrences could most likely have been kept away from – yet just a trick would deny his viability in the ring.
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Regardless of whether he likely would’ve battled in the UFC because of the diverse standards and the pen, you just cannot sniff at wins over Hansen, Alvarez, Tatsuya Kawajiri, ‘Shaolin’ Ribeiro and Gesias Cavalcante. For me, Aoki is the best Lightweight to never battle in the UFC, time frame.
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