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I've compiled a list of the top 25 Heavyweights and in parentheses next to their records included how they fared against the other HWs in the current top 25.

I thought it was interesting that the only undefeated HWs against their top 25 contemporaries are Fedor (5-0) and Antonio Silva (1-0). Of those two, Fedor is the only one to have fought multiple fights against top competition. He is #1 for a reason, like it or not.

For those of you who have not followed MMA very long, this list may contain some information that is surprising, like Gabriel Gonzaga only being 1-3 against top fighters or that Heath Herring's win over Kongo was basically his only significant MMA victory.


1. Fedor Emelianenko 27-1 (5-0)

Wins: Nogueira x2, Cro-Cop, Hunt, Herring
Losses: None

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 31-4 (9-3)

Wins: Barnett, Sylvia, Werdum, Rodriguez, Kharitonov, Cro-Cop, Herring x3
Losses: Fedor x2, Barnett

3. Randy Couture 16-8 (4-2)

Wins: Sylvia, Gonzaga, Rizzo x2
Losses: Barnett, Rodriguez

4. Josh Barnett 21-5 (4-5)

Wins: Nogueira, A. Emelianenko, Couture, Hunt
Losses: Cro-Cop x3, Nogueira, Rizzo

5. Tim Sylvia 24-4 (6-4)

Wins: Arlovski x2, Rodriguez, Monson, Vera, Rothwell
Losses: Arlovski, Couture, Nogueira, Mir

6. Andrei Arlovski 12-5 (4-4)

Wins: Sylvia, Werdum, Buentello, O'Brien
Losses: Sylvia x2, Rizzo, Rodriguez

7. Fabricio Werdum 10-3 (4-3)

Wins: Gonzaga x2, A. Emelianenko, Overeem
Losses: Kharitonov, Arlovski, Nogueira

8. Gabriel Gonzaga 8-3 (1-3)

Wins: Cro-Cop
Losses: Werdum x2, Couture

9. Mirko Cro-Cop 22-6 (5-5)

Wins: Barnett x3, A. Emelianenko, Herring
Losses: Gonzaga, Kongo, Nogueira, Fedor, Hunt

10. Ben Rothwell 29-5 (2-1)

Wins: Rodriguez, Nelson
Losses: Sylvia

11. Aleksander Emelianenko 10-3 (1-3)

Wins: Kharitonov
Losses: Werdum, Barnett, Cro-Cop

12. Sergei Kharitonov 15-3 (3-2)

Wins: Werdum, Overeem, Rizzo
Losses: Overeem, Nogueira

13. Antonio Silva 10-1 (1-0)

Wins: Rodriguez
Losses: None

14. Brandon Vera 8-1 (1-1)

Wins: Mir
Losses: Sylvia

15. Heath Herring 28 - 13 (1-6)

Wins: Kongo
Losses: Nogueria x3, Fedor, Cro-Cop, O'Brien

16. Cheick Kongo 11-4 (1-1)

Wins: Cro-Cop
Losses: Herring

17. Pedro Rizzo 16-7 (4-3)

Wins: Rodriguez, Barnett, Monson, Arlovski
Losses: Couture x2, Kharitonov

18. Jeff Monson 24-7 (0-3)

Wins: None
Losses: Sylvia, Rodriguez, Rizzo

19. Ricco Rodriguez 27-8 (4-5)

Wins: Couture, Arlovski, Monson, Buentello
Losses: Silva, Sylvia, Rothwell, Rizzo, Nogueira

20. Alistair Overeem 26-11 (2-2)

Wins: Kharitonov, Buentello
Losses: Kharitonov, Werdum

21. Frank Mir 11-3 (1-1)

Wins: Sylvia
Losses: Vera

22. Mark Hunt 5-3 (1-2)

Wins: Cro-Cop
Losses: Fedor, Barnett

23. Paul Buentello 23-10 (0-3)

Wins: None
Losses: Arlovski, Overeem, Rodriguez

24. Jake O'Brien 10-1 (1-1)

Wins: Herring
Losses: Arlovski

25. Roy Nelson 12-2 (0-1)

Wins: None
Losses: Rothwell

To me, at least, the list makes it glaringly evident that Fedor and Nogueira are truly the two greatest Heavyweights ever. For those of you who haven't seen their fights against one another, please do so immediately. They are both epic battles. Couture deserves an honorable mention for greatest ever HW, but a lot of his amazing career achievements have been at LHW.

Thoughts, Corrections, Concerns?