Up and coming fighters you feel are slept on or not known as much as they should be?

I was just thinking about this with the prelims thread and was wondering which fighters you feel are either not known enough and you feel should be or fighters that are just generally slept on.

A good example of this is Dan Hooker who up until recently I feel he was slept on for a while, he's getting the credit now though which is great so he no longer is in this kind of conversation however one that comes to mind for me at the moment that probably should be more known is Cory Sandhagen.

I...

Up and coming fighters you feel are slept on or not known as much as they should be?

Dana's real job is to demote the fighters

I finally understood his working position. He is not a promoter, he is a demoter. His job is to keep the fighters down on earth. As soon as some fighter's stock get high, that fighter instantly wants a piece of the pie. That's when Dana steps in to confront his newly arisen star, to fight with him publicly, to use his star power to humiliate him. The idea is to put him down 'in his place', make him humble again. He did it to Conor, his biggest cash cow, he removed him from UFC 200, because...

Dana's real job is to demote the fighters

Are endurance sports a valid “base” for MMA?

It’s not really a base per se.

Nevertheless you see guys like the Diaz bro’s, Colby etc. stick out like a sore thumb for their cardio.

So could an endurance athlete be fast tracked to the UFC in a relatively short space of time compared to the average guy?

Anybody notice some UFC (cage) fighters are absolutely terrified of outside the cage altercations?

I've seen many fighters look absolutely fearless / in the zone inside that cage (they do it for a living so obviously they're not "scared"), but display a lot of anxiety in backstage / outside the cage altercations / faceoffs.. are they just blacked out during the fight?

Masvidal keeps the same energy in and outside the cage.. same with Robbie. Askren and GSP are good example of guys you could tell want no smoke unless it's in a sanctioned fight inside the ring (not saying getting inside...

Anybody notice some UFC (cage) fighters are absolutely terrified of outside the cage altercations?

Has Dana White ever made a comment about Sherdog?

Well, has he...?

Fight Event for Charity - MMA Journalists vs. Other MMA Journalists, or vs. Anybody. What Fights....

...would you like to see? Ariel vs. ? Luke Thomas vs. ?

Name fighters that made you believe in their hype...

And promise to do this and that and then totally disappoint you fight time? I really thought Gus was going to bring his A game vs Jones 2 and you saw how that ended. After all that talk he looked like he just showed up to collect his check.
Your turn people!