The 5 Greats

[Mikehergie]

Originally Posted by Instacall

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.

[Sorata_chan]

Royce Gracie

Mark Coleman

Mo Smith

Sakuraba

Fedor

[GameFace]

Royce
Ken Shamrock
Sakuraba
BJ
Yves

[Mikehergie]

Originally Posted by Instacall

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.

[Denver Dan]

Randy
Hughes
Liddell
Shamrock
Royce

[dudebro]

For Me

1. Fedor
2. Wanderlei
3. Randy
4. Chuck
5. Bj Penn

[I-Rod]

Frank
Chuck
Sakuraba
Royce
Couture

[mikecello]

Royce Gracie: For introducing us all to BJJ (except those who knew about it) and the possibilities that skill > size.

Couture: For being the guy to root for and overcoming adversity.

Liddell: God he's popular.

Hughes: Like him or hate him, but for a loooong time he was the man.

Fedor: Because being the badest man on the planet should count for something.

(This list would look very different if I didn't live in America.)

[rymplej]

How can you people leave out Jim Cozad? You should be ashamed of yourselves!

[NC Grappling1]

Originally Posted by LGP

Harold Howard
Joe Son
Greg "The Ranger" Stout
Blake Bowman
Danny Abadhi

I wonder if all five of those guys could beat Fedor in a 5 on 1 match....probably not...