5 former UFC fighters who Dana White wouldn't mind re-signing

#2. Gegard Mousasi – former UFC middleweight

Gegard Mousasi left the UFC on a win streak and is still ranked as one of the world's best middleweights

When the Affliction MMA promotion crashed back in 2009, the fighter that Dana White was reportedly most interested in bringing to the UFC was Gegard Mousasi, who was then ranked as one of the world’s top middleweights.

White had to wait a little longer for ‘The Dreamcatcher’ to arrive in the octagon, four years, to be exact. While he didn’t quite set the world alight as some fans suspected he would, Mousasi’s run in the UFC was still highly successful.

He defeated fighters like Chris Weidman, Thiago Santos, Uriah Hall and Vitor Belfort and left the UFC in the midst of a five-fight win streak that had him on the verge of a middleweight title shot.

Since leaving the UFC for Bellator MMA, Mousasi has continued to be wildly successful. He has won six of his seven fights with the promotion and currently holds their middleweight title following a win over Douglas Lima.

Mousasi is currently ranked as the No.3 middleweight in the world by the respected Fight Matrix website and so with the UFC seemingly short on contenders for their middleweight champ Israel Adesanya, bringing ‘The Dreamcatcher’ back to the octagon would be a no-brainer for Dana White.

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#1. Corey Anderson – former UFC light heavyweight

Bellator's Corey Anderson is the last man to hold a victory over current UFC champ Glover Teixeira

As was mentioned previously, the UFC have never been keen on allowing fighters who hold a win over one of their champions to stay out of the promotion for too long.

With that considered, it makes sense that one fighter who Dana White certainly wouldn’t mind bringing back would be TUF 19 light heavyweight winner Corey Anderson.

‘Overtime’ had a highly underrated run in the UFC from 2014 to 2020, putting together a record of 10-5, with his final win in the octagon coming over the exciting Johnny Walker.

Most importantly, however, Anderson stands as the final man to defeat current UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira. ‘Overtime’ took a lopsided decision win over the Brazilian in 2018, outstriking him on the feet and outworking him on the ground, too.

Since moving to Bellator MMA in early 2020, Anderson has enjoyed a fantastic run. He’s gone 3-0 in his new promotion, even knocking out former UFC star Ryan Bader in his most recent bout.

Essentially, the only thing stopping ‘Overtime’ from claiming that he’s the best 205lber in the world is his knockout loss at the hands of Jan Blachowicz in his final UFC bout.

Is Anderson a highly marketable fighter? Due to a largely quiet personality, not really, but Dana White would probably still like to have him back in the fold, if only to ensure that nobody in Bellator MMA could claim to be the top 205lber in the world.