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The Greatest MMA Grapplers of All Time
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Who's got the best ground?
Royce Gracie started it all, and submission fighting is still alive and well in top-flight MMA today. But who's the best of all time? Here are the consensus all-time greatest MMA grapplers, according to our members. Create YOUR own ranking today.
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- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro"
- 33-7-1, 1 NC
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- Demian Maia
- 15-4-0
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- Royce Gracie
- 14-2-3
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- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-8-2
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- Frank Mir
- 16-5-0
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- Shinya Aoki
- "Tobikan Judan"
- 30-6-0, 1 NC
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- Fabricio Werdum
- "Vai Cavalo"
- 15-5-1
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- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter"
- 26-16-2, 1 NC
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- Georges St. Pierre
- "Rush"
- 22-2-0
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- Ronaldo Souza
- "Jacare"
- 15-3-0, 1 NC
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- Jake Shields | 27-6-1
- "The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko | 34-4-0, 1 NC
- Matt Hughes | 46-9-0
- Rousimar "Toquinho" Palhares | 14-4-0
- Rickson Gracie | 11-0-0
- Nick Diaz | 26-8-0, 1 NC
- Roger Gracie | 4-1-0
- Randy "The Natural" Couture | 19-11-0
- "The Warmaster" Josh Barnett | 31-6-0
- Jon Fitch | 23-4-1, 1 NC
- Anderson "The Spider" Silva | 31-4-0
- "The Brazilian Tiger" Ricardo Arona | 14-5-0
- Dan "Hendo" Henderson | 29-8-0
- George Sotiropoulos | 14-4-0
- Vinicius "Pezao" Magalhaes | 9-5-0, 1 NC
- Paulo "Ely" Filho | 22-4-2
- Chael Sonnen | 27-11-1
- Renzo Gracie | 13-7-1, 1 NC
- "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock | 28-15-2
- Antonio Rogerio "Minotoro" Nogueira | 20-5-0
- Marcelo "Marcelinho" Garcia | 0-1-0
- Robert Drysdale | 3-0-0
- Jim Miller | 21-4-0
- Nate Diaz | 16-7-0
- Hatsu Hioki | 26-4-2
- Brock Lesnar | 5-3-0
- Andre Galvao | 5-2-0
- Dean "The Boogeyman" Lister | 12-7-0
- Jeremy "Gumby" Horn | 89-21-5
- Ben "Smooth" Henderson | 16-2-0
- Jon "Bones" Jones | 16-1-0
- Masakazu "Ashikan Judan" Imanari | 25-10-2
- Ricardo "Cachorrao" Almeida | 13-5-0
- Carlos "The Ronin" Newton | 16-14-0
- "The Muscle Shark" Sean Sherk | 36-4-1
- "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey | 5-0-0
- Karo "The Heat" Parisyan | 20-8-0, 1 NC
- Royler Gracie | 5-5-1
- "The People's Champ" Tito Ortiz | 16-10-1
- Murilo Bustamante | 15-8-1
- Dan "The Beast" Severn | 100-18-7
- Mark Bocek | 11-4-0
- Frank "The Legend" Shamrock | 23-10-2
- Megumi "Mega Megu" Fujii | 25-2-0
- Renato "Babalu" Sobral | 36-9-0
- Mauricio "Shogun" Rua | 20-6-0
- Miguel Torres | 40-5-0
- Dustin "McLovin" Hazelett | 12-7-0
- "Sugar" Rashad Evans | 17-2-1
- Josh "Kos" Koscheck | 17-6-0
- Genki "Neo-Samurai" Sudo | 16-4-1
- "The Smashing Machine" Mark Kerr | 15-11-0, 1 NC
- Paulo Thiago | 14-4-0
- Masakatsu Funaki | 40-13-1
- Wagnney "The Silencer" Fabiano | 14-3-0
- Rich "Ace" Franklin | 28-6-0, 1 NC
- Rumina "Moon Wolf" Sato | 26-16-2
- Alexandre "Xande" Ribeiro | 2-0-0
- Gray "The Bully" Maynard | 11-1-1, 1 NC
- Rani Yahya | 16-7-0
- "Funky" Ben Askren | 10-0-0
- Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon | 21-8-0
- Carlos Eduardo "Ta Danado" Rocha | 9-1-0
- Ikuhisa "The Punk" Minowa | 53-34-8
- Jason "Mayhem" Miller | 24-8-0, 1 NC
- Caol "Uno Shoten" Uno | 26-15-5
- Mitsuhiro "Endless Fighter" Ishida | 20-8-1
- Mark "The Hammer" Coleman | 16-10-0
- Renan Barao | 29-1-0, 1 NC
- Braulio "Carcara" Estima | 0-0-0
- Hidehiko Yoshida | 9-8-1
- "The California Kid" Urijah Faber | 26-5-0
- Daniel "DC" Cormier | 10-0-0
- Diego "The Dream" Sanchez | 23-5-0
- Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis | 9-1-0
- Matt "The Law" Lindland | 22-9-0
- Cain Velasquez | 9-1-0
- Frankie "The Answer" Edgar | 14-2-1
- Stefan "Skyscraper" Struve | 24-5-0
- Clay "The Carpenter" Guida | 30-12-0
- Kenny "KenFlo" Florian | 14-6-0
- Luke Rockhold | 9-1-0
- Dominick "The Dominator" Cruz | 19-1-0
- Dennis "Superman" Hallman | 51-14-2, 1 NC
- Jason "Reaper" Graves | 1-2-0
- "The Natural Born Killer" Carlos Condit | 28-5-0
- Chris "Lights Out" Lytle | 31-18-5
- Antonio Braga Neto | 8-1-0, 1 NC
- Shane "The Engineer" Carwin | 12-2-0
- "El Guapo" Bas Rutten | 28-4-1
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