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Favorite Pro Wrestlers with MMA History
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Ranking designed by Musha Updated 3 years, 9 months ago
Favorite Pro Wrestlers with MMA History
For many, MMA should never be compared to pro wrestling, and that's perfectly understandable, and true. But there's no denying the connections between the two and as a guy who grew up fan of both, I can say that MMA fans disrespecting and discrediting pro wrestlers and their craft is one of the most annoying aspect of the MMA community. Regardless, my love for pro wrestling certainly declined over the last few years, especially for WWE, which I pretty much don't even watch anymore... But wrestling still has a special place in my heart, like many MMA fighters as a matter of fact (Daniel Cormier, Ronda Rousey, Cain Velasquez...). Anyways, here are my favorite pro wrestlers who adventured in the world of MMA, whether it's before, during or after their career in wrestling. Ranked by how much I like the athlete as a pro wrestler and not as an MMA fighter, which is why you'll see some guys with terrible or limited records ranked in front of some much better and more respected MMA fighters.
Guidelines:
- Ranking Type: Fighters
Rankings
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1
Brock Lesnar
5-3-0, 1 NC
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2
Recent Fights:TKO -
3
Shinsuke "King of Strong Style" Nakamura
3-1-1, 1 NC
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4
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5
"Rowdy" Ronda Rousey
12-2-0
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6
Dan "The Beast" Severn
101-19-7
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8
Kenta Kobayashi
Am 1-0-0
Recent Fights:SUB -
7
Recent Fights: -
9
CM Punk
0-1-0, 1 NC
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10
"The Gracie Hunter" Kazushi Sakuraba
26-17-1, 2 NC
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12
Yujiro Kushida
6-0-2
Recent Fights:TBD2005SUB2004SUB2004DEC2004DEC2004DEC2003TBD2003 -
13
"The Warmaster" Josh Barnett
35-8-0
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15
Minoru Suzuki
29-19-0
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17
Yuji Nagata
0-2-0
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18
Recent Fights:TKO
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