100 greatest male mma fighters in history

Georges St Pierre
Daniel Cormier
Anderson Silva
Fedor Emilianenko
Connor McGregor
Demetrious Johnson
BJ Penn
T.J. Dillshaw
Max Holloway
Jon Jones
Jose Aldo
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Dominic Cruz
Matt Hughes
Frankie Edgar
Kazushi Sakuraba
Wanderlei Silva
Rodrigo Nogueira
Mauricio Rua
Mirko Filipovich
Chuck Liddell
Tyrone Woodley
Stipe Miocic
Jake Shields
Dan Henderson
Royce Gracie
Rampage Jackson
Henry Cejudo
Cody Garbrandt
Robbie Lawler
Joseph Benavidev
Fabricio Werdum
Takanori Gomi
Lyoto Machida
Urijah Faber
Yoel Romero
Cain Velasquez
Jacare Souza
Eddie Alvarez
Kid Yamamoto
Gilbert Melendez
Luke Rockhold
Shinya Aoki
Chris Weidman
Randy Couture
Rafael Dos Anjos
Rich Franklin
Stephen Thompson
Anthony Pettis
Johnny Hendricks
Benson Henderson
Rashad Evans
Gegard Mousasi
Alistair Overeem
Junior Dos Santos
Frank Shamrock
Tito Ortiz
Renan Barao
Chad Mendes
Demian Maia
Alexandre Nogueira
Miguel Torres
Josh Barnett
Paulo Filho
Vitor Belfort
Mike Brown

 

OP - thank you very much for putting the list together.
There’s always going to be differing of opinions but it makes for a good discussion so nice work.

Things that stand out for me:
Tyron Woodley higher
Bisbing higher
Vovchan higher
Sakuraba higher
Matt Hughes higher

Wanderlai lower (though he’s a fav of mine)
Overeem waaay lower - not a top 20
Faber lower

 

Khabib is already top 5.

 

Yes he is a top fighter BUT imo hasn't done enough yet to give him such praise. Lets wait and see what happens over the next 2 to 3 years.

 

Beat Ferguson, Lee, Diaz, finish Conor in the rematch, move up and get the welterweight title. That’s gonna happen in the next 2 years.

Ferguson would be the toughest challenge of his career, Lee can be dangerous because of his size and ground skills, but clown Diaz and McGregor are just money fights.

Getting the welterweight title could be difficult, as those guys are 15-20 pounds bigger.
But rumours says that he easily beats top welter and middleweights in sparring.

 

I agree with you that he EASILY beats Conor again and completely ragdolls Nate Diaz LOL but guys like TFerg, Lee are a solid chance against him let alone the very best guys at 170. As I said he is a top fighter but you are going overboard at this stage imo.