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The Greatest MMA Grapplers of All Time

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Royce Gracie started it all, and submission fighting is still alive and well in top-flight MMA today. But who's the best of all time? Here are the consensus all-time greatest MMA grapplers, according to our members. Create YOUR own ranking today.

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  • MMA Junkie : USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, Feb. 7: Johnny Eblen nearing middleweight elite
  • MMA Junkie : UFC 284 pre-event facts: Alexander Volkanovski can join exclusive club on home soil
  • MMAFighting.com : UFC 284 broadcast team features Michael Bisping, Dominick Cruz sitting in for Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier
  • MMA Junkie : Melsik Baghdasaryan: Knocking out Josh Culibao at UFC 284 will make Australian fans cheer for me
  • MMA Junkie : Michael Chiesa: Alexander Volkanovski has 'unarguable case' as best ever if he beats Islam Makhachev
  • MMA Junkie : Video: Did Fedor Emelianenko 'for sure' retire as the MMA heavyweight GOAT?
  • MMAFighting.com : Dana White responds to Islam Makhachev’s comments about UFC 284 promotion: ‘What does he know about what’s going on?’
  • MMA Weekly : Dana White says Makhachev vs. Volkanovski is ‘top 5 biggest fights of all time in UFC history’
  • MMA Junkie : UFC champ Alex Pereira responds to critics of his wrestling, cites takedown on Israel Adesanya
  • MMA Junkie : Dana White: UFC title fight awaits Jiri Prochazka when he's 100 percent healthy
  • MMA Junkie : Jeong Yeong Lee expected that split call that left him unsatisfied
  • MMAFighting.com : Bellator 290 draws just over 1 million average viewers on CBS
  • UFC.com : Fighters On The Rise | UFC 284: Makhachev vs Volkanovski
  • UFC.com : Iowa’s Tony Cassioppi Eyes MMA Run After Wrestling | UFC Fight Pass
  • UFC.com : Coach Conversation | Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski
  • MMA Junkie : Sung Hyun Park: Jet lag the culprit for longer-than-wanted submission win
  • MMAFighting.com : UFC 284 Embedded, Episode 2: ‘Just when you think you can’t go any harder, show them you can’
  • MMA Junkie : John McCarthy: Michael Chandler's exciting style 'dumbest idea ever' vs. Conor McGregor
  • MMAFighting.com : Johnny Eblen believes he’s ‘a style matchup disaster’ for Alex Pereira: ‘I beat him 10 times out of 10’
  • MMA Junkie : UFC 284 'Embedded,' No. 2: Check out Alexander Volkanovski's 'hardest session' in training