Fighters and their spiritual successors

[McGangsta]

Name fighters and their successors, meaning fighters who for some reason remind you of the earlier fighter. Let me start:

Carlos Newton -> Bendo Henderson, biracial guys with quirk, good musculature and talented grapplers
Fedor -> Cormier Chubby short guys who dominate HW division with their speed
Jens Pulver -> Dan Hardy good standup fighters with mohawks
Krazy Horse -> Paul Daley, Crazy KO power
BJ Penn -> Conor McGregor, yea I said it

 

[Humbaba the Terrible]

Bob Sapp -> Ronda

 

[Aegon Spengler]

Rampage ---- Rumble

 

[MMAViewer]

I don't think I get the point of this exercise?!?!

 

[chitoortiz]

Name fighters and their successors, meaning fighters who for some reason remind you of the earlier fighter. Let me start:

Carlos Newton -> Bendo Henderson, biracial guys with quirk, good musculature and talented grapplers
Fedor -> Cormier Chubby short guys who dominate HW division with their speed
Jens Pulver -> Dan Hardy good standup fighters with mohawks
BJ Penn -> Conor McGregor, yea I said it

Ya, one of the greatest BJJ artists to ever live.

Comparing him to a guy who has one of the worst ground games in modern history.

 

[BigNuggetIce]

Wand Silva - Lombard
It ain't perfect but they remind me of each other. Also Conor is not the successor to bj. They're far too different.

 

[TheVaado]

How the fuck are BJ and Conor alike?

One is well-rounded with a World class ground game, the other is a one dimensional stand up artist with a trash ground game.

 

[waldywaldy]

Igor - Fedor

 

[Genki Sudo II]

Conan o' Brien = Conor McGregor. There both hilarious Irish comic figures.

Bruce Lee = Genki Sudo/Anderson Silva. No explanation needed.

 

[Genki Sudo II]

Igor - Fedor

There from the same era though.

 

[Qen]

Pele -- > A. Silva