Losing is never easy—especially when you’re a UFC champion. As difficult as it is to get to the mountain top, it’s even more difficult to stay there.
The fighters on this list can attest to that. It took an entire lifetime of work and perseverance for these fighters to finally reach the ultimate prize in MMA. Yet, it only took a matter of minutes for it to escape their grasp.
Losing one’s title would put any guy at rock bottom, but the fighters on this list refused to stay there. They came back in their next bout to remind us just what helped make them a champion in the first place.