Greatest MMA fighter to never compete at UFC or Bellator

[Kobra420]

Sammy "Ballbreath" Finkle

Hahaha...well played.

 

[Gambit MMA]

ill say igor

 

[wearetheromans]

I like your thread, but it'd make more sense to include pride, which was the biggest org in the world.

In fact if you took out pride, ufc, strikeforce and bellator, it'd be interesting to see who came up as the best.

Khalidov is a beast and world class

 

[UkraineFreightTrain]

Rickson Gracie

 

[Hattori]

Sensei Seagal

 

[beefcake180]

Igor is a fantastic shout.

I think Bibi would get my vote personally, people really don't understand just how good the dude is. If he had signed in 2013(? I think thats when they were negotiating) I think he'd have taken the title from Barao.

 

[rpn453]

Vovchanchyn, without a doubt.

 

[Katsumi Yamada]

There was a lot if great lightweight fighters during the time when UFC did not have lightweight.

Joachim Hansen, JZ Calvan, Shaolin Riberio.

Those guys were really high ranked for some time.

 

[ArmenianAssasin]

Digging the Igor love

Most under rated legend of all time

 

[Exarch01]

Vovchanchyn was a fucking monster. I remember the sound of his punches, they sounded nasty. If he got waste control it was usually game over.

I'll go with Krazy, Kid, or Charles........

Seriously hoping you mean "waist."

 

[Kobra420]

Seriously hoping you mean "waist."

Yes...my bad. Thanks for informing me....I'll edit it.

 

[Gorkle]

Fedor. I know he fought in Bellator, but he didn't really compete.

Fuck you! I was going to write that!

 

[zuul]

Great list @executionermma, igor would be me top pick. He wa the original Fedor and the stories of them ringing a bell in his hometown to warn people when he was drunk and angry are legendary.

There was a lot if great lightweight fighters during the time when UFC did not have lightweight.

Joachim Hansen, JZ Calvan, Shaolin Riberio.

Those guys were really high ranked for some time.

Hellboy was the one I thought the OP had left out. I'm glad someone else remembered him.

 

[AusMMAfan]

Rickson Gracie

I was going to Holis Gracie

 

[AusMMAfan]

How about Sergei Khanitanov(sp?) He's has some great wins

Edit: He fought in Bellator

 

[executionermma]

I like your thread, but it'd make more sense to include pride, which was the biggest org in the world.

In fact if you took out pride, ufc, strikeforce and bellator, it'd be interesting to see who came up as the best.

Khalidov is a beast and world class

With more PRIDE, who do you mean? Later i realized that i forgot about some japaneses like Kiyoshi Tamura and Masakatsu Funaki, but i think it's about it. Most PRIDE vets who were sucessfull later fought at UFC or Bellator..

Aleks i don't think deserves to be at that list because when we remember about his fights, other than the one with Kharitonov, it's either him crushing cans or losing in a competitive or dominant way to someone. Not many good wins, and some really bad loses.

 

[gunlok]

Floyd
Anthony Joshua

 

[executionermma]

Floyd
Anthony Joshua

Igor would take Joshua down and submit him btw

 

[dmwalking]

Igor. He would've been a huge star in the US based on his style.

 

[Akabignasty]

Ricardo Arona
Tom Erikson
Igor Vovchanchyn