Best combos of CHIN + CARDIO

[Typrune Goatley]

Not many guys were elite at both. I can only think of a few.


Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria
Nick Diaz
Nate Diaz
Frankie Edgar


Big gap between those four and everybody else. Unless I am forgetting somebody?


Rampage had both from 2003 to 2007 but I wouldn't quite put him up there with those four that displayed those traits for over a decade.

Hendo had the chin but I wouldn't say his cardio was elite.

Cain had the cardio but was his chin truly iron?

Anderson Silva might be my number 5. What do you think?

Maybe Tony Ferguson, DC, Jones? What about Chris Lytle? What other fighters in MMA history had elite cardio and chin?

 

[rambosabeast]

Carlos Condit, absolutely. He ate some nasty shots from 1st-rd Woodley as well as Lawler that knocked him awkwardly off-balance or down but he never looked like he was out or wobbled.

 

[Typrune Goatley]

Carlos Condit, absolutely.

Great choice. What about Jake Shields?

 

[Gamer007]

Cruz?

 

[TUFNewb]

Edgar.

 

[tjry]

Nick diaz

 

[rambosabeast]

Great choice. What about Jake Shields?

Yep, I remember him getting battered by Lombard and he didn't seem to be in much trouble.

 

[Typrune Goatley]

Cruz?

Amazing cardio. Especially considering how many injuries he has had and his style of constant bouncy movement.

His chin is very solid too. He ate a lot of hard shots versus Cody and made it look like TJ never hurt him.

Cruz probably does belong in this small group of fighters

 

[Typrune Goatley]

Yep, I remember him getting battered by Lombard and he didn't seem to be in much trouble.

I also can't believe Jake survived that beat down from Hendo. Came back and dominated Hendo.

 

[dog y]

Jon Fitch. Nearly unstoppable.
Him and Shields. And Condit.
Go WW. Still believe thats close to the magic combo of effectiveness. A 190lbs man is the best, most versatile.
Edir: Fitch magically surviving Maias rnc earns him #1.
Being a judo guy, its still puzzling.

 

[Typrune Goatley]

1. Big Nog
2. Nick Diaz
3. Frankie Edgar
4. Carlos Condit
5. Anderson Silva
6. Nate Diaz
7. Dominick Cruz
8. Jake Shields


So far that is my list unless somebody can remind us of someone else.

 

[Egészségére!]

Robbie Lawler

 

[handspeed]

Sam "Head of Stone" Stout in his prime.

 

[Head Movement]

I guess Clay Guida way back in the day had crazy cardio and a granite chin

 

[iWas]

GSP may have tapped to strikes but he has never been KO:d and his cardio is among the best.

 

[The guest]

I guess Clay Guida way back in the day had crazy cardio and a granite chin

 

[Gnaww]

Not many guys were elite at both. I can only think of a few.


Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria
Nick Diaz
Nate Diaz
Frankie Edgar


Big gap between those four and everybody else. Unless I am forgetting somebody?


Rampage had both from 2003 to 2007 but I wouldn't quite put him up there with those four that displayed those traits for over a decade.

Hendo had the chin but I wouldn't say his cardio was elite.

Cain had the cardio but was his chin truly iron?

Anderson Silva might be my number 5. What do you think?

Maybe Tony Ferguson, DC, Jones? What about Chris Lytle? What other fighters in MMA history had elite cardio and chin?

Cruz, Faber but cardio is almost a given at the smaller weight classes

 

[Tze]

' Diaz' '
- Tze

 

[Unfinished Sentenc]

Justin gaethje

 

[Cooliox]

The most shady, Frankie baby!

Here's a guy who could fight at BW, taking bombs from LW for the bigger part of his career.

Nick Diaz is G as hell too... going 5 rounds with Spideroid Silva, while high!

Hendo fighting HWs and shit while being able to make MW, not getting stopped till he got really old.

Cruz is another monster. Prime Guida gets mad love from me. GOAT-SP goes without saying.


I'm a big sucker for displays of heart and courage.

I'm going to end with with Nog and Fedor as Warrior Kings. It was impossible to stop either guy in their prime. Madness, considering these guys were fighting at HW (with no limit).
Most people consider Fedor-CroCop to be the limelight of Pride FC, but for me it will always be Fedor-Nog.