Natural born fighters ?

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I was watching the preview of Robbie Lawler vs Woodley. Lawler was defined as a "natural born fighter". But how to define them ? What are the characteristics of a "natural born fighter" ? Their pattern ?
How would you define them ?

Thinking about it, I see the "natural born fighters" as fighters that :
- would fight anybody at anytime
- take fights on short notice
- go to a fight even if injured, sicks...
- don't care about belts, money, organizations...
- don't take very seriously weightclasses, cutting, etc.
- have a impressive longevity
- don't quit after a devastating loss
- are relatively immune to all the mind games, the trash-talk...

My list :
- Dan Henderson (fought MW, LHW. In the circus since 1997)
- Saku (fought way bigger than him, great longevity)
- Minowa (same as Saku)
- Murilo Bustamante (fought bigger than him, good longevity)
- Minotauro (take fight on short notice IIRC, found bigger than him (Sapp))
- Marloes Coenen (16 years of fighting, fought in tournaments bigger than her)
 
Chindit said:
My list :
- Dan Henderson (fought MW, LHW. In the circus since 1997)
- Saku (fought way bigger than him, great longevity)
- Minowa (same as Saku)
- Murilo Bustamante (fought bigger than him, good longevity)
- Minotauro (take fight on short notice IIRC, found bigger than him (Sapp))
- Marloes Coenen (16 years of fighting, fought in tournaments bigger than her)
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No BJ Penn?

You fail at life.

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Donald Cerrone is the only fighter that actually fights anyone anywhere, the others just say it but when it comes down to it they won't accept a fight on short notice
 
Straightcross said:
Donald Cerrone is the only fighter that actually fights anyone anywhere, the others just say it but when it comes down to it they won't accept a fight on short notice
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I'd say it's fairly self explanatory, someone with a natural talent for and a desire to fight. A lot of those other things have nothing to do with it.
 
Frankie Edgar
Diego Sanchez
Giblert Melendez
Carlos Condit
Diaz Bros
Tony Ferguson
Chris Leben

That's off the top of my head
 
And so the other fighters were born in a lab? Because they are not natural?
 
Carlos Condit, it even says so in his nickname.
 
Nice post TS. I think the accolade of 'natural born fighter' is a hard one to define in words. (Putting aside the bottom line which is that all this is merely opinion too.)

To me, I dunno, I guess I just have to recognise a powerful warrior spirit. This isn't too rare in mma. Just to reel off a few of the truest grade though....

Diego sanchez
Wanderlei Silva
Enson inoue
Nick Diaz
Robbie Lawler
Cain velasquez
Anderson silva
Mark hunt

There are many more

Edit: just to add a couple of women to that list...

Meisha tate
Chris cyborg
 
Mark Hunt

Wanderleï

Don frye

Travis Fulton
 
I have a slovenly friend from college whose little son is hyper and energetic, so he put the kid in martial arts classes to do something with the kids' natural aggressive energy.

Perhaps this type is a natural born fighter.
 
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