5 times the aura of a UFC champion was destroyed completely

#1 Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman

Clearly, the greatest example of an aura being erased in one fell swoop, Silva’s stunning Middleweight Title loss to Weidman remains one of the all-time UFC shockers. Coming into the fight the Brazilian champion had held his title for the best part of seven years, had completed ten title defences, and was known for his virtuoso style of fighting that made his opponents look like amateurs.

But he made the error of underestimating Weidman and paid the ultimate price, eating a crushing left hook in the second round that knocked him silly and ended his title reign.

The loss made Silva look beatable for the first time, and with his aura gone, Weidman almost repeated the feat in their rematch before Silva ended up losing in even more devastating fashion, his leg snapping after Weidman checked a second-round leg kick. ‘The Spider’ took a year off to recover and returned with a victory over Nick Diaz in one of the weirdest fights of all time, but his aura was further eroded when he failed the post-fight drug test for a PED.

Since returning from his suspension, Silva has lost further fights to Michael Bisping and Daniel Cormier, and his only win (discounting the overturned Diaz victory) came in controversial fashion over Derek Brunson – a fight that most observers scored for Brunson rather than Silva.

While it’s fair to expect him to be on a downturn now at the age of 42, there’s no question that his sudden decline – and the destruction of his aura – came in that first fight with Weidman.