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This table consists of every fighter that has had a title opportunity, but never won the belt in that division.

Fighter	Title	Attempts	Events
Barb Honchak	Flyweight	3	287, 367, 382
Marianna Kheyfets	Flyweight	1	290
Paige VanZant	Flyweight	5	293, 307, 336, 350, 373
Zoila Gurgel	Flyweight	6	296, 313, 353, 404, 436, 484
Rose Namajunas	Flyweight	2	301, 507
Tara LaRosa	Flyweight	2	304, 447
Joanne Calderwood	Flyweight	4	316, 341, 380, 481
Tecia Torres	Flyweight	1	320
Claudia Gadelha	Flyweight	2	321, 340
Roxanne Modafferi	Flyweight	3	327, 344, 360
Bec Rawlings	Flyweight	2	347, 421
Jessica Aguilar	Flyweight	3	356, 376, 424
Hisae Watanabe	Flyweight	1	361
Alexandra Albu	Flyweight	1	393
Leslie Smith	Flyweight	1	401
Cynthia Calvillo	Flyweight	1	413
Maryna Moroz	Flyweight	3	433, 476, 500
Nicco Montano	Flyweight	2	467, 487
Randa Markos	Flyweight	1	496

Tara LaRosa	Bantamweight	4	37, 60, 109, 214
Alexis Davis	Bantamweight	3	40, 94, 412
Zoila Gurgel	Bantamweight	4	45, 86, 142, 194
Marianna Kheyfets	Bantamweight	1	51
Hiroko Yamanaka	Bantamweight	7	66, 130, 202, 295, 306, 343, 432
Megumi Fujii **	Bantamweight	4	70, 104, 146, 186
Kelly Kobold	Bantamweight	1	74
Laura D'Auguste	Bantamweight	1	78
Kim Couture	Bantamweight	1	90
Sarah D'Alelio	Bantamweight	2	190, 315
Joanna Jedrzejczyk	Bantamweight	1	269
Randa Markos	Bantamweight	1	275
Leslie Smith	Bantamweight	1	280
Rosi Sexton	Bantamweight	1	355
Jessica Eye **	Bantamweight	1	358
Valentina Schevchenko	Bantamweight	1	366
Bethe Correia	Bantamweight	1	375
Julie Kedzie	Bantamweight	1	386
Amanda Nunes	Bantamweight	1	440
Julianna Pena	Bantamweight	1	466
Raquel Pennington	Bantamweight	1	486

Sam Stout**	Original Lightweight	4	40, 88, 115, 203
Gray Maynard	Original Lightweight	2	73, 102
Din Thomas	Original Lightweight	1	92
Roger Huerta	Original Lightweight	1	183
Mike Brown	Original Lightweight	1	195
Mac Danzig	Original Lightweight	1	274
Sean Sherk	Original Lightweight	1	280
Anthony Pettis	Original Lightweight	2	288, 408
Clay Guida	Original Lightweight	1	294
John Dodson	Original Lightweight	4	302, 357, 402, 442
Urijah Faber	Original Lightweight	1	308
Eddie Alvarez	Original Lightweight	1	354
Jeremy Stephens**	Original Lightweight	2	394, 437
Jens Pulver**	Original Lightweight	2	415, 434
Joseph Benavidez**	Original Lightweight	1	428

John Dodson	Lightweight	1	463
Urijah Faber	Lightweight	1	468
Kid Yamamoto**	Lightweight	1	482
Dominick Cruz	Lightweight	1	488
Eddie Wineland	Lightweight	1	491
Frankie Edgar**	Lightweight	2	497, 508

Eddie Alvarez	Welterweight	2	448, 497
Anthony Pettis	Welterweight	1	471
Johny Hendricks	Welterweight	1	481
Shinya Aoki**	Welterweight	1	502

Dan Henderson	Middleweight	6	80, 118, 252, 284, 300, 310
Dan Hardy	Middleweight	1	97
Vitor Belfort	Middleweight	2	114, 401
Paul Daley	Middleweight	4	120, 128, 164, 232
Brian Stann	Middleweight	1	148
Kazushi Sakuraba	Middleweight	3	236, 353, 390
Douglas Lima**	Middleweight	2	256, 321
Johny Hendricks	Middleweight	1	267
Pat Miletich	Middleweight	4	280, 320, 367, 387
Jason MacDonald	Middleweight	1	287
Michael Bisping	Middleweight	2	327, 376
Frank Shamrock	Middleweight	2	336, 340
Royce Gracie	Middleweight	3	361, 380, 436
Chris Leben	Middleweight	1	407
Jason Miller	Middleweight	2	416, 501
Tyron Woodley	Middleweight	1	421
Luke Rockhold	Middleweight	1	427
Yoel Romero	Middleweight	2	465, 482
Jon Jones**	Middleweight	1	484
Rampage Jackson**	Middleweight	1	493
Chuck Liddell**	Middleweight	1	496

Stephen Bonnar	Heavyweight	1	44
Rashad Evans**	Heavyweight	3	112, 200, 335
Bobby Lashley	Heavyweight	1	209
Alexander Volkov	Heavyweight	1	229
Gary Goodridge	Heavyweight	2	266, 506
Anthony Johnson **	Heavyweight	3	280, 332, 343
Josh Barnett	Heavyweight	1	309
Frank Mir	Heavyweight	2	318, 378
Travis Browne	Heavyweight	1	326
Gabriel Gonzaga	Heavyweight	2	389, 446
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira**	Heavyweight	2	418, 495
Tank Abbott**	Heavyweight	1	426
Stipe Miocic**	Heavyweight	1	449
Mark Hunt**	Heavyweight	2	463, 478
Fedor Emelianenko	Heavyweight	1	466
Don Frye	Heavyweight	1	489

Dan Severn	SuperFight	1	291
Tito Ortiz	SuperFight	3	297, 374, 378
Lyoto Machida **	SuperFight	1	302
Gary Goodridge	SuperFight	2	311, S18 Grand Prix R2
Jake Shields	SuperFight	1	314
Frank Mir	SuperFight	2	328, 402
Michael Bisping	SuperFight	1	334
Brock Lesnar	SuperFight	1	340
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	SuperFight	1	S18 Grand Prix R1
Dan Henderson	SuperFight	2	380, 425
Oleg Taktarov	SuperFight	1	S19 Grand Prix R1
Kevin Randleman	SuperFight	1	391
Gabriel Gonzaga	SuperFight	1	397
Ken Shamrock	SuperFight	1	403
Houston Alexander	SuperFight	1	404
Josh Barnett	SuperFight	1	408
Fabricio Werdum	SuperFight	1	420
Luke Rockhold	SuperFight	1	445
Kimbo Slice	SuperFight	1	457
Renan Barao	SuperFight	1	464
Brian Ortega	SuperFight	1	467
Vitor Belfort	SuperFight	1	496
Rich Franklin**	SuperFight	1	500
Butterbean	SuperFight	1	501

*Updated Through ManMMA 508*
** Symbolizes a fighter winning the belt in a different weight class.

Last Edit: Aug 26, 2020 19:53:18 GMT -5 by The Texas Rattlesnakes

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xx - The King's Poison Former Team Black Belt Posts: 1,061	Contenders Sept 3, 2017 16:19:53 GMT -5 The Texas Rattlesnakes likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by xx - The King's Poison on Sept 3, 2017 16:19:53 GMT -5 Lmao

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Congratulations to the following fighters for making it off this list:

Carla Esparza
Tim Sylvia

Unfortunately for the following fighters, they were added:

Julie Kedzie
Gabriel Gonzaga
Karolina Kowalkiewicz

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The Texas Rattlesnakes The Hand of the King Coral Belt Posts: 7,148	Contenders Jan 25, 2018 8:58:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Jan 25, 2018 8:58:16 GMT -5 Alexandra Albu and Jeremy Stephens have been added.
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Congrats to Jessica Eye for making it off the Flyweight List after her third attempt at the title!
Unfortunately Arlovski adds his 6th failed attempt.
Michelle Waterson has also been added after her failed attempt.

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The Texas Rattlesnakes The Hand of the King Coral Belt Posts: 7,148	Contenders May 1, 2018 8:57:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on May 1, 2018 8:57:14 GMT -5 Chris Leben and Leslie Smith have been added. Sucks to be them. UPDATED
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The Texas Rattlesnakes The Hand of the King Coral Belt Posts: 7,148	Contenders Oct 31, 2018 9:17:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Oct 31, 2018 9:17:24 GMT -5 Updated
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Sorta updated, Germaine de Randamie comes off the list in her third title fight, Arlovski comes off the list in his eighth, which was the most title fights other than BJ Penn who makes it off the list in his ninth title fight.

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