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12.23.2021 | 3:44 PM ET
Short and simple.
I'm looking for volunteers to list their Top 20 FAVORITE MMA Fighters of All Time (in order.) No ties, just a straight list 1 to 20 (blank template below). Going to collect and display results in a future post, article, or video.
The scoring system is: Your 1st fighter will be worth the most points, and your Top 10 choices will hold considerably more value than the remaining 10 slots.
No real prerequisites. Just looking for professional MMA fighters (Active or Retired/Inactive). But otherwise, your criteria defining your favorites is your own. There are no wrong answers. As long as they are a professional.
The only REQUIREMENT is that you list FIRST NAME and LAST NAME. (Nickname with it is fine too)
If anyone has any questions please do not hesitate to ask.
DEADLINE to post your rankings is February 22nd, 2022.
Thank you. :)
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"Don't argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Bark Twain
Responses Page 4
02.15.2022 | 12:25 AM ET
2. Fedor Emelianenko
3. Mirko Cro Cop
4. Yoel Romero
5. Kazushi Sakuraba
6. Wanderlei Silva
7. Sarah Kaufman
8. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
9. Georges St-Pierre
10. Joanne Calderwood
11. Kendall Grove
12. Merab Dvalishvili
13. Youssef Zalal
14. Josh Koscheck
15. Aspen Ladd
16. Marloes Coenen
17. Demian Maia
18. Blagoy Ivanov
19. Ilir Latifi
20. Aleksei Oleynik
Honestly very hard to rank them, if I were to do this in a couple of days a lot of positions could be shuffled. The only thing set in stone would be a "Tier List" of sorts with Rose and Fedor being 1-2, Mirko and Yoel being in the Top 5 and Saku, Kaufman, GSP and Wanderlei being somewhere in the Top 10. Wanderlei in particular was one my absolute favorites back in the day but as time goes on and past-their-prime fighters either retire or start competing in B-tier organizations you kinda stop being as invested.
* Edited at 02.15.2022, 12:29 AM ET *
"I'm not imprezzed by your performance."
02.15.2022 | 8:02 AM ET
1. Khabib Nurmagomedov
2. Conor Mcgregor
3. Israel Adesanya
4. Michel Perreira
5. Derrick Lewis
6. Camaru Usman
7. Colby Covington
8. Valentina Schevchenko
9. Brandon Roywal
10. Calvin Kattar
11. Francis Ngannou
12. Magomed Ankalaev
13. Ion Cutelaba
14. Michael Bisping
15. Anderson Silva
16. Michael Venom Page
17. Wanderlei Silva
18. Alex Caceres
19. Diego Sanchez
20. Mark Hunt
"https://t.me/LMpick - my betting channel"
02.15.2022 | 2:01 PM ET
JUST A REMINDER THAT SURVEY SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL MARCH 5th 2022! Thank you all for the support.
And yeah @xJUSTBLEEDx when you break it down as a tier list it get's interesting when you categorize it. I feel it can be just different feelings for different fighters. However, when you just rank it, so much can be said with just a simple 1-20. Cool stuff. Thanks again for sharing yours. :)
"Don't argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Bark Twain
02.15.2022 | 2:08 PM ET
1. Anderson Silva
2. Jose Aldo
3. Tony Ferguson
4. Max Holloway
5. Yoel Romero
6. Jon Jones
7. Stipe Miocic
8. Robert Whittaker
9. Petr Yan
10. Dominick Cruz
11. Carlos Condit
12. Justin Gaethje
13. Rose Namajunas
14. Nick Diaz
15. Stephen Thompson
16. Jorge Masvidal
17. Chan Sung Jung
18. Dustin Poirier
19. Amanda Nunes
20. Valentina Shevchenko
"đ´ No Quarter Given đ´"
02.15.2022 | 3:24 PM ET
"Don't argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Bark Twain
02.17.2022 | 1:42 PM ET
SURVEY EXTENDED TO MARCH 5TH!
See main topic post for rules, just need your favorite 20 fighters ranked 1-20. Post away! I'll take care of the rest.
Thanks to the 24 Survey takers for sharing their rankings.
Let's keep it up!
216 Unique Fighters mentioned, Nearly 14,000 Points allocated, and some more fun stuff to be shown later!
This is coming along greatly honestly... so greatly, I am afraid I am going to have to use... MATH.
"Don't argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Bark Twain
02.22.2022 | 3:53 PM ET
Feel free to list your top 20 for you to be included in the survey/video! Thank you.
"Don't argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Bark Twain
02.22.2022 | 7:11 PM ET
2. Bas Rutten
3. Mariusz Pudzianowski
4. Chael Sonnen
5. Jared Cannonier
6. Marvin Vettori
7. Cung Le
8. Robert Whittaker
9. Korean Zombie
10. Kazushi Sakuraba
11. Mark Hunt
12. Urijah Faber
13. Jose Aldo
14. Alistair Overeem
15. Yoel Romero
16. Paulo Costa
17. Arnold Allen
18. Ben Askren
19. Charles Olivera
20. Jiri Prochazka
"They're sorcerers they don't get knocked out"
02.22.2022 | 7:53 PM ET
"Don't argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Bark Twain
02.26.2022 | 11:24 AM ET
"Don't argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Bark Twain
02.28.2022 | 2:18 PM ET
"Don't argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Bark Twain
03.04.2022 | 10:42 AM ET
Thank you to the 25 Survey Participants thus far. If you can, please feel free to give this one last push before tomorrows deadline, that would be great.
Keep it up everyone, FINAL DAY FOR SUBMISSIONS!
"Don't argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Bark Twain
03.05.2022 | 11:37 PM ET
Appreciate everything about this community, and I can't wait to show the results of what this community has to offer.
"Don't argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Bark Twain
03.06.2022 | 8:25 PM ET
Looking forward to seeing them, they should be interesting!
"I wish you good luck but I don't want you to rely on luck"
03.07.2022 | 2:17 PM ET
I swear he was in like 10 top 5s
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once." - Julius Caesar.
03.07.2022 | 3:20 PM ET
"I wish you good luck but I don't want you to rely on luck"
03.08.2022 | 9:27 PM ET
Excited to share in the next coming days.
Honestly, What are some of your thoughts and predictions before I post the results? I may include it in the video. :)
"Don't argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Bark Twain
03.08.2022 | 9:36 PM ET
My predictions:
The top of the list will be covered mostly by MMA legends, specifically GSP, Fedor Emelianenko, Anderson Silva and Mirko Cro Cop.
Of the current fighters that will make up the rest of the top half of the list, they will mostly be current UFC Champions.
A female fighter will not be in the top 10.
Despite her legendary status in the sport, Randa Markos will not got the recognition she deserves and will rank near the bottom of the list.
"I wish you good luck but I don't want you to rely on luck"
03.09.2022 | 5:27 PM ET
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once." - Julius Caesar.