When six out of seven champions suffer their own cases of terrible luck, it has to be more than a coincidence doesn’t it?
In April of 2011, the UFC put on a press conference in which the seven reigning UFC champions took questions from the fans.
Cain Velasquez, Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Frankie Edgar, Jose Aldo and Dominick Cruz were, at that time, considered unbeatable in their respective divisions but where are they now?
Heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has fought just five times since then due to a series of injuries.
Former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has just been stripped of his title after he was arrested in relation to a hit-and-run earlier this week.
Former middleweight champion Anderson Silva horrifically broke his leg against Chris Weidman and is awaiting punishment from the athletic commission after traces of anabolic steroids were found in his system.
Former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre vacated his title after the toughest fight of his career in which he should have arguably lost a decision to Johny Hendricks.
Former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar has since lost the 155lb belt, lost the rematch for that title and then lost his attempt to capture the featherweight title.
Featherweight champion Jose Aldo is the only fighter you could truly say hasn’t waned at all over the past four years but he faces arguably the most difficult test to date when he takes on unorthodox striker Conor McGregor this summer.
And former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz has fought just three times since 2011 and has been victim to some of the worst injury luck in the history of mixed martial arts.
