5 Ultimate Fighter champions you probably forgot about

#4 Chris Holdsworth (Season 18)

TUF 18 winner Chris Holdsworth was sidelined by post-concussion syndrome

The winner of the men’s Bantamweight section of Season 18 of TUF, Chris Holdsworth – a product of the famed Team Alpha Male – seemed to have the world at his feet after his victory in the reality show. An affable, confident fighter, Holdsworth reeled off 3 submission wins inside the house to qualify for the finals, and then tapped out Brit Davey Grant to win the season at the Finale.

A victory over Chico Camus at UFC 173 in May 2014 moved him to 6-0 in his professional MMA career, but disaster then struck as he was diagnosed with Post-Concussion Syndrome shortly afterwards. The concussion that caused his condition came during his training camp for the Camus fight, and he hasn’t been able to fight since.

Controversially, Holdsworth and Team Alpha Male have since claimed that the fighter’s injury was caused by their former teammate TJ Dillashaw – who apparently struck Holdsworth with what would be considered an illegal knee to the head during a training session.

Regardless of the cause of injury, whether Holdsworth can return to action is a big question mark given it’s now been over four years since his last fight. He’s definitely the most unfortunate of all of the forgotten TUF winners as he looked like a surefire future star coming out of the reality show but his injury has prevented him from getting close to his potential.