Who do YOU think is the greatest UFC fighter of all time

Kalib Starnes surpasses everybody on my list!

No Shogun, Rashad, or Machida ... but you have Forrest Griffin? 

They are not much further down on my list - check the rankings page and make your own too...

But I felt that what his fight agianst Bonner did on TUF 1 Finale for the sport of MMA made him a bit higher on my Greatest list.  Otherwise, all of the above have only won the LH title and lost it in their first defense.

Griffin? One of the greatest fights, but greatest fighters mate? I'm not so sure, and ahead of Jones, to each his own. :D

Jones is one of my favorite fighters - didn't want to show my bias - eventually will compete for number 1 on my list

I think Anderson Silva would go down as the GOAT right now based off of his accomplishments, but in terms of pure skill, I think GSP is the best fighter in history.

GSP is much more well rounded than Anderson, and he's elite in every form of MMA.

But Anderson is just oh-so-much better at striking than everyone.

LOL @ Fedor being a top 5 UFC fighter of all time ahead of guys like Hughes/Liddell/Couture.  Elvis Sinosic would be higher on my ranking of greatest UFC fighters of all time over Fedor because Fedor never fought in the UFC.  I'm assuming the UFC part wasn't seen in the title.

The picture is of the greatest fighters of all-time, not the greatest UFC fighters.

oh ****. I did not see UFC.

haha, I figured Nik.

EDIT: i was just looking at the title.

* Edited at 04.01.2012, 10:26 PM ET *

A. Silva without question within the UFC, outside the UFC its a pretty close argument with fedor and A silva
GSP is more well rounded due to his wrestling, but pure skill? A silva has way more pure skill in my opinion.
But then again being well rounded doesnt make you a champion, being great does, and Anderson is the greatest.

"Being well rounded doesn't make you a champion, being great does" 

Where is the logic in that?

There are tons of well rounded fighters in the UFC, only a few great ones
hence, the great ones are the champs 
theres your "logic"

* Edited at 04.01.2012, 11:50 PM ET *

Ah, I see.

It's about to get stupid in here :D

While Anderson Silva is my favorite fighter, and I do believe him to be the best fighter in MMA currently, I'm actually not going to choose him for this list. O.o

For my #1 UFC fighter, I'ma go a different route. A route that is chock full of fights that have you on your feet, we're mostly competitive, and were relevant at the time. With Silva, while his fights are always relevant with him being champion, they don't always have you on your feet. They do however have you on the edge of your seat, waiting for that magical "Spider" moment that could happen at any second.

For me, I'm thinking along the lines of 3 fighters that were early faces of the UFC around the TUF beginnings. Randy Couture, Matt Hughes, and BJ Penn. I'm reluctant to add Chuck Liddell to my list, but, this is MY list, and I'm not a big fan of The Iceman. 

Just for the sake of trying to keep this from "tl;dr", I'ma get to my point. BJ Penn get's my personal vote. There was never a boring fight with him, even when he's out of shape and unmotivated, he was just a fighter. I can think of plenty of exciting moments with him, more so than with a lot of fighters. All the way from pounding Uno out up against the cage, to submitting Hughes out in the RNC, to avenging his loss to Pulver and being LW Champion. The single word that describes him is intensity, and you were ALWAYS excited to see him fight cause of what he brought. 

Yeah, he's lost his fair share of fights, but fighters who can lose as little as GSP and Silva are few and far between. I say don't hate him for not being able to compete with GSP, but instead remember him and praise him for what he was, a killer in the Octagon