Most honorable/respectful fighters

Mighty Mouse, a respectful warrior who always showed true class !
 
The iconic image of Genki Sudo bowing to a brutally KO’d Royler Gracie comes to mind.
 
Banana Tree's Nemesis said:
I don't think that's much of a 'but' to what I wrote at all.
I don't disagree with any of this.
My post was mainly aimed at op saying he can't think of many others.
As I said, not everybody can become champ. As far as I'm concerned the ones less famous shouldn't get any less credit for being nice.
On the other hand this is just weirdly obscured by a lot of guys being absolute ass. Is being humble and nice really worthy of praise or is it just normal? Idk.
I would tend to think that nice people will stay nice under mostly all circumstances, so it's not really something they have to put any effort in.
Maybe instead of glorifying normal behavior, the ones behaving badly should get more negative feedback to their behavior. Just my two cents. Not that I could enforce that anyways.
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Yeah, I would mostly agree with you here with the exception of nice people staying nice. Status makes a lot of people go from nice to not so nice. Even something we perceive as small, like promoting to a supervisor position can make people go from nice to not so nice. People just have a way of getting carried away with themselves when they get power, money, and/or status. Not always, but it is most certainly a thing.

Yes, there is most certainly a different standard for groups of people that aren't nice to have someone who is nice. Especially in the situation of UFC fighters, where being an asshole makes you money.
 
right now, it is Jiri, I love that he gave up his belt when he got hurt and knew he would be out for a while
 
moosaev said:
Baselessly accusing an opponent of cheating isn’t classy at all. If it weren’t for that he might’ve made the list.
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That was mainly Dan Hooker. Volk laughed off the question during an interview, said he "heard something about it" and then has never brought it up again.
 
Doughie99 said:
good list, agree.

-- I'd add in Wonderboy Thompson. Never talks smack, extremely respectful to his opponents (even when Woodley was trying to goad him into it).

-- Add in Jim Miller. Show me another fight who hates him? Bet you cannot find one. Super guy, just shows up on weight and fights and *insane* number of UFC fights.
-- add in maybe Michelle Waterson too.
-- maybe add in Max Holloway too.
-- maybe add in Frankie Edgar.
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didnt Woodley try and race bait Thompson on one of their pre fight talk shows and Wonderboy seemed to take genuine offence and said hold up there that’s not cool.
Holloway talks a bit of smack but it’s not malicious and you know he’s a good guy.
 
B0l0joe said:
didnt Woodley try and race bait Thompson on one of their pre fight talk shows and Wonderboy seemed to take genuine offence and said hold up there that’s not cool.
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Yes he did!! I remermber that.
All a bit silly of Woodley.

Tyron Woodley had a bit of an issue with race, i believe. Just multiple times. ho hum.
 
Nate Marquardt

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ippikiookami said:
Zhang Weili for sure
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She for sure mocked one of her opponents appearance. Can't remember who tho, maybe Joanna Jedrejdjk or whatever.

She comes across sorta fake tbh

edit: yeah she mocked Joanna for having a long face before they fought
 
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Striker Fox said:
She for sure mocked one of her opponents appearance. Can't remember who tho, maybe Joanna Jedrejdjk or whatever.

She comes across sorta fake tbh

edit: yeah she mocked Joanna for having a long face before they fought
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Here, she wrote (Including the Chinese translation):
"Meet up. She is really beautiful a lot"
"Meet again. She is so much prettier Let's Goooooo ufc275"



As I recall, Weili learned the English phrase "Shut up!" to deal with Joanna's relentless trash-talk, and even then she delivered the line with a big grin and a laugh. A fighter really has to give a little back to Joanna verbally considering how much Joanna's trash-talk is a part of her fight persona.
 
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Better Every Day said:
Here, she wrote:
"Meet up. She is really beautiful a lot meet again. She is so much prettier Let's Goooooo ufc275"



As I recall, Weili learned the English phrase "Shut up!" to deal with Joanna's relentless trash-talk, and even then she delivered the line with a big grin and a laugh. A fighter really has to give a little back to Joanna verbally considering how much Joanna's trash-talk is a part of her fight persona.
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She mocked her opponent for the way she looks (having a long face). She no hespec nothing

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djacobox372 said:
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.
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Hmmmmmm, seems like a super nice guy, one of the all time greats, however, there was some disrespect in the ring.
Oh yeah, and there was this one time, where he got his ass absolutely hammered while he was pulling that disrespect routine - sometimes you get what's coming.

Mighty Mouse - true all time great, all class, all the time.
 
Luque. Man is just a genuinely nice dude. I don't think I've ever heard him trash talk or disrespect anyone. And he's been in some high profile fights too
 
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