Who In MMA Has Faced The Toughest Competition?

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  1. AJAX

    AJAX war sonnen! Full Member

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    I would have to go with Big Nog

    Fedor
    CC
    Barnett
    Couture
    Mir
    Hearing
    mir
    Velasquez
    Werdum
    Kharitonov
    Coleman
    Sylvia
    Rodriquez
    Henderson
    Schilt
    Goodridge
    Sapp

    I don't think anybody can top Nog's list.
     
  2. (PimpThaSystem)

    (PimpThaSystem) Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Big Nog is up there for sure

    Fedor Emelianenko x3
    Heath Herring x3
    Josh Barnett x2
    Dan Henderson x2
    Mirko Crocop
    Fabricio Werdum
    Sergei Kharitonov
    Ricco Rodriguez
    Mark Coleman
    Tim Sylvia
    Gary Goodridge
    Semmy Schilt
    Frank Mir
    Randy Couture
    Cain Velazquez
    Bob Sapp
    Jeremy Horn
    Enson Inoue
    Hirotaka Yokoi

    Edit: Damnit it AJAX this is the second time this week you've jacked my post and posted it first :lol:
     
  3. sugarngold

    sugarngold RIDDUM Full Member

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    You two are right. There aren't going to be many fighters that can match Nogueira's resume. Of course Randy Couture has faced a who's who list of MMA opponents as well:

    Vitor Belfort x3
    Maurice Smith
    Enson Inoue (when he was still a Relson Gracie student)
    Jeremy Horn
    Kevin Randleman
    Tsuyoshi Kosaka
    Pedro Rizzo x2
    Josh Barnett
    Ricco Rodriguez
    Chuck Liddell x3
    Tito Ortiz
    Mike Van Arsdale
    Tim Sylvia
    Gabriel Gonzaga
    Brock Lesnar
    Minotauro Nogueira
    Brandon Vera
    Mark Coleman
    James Toney
    and of course Ludwig Borgia!!!
     


  4. HMC is a K1 level kickboxer and also a bigger genetic freak than Brock Lesnar. Brock was meant to face HMC, lucky for him he got to fight the second stringer MinSoKim
     
  5. chimba

    chimba Off the Somali Coast Full Member

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    BJ Penn and Randy a close second.
    BJ has fought the best in their primes.

    Prime Hughes, GSP, Uno, Pulver, Serra, GOMI, Florian (at his peak), Ludwig was feared at the time, even Thomas was the man at the time.

    To put that in perspective, Hughes, GSP, Pulver, Thomas were all favored over BJ.
     
  6. BoxingWM

    BoxingWM Member Full Member

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    I know, that was irony :)
     
  7. Beebs

    Beebs Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lucky for him?:lol::lol::lol::lol:

    You are blind with envy or whatever it is.

    Brock would have absolutely destroyed Choi; hell the reason he couldn't fight was he couldn't get medical clearance, the brain issues that have made him that size are starting to hinder him. Since the time of when he was supposed to fight Lesnar he is 2-5 in K1, with wins against Goodridge and Mighty Mo. In MMA he is 1-2 with a win against Jose Canseco and losses against CroCop and Minowa.

    Regardless of that, all Choi does in MMA is lose and beat up comedians and baseball players.
     
  8. boxingcar

    boxingcar Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  9. yaca you

    yaca you Someone past surprise Full Member

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    Wanderlei 3x
    Cro-cop
    Igor Vovchanchyn
    Rampage
    Arona
    Royce
    Renzo
    Carlos Newton
    Randleman
    Manhoef
    lil Nog
    Vitor Belfort
    Yoshihiro Akiyama

    Kimo Leopoldo
    Vernen white
    Ken Shamrok
    Minowa

    Guy Mezger

    Yeah, I just quoted myself...... I forgot a lot of people!
     
  10. azzir

    azzir 62893 Full Member

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    Great lists... Jeremy Horn's is my favorite so far, i just checked his record on wikipedia and the guy has already competed in 110 MMA fights.
     
  11. yaca you

    yaca you Someone past surprise Full Member

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    If your impressed with that how about Rickson Gracie's amazing 400-0 record surely he has beaten terrors from beyond imagination with 400 fights!

    Rickson vs Bruce lee - Rickson submission (armbar)
    Rickson vs Wong Fei Hung - Rickson submission (armbar)
    Rickson vs Lion - Rickson submission (rear naked choke)
    Rickson vs Dracula -Rickson submission (armbar)
    Rickson vs Wolfman -Rickson submission (rear naked choke)

    In all seriousness Rickson Gracie (documented 11-0 all by submission two are from punches?) is a legend and a amazing fighter only wish more of his matches were documented.






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    How about

    Wanderlei Silva:

    Kazushi Sakuraba 3x
    Quinton Rampage Jackson 3x
    Mirko Cro-Cop 2x
    Dan Henderson 2x
    Ricardo Arona 2x
    Chuck Liddel
    Tito Ortiz
    Guy Mezger
    Hidehiko Yoshida
    Ikuhisa Minowa
    Gilbert Yvel
    Vitor Belfort
    Mark Hunt
    Rich Franklin
    Yuki Kondo
    Micheal Bisping
    Kazuyuki Fujita
    Keith Jardine
     
  12. thewinfella

    thewinfella The Golden Boy Full Member

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    GSP

    Ever since he stepped foot in the UFC he's fought top level competition , i think Fedor runs him close , but GSP consistently has fought better opposition , he's had no " easy fights " , " stay busy fights " what ever you wanna call them .

    Has only 2 defeats on his record too , for me GSP !!!! , but i think there is an argument for Fedor too .
     
  13. Koa

    Koa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wand has to be kinda thrown in there considering he's a smaller framed guy, but then so is Sakuraba. But Wand, more realisitcally a blown up middle who fought bonafide heavies in some of the grand prix fights. Realistically a middleweight fighting the most dangerous heavyweight striker..
     
  14. AJAX

    AJAX war sonnen! Full Member

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    I've seen everybody's list and i still don't think anybody can beat big nog's....
     
  15. One Punch KO

    One Punch KO Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Some great lists here, and I have to go for Big Nog as well.

    Let's face it, three fights with Fedor is always going to win a tie-break when it comes to competition.