Which "once great" is your favorite?

[BigMuffler]

Not the ones usually discussed who still look okay in fights and happen to be on a losing streak (Weidman/Pettis/Holm etc) but those from a prior generation who seem more clearly past it. Which "once great" is StillYourBoy? Examples:

Andrei Arlovski
Frank Mir
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Mauricio Rua (not sure he should be included, but the majority opinion seems to be that he is here)
Rashad Evans
Vitor Belfort
Nate Marquardt
Matt Brown
Diego Sanchez
Gray Maynard
Clay Guida
etc.

 

[Threetrees]

These guys are still my boys

but really

all of them

 

[Glove]

In order:

Oleg Taktarov
Don Frye
Pedro Rizzo
Frank Shamrock
Wanderlai Silva
Masakatsu Funaki
Kazushi Sakuraba
Robbie Lawler
Igor Vovchanchyon
Fedor Emilanenko

 

[Merman]

Keith Jardine!

 

[SCTwins]

Cody McKenzie

 

[dildos]

BJ PENN!!!

 

[HUGHPHUG]

In order:

Oleg Taktarov
Don Frye
Pedro Rizzo
Frank Shamrock
Wanderlai Silva
Masakatsu Funaki
Kazushi Sakuraba
Robbie Lawler
Igor Vovchanchyon
Fedor Emilanenko

Pedro man, he'll always be one of the few guys to genuinely scare me along with Mike Tyson

 

[TIMELESS TRUTH]

Not the ones usually discussed who still look okay in fights and happen to be on a losing streak (Weidman/Pettis/Holm etc) but those from a prior generation who seem more clearly past it. Which "once great" is StillYourBoy? Examples:

Andrei Arlovski
Frank Mir
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Mauricio Rua (not sure he should be included, but the majority opinion seems to be that he is here)
Rashad Evans
Vitor Belfort
Nate Marquardt
Matt Brown
Diego Sanchez
Gray Maynard
Clay Guida
etc.

You picked a bunch of newer fighters...

 

[BigMuffler]

BJ PENN!!!

He probably exemplifies the "once great" image better than all the examples lol.

 

[SNEAKthief]

Fedor, for sure.

Akira Shoji, though I guess you could say he was never great. Still a fucking warrior!

 

[BigMuffler]

You picked a bunch of newer fighters...

I was going for guys who are currently fighting in the UFC and look way past their prime rather than actually retired type guys.

 

[Gabe]

Rampage.

 

[TIMELESS TRUTH]

I was going for guys who are currently fighting in the UFC and look way past their prime rather than actually retired type guys.

Oops lol. Cool thread in that case!
I know how to read I promise!

 

[007]

Frank "The Tank" Mir

 

[Weuylf]

 

[dildos]

He probably exemplifies the "once great" image better than all the examples lol.

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once great at welter.. greatest at light weight.

 

[Taric]

Nogueira

 

[Glove]

Pedro man, he'll always be one of the few guys to genuinely scare me along with Mike Tyson

Without question for me, one of the greatest strikers i have ever seen...period.

 

[HUGHPHUG]

Without question for me, one of the greatest strikers i have ever seen...period.

Genuinely scary guy, I supported him through everything man, that's been a tough career to watch. Probably the hardest out of all the long retired guys. Even the likes of Saku and Don Frye still had good nights after their glory days, but Pedro fell really hard

 

[LilChuckLil]

Not the ones usually discussed who still look okay in fights and happen to be on a losing streak (Weidman/Pettis/Holm etc) but those from a prior generation who seem more clearly past it. Which "once great" is StillYourBoy? Examples:

Andrei Arlovski
Frank Mir
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Mauricio Rua (not sure he should be included, but the majority opinion seems to be that he is here)
Rashad Evans
Vitor Belfort
Nate Marquardt
Matt Brown
Diego Sanchez
Gray Maynard
Clay Guida
etc.

Hes not even on your list