Which are the wreslters with best boxing in MMA history?

[SuperAlly]

Khabib boxed the ears off McGregor

 

[dipstickjimmy]

How is it even possible he was training for years at a top gym?

Is CM Punk still in the "Testing Pool"? Some Sherdogger should get up at a Q & A and beg for a fight with him the way that guy in Saudi did.

"Dana I am a 52 year old, 0-0 record pro, 1-1 in bar fights, I have grade 9 gym class wrestling and I completed 10 karate lessons at age 12. Gimme CM Punk!!!"

 

[BowserJr]

Frankie Edgar
Dom Cruz
Ilia
Rampage
DC
Rashad
Chuck
Couture
Weidman
Mendes
Hendricks
Islam
Cain

Not sure what to do with GSP Cuz he wasn't as wrestler to begin with. More like Striker turned wrestler

 

[mister piscadinha]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying he listed Hendricks but he shouldn't/doesn't fit the criteria he listed. He is more like a Liddell, Gaethje and Topuria type than the others.

why doesn't topuria count? half his wins are subs

he took all of his ufc opponents down, excluding volk

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

why doesn't topuria count? half his wins are subs

he took all of his ufc opponents down, excluding volk

OP has weird selective criteria. Topuria also went for takedowns in his most recent fight.

 

[JKS]

DC no doubt. Frankie Edgar.

 

[textwarrior]

GSP didnt have a background as a wrestler. He was a karate black belt that learned how to wrestle.

but we think of GSP as a wrestler who could strike.

 

[J Danger]

but we think of GSP as a wrestler who could strike.

Who is “we”

You’ve been watching UFC since at least ‘09. Are you telling me you think of GSP as a wrestler instead of a striker?

 

[Bluesbreaker]

Rampage and King Mo.

Bonus points to Omigawa who was the judo player with the best boxing.

 

[textwarrior]

Who is “we”

You’ve been watching UFC since at least ‘09. Are you telling me you think of GSP as a wrestler instead of a striker?

AS a wrestler...yep, so what do you think of him as? what made GSP so dominate?

 

[Intermission]

I'm not considering guys with background wrestling who turned into strikers like Gathje, Liddel or Topuria

IMO:

DC
Islam
Usman

Just a level below

Couture
Rashad
Hendricks
Mendes
Weidman
Cain

Randy couture has an actual boxing background in the military. There's a reason he outboxed Lidell (a karateka/brawler)despite everybody thinking Lidell would have the upper hand .

 

[mkt]

The fuck dude no mention of GSP who had miles better technical boxing than any of them?

Also total dark horse here but Yoel has to come up in this conversation IYKYK

Nobody else breaking hands with their guard and slipping punches like Yoel did late in his career.

Classic Cuban boxing tricks

GSP is an odd one when it comes to his background, though. His actual background was in karate. The he learned generic MMA, became well-rounded and greatly improved his wrestling game along with his jab. He didn't even wrestle in high school. So was he really a "wrestler" who became a very good boxer?