The Tapology Consensus MMA Rankings
The Greatest MMA Strikers of All Time
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- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 31-4-0
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- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-8-0
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3
- Mirko Filipovic
- "Cro Cop"
- 27-10-2, 1 NC
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- Jose Aldo
- "Junior"
- 21-1-0
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- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom"
- 21-9-0
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- Mauricio Rua
- "Shogun"
- 20-6-0
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- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer"
- 34-11-1, 1 NC
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- Alistair Overeem
- "The Reem"
- 36-11-0, 1 NC
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- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon"
- 17-3-0
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- Junior Dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 14-1-0
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- "El Guapo" Bas Rutten | 28-4-1
- Nick Diaz | 26-8-0, 1 NC
- BJ "The Prodigy" Penn | 16-8-2
- "The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko | 34-4-0, 1 NC
- Jon "Bones" Jones | 16-1-0
- Dan "Hendo" Henderson | 29-8-0
- Igor "Ice Cold" Vovchanchyn | 53-10-1, 1 NC
- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson | 32-10-0
- Melvin "No Mercy" Manhoef | 24-9-1, 1 NC
- Cung Le | 7-2-0
- Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt | 8-7-0
- Georges "Rush" St. Pierre | 22-2-0
- Thiago "Pitbull" Alves | 19-9-0
- Pat "HD" Barry | 7-5-0
- Paul "Semtex" Daley | 29-12-2
- "The Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi | 33-8-0, 1 NC
- Cain Velasquez | 9-1-0
- Frankie "The Answer" Edgar | 14-2-1
- Anthony "Showtime" Pettis | 16-2-0
- Shane "The Engineer" Carwin | 12-2-0
- "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler | 19-8-0, 1 NC
- "The Natural Born Killer" Carlos Condit | 28-5-0
- Semmy "Hightower" Schilt | 26-14-1
- Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard | 29-10-2, 1 NC
- Edson "Mendes Junior" Barboza | 10-0-0
- Mark "The Machine" Hominick | 20-11-0
- Dominick "The Dominator" Cruz | 19-1-0
- Rich "Ace" Franklin | 28-6-0, 1 NC
- Cheick Kongo | 17-7-2
- Chris "Lights Out" Lytle | 31-18-5
- Pedro "The Rock" Rizzo | 19-9-0
- Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski | 17-9-0
- Duane "Bang" Ludwig | 21-12-0
- "Sugar" Rashad Evans | 17-2-1
- Sergei "The Paratrooper" Kharitonov | 18-5-0
- Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone | 18-4-0, 1 NC
- Gegard "The Dreamcatcher" Mousasi | 32-3-2
- David "Tank" Abbott | 10-14-0
- Chris "The Crippler" Leben | 26-8-0
- Maurice "Mo" Smith | 13-13-0
- Nate Diaz | 16-7-0
- Michael "The Count" Bisping | 22-4-0
- "Lightning" Hector Lombard | 31-2-1, 1 NC
- KJ "King Karl" Noons | 11-5-0
- Eddie "The Silent Assassin" Alvarez | 23-3-0
- Gilbert "The Hurricane" Yvel | 38-16-1, 1 NC
- Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto | 18-6-0, 1 NC
- Marco "The King of the Streets" Ruas | 9-4-2
- Aleksander "The Grim Reaper" Emelianenko | 19-5-0
- Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons | 27-14-0
- Forrest Griffin | 18-7-0
- Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos | 10-1-0, 1 NC
- Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson | 14-1-0
- Tim "The Maine-iac" Sylvia | 30-7-0
- Antoni Hardonk | 8-6-0
- Cyrille "The Snake" Diabate | 18-8-1
- Anthony "The Assassin" Njokuani | 15-6-0, 1 NC
- Murilo "Ninja" Rua | 20-12-1
- Brock Lesnar | 5-3-0
- Alexander "Storm" Shlemenko | 44-7-0
- Don "The Predator" Frye | 20-10-1, 1 NC
- "The People's Champ" Tito Ortiz | 16-10-1
- Chael Sonnen | 27-11-1
- Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos | 18-15-0
- Ben "Smooth" Henderson | 16-2-0
- Renan Barao | 29-1-0, 1 NC
- Anthony "Rumble" Johnson | 10-4-0
- Gary "Big Daddy" Goodridge | 23-22-1
- Art "One Glove" Jimmerson | 0-1-0
- "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung | 13-3-0
- Ross "The Real Deal" Pearson | 13-5-0
- Nate "The Great" Marquardt | 31-10-2
- Fabio Maldonado | 18-5-0
- Hayato "Mach" Sakurai | 36-12-2
- Patricio "Pitbull" Freire | 18-1-0
- Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson | 6-1-0
- Jason "Reaper" Graves | 1-2-0
- Kit Cope | 5-7-0
- "Little Evil" Jens Pulver | 25-16-1
- Josh "The Dentist" Neer | 33-10-1
- James "Lights Out" Toney | 0-1-0
- Tony "El Cucuy" Ferguson | 13-4-0
- Mark "The Filipino Wrecking Machine" Munoz | 12-2-0
- Sam "Hands Of Stone" Stout | 17-7-1
- Alan "The Talent" Belcher | 18-6-0
- Antonio Rogerio "Minotoro" Nogueira | 20-5-0
- Ray "Merciless" Mercer | 1-0-0
- Gina "Conviction" Carano | 7-1-0
- Eric "Butterbean" Esch | 14-10-1
- Terry Etim | 15-4-0
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