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Greatest MMA Grapplers of all time!!

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MikeLovesTacos XD
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07.15.2011 | 10:55 AM ET

hers mine !

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t0rch
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07.17.2011 | 3:30 PM ET

As Wanderlei Silva put it, Rickson is "living in a fantasy world." He is not in mine just because I'm not a fan.

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Piercerdan
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07.17.2011 | 3:33 PM ET

Wanderlei did say that about his bs 400-0 record but he would never say that about his grappling abilities.

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OldManGloom
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07.17.2011 | 3:41 PM ET

@Piercerdan, you are not alone. 

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Piercerdan
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07.17.2011 | 3:52 PM ET

Good to see!! Figures youd have ricardo arona on there as well ;)

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Dannotheman
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07.17.2011 | 3:54 PM ET

Arona is the greatest.

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t0rch
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07.17.2011 | 3:55 PM ET

Need more Murilo Bustamante

* Edited at 07.17.2011, 4:01 PM ET *

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Piercerdan
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07.17.2011 | 3:56 PM ET

he is for sure up there and i can understand the argument for him being there but i dont agree :) I have him in my top 5 

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Piercerdan
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07.17.2011 | 3:57 PM ET

@t0rch good call on bustamante! I havent even thought about him in years!!

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t0rch
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07.17.2011 | 3:59 PM ET

@dan, ya I remembered him when I found out that he is basically Palhares's mentor.

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Piercerdan
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07.17.2011 | 4:02 PM ET

Palhares is likely to climb the ranks on this list in the coming years.  Busta had some great fights and everything ive read about his jj is pretty rad.

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07.17.2011 | 4:11 PM ET

Guys i need to update this i really dont know how jones got there so dont hate on me.. I agree Palhares will be there soon!

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07.17.2011 | 4:11 PM ET

Just realised my list sucks hard i must have put no time in that!

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OldManGloom
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07.17.2011 | 4:18 PM ET

@thiago, I think your list illustrates a point that I haven't seen brought up.  When we think of grapplers are we biased toward the BJJ guys because of the finishing element?  Wrestling has become the dominant form of grappling in MMA, so should the rankings reflect that?

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Piercerdan
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07.17.2011 | 4:32 PM ET

kerr and coleman are great grapplers but they dont finish often enough for me.  I guess gsp doesnt really anymore but he wasnt a grappler and turned into a virtually unstoppable grappler.  I think i might drop paulo down some soon too because he hasnt been on the tear he was on.

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03.02.2012 | 10:03 AM ET

This is a interesting topic

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