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Spider. Never seen anyone win with so little effort. When he wants to fight, he is the best I have ever seenrawsavon
Genki Sudo because of his unorthodox style and his entrances which are the best in mma history, dont even argue with me because they are. Its too bad he retired at the height of his popularity.
Genki Sudo's entances were awesome and he had a few years left in him he shouldnt have retired so soon. another good entrance tho every1 should watch is Tom Lawlors Hulk Hogan entrace at 1 of the ufc fight nightsGenki Sudo because of his unorthodox style and his entrances which are the best in mma history, dont even argue with me because they are. Its too bad he retired at the height of his popularity.
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[QUOTE="rawsavon"]Spider. Never seen anyone win with so little effort. When he wants to fight, he is the best I have ever seenGrabTheYayolol, nahhhh That's all that matters. And for me? 6. Brookins - He's a cool ass dude. 5. Marcus Davis - Just love him for some reason. 4. Shogun - I hated Machida and thought he won the first time. Started liking him 3. Fitch - Boring? Yeah, but I still like him. 2. Cro Cop - It's the head kicks. 1. Dan Henderson - His Bisping KO was the tipping point for me to become an MMA fan. I was on the fence and he turned me onto an entire sport. He's far and away my favorite fighter and always will be.
Randy Couture. Hes the real life rocky, always the underdog. And if he does lose he loses strong atlesat. He probably wont retire in the next 5 years and hes already what mid late 50s?, Him, Rampage. Dont like technical fighters who only score points like some people *cough, cough GSP cough, cough" Only way GSP will ever get the recongition he deserves is if he fights anderson the spider silva and actually win. I use to respect rashad aswell untill he turned into GSP during the rampage fight using the gate. Maybe thats a UFC thing, I never see gate pinners or gate users in strike force.
I don't have just one favorite fighter, but a couple, both retired and still active.
Fedor, The GOAT of MMA
Igor Vovchanchyn, GOAT of No Holds Barred tournies, one of the hardest hitters ever
Big Nog, #2 HW of All-Time, granite chin for so many years with great comeback finishes
Kazushi Sakuraba, the best showman in MMA history
"Shogun" Rua, one of the best LHWsof all-time, also one of the most exciting fighters in the sport today
Dan Henderson, first man to hold 2 titles at the same time (PRIDE)
Wanderlei Silva, the GOAT at LHW, one of the most intimidating fighters ever
Mirko "Cro Cop", K-1 fighter turned mixed martial artist and a scary one at that
How is couture like Rocky? He works hard, but he's a natural athlete and is an amazing wrestler. He's been able to stay in MMA so late in his life(he's in his late 40s) because he entered MMA late (30s) and didn't fight all that often, let himself recover properly, trained properly, etc. The one guy who seems to me to be closest to an MMA rocky is Minowaman. :PRandy Couture. Hes the real life rocky, always the underdog. And if he does lose he loses strong atlesat. He probably wont retire in the next 5 years and hes already what mid late 50s?, Him, Rampage. Dont like technical fighters who only score points like some people *cough, cough GSP cough, cough" Only way GSP will ever get the recongition he deserves is if he fights anderson the spider silva and actually win. I use to respect rashad aswell untill he turned into GSP during the rampage fight using the gate. Maybe thats a UFC thing, I never see gate pinners or gate users in strike force.
Santesyu
6. Brookins - He's a cool ass dude.5. Marcus Davis - Just love him for some reason.
4. Shogun - I hated Machida and thought he won the first time. Started liking him
3. Fitch - Boring? Yeah, but I still like him.
2. Cro Cop - It's the head kicks.
1. Dan Henderson - His Bisping KO was the tipping point for me to become an MMA fan. I was on the fence and he turned me onto an entire sport. He's far and away my favorite fighter and always will be.dodgerblue13
Another Fitch fan :o No way!
I agree, sometimes he can be boring, but I can't help but like his workmanlike approach to MMA. I wish his reputation as a fighter wasn't so stained, because his last few fights have actually been pretty great. He beat up Saunders pretty bad and he absolutely railroaded Alves.
mine is randy couture, followed by diego snachez, and then jon jones
randy will always be my favorite, he is a legend and a roll model.
jon jones grew up and lived 20 mins from me, so i like him to
I don't have just one favorite fighter, but a couple, both retired and still active.
Fedor, The GOAT of MMA
Igor Vovchanchyn, GOAT of No Holds Barred tournies, one of the hardest hitters ever
Big Nog, #2 HW of All-Time, granite chin for so many years with great comeback finishes
Kazushi Sakuraba, the best showman in MMA history
"Shogun" Rua, one of the best LHWsof all-time, also one of the most exciting fighters in the sport today
Dan Henderson, first man to hold 2 titles at the same time (PRIDE)
Wanderlei Silva, the GOAT at LHW, one of the most intimidating fighters ever
Mirko "Cro Cop", K-1 fighter turned mixed martial artist and a scary one at that
jfcundiff
i can see your a hardcore MMA fan from your great respect of Pride greats and my favourite Mirko Cro Cop oh and heres thevideo i was talking about before every1 should watch it its 5mins of the scariest kicks and knockouts you will ever see with a perfect Requim for a Dream background.
Its the 1st at the top http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mirko+cro+cop+highkick+expert&aq=f
hes already what mid late 50s?SantesyuLOL. Was that a joke? I don't really pick favourites but I've always like Forrest because of TUF. Silva is ridiculously talented and when he is on the card I buy the PPV - no questions. That doesn't mean I'm necessarily a fan though... his antic against Maia were very disrespectful. I like Liddell and Couture. Rampage is hilarious. I was definitely going for GSP against Koscheck and I'm glad he won in such a dominant fashion. I like Brookins out of the latest TUF too, seems like a really good kid. Needs to work on his stand up though. Being good at getting hit in the face will only work for so long. So yeah... wasn't lying about not being able to pick a favourite :)
[QUOTE="comp_atkins"]andre the giant was greatrawsavonCary Elwes was obviously the better fighter sleeper holds are banned. he cheated
[QUOTE="comp_atkins"][QUOTE="rawsavon"] Cary Elwes was obviously the better fighterrawsavonsleeper holds are banned. he cheated Hulk Hogan then? they don't work on hogan. he can fist pump his way out of them
Fedor, simply because he's the greatest MMA fighter to ever walk the Earth. He literally has no weakness in his game, no other fighter can say that. HoolaHoopManWhat about submission defense? I'm not a Fedor hater, but I don't think he's the best ever. I'd say GSP has it all though (unless you count his chin as a hole in his game which I wouldn't).
[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"]Fedor, simply because he's the greatest MMA fighter to ever walk the Earth. He literally has no weakness in his game, no other fighter can say that. dodgerblue13What about submission defense? I'm not a Fedor hater, but I don't think he's the best ever. I'd say GSP has it all though (unless you count his chin as a hole in his game which I wouldn't). obviousley you didnt follow his pride days or atleast not very good Fedor had no weakness's in pride and the only person i think that came close to outstriking him was Mirko but he still beat him and fedors latest loss to Werdum was nothing fedor been getting opponents that for so long werent even close to Fedors level of skill that he got careless and he will never do that again Werdum won only because he took advantage of Fedor carelessness. and yeh GSP is soon to becoming the best fighter in MMA that is when Fedor retires cause the only way i see GSP getting beaten is if he fights a good standup guy that he cant take down or a guy that can out wrestle him.
[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"]Fedor, simply because he's the greatest MMA fighter to ever walk the Earth. He literally has no weakness in his game, no other fighter can say that. dodgerblue13What about submission defense? I'm not a Fedor hater, but I don't think he's the best ever. I'd say GSP has it all though (unless you count his chin as a hole in his game which I wouldn't).
One fight where he got submitted simply doesn't change how good his submission defense is. It was a reallydumb mistake on his part tojump in Werdum's guard again. Besides Werdum, Fedor has faced great BJJ fighters like Arona (undefeated at ADCC and former ADCC champ like Werdum), Sobral (BJJ BB under Carlos Gracie, Jr.), and Nogueira (BB in Judo and BJJ) three times. Even before getting submitted Fedor got out of an submission attempt, but was stupid enough to jump back in.
Again, I honestly meant the submission defense as more of a joke than anything. I really wish he would have came to the UFC. I'm not necessarily knocking Pride or any other organizations, but the UFC is where the best fighters fight. Also, I'm certainly not knocking Fedor. He's incredible, but I think he's been coasting and he finally got caught. But there is no right or wrong answer. It's enjoyable to debate.One fight where he got submitted simply doesn't change how good his submission defense is. It was a reallydumb mistake on his part tojump in Werdum's guard again. Besides Werdum, Fedor has faced great BJJ fighters like Arona (undefeated at ADCC and former ADCC champ like Werdum), Sobral (BJJ BB under Carlos Gracie, Jr.), and Nogueira (BB in Judo and BJJ) three times. Even before getting submitted Fedor got out of an submission attempt, but was stupid enough to jump back in.
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