Thread: The 5 Greats
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Old 07-03-2008, 02:08 PM   #44 (permalink)
Mikehergie

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Originally Posted by Instacall View Post
i think this has to be broken down by time period, in gen 1 you had the gracies and ken shamrock, mark coleman, and dan severn.

later on you had frank shamrock, sakuraba and tito.

then you move into the chuck, hughes, randy, and early BJ, jens era.

now you have a whole new breed of fighters like GSP, anderson silva, rampage, the reinvented BJ and the great fedor.

that is how it has to be broken down. you can't just pick from from one time period. you have to look at the evolution of the modern day fighter.

now you have the
Yes. I agree. The sport has evolved som much over the last two decades that several fighters have helped influence the sport in many different ways, and at different times. Look how much attention MMA got after Ken vs. Royce.
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