Ranking Designed By MMAsamurai8
Top Pioneers in MMA
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Ranking designed by MMAsamurai8 Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Top Pioneers in MMA
The best old school ioneers of the sport, before they started putting in weight classes around 1997
Guidelines:
- Ranking Type: Fighters
Rankings
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1
Royce Gracie
15-2-3
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2
"El Guapo" Bas Rutten
28-4-1
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3
Mark "The Hammer" Coleman
16-10-0
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4
Dan "The Beast" Severn
101-19-7
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5
Randy "The Natural" Couture
19-11-0
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7
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6
Don "The Predator" Frye
20-9-1, 1 NC
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8
Frank "The Legend" Shamrock
23-10-2
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9
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10
Masakatsu Funaki
40-13-1
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11
"The Gracie Hunter" Kazushi Sakuraba
26-17-1, 2 NC
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12
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13
Maurice "Mo" Smith
14-17-0
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14
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15
"The Smashing Machine" Mark Kerr
15-11-0, 1 NC
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16
Jerry Bohlander
11-4-0
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17
Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort
26-14-0, 1 NC
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18
Guy "The Sandman" Mezger
30-14-2
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19
Dan "Hendo" Henderson
32-15-0
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21
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20
Rickson Gracie
9-0-0
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22
Kevin Jackson
4-2-0
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23
Steve "Ninja Cop" Jennum
2-3-0
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