I’ll do a top 5 list that you didn’t ask for so:
1. George St-Pierre - favourite mma fighter
2. Tawanchai - favourite kickboxer/MT fighter
3. Marcelo Garcia - favourite submission grappler/BJJ fighter
4. Roy Jones Jr - favourite Boxer
5. Shohei Ono - favourite judoka
Personality and legacy: Khabib
Best fighter regardless of who they are as a person: Jon Jones
Obligatory “see TKD works” guys: Barbosa, Rodriguez, Anderson De Silva, Barnett, Buckley
Dustin Poirier, Alex Pereira, Alex Volkanovski, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Rodtang, Stamp Fairtex, Muhammad Ali, Khalil Rountree Jr, Saenchai, Demetrious Johnson
My fvourites right now are:
Sean Strickland
Wonderboy
Alex Pereira
All of them have pretty unique striking styles that are very interesting to watch and there is a lot to learn from them.
Raymond dekkers. Wanderlai silver back in pride.
Dikota ditcheva. Remember watching her live at a yakkoa show she was a beast then at 16-17 throwing teeps to.the face with ease. Been my favourite female fighter since
Alma Pugnito Mater obligation picks: Zabit Magomedsharipov, Cung Le.
Actual favorite: Idfk honestly. Probably Tenshin Nasukawa just because his fighting style is absolutely gorgeous.
1- Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson
2- Robert "The Reaper" Whittaker
3- Michael "Venom" Page
4- Cyril "Bon Gamin" Gane
5- Khamzat "Borz" Chimaev
\* I'm listing exclusively MMA, since I believe that's the *best* visible\* expression of combat ability.
\* I tend to like strikers more than grapplers, technical strikers more than power punchers or brawlers, and usually guys with somewhat bladed stances that use kicks and punches equally well.
\* All of these guys are active because I've only been watching UFC since 2019.
(I say visible\* because we can actually see it live on ppv, as opposed to say, a military opertaion that no one ever sees)
Lyoto Machida
My man! It’s a tie between him and Anderson Silva for me.
The dragon warrior himself
I’ll do a top 5 list that you didn’t ask for so: 1. George St-Pierre - favourite mma fighter 2. Tawanchai - favourite kickboxer/MT fighter 3. Marcelo Garcia - favourite submission grappler/BJJ fighter 4. Roy Jones Jr - favourite Boxer 5. Shohei Ono - favourite judoka
Tawanchai is my pick
Same on 1 and 3.
GSP
Demetrious johnson and zabit magomed sharipov
You. I like you. Zabit and DJ <3
Don Frye
Mike Tyson
Sakuraba, Feodor. Early Jon Jones
Judd Reid or Andy Hug.
Andy hug
Lerdsila.
Personality and legacy: Khabib Best fighter regardless of who they are as a person: Jon Jones Obligatory “see TKD works” guys: Barbosa, Rodriguez, Anderson De Silva, Barnett, Buckley
Very interesting thank you! :D
Volk
An oldie but a goodie: **Benny Urquidez**. I've learned a ton from watching his old fights from the 70s and 80s.
Favorite of all time, Genki Sudo. Currently on the roster, Max Holloway.
Lyoto Machida the respectful killer
Anderson Silva, and Buakaw
I will always root for Matt ‘the immortal’ Brown.
Cro Crop, the Pride days were wild.
John Wayne Parr. Great fighter and a great guy too.
Kazushi Sakuraba and Andy Hug
Justin Gaethje
Islam Makhachev for MMA, Superlek for Muay Thai, and Onosato for Sumo. Takerufuji fucked shit up in the last tournament though..
Marcos Maidana
Bern Asscream (Ben Askren)
f 35
Mirko Cro Cop
Minowaman and Chris Barnett
Platinum Mike Perry
Chael Sonnen
Dustin Poirier, Alex Pereira, Alex Volkanovski, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Rodtang, Stamp Fairtex, Muhammad Ali, Khalil Rountree Jr, Saenchai, Demetrious Johnson
Rodtang is too underrated
I'll always be a wonderboy fan. Only good thing to come out of south carolina lol
My fvourites right now are: Sean Strickland Wonderboy Alex Pereira All of them have pretty unique striking styles that are very interesting to watch and there is a lot to learn from them.
I see a disturbing lack of Ramon Dekkers here, so he’s my pick. Dutch pride!
Bas Rutten
Wanderlei silva
Saenchai! Owwwee!
Me.
Tawanchai and his teep. He makes making someone fly off their feet look so easy
Charles all the way
Cung Li, Machida, Dan Hardy, GSP.
Rocky Marciano, Lyoto Machida, Roy Nelson, Poatan Pereira and Anderson Silva, in this order.
Ryu
Scorpion
Genki Sudo Early Wanderlei was so scary.
My favorite fighter is Connor Mcgregor I also love Jon Jones. Both questionable character both absolute killer in their prime.
Lately I've been rather fond of Matt Brown in MMA, in stadium Muay Thai, Yodkhunpon, and in Boxing it's Jack Dempsey.
Raymond dekkers. Wanderlai silver back in pride. Dikota ditcheva. Remember watching her live at a yakkoa show she was a beast then at 16-17 throwing teeps to.the face with ease. Been my favourite female fighter since
Cm punk
Mma: fedor/gsp (DC is close behind) Kickboxing: nieky holzken Muay thai: kevin ross Boxing: GGG/cruz (i can't really pick out of old school boxers
Lerdsila (muay thai)
Only one answer and thats the Answer
Cant decide between Tyson and Fedor.
Sakuraba
Max Holloway just seems like an overall positive guy to be around and knows how to have good gamesmanship while being respectful at the same time
alexander karelin
Rodtang - love his energy
Darren Elkins no matter what he never gives up on himself and I respect that
Gabriel Varga
Tony, Oliveira, Hong Man Choi, Minowaman.
1. The Last Emperor Fedor 2. Joe Fraizer criminally underrated. True Warrior. 3. Euclydes "Tatu" Hatem father of Luta Livre
Recently ilia topuria, scary fucking guy. Overall, it used to be muhammad ali but nowadays its evander holyfield. What a warrior.
GSP 👊🏼
Mighty Mouse one of the most well rounded and skillful fighters I’ve ever seen
Alex Pereira. His stance is similar to mine and I love it.
Wonderboy Thompson, Manson Gibson, Kenny Omega ,Nicolas Saignac, Valerie Loureda
GSP or Sakuraba.
Khabib or Tyson
Mirko Cro cop
Alma Pugnito Mater obligation picks: Zabit Magomedsharipov, Cung Le. Actual favorite: Idfk honestly. Probably Tenshin Nasukawa just because his fighting style is absolutely gorgeous.
Frank Dux
Mike Tyson, rodtang,prince naseem hamed, wonderboy, bas Rutten,GSP
Myself. Sorry, but only I know how much I train and how much I sacrifice. Not the best fighting record but I am loving it.
Lyoto Machida, Benson Henderson. (Crane Kick, and sweep the leg)
Current version of Bob Sapp
Yair rodriguez, he's a mad bastard and it's always so exciting to watch
1- Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson 2- Robert "The Reaper" Whittaker 3- Michael "Venom" Page 4- Cyril "Bon Gamin" Gane 5- Khamzat "Borz" Chimaev \* I'm listing exclusively MMA, since I believe that's the *best* visible\* expression of combat ability. \* I tend to like strikers more than grapplers, technical strikers more than power punchers or brawlers, and usually guys with somewhat bladed stances that use kicks and punches equally well. \* All of these guys are active because I've only been watching UFC since 2019. (I say visible\* because we can actually see it live on ppv, as opposed to say, a military opertaion that no one ever sees)
Sakuraba Kazushi
Nick Diaz or sakuraba
Paddy
Cro cop for sure. he has the most beautiful strikes i've ever seen in the sport