Most Impressive Fighter from the "Dark Ages" era of the UFC????

[Lionheart7167]

The dark ages, or the McCain years as most remember them, were a strange time for the UFC. There was a bit of SEG/Zuffa crossover here.

I guess I'm curious who the best fighters were during this time (roughly 98-03).

I wouldn't count fighters like Frye, Coleman, Severn, Gracie, or Shamrock during this period. They were more Golden age fighters.

This was also right before Liddell and Couture went on their reigns of terror.

I'd say Tito, Hughes, Jens Pulver, BJ, and Frank were probably the tops.

Thoughts?

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Lawler, Shrek, Baroni, Barnett, Tanner & Baby Jay Penn
*There's tons more...

 

[IloveTHIS]

Sherk

Lawler, Shrek, Baroni, Barnett, Tanner & Baby Jay Penn
*There's tons more...

Nvm I change my answer, it's definitely Shrek

 

[HOLA]

Chuck was very impressive with his fight against Paul Jones at UFC 22. Some of the best takedown defense I've ever seen in MMA. One of the best displays of the old "sprawl and brawl" from Chuck.

Jones was 11-1-1 in MMA. Only person he lost to was Chuck.

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

Rizzo.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Frank Shamrock and Mark Kerr stand out.

 

[pride_rules]

Sherk

Nvm I change my answer, it's definitely Shrek

 

[UkraineFreightTrain]

Phillip Miller retired undefeated 16-0

 

[Koro_11]

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Sherk

Nvm I change my answer, it's definitely Shrek

I was gonna fix it after it "auto-uncorrected", but thought Shrek was funnier; and to see if anyone came at me

 

[witt1021]

 

[supermurph]

Miletich had a nice run in the UFC.

I was gonna fix it after it "auto-uncorrected", but thought Shrek was funnier; and to see if anyone came at me

Could've been worse. At least you didn't refer to him as the muscle shart which is why text to speech still has some kinks to work out.

 

[TheTickG]

The dark ages, or the McCain years as most remember them, were a strange time for the UFC. There was a bit of SEG/Zuffa crossover here.

I guess I'm curious who the best fighters were during this time (roughly 98-03).

I wouldn't count fighters like Frye, Coleman, Severn, Gracie, or Shamrock during this period. They were more Golden age fighters.

This was also right before Liddell and Couture went on their reigns of terror.

I'd say Tito, Hughes, Jens Pulver, BJ, and Frank were probably the tops.

Thoughts?

Igor

 

[elreece]

would you class Rich Franklin in this category, if so him.

 

[StrikerKing]

Hard to choose but Id say a toss up between Rizzo, Randy, Kerr. And he was never in the UFC but Ricksons 400-0 street fighting record is tough to beat. All by choke or armbar believe

 

[CroCopsLHK]

Marco Ruas was pretty damn good. I feel he was one of the first crosstrained fighters in UFC

Nobody ever talks about him and I'm sure most mainstream fans never knew about him

 

[Pierced7681]

Does Jerry Bohlander count? Can’t remember when he retired but he armbarred Kevin jackson and gave Tito a tough battle

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Lawler, Shrek, Baroni, Barnett, Tanner & Baby Jay Penn
*There's tons more...

Alot off these guys fought after ufc 30 when Zuffa took over. Personally that's where the dark age ended. The quality of the shows lifted along with the level of talent

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Frank Shamrock by far then the likes of

Tito
Mezger
Rizzo
Mikey Burnet
Randy
Randleman

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Chuck was very impressive with his fight against Paul Jones at UFC 22. Some of the best takedown defense I've ever seen in MMA. One of the best displays of the old "sprawl and brawl" from Chuck.

Jones was 11-1-1 in MMA. Only person he lost to was Chuck.

His fight with Jeff Monsan was a sprawl and brawl clinic