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#2. Daniel Cormier – former UFC heavyweight & light heavyweight champion
On the one hand, it seems ridiculous to suggest that Daniel Cormier is at all underrated by UFC fans. ‘DC’ is widely recognized as an all-time great, as well as one of the most popular fighters of the promotion’s modern era.
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However, when you consider all of his accomplishments and his phenomenal record, he should probably be considered as not just an all-time great, but possibly the greatest fighter of all time.
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No other fighter was able to hold both the UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight titles at the same time. That accomplishment was made even more impressive when you consider the fact that Cormier wasn’t even the biggest fighter at 205 pounds.
More to the point, while ‘DC’ has a total of four losses on his ledger, he was only ever beaten by two fighters inside the octagon, Stipe Miocic and Jon Jones. Miocic is widely seen as the UFC’s greatest-ever heavyweight, while the same can be said for Jones at light heavyweight.
And across his career, he defeated a ridiculous number of tremendous fighters, including Miocic, Anthony Johnson, Frank Mir, Alexander Gustafsson and Anderson Silva.
Why isn’t ‘DC’ even more respected than he is, then? The truth is that it’s probably down to the nature of his losses to Jones. They were losses that ensured he was never seen as “the man” at 205 pounds. Another reason is the fact that at heavyweight, he didn’t beat the other big names of his era like Junior dos Santos and Alistair Overeem.
In truth, though, Cormier is one of the greatest fighters of all time, point blank. He has one of the most underrated records not just in UFC history, but in MMA history too.
#1. Frankie Edgar - former UFC lightweight champion
Frankie Edgar's stock has taken a big hit in the UFC in recent years. 'The Answer' now holds a record of 24-9-1 and has lost four of his last six fights.
However, prior to this recent decline, Edgar's record was a truly exemplarary one. Before his loss to Brian Ortega at UFC 222, the former UFC lightweight champion had just five losses to his name. All of them, aside from one, came at the hands of fellow UFC titleholders and four came to the same two men, Jose Aldo and Benson Henderson.
Even more impressively, it'd be easy to argue that both of Edgar's losses to Henderson could've gone the other way had the judges seen things slightly differently. If that were the case, 'The Answer' would never have lost his UFC lightweight title and the history of the UFC's 155-pound division could have been very different indeed.
As it is, though, Edgar's UFC record remains one of the most underrated in the promotion's history. The New Jersey native was able to secure wins over not only the great BJ Penn, but also the likes of Sean Sherk, Charles Oliveira, Chad Mendes and Urijah Faber.
Quite why he isn't more respected is a major question mark, although it may well be due to his propensity for winning fights via decision. However, there can be no doubt that 'The Answer' remains the perfect example of a UFC champion with a highly underrated record.
