5 of the most infamous fighters in UFC history

#3 Jon Fitch – infamous for dull fights

Jon Fitch's perceived dull fighting style made him infamous

It’s quite hard to quantify exactly what makes a “dull fight” because in a sport like MMA which has so many facets, every fan probably has their own tastes. Hardcore fans of striking, for instance, might find the ground game dull as dishwater while others would adore the use of guard passes, submission attempts and sweeps.

However, one fighter remains more infamous than any other for putting on perceived dull fights – step forward Jon Fitch. Nobody could argue that Fitch – who fought in the UFC’s Welterweight division from 2005 to 2013 – wasn’t a fantastic fighter. His incredible UFC record of 14-3-1 stands up with the best of all time in that division – right up with Georges St-Pierre and Tyron Woodley – and he beat some incredibly tough fighters during his time in the promotion.

Ask most fans, though, and they’d tell you that Fitch didn’t exactly employ the most entertaining style when he stepped into the Octagon. Despite his 14 wins, Fitch was only able to finish 4 of his opponents during his UFC run. Most of the time he simply ground fighters out with his stifling wrestling skill; taking them down and beating them up for 15 minutes.

That’s not to say all of Fitch’s fights were boring – his war with Erick Silva was fantastic, for instance – but when a fighter’s name becomes so linked with a style of fighting among fans, as in “to Fitch” someone now means to grind them out with wrestling – it’s hard to deny his perhaps undeserved infamy as a fighter who put on less-than-exciting fights.