Top 10 UFC champions who never successfully defended their titles

#6 Frank Mir

Frank Mir couldn’t hold on to the belt

Mir is one of the most unique heavyweights the UFC and perhaps even the MMA landscape has ever come to witness.

The former heavyweight champion’s prime of his career was robbed by a horrific car accident. It was an event that caused him to take two years off thanks to tearing all the ligaments in his knee and also breaking his leg in two places.

Mir was obviously unable to compete, let alone defend his title and so he was forced to be stripped of his title due to inactivity. It is a shame really, considering his outstanding BJJ game, his versatility at such a heavy weight class and his ability to finish so many top challengers in his wake.

To think what his championship reign would have been like - especially during that time as it was his prime - is really an interesting fantasy to craft.

Unfortunately, that is not the way it ended up happening and it felt like the injury really did take away Mir’s best years because his UFC career was never the same.