10 UFC Prodigies Who Didn't Live Up To The Billing
4. Mark Kerr
Being billed as a 'Smashing Machine' would be quite the rod for one's back, you could say. Never has that been more apparent than in the rise and fall of one of MMA's most promising artists, Mark Kerr.
Fighting in the Brazilian World Vale Tudo Championship III from the age of 28 - dismantling all who stood before him - the expert grappler even made one of his adversaries crawl out of the ring to escape. It would only be a matter of time before the Octagon came calling.
Dominating two Heavyweight tournaments - bringing his record to 7-0 - and reaching his prime under the bright lights of UFC, Kerr would shockingly leave the company to join PRIDE - who were offering bigger paychecks in 1998. By this point, many believed Kerr to be the best Heavyweight on the planet.
Kerr would go on to suffer his first defeat of his MMA career to Igor Vovchanchyn, only for the decision to be overturned due to illegal knees. Yet, the 'loss' altered Kerr's psyche and he never regained the edge that had got him this far.
After an initial 11-0 start in MMA, Kerr would go on to submit a record of 15-11 and even knocked himself out going for a takedown in a 2004 PRIDE bout with Yoshihisa Yamamoto.