Who would you consider to be the best fighters in each division in MMA, past and present?
Ringo° asked:
HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Mirko Filipovic
2. Frank Mir
3. Fedor Emelianenko
4. Randy Couture
5. Antonio Minotauro Nogueira
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HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Mirko Filipovic
2. Frank Mir
3. Fedor Emelianenko
4. Randy Couture
5. Antonio Minotauro Nogueira
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Lyoto Machida
2. Chuck Liddell
3. Quinton Jackson
4. Rashad Evans
5. Forrest Griffin
MIDDLEWEIGHT
1. Anderson Silva
2. Dan Henderson
3. Rich Franklin
4. Nathan Marquardt
5. Demian Maia
WELTERWEIGHT
1. Matt Hughes
2. Georges St. Pierre
3. Jon Fitch
4. Karo Parisyan
5. Josh Koscheck
LIGHTWEIGHT
1. BJ Penn
2. Sean Sherk
3. Kenny Florian
4. Diego Sanchez
5. Tyson Griffin
Sarah
March 4th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Isaac
HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Brock Lesnar
2. Fedor Emelianenko
3. Josh Barnett
4. Frank Mir
5. Mark Kerr
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Shogun Rua
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Chuck Lidell
4. Anderson Silva
5. Randy Couture
MIDDLEWEIGHT
1. Anderson Silva
2. Vitor Belfort
3. Dan Henderson
4. Nathan Marquardt
5. Rich Franklin
WELTERWEIGHT
1. Matt Hughes
2. Georges St. Pierre
3. Royce Gracie
4. Mike Swick
5. Anthony Johnson
LIGHTWEIGHT
1. BJ Penn
2. Shinya Aoki
3. Jenns Pulver
4. Matt Serra
5. Kenny Florian
March 7th, 2010 at 12:25 am
Nevaeh
1..cro cop, early early
2..fedor
3..lesnar- currently unti l he is beat
4..antonio minotaruo nogeruia- who hasent nogeria beaten?? he’s beat and submiited most guys, he may not by a k.o. artist but he has beaten some a## and won by decsion or beat a## than get a submission
5..randy couture..only having been beaten by a lot bigger heavyweights and in his prime, i feel randy could of taken nougeria and lesnar
1…id rate Shogun # 1
he beat machida in my eyes, and has beaten the better fighters, liddell, rampage, alistair 2 times, kevin randleman, ricardo arona,
2..lyoto machida # current 2, undefeated
beat ortiz
thiago
and rashad
3..Chuck liddell, Past
had a pro kickboxing record, legit grappler, outstanding striking, beat couture 2 times, by k.o.
beat renato sobral
vitor belfort
ortiz 2 times
jeremy horn
wanderlei
guy mezger
4..Rampage jackson- beat henderson, beat liddell 2 times
Great takedown defense like liddell, strongest LHW, great striker, enjoys countering, hard to kick or do anything but strike against, due to outstanding takedown’s by rampage and his old Ground and pound style
5..Forrest griffin, 1 of the few guys to have succesfully beaten rampage, may have been on points, but he found a way to succesfully kick rampage, without being hit or takendown
Middleweight
1..andreson silva- in a divsions thats never been stacked
he is and will be the # 1
2..Dan henderson- beat wanderlei, almost beat rampage, beat vitor
3…Nathan marquardt, i feel he’s beaten better fighters, rich franklin is overrated, who has he beaten? ken shamrock who’s 45? evan tanner who was out of his prime? NATE’s far better submission expert, and actually has k.o. and submission wins over legit guys in the UFC, RICH franklin got a bunch of wins from guys who arent even known in the beging of his career
4..rich franklin he does earn # 4
5..damian maia
WELTERWEIGHT
GSP, he’s beaten serra, bj penn, and hughes all with ease, he’s beaten frank trigg, and sean sherk, and thiago alves with ease..
2..Matt hughes overall is #2, but he will be passed..Matt hughes i feel is overrated, he had a first like 24 fights not even in the UFC, and only 3 of those were in the UFC’ against guys with no records that are hard to find..matt hughes never beat anyone great or even on the top descent level, besides royce gracie and frank trigg, he somehow beat Serra, which i feel was barley, and than he beat lil bj penn, who is natrually a lightweight and was gassed most of the fight, and the first time he fought bj, he lost
the 2nd time it took him 3 rounds
he cant hang with guys like GSP, or Thiago, or koshcheck, their 2 explosive, and their stand up is far better than the descent stand up of hughes, who is primarily a Ground and pound fighter, he wouldnt be able to take down thiago or koscheck
3…Josh Koscheck
4..jon fitch
5..karo parisyan
LIGHTWEIGHT
1..bj penn- all his loses are cause he fought bigger guys at bigger weight classes that he struggled hard to make,
2..sean sherk
3..diego sanchez
4..kenny folrian
5..joe stevenson
March 7th, 2010 at 2:30 am
Emma
HW:
Fedor
Bas Rutten
Nogueira
Crocop
Josh Barnett
LHW:
Wanderlei
Machida
Shogun
Liddell
Tito
MW:
Frank Shamrock
Anderson Silva
Dan Henderson
Sakuraba
Lindland
WW:
GSP
Hughes
Miletich
Sakurai
Fitch
LW:
Penn
Gomi
Aoki
Uno
Pulver
In no particular order.
When you’re talking PAST and present, there’s a lot of guys that new fans have never heard of, or tend to forget. Legacy counts for something, doesn’t it?
March 9th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Xavier
HW
Bas
CroCop/Fedor
Arlovski
Ken Shamrock
Frank Mir
honorable mention to Igor Vovchanchyn,
LHW
Wanderlei Silva
Anderson Silva
Dan Henderson
Vitor Belfort
Randy Couture
honorable mention to Mark Coleman
MW
Kazushi Sakaraba (my #1 all time)
Yushin Okami
Rich Franklin
Jason Miller
Frank Trigg
honorable mention to Evan Tanner (RIP)
WW
George St Pierre
Carlos Newton
Pat Militech
Matt Hughes
Matt Serra
Honorable mention to Akihiro Gono
LW
BJ Penn
Tyson Griffin
Jens Pulver
Takanori Gomi
Diego Sanchez
Honorable mentions to Sean Sherk and Urijah Faber
March 12th, 2010 at 3:20 am
Owen
Fedor Emelianenko at 30-1 is the best Heavyweight. His protege Gegard Mousasi at 29-2 is the best Middleweight – Light Heavyweight.