Most honorable/respectful fighters

[Corrado Soprano]

Dana

 

[Cathart1c]

Evan Tanner

 

[markg171]

I think Poirier has to be mentioned as well. Some people say "fake nice guy" but the dude is very solid and loses very well. Class act.

He literally just lost to Justin and said he's the better fighter.

 

[Dr Fong]

True, but I would say:
1) 5-10% is pretty small.
2) GSP was the biggest PPV draw during his heyday, and the fact that he did this while being a super nice guy is amazing and unprecedented. Asshole = MMA popularity and money- true of the vast majority of the other big draws- Conor, Ronda, Paddy, etc.
3) It gets even harder to keep your ego in check and remain classy when you are that successful, which really adds to how classy GSP and Fedor are.

One of the most silliest bits of MMA 'wisdom' that people routinely spout is that you have to be a heel to be a draw. There are things called faces too.

Chuck and Randy were not heels. Sakuraba was not a heel. Fedor was not a heel. Anderson Silva was not a heel. Khabib was not a heel.

There was nothing amazing or unprecedented about GSP's success. He was just a standard face, the type of which has been drawing money in pro wrestling for years.

 

[Cowboy Kurt Angle]

Has Wonderboy ever talked shit about an opponent?

 

[Bearknuckle]

Weili is awesome... Has anyone ever taken her up on the offer?

China is amazing... I'm from London, went to Beijing, and it was like going into the future... The technology they have there, the food, the quality of life, the size of the city, the roads, the overall wealth there... Really blew me away - cannot recommend highly enough.

Thats weird. I swear the media in america makes china out as some kind of evil communist spy country that is trying to destroy america, has no human rights and are full of wretchedness.

im not being sarcastic either lol

 

[LincolnHawk1]

Max holloway.

 

[Buff]

Thats weird. I swear the media in america makes china out as some kind of evil communist spy country that is trying to destroy america, has no human rights and are full of wretchedness.

im not being sarcastic either lol

I honestly thought it was using to be all rickshaws and food poisoning there until I arrived... Western media has us thinking a certain way, but they're living far better in Beijing as a whole than we are in our antiquidated cities.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Roxy

 

[Lost_Cause]

Randy

 

[StonedLemur]

Definitely Jon Jones. Always classy and humble. Never gets into any fights or verbal arguments. Has high morals and a heart of pure gold
Just an amazing father and amazing human being. A true martial artist
A wonderful role model to the younger generation, with all the positive personality traits there is

You must've puked on your keyboard while typing this sir lol.

 

[StonedLemur]

Im positive that was his manager sir.

 

[2004 account]

There's too many, robbie, dj, sage Northcutt etc

 

[stalehotdog]

Machida, a man and martial artist who respects himself so much as to drink his own piss can never truly be defeated.

 

[StonedLemur]

I agree with all except Holloway. I like the guy but can't call him respectful since he decided to teach oretega how to defend himself mid fight

Ortega brought that on himself tbh.

 

[Elvis.]

Sakuraba

 

[snotflakes]

How the fuck do you measure these guys' respect level? And what makes this relevant?

 

[Adamant__]

Im positive that was his manager sir.

Ye lol. It's still so funny tho. Whoever is managing Shavkat's account is doing a great job.

 

[StonedLemur]

Ye lol. It's still so funny tho. Whoever is managing Shavkat's account is doing a great job.

I guess, if Shavkat is happy with it that's all that matters sir.

 

[djacobox372]

Anderson Silva, hands down.

What puts him over the top IMO is his lack of ego late in his career.... he'd take fights that he had little chance of winning just to entertain and for the joy of the sport.