Which former BYU player do you think would be the best cage fighter?

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Feb 19, 2019
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Which former BYU player do you think would be the best cage fighter?

Dakota Cougar

2/19/19 7:39am

Jan Jorgensen

kccougar

2/19/19 7:40am

^^ This. Only one I'm aware of that trained in MMA, and has had amateur fights

JupiterJones

2/19/19 1:12pm

Taysom would be deadly, no one would want to be punched by el-bakri,

MikeDitka'sStache

2/19/19 7:43am

To piggyback on Manase, what about Fui Vakapuna?

Dakota Cougar

2/19/19 7:44am

Fui got called out on Hard Knocks about not being tough.

ProvoSoprano

2/19/19 8:06am

Yeah they said he was a little soft

Yunit

2/19/19 12:34pm

Derik Stevenson or Jordan P

pegushin

2/19/19 7:46am

I bet Ziggy would be pretty good.

Doozy

2/19/19 7:56am

If trained he'd be the best for sure.

8man

2/19/19 9:54am

^^^This^^^ Or Taysom trained at a lower weight class

Coug Man in Florida

2/19/19 9:36pm

Henry Bloomfield

ProvoSoprano

2/19/19 8:06am

Shay Muirbrook

Mathew

2/19/19 8:09am

Zach Stout.

Triznaynay

2/19/19 8:09am

Was it the same restaurant that burned last week? I kept thinking of Zach as I

CT98

2/19/19 8:46am

That was a Betos, or Rancheritos or whatever

Duke Silver

2/19/19 7:24pm

Zach got worked by a smaller dude at rancheritos/betos till Sampson stepped in

Coug Man in Florida

2/19/19 9:34pm

Lapuaho...wait, cage fighting is no holds barred, no illegal punches, right

StarMan

2/19/19 8:10am

Might seem like a weird one, but the way Craig Bills used to hit people makes me

Seaward

2/19/19 8:10am

Him and Chris Badger have to be one of the nastiest high school safety combos

mokelembembe

2/19/19 2:01pm

Junior Filiaga

foofcoug

2/19/19 8:11am

A blast from the past. How many CBers don't know this event? I'm curious.

osbooks

2/19/19 8:18am

I know it....heard Paul James' call on the radio...opening weekend of the hunt!

StarMan

2/19/19 8:19am

I remember being stunned and it was kind of surreal. Did he really just do that?

osbooks

2/19/19 8:21am

I dont, what happened?

CrashMcLarson

2/19/19 8:43am

During BYU/USU game in Logan, Filiaga claimed a ref used a racial slur or other

StarMan

2/19/19 8:59am

How did I forget that? I guess I am just that old

pegushin

2/19/19 9:46am

I recall the punch, but don't recall the racial slur part

Crowgar

2/19/19 11:48am

Game was at Utah St. It was National Tequila Day and many student aggies were

pspcres

2/19/19 4:04pm

Good choice...My second. First I'd go Vai.

cdr88

2/19/19 11:03am

Junior has my vote. Punched a ref. Punched another ref of his kids game.

oldrugger

2/19/19 12:10pm

Junior gets my vote. Met him on the mish in Detroit. Super nice guy. He and

CosimosPrime

2/19/19 12:41pm

He's in my ward! Great dude.

KokoBeware

2/19/19 1:27pm

Jake Heaps

LaVellIfIKnow

2/19/19 8:13am

Come on. One choice: Big Mo for the easy sit down on you win

Cougarclaw

2/19/19 8:15am

RE: Come on. One choice: Big Mo for the easy sit down on you win

osbooks

2/19/19 8:19am

Ryan Kessman

NorCal_Coug

2/19/19 8:33am

Jason Miller disagrees with this post 🙂

ALC

2/19/19 9:37am

Derik Stevenson

CT98

2/19/19 8:45am

Only fight I ever heard involving him, he got put to sleep with one punch.

Ghost

2/19/19 11:33am

Ogletree. He was mean, and he could fly around the cage.

HenderCoug

2/19/19 8:52am

I saw Ogletree spar with a trainer at a gym in Orem

GeraldGarner

2/19/19 10:00am

One year the BYU website was doing profiles on different players.

Cougar8Duck

2/19/19 11:59am

Bob Davis

brejol

2/19/19 9:01am

The question was cage fight not bar fight in Salt Lake

8theU

2/19/19 2:36pm

Bob broke his jaw like three times though. No cage fighting for him.

mvtoro

2/19/19 9:13pm

Ogletree

ABN RGR

2/19/19 9:04am

Vic So'oto

Santos L. Halper

2/19/19 9:23am

Pendleton

pistol12

2/19/19 9:32am

Dude scared his own teammates in practice, I heard.

bluefish

2/19/19 11:15am

Justin Luettgerodt he was a psycho

ALC

2/19/19 9:36am

Yes, he would hit his own guys on defense regularly in practice if

Yunit

2/19/19 12:36pm

In his prime... Jason Buck

Craner64

2/19/19 9:36am

Troy Hinds' brother is a legit cage fighter right now. I know it doesn't answer the question, but I literally just

mvtoro

2/19/19 10:10am

Tahi, Vakapuna, Jason Buck, and Pendleton

BringYourUltimate

2/19/19 10:26am

Brady Poppinga would be an animal I think.

ldssdl

2/19/19 10:47am

RE: Brady Poppinga would be an animal I think.

wilsdad

2/19/19 2:57pm

Shawn Bradly..... nope, I kid 😁

Pretorian

2/19/19 10:59am

Nobody mentioned Ziggy?

Crowgar

2/19/19 11:41am

Update...oops, just saw it!

Crowgar

2/19/19 11:41am

Anyone with a name that ends with "ua"

Crowgar

2/19/19 11:46am

Jose Canseco would probably say Vai.

Roko's Basilisk

2/19/19 11:46am

Not sure he remembers much about that fight. Vai kicked his butt.

SoValleyCOUG

2/19/19 12:44pm

Ofa Mohetau is a boxer now, so him.

TexanY

2/19/19 12:25pm

Aaron Francisco, Fahu Tahi and Shawn Nua

Yunit

2/19/19 12:36pm

Aaron Francisco???

chazen

2/19/19 2:42pm

Oh yeah. Dude was tough as nails and can fight.

Yunit

2/20/19 12:16pm

He's from Laie where I grew up. Never thought of him as tough

chazen

2/21/19 4:24pm

You never thought of one of the hardest hitters ever at BYU as tough?

Yunit

2/21/19 8:03pm

Randy Brock or Travis Hall

PeteParrot

2/19/19 12:39pm

Randy was faster but Travis was stronger. That's a tough call. Either one is a

PGVikingDad

2/19/19 2:09pm

Tejan Koroma. Dude took on half of the Memphis team in bowl game brawl.

SoValleyCOUG

2/19/19 12:43pm

RE: Which former BYU player do you think would be the best cage fighter?

NukeCoug50

2/19/19 12:55pm

Fahu Tahi.

Gorum the Old

2/19/19 1:23pm

TakiTaki has that switch.

mokelembembe

2/19/19 1:10pm

Elias Faupula. Not the biggest name, but possibly the most imposing physique to

PGVikingDad

2/19/19 2:00pm

R. Nelson.. he would fight till death...,

BYU4eVeR

2/19/19 3:02pm

RE: Which former BYU player do you think would be the best cage fighter?

dafurball

2/19/19 3:04pm

Ken Patera

dafurball

2/19/19 3:09pm

The Raas brother that hit the ref or the Ah You who knocked out Brett Engamann

BYU Grounds

2/19/19 4:10pm

Takitaki, Fitesemanu, McTyer, Jorgensen, Morris

1CougFan

2/19/19 4:31pm

Sete Aulai

BE-WHY-YOU

2/19/19 5:38pm

Via Sikahema

BW84

2/19/19 5:46pm

Keisel

TunaNoCrust

2/19/19 6:04pm

Jan or Brady Poppinga. Povey is going to get worked but Utah has a kicker so....

saltlakecoug1

2/19/19 7:09pm

Jimmer.

8Bcougar

2/19/19 8:17pm

Ineligible. Can’t bring lethal weapons into the ring.

mvtoro

2/19/19 9:15pm

Paul Wakenhorst

PogiCoug

2/19/19 10:13pm

The African American heavyweight wrestler from around 1988

VballDad

2/19/19 11:19pm

Lost toe guy was Rulon Gardner, did he play football while at Ricks?

Santos L. Halper

2/19/19 11:26pm

I just saw he actually did do MMA, so there’s that. Not sure about Ricks

VballDad

2/19/19 11:56pm

Ryan freaking kessman

Bovine University

2/20/19 7:40am

LOL

chazen

2/21/19 4:24pm

Fahu Tahi, Fui Vakapuna, Manaia Brown, Justin Luettgerodt based on mentality

CougaRR4L

2/20/19 9:43am

Fui???

Yunit

2/20/19 12:17pm

FUi or D.S.

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