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MikeLovesTacos XD
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07.15.2011 | 5:52 AM ET

what if Fedor hadnt lost to Werdum, would he be in the UFC ? What if WWE had bought out the UFC ? What if Dana White had never bought the company? What if there was no Royce Gracie? What If Pride was still alive? Theres so much interesting things to think about when talking about What If what do you guys think ?

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MikeLovesTacos XD
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07.15.2011 | 5:56 AM ET

what if BJ had beat Edgar? What if Royce Gracie beat Matt Hughes at UFC 60? What if Zuffa never purchased the UFC? What if James Toney KOd Couture? 

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07.15.2011 | 6:38 AM ET

What if Rashad Evans never got injured against Shogun? Would he still be friends with Jones and training with greg Jackson? Would he be LHW champ right now?

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07.15.2011 | 10:57 AM ET

What if Kurt Angle had brought his olympic gold medal to MMA instead of the WWE?

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07.15.2011 | 2:27 PM ET

What if Bonnar had won TUF 1?

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07.15.2011 | 2:29 PM ET

he would eventually get a shot at rampage and get ktfo or the doctor would stop the fight cause bonnar wouldnt stop bleeding

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07.15.2011 | 2:35 PM ET

@jesty,  It obviously wouldn't be by knockout! You couldn't knock out Bonnar with a sledgehammer to the jaw!

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07.15.2011 | 2:40 PM ET

Cool thread.

What if Chael Sonnen avoided the submission and beat Anderson.  His subsequent positive test would have been a much bigger deal and a total disaster.

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07.15.2011 | 2:45 PM ET


That would've been an interim nightmare!

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07.15.2011 | 3:01 PM ET


What if Tito never pulled out of his third fight with Chuck??

Chuck looked better than he had in years aginst Franklin, I pretty sure he would have owned Tito, again.

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07.15.2011 | 3:06 PM ET


what if Serra didnt KTFO st pierre, would he be considered P4P over anderson by all, and would they have fought by now
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07.15.2011 | 3:20 PM ET


^^^ And he wouldn't be scared to death of it happing again, which is where he adapted his new fighting style of minimizing risk, instead of maximizing offense.
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07.15.2011 | 3:23 PM ET


What if Hendo got the decision over Rampage for the LHW title? Would he have ever even have fought Anderson?

* Edited at 07.15.2011, 3:27 PM ET *

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07.15.2011 | 3:33 PM ET


^^^ ineresting point and I think he would have, because he would have had the chance to hold two UFC belts at the same time, something nobody has been able to do.
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07.15.2011 | 4:05 PM ET

What if Tito had beaten Randy Couture? What if Vitor Belfort had won against Chuck Liddell? What if Chris Leben won against Anderson Silva? What if Mayhem won against GSP? What if there never was TUF?

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07.15.2011 | 4:48 PM ET

What if Zuffa had made PRIDE a success instead of dismantling it?  Who would be UFC champions now and who would be PRIDE champions?

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07.19.2011 | 12:59 PM ET

1.) What if Jens Pulver's contract dispute with the UFC went different, and he continued fighting with the organization?  Would his career have taken the same plummet, or would he have continued his LW reign?

2.) What if Thiago Alves never needed brain surgery?  Where would he have been now?  It seemed as though he was on a meteoric rise shortly before requiring that operation, and now his career has taken a bad turn.

3.) What if Rickson Gracie would've represented the Gracie family in the UFC as opposed to Royce?


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07.20.2011 | 11:46 AM ET

What if Frank Mir never got in that motorcycle accident, and what if Brock Lesnar just stayed in WWE.
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07.20.2011 | 7:37 PM ET

Both of the above would've been great, in my opinion.  Mir would've been a completely different fighter right now, that's for sure. 

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07.20.2011 | 8:22 PM ET

What if Tito beat Chuck?  What if Royce Gracie lost UFC 1?

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07.20.2011 | 8:22 PM ET

What if Chuck had beat Rich would he still be fighting today ?

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