I like Anderson Silva because of his way of making people look silly in his prime. He had a knack for sort of big bothering his opponents and just being 3 steps ahead, and 6 steps ahead in striking.
Present day I like watching guys like ilia, Khamzat,Kevin vallejos, and Shavkat because they all fight by getting in your face and showing the dawg in them
I wanna say gsp but bas rutten is just a legend. Don Frye too.
This isn’t a skill based pick. I just like them because they give me good memories of being a kid and getting the fights and dvd.
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Ill-Translator-2879Mar 30, 2026
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Yeah bas is a baddd man. He’s the only person who’s street fight stories I believe. And I always think open palm to not breaks my hand
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Negative_Zucchini206Mar 30, 2026
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Liver kicks.
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Sad_Chance_9626Mar 30, 2026
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silva was a legend, no doubt. ilia and shavkat are definitely the future of the sport, love their aggressive styles.
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Ill-Translator-2879Mar 30, 2026
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Yeah man. But hey you should really check out Kevin vallejos. He was the only person to knock out Josh Emmett and ilia couldn’t even ko Emmett
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CantBelieveItsNotJizMar 30, 2026
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100% Anderson Silva. It was like watching Ronaldinho play football, pure magic. I don't care what the numbers say, nobody else could do what he did, including Jon Jones, GSP, etc. All the other big names.
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Ill-Translator-2879Mar 30, 2026
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Yeah, it always felt like he was from the future or something and he wanted to show how advanced mma is going to be. Matter of fact I’m going to call men in black on him👽🛸
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Loud_Ad_3555Mar 30, 2026
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i also have to admit that silva was amazing
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Away_Ad_1784Mar 30, 2026
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I remember Watching him in the Gonzaga fight breaking his leg like that, we all knew at that moment he was on another level.
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shadesof3Mar 30, 2026
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The fight that never happened was GSP vs Silva. Everyone was talking about it and I'm curious what would have happened.
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Loud_Ad_3555Mar 30, 2026
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i love high accuracy (\~60%) striking e.g. suga, mcgregor, and a few others
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Ill-Translator-2879Mar 30, 2026
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If accuracy I also would put yan on that list. Dude is a beast. I feel like he could even beat up some 55ers if he wanted to
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TheDegenerativeAIMar 30, 2026
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Shamrock? BJ Penn? Couture? Bones Jones? Silva? GSP? McGregor? Habib? Gaetje? The field is so big I can’t decide.
But I really liked watching Namajunas.
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Ill-Translator-2879Mar 30, 2026
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Bj penn is that dude. He’s a guy who made me realize muscles and size doesn’t matter. Some guys just have natural power like penn, and don’t need roids, height or muscles on muscles.
Which also made me learn to always treat any fight like they’re the biggest faster most dangerous man on earth so I never get caught off guard if they just so are
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musicteach3rMar 30, 2026
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There are so many great fighters. I know he never won a title, but Kenny Florian was my favorite during his time. His elbows were vicious. I always enjoyed watching his fights, even got to see him fight in person. Just a great memory.
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captainfluffy25Mar 30, 2026
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Sad considering what happened last night, but Israel Adesanya. So i've been a longtime MMA fan, starting back with Pride in 2003. Growing up GSP was my favorite but then he first retired, and I got busy with life. He then came back and it kind of brought me back, but what truly "locked me in" was the come-up of Izzy. i saw a few highlights of his kickboxing fights and they were so f****** good. Then i heard he was coming to the UFC so I turned in and he did NOT disappoint. His fight for the Interim belt is one of my favorite fights of all time. Sure he had some mid fights as a champ, but i forgive it for how active he was and how when he had a banger it would be a f****** BANGER. I had the pleasure of seeing him live in Miami KOi'ng Poatan, which was amazing.... but it sucks that was his last win and might even BE his last ever.
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CaptHowdy34Mar 30, 2026
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I'm counting the Diaz brothers as 1.
Robbie Lawler was electric too.
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Economy-Unit-1342Mar 30, 2026
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Jon Jones, hes creative unpredictable insanely skilled
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Ill-Translator-2879Mar 30, 2026
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Yeah jones is like a tornado that constantly redirects his path
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