Twenty greatest mma fighters

Discussion in 'MMA Forum' started by The Phenom, Jan 9, 2009.


  1. thanosone

    thanosone Love Your Brother Man Full Member

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    Fedor then Nog. Followed by who cares way down the list.
     
  2. MMAFIGHTER1

    MMAFIGHTER1 Member Full Member

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    Chuck above anderson? mark coleman and no rich franklin. but otherwise not bad.
     
  3. The Phenom

    The Phenom Pretty Handsome Full Member

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    more opinions please
     
  4. Wige247

    Wige247 Active Member Full Member

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    01 Fedor Emelianenko
    02 Georges St Pierre
    03 Bj Penn
    04 Anderson Silva
    05 Chuck Liddell
    06 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    07 Kazushi Sakuraba
    08 Randy Couture
    09 Tito Ortiz
    10 Wanderlei Silva
    11 Bas Rutten
    12 Frank Shamrock
    13 Matt Hughes
    14 Quinton Jackson
    15 Dan Henderson

    If you're talking about skill vs. impact/influence
     
  5. yesihavearm2

    yesihavearm2 ESB Chinchecker Full Member

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    Erm

    Not being funny here, BJ Penn is the p4p #1 or #2 in MMA history, only Fedor could you argue comes close because he's beaten fighters at a bigger size than him.

    People rankings Anderson and GSP higher than him, what fighters of much bigger size have they beaten? Seeing as p4p means if the fighters were same size who would win?

    IMO if the top fighters (fedor, spider, gsp, penn) were the same size Penn would be the #1
     
  6. 300press

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    No offense man, but this list is garbage. You have Henderson, Sakuraba, Hughes, St. Pierre, F. Shamrock ext. above Bas Rutten? You know Rutten destroyed F. Shamrock right?
     
  7. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Is this based on ability because Rickson should be over Royce.... Sakuraba, Nogueira & Penn should be way higher up the list too.

    No1 is correct.
     
  8. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Difficult to do but here`s mine......

    Fedor Emelianenko
    Kazushi Sakuraba
    BJ Penn
    Wanderlei Silva
    Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    Shogun Rua
    Anderson Silva
    Randy Couture
    Chuck Liddell
    Georges St Pierre
    Frank Shamrock
    Matt Hughes
    Rampage Jackson
    Dan Henderson
    Tito Ortiz
    Vitor Belfort
    Rickson Gracie (would be much higher if he left Brazil earlier IMHO, had his best yrs in Brazil)
    Renzo Gracie
    Pat Militech
    Mark Coleman



    :good
     
  9. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Sakuraba is a much better choice than Randy.
     
  10. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Shamrock wasnt half the fighter he would become when that happened tho + Frank still managed a win over a seasoned Rutten in his FIRST NHB fight.
    Frank Shamrock of the UFC is one of the most complete & athletic fighters to ever grace the game, he should have kept going then instead of retiring, he could have easily been top 5.

    Sakuraba is streets ahead of Rutten p4p at their best, c`mon man :-(
     
  11. 300press

    300press Member Full Member

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    Are you serious man? Sakuraba? He got his head knocked off 3 times vs. Silva, there is no way he would survive a round with Bas Rutten. Sakuraba was a punching bag. His claim to fame was beating a injured Royce Gracie?
     
  12. achillesthegreat

    achillesthegreat FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE Full Member

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    Couture can't go that high. Too many losses me thinks.

    Hughes cannot be above GSP.

    BJ should be higher because he is dominating 155 now and was a quality 2 weight fighter despite fighting the 2 best 170s ever while being out of shape.

    Nog should be higher. He's only lost to Fedor who is the best ever. He's got a win over his victors other than Mir. The Mir loss is still to be decided. Was he ready to fight, was he shot, did he just lose etc
     
  13. Ally

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    1 Fedor Emelianenko
    2 Georges St Pierre
    3 Anderson Silva
    4 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    5 Chuck Liddell
    6 BJ Penn
    7 Wanderlei Silva
    8 Randy Couture
    9 Matt Hughes
    10 Shogun Rua
    11 Dan Henderson
    12 Kazushi Sakuraba
    13 Frank Shamrock
    14 Lyoto Machida
    15 Quinton Jackson
    16 Tito Ortiz
    17 Bas Rutten
    18 Royce Gracie
    19 Mark Coleman
    20 Mirko Cro Cop
     
  14. dublynflya

    dublynflya Stand your ground Son!! Full Member

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    :lol: EXACTLY!! Any list which omits The Colossus cannot be seriously considered (BTW I hear JT is a great guy and a gent, so no dis James:)).
     
  15. CottoDaBodykill

    CottoDaBodykill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    man i wish this thread was made before kimbo lost lmao the gobs of people who'd be ranking him right now!