Twenty greatest mma fighters

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  1. The Phenom

    The Phenom Pretty Handsome Full Member

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    1 Fedor Emelianenko
    2 Georges St Pierre
    3 Randy Couture
    4 Royce Gracie
    5 Chuck Liddell
    6 Anderson Silva
    7 Bj Penn
    8 Matt Hughes
    9 Wanderlei Silva
    10 Rickson Gracie
    11 Frank Shamrock
    12 Kazushi Sakuraba
    13 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    14 Dan Henderson
    15 Ken Shamrock
    16 Bas Rutten
    17 Dan Severn
    18 Quinton Jackson
    19 Tito Ortiz
    20 Rich Franklin
     
  2. Wige247

    Wige247 Active Member Full Member

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    This a USTV-centric p4p list ?
     
  3. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    Rich Franklin? And is that list supposed to be in some order? If so its crap. And wheres "the Spider"?
     
  4. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    What a horrible list.
     
  5. MaliSlamusrex

    MaliSlamusrex Boxing Addict Full Member

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    the sport of MMA makes a list like this very hard to make, because Wanderlei Silva was the most devistating fighter in the world for three years, there is no way chuck was better than him.

    also Nog was unstopable before he lost to Fedor.

    my list would be different.
     
  6. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    Im a staunch PRIDE fan. BUT Chucks resume IS better than Silva`s. That being said Silva had a LONG and dominant reign in PRIDE that include forays up at heavy with victorys over guys like Fujita and his first draw with CC. Solid cases can be made for both but Cuck does have the better names on his resume at 205 than Silva.
     
  7. codeman99998

    codeman99998 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    @#6?
     
  8. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He ranked him 6. This isnt the first time recently you have missed something Scur you alright ? Rich in the top 20 is ok with me but is he tied with Nogueira ? That is bull**** Nog is top 10 IMO. Henderson is to accomplished to be that low I dont think either Gracie deserves to be ranked in the top 10. Taking that list of fighters id rank it like this.

    1. Fedor Emelianenko
    2. Randy Couture
    3. Dan Henderson
    4. Anderson Silva
    5. BJ Penn
    6. Chuck Liddell
    7. Matt Hughes
    8. Georges St.Pierre
    9. Wanderlei Silva
    10. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    11. Rampage Jackson
    12. Frank Shamrock
    13. Tito Ortiz
    14. Kazushi Sakuraba
    15. Ken Shamrock
    16. Bas Rutten
    17. Rich Franklin
    18. Royce Gracie
    19. Mark Coleman
    20. Dan Severn
    21. Rickson Gracie
     
  9. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    Oh my bad! Long day at work :hey This list is supposed to be in order then? Randy at number 2? You kidding me?
     
  10. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That said Chuck beat him and neither guy was at their peak so theres no real excuse there Chuck deserves a higher ranking although I wont put up a huge arguement if Wanderlei where to be ranked higher because of his Heavyweight fights.
     
  11. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    Wandy particpated in the middleweight and OW tournys which were far more gruelling than anything Chucks ever faced. On paper Chuck has some quality names no doubt about that. There recent encounter doesnt mean anything though. Shame this fight never happened when they were both in there primes. But we all know what happened to Chuck in the middleweight tourny :)
     
  12. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No im not hes extremly accomplished at 2 weights man so many big wins and title wins at that. He wont stay there for long though I expect Silva,GSP,Penn to pass him by very soon. Make no mistake though theres a HUGE difference between my 1 and 2 right now **** I could drop Couture out of the top 5 but thats just how I see it dont try and make me feel bad.
     
  13. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Why doesnt it ? They fought each other they still had some fight in them and Chuck won clearly. They might be fighting in March will you change your opinion if Wanderlei wins because of your Pride bias :yep
     
  14. Grievesy

    Grievesy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That's a much better list.:good
     
  15. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    So you`d take Randy over CC or Nog?