Consensus Rankings:   Official  |  Member Designed  |  This Ranking Updated 10 years, 7 months ago  |  All By TomGun106

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   Chael Sonnen

   30-17-1

   Chael Sonnen’s mouth should be given the Pulitzer Prize, because never before have sequences of words achieved such spectacular results.
   

2. 2

   

   Brock Lesnar

   5-3-0, 1 NC

   The first thing they teach you in journalism classes is not to start stories with a question, but seriously, could defining Brock Lesnar’s career be any more complicated?
   

3. 3

   

   Mark Kerr

   "The Smashing Machine"

   15-11-0, 1 NC

   Mark Kerr is the precursor to every so-called "unbeatable fighter" ever. He was the first Brock Lesnar, the second King Kong, the biggest, baddest dude you've ever seen and figured could never be defeated by anything less than an automatic weapon.
   

4. 4

   

   Bob Sapp

   "The Beast"

   12-20-0

   Most people's hype rapidly fades after losses start to pile up. Bob Sapp is not one of these people.
   

5. 5

   

   Fedor Emelianenko

   "The Last Emperor"

   40-7-0, 1 NC

   Depending on if you want to be right or wrong, you probably think Fedor is either the first or second greatest fighter of all-time. The Last Emperor truly is a legend; he is to MMA what Babe Ruth is to baseball and Jack the Ripper is to disembowelment.
   

6. 6

   

   Hector Lombard

   "Showeather"

   34-10-1, 3 NC

   For years, Hector Lombard was MMA’s biggest “what if.” What if he fought better competition? What if he fought in the UFC? The questions were valid and the answers unclear, though a lot of fans speculated that no matter who you placed in front of Lombard, the results would remain the same.
   

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   Brandon Vera

   "The Truth"

   16-10-0, 1 NC

   There has been exactly one person to become both UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion, and the fact that we actually thought Brandon Vera could become the second is borderline psychotic.
   

8. 8

   

   Royce Gracie

   15-2-3

   Some people collect stamps or baseball cards or rare birds, Gracie collected limbs.
   

9. 9

   

   Ronda Rousey

   "Rowdy"

   12-2-0

   At this point in her career, Ronda Rousey seems like some bizarrely successful cross between Cody McKenize and Brock Lesnar; her entire skill set is built around a novelty, her public persona magnified infinitely by her appearance and personality. Yet, even after only six professional fights and one title defense, many are heralding her as, potentially, the biggest star in MMA history.
   

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    Phil Baroni

    "The New York Badass"

    16-19-0

    Some fighters on this list are innocent victims of their hype, but in Phil Baroni’s case it was entirely his fault.