#3 Thiago Tavares
When Thiago Tavares made his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut in November 2003, he made all the ripples courtesy his highfalutin undefeated record standing at 10-0 in three years. He made an impact immediately after arriving onto the scene, picking up victories against Naoyuki Kotani and Jason Black. However, his UFC career showed signs of ebbing with Thiago pulling out of crucial fights due to injuries.
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In total, Tavares pulled out of fights on seven instances! His highly anticipated match-up against a returning Nik Lentz was scrapped after the Brazilian was ruled out of the bout with an injury. Much to the dismay of the fans, Lentz could never have his rematch against Tavares, both having fought for a draw at Ultimate Fighting Championship Fight Night 20 in 2010. Soon after the event, another bout of injury pulled the curtain on what could have been a great match-up between two of the most talented lightweights in the division.
Tavares was all set to go one-on-one with Melvin Guillard at UFC 114, but an elbow hyperextension during training sprayed water over this ambitious match-up, and Tavares was replaced by Waylon Lowe. Tavares was expected to square off against Tony Ferguson on May 5, 2012, at UFC on Fox 3, in place of an injured Dennis Hallman. However, as ill fate would have it, Tavares had to withdraw from the bout with an injury!
