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Whom would you consider as the top five UFC/MMA fighters of all time?
Scimowser:
--- Quote from: Tokyo Joe on February 22, 2006, 07:41:53 AM ---How can you possibly justify that statement? He won 20 of his last 21 fights, the other being a draw with Shibuya.
Unlike Ken Shamrock who's lost 4 of his last 5 fights.
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ken is in his 40s and about 10 years passed his best, he should have done what Bas did and retire with a reputation. Bas has a great fight ecord no doubt, but he fought maybe 4-5 guys who can be classed as excellent fighters. I just dont think he was one of the best
as for Ruas, in his prime he was unbeatable and Bas would have just fallen at his feet
an123:
Has anyone actually seen Rickson fight other than the choke documentary? Who knows how "great" he was, but I do know he was a fighter in the infancy of the sport... His mystique probably brought a lot of people into the fightgame, which is a good thing I guess.
For me the top five are:
1.Dan Henderson
2.Fedor
3.BJ Penn
4.Nog
5.Shogun
The guys now would completely dismantal the "greats" of the past... But they were the foundation of the sport and helped evolve it to what mma is now.
onlyme:
I saw quite a few tapes of Rickson fighting. I think Rickson would have done very good in his prime in todays ways of fighting. He obviously has unreal ground work. But, from what I saw he could hit really good, but he could really avoiding getting hit really good. He had a great defense against getting hit. Plus he is strong and his endurance is just awesome so he can take it to long rounds. I really think Rickson in his prime could take on just about anyone fighting today. But, like all the time when people make these comparisons it is impossible to find out.
Scimowser:
when he was17 there was only 1 person who could make Rickson tap. Unfortunately he died but he was said to be the best of any Gracie in any generation.
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