The true GOAT chins in MMA

[bogeyj]

And Melvin hits like a brick, got him with one right on the button, big deal, how many dudes get up from this?

at least one of these is true:

a) Hunt's chin is overrated
b) Cro Cop's LHK is overrated
c) Melvin's power is underrated

 

[koquerelle]

Florian
He fought way above his weight class on TUF.

 

[Franklin U.]

#1 .....still Gegard Mousasi- almost 2 decades of cage fighting in every top promotion and has yet to be separated from consciousness. One awkward tko with the initial spinning kick put him off balance and a devastating flying knee on the follow up put him down but far from out. A different ref may have even let that go .

Hes NEVER been knocked around and has only taken any type of damage once in his long career ( as a result of his stand up).


#2 who knows

 

[CoffeeAndBeer]

1. Chris Lytle
.....
2. Carlos Condit
3. Everyone else
I don't think anyone will ever replicate that kind of toughness in MMA, and certainly not at the UFC level.

Dan Henderson,
Never KO'ed in 39 fights against KILLERS from MW to HW... until he was 43 years old.

Chris Lytle retired at 36 years old.

 

[Koro_11]

at least one of these is true:

a) Hunt's chin is overrated
b) Cro Cop's LHK is overrated
c) Melvin's power is underrated

Only an idiot would claim a) or b) to be true.

Im not even sure about Melvins power being “underrated”, I mean anyone who knows a bit about him knows him for his vicious striking and balls out style.

Hunt just got caught right on the button by a punch he didn’t see coming, thrown by a guy who tries to take your head off with every strike he throws, I’d say that’s true.

 

[pick999]

1.jon

 

[Koro_11]

But Mark Hunt was dropped and KO'd multiple times...
One of the best... Melvin Manhoef > Mark Hunt

He took bombs from great HW strikers and K1 stars tho, a little different from trading strikes with Matt Serra or Nick Diaz don’t you think?

 

[CoffeeAndBeer]

Gilbert Melendez
Nick Diaz
Nate Diaz
Jake Shields

... collectively, the Strongest Chin Team

 

[CoffeeAndBeer]

He took bombs from great HW strikers and K1 stars tho, a little different from trading strikes with Matt Serra or Nick Diaz don’t you think?

And he was KO'ed by many of them.
Manhoef KO'd him (someone already posted this, so I delete my post)... a MW moving backwards.

Find another HW who didn't get KO'd as much.
Ben Rothwell, maybe... Roy Neslon...

 

[Natural Order]

My top 5:

Carlos Condit
Dan Henderson
Gegard Mousasi
Roy Nelson
Mark Hunt

Honourable mention: Robbie Lawler

 

[SmoothPies]

Did you read the post? Please explain how Holloway has a better chin than Condit, let alone Lytle.

I did, I just didn't agree with the premise that someone has to have had 50+ fights to be considered. Max has had so many 5 round fights that were almost all stand up wars.. I feel like the amounts of shots he has taken is insane.

Lytle and Condit are both excellent choices too, I just put Max a level above

 

[kingghidrah]

Blagoy Ivanov took bombs from Lewis and didn't go down

Blagoy Ivanov took a KNIFE TO THE HEART and came back to fight in the UFC

Maybe not the GOAT chin but clearly GOAT cardio, in the true sense of the word

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

I like it when fans who’ve been watching the sport for 5 minutes can suddenly lay claim to know the greatest chins.

welcome to sherdog. that’s every thread here.

 

[alex21cms]

Phil Davis

 

[Koro_11]

And he was KO'ed by many of them.
Manhoef KO'd him (someone already posted this, so I delete my post)... a MW moving backwards.

Find another HW who didn't get KO'd as much.
Ben Rothwell, maybe... Roy Neslon...

Has it ever occurred to you that maybe those guys were better at avoiding getting hit and it has nothing to do with having a better chin?

They probably didn’t do shit like this.

 

[TheChance]

Cabbage

Someone once said he is inhuman

 

[CoffeeAndBeer]

Has it ever occurred to you that maybe those guys were better at avoiding getting hit and it has nothing to do with having a better chin?

They probably didn’t do shit like this.

Okay so show me the punch stats.

 

[Karl_Hungus]

Cabbage

Yup. Came to laugh at OP and point out cabbage.

 

[Ancient Warrior]

welcome to sherdog. that’s every thread here.

Damn, I was sticking around hoping things would change. I’m such a noob.

 

[warriorfan808]

Max has a crazy chin. Also, Hunt does as well. Sure he’s been knocked out, but the amount of damage he can absorb is insane.