The 10 most overrated fighters in UFC history

#6 Matt Mitrione

Matt Mitrione never truly rounded out his skills

Matt Mitrione was never pushed as a title contender by the UFC, nor did he appear in many top ten rankings during his time with the promotion.

During his UFC career, in fact, he only on the main event for one show, and that too as a late replacement for Shane Carwin in a fight with Roy Nelson. So how does he land on the list of most overrated fighters?

Mitrione was in fact wildly overrated by the fans rather than the UFC, in particular, online analysts who you’d expect to know better.

Despite only ever really showing strong skills in his kickboxing game – and even then he displayed plenty of holes and a questionable chin at times – it felt like online writers were always waiting for him to break out as an elite-level fighter.

He did pick up some solid wins, but the majority of his victories came over lower-level opposition, with his best wins being a quick KO of Derrick Lewis and a KO over a past-his-best Gabriel Gonzaga.

Every time he was given a step up in competition – against Cheick Kongo, Nelson, Brendan Schaub and Ben Rothwell – he lost pretty handily.

And yet he was still seen as a major loss to the UFC when he jumped ship to Bellator in 2016, despite being 37 years old and never having truly developed his skills in all areas.

He’s now the favourite for Bellator’s ongoing Heavyweight Grand Prix after a knockout of the ageing Fedor Emelianenko and a questionable win over Nelson in a rematch.