First truly well rounded/complete fighter in the UFC.

[orca]

And getting subbed by Japanese cans.

tom aspinal gets subbed by cab drivers as well

 

[arrmike]

The first fighter who fought like a modern fighter was actually Anthony Macias. TS did not specify that your answer had to be a champion-level fighter.

Macias was a MT fighter who never got notice due to several factors. One, he had horrible matchups such as giving up nearly 100 pounds to Severn at his ufc 4 debutAnd he threw his fight with training partner Oleg.

But for an early ufc fighter, not a single other fighter mixed MT with competent grappling and submissions like he did.

 

[VAfan]

Guy Mezger was a good one. He was a state champion wrestler and professional kickboxer before he made his UFC debut in 1994. Developed a pretty good submission game as well.

and then he became tito oritz's bitch.