Who are the best fighters in history from every weight?

[Cameron Gillon]

This is a topic I've been having today on another site, of course the likes of GSP, Silva, Fedor will be included but if you take away the obvious greats, who would be the number guys from each weight that are better than the rest in your opinion?

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

FW Mighty Mouse
BW Cruz
FW Aldo
LW Penn
WW GsP
MW Anderson
LHW Jones
HW Fedor


Guys like kid Yamamoto could slip in there

Without then guy
LW Gomi
WW Hughes
MW Saku or Frank Shamrock
LHW Is a hard one ether Chuck, Rampage, Shogun, Wand or DC
HW Nog

 

[Codpiece]

Wait so are you asking who is the *second* best fighter in each division?

 

[Sonny Qc]

HW - Werdum
LHW - Jones
MW - Silva
WW - Gsp
LW - Penn
FW - Aldo
BW - Cruz
FLW- Johnson

 

[Bewareofdawg]

FW Mighty Mouse
BW Cruz
FW Aldo
LW Penn
WW GsP
MW Anderson
LHW Jones
HW Fedor

It will be hard for anyone to debate this list. Pretty set in stone at the moment.

 

[Which Doctor]

Scott Ferrozzo/Lesnar
Rumble
Rumble
Franklin
Rumble
Rumble/Bustamanche
Pulver & Penn
Aldo (Verde)
Snooze
Uncle Creepy if he didn't get the Honin jinx against MM.

 

[Clear Winner]

FW Mighty Mouse
BW Cruz
FW Aldo
LW Penn
WW GsP
MW Anderson
LHW Jones
HW Fedor


Guys like kid Yamamoto could slip in there

Without then guy
LW Gomi
WW Hughes
MW Saku or Frank Shamrock
LHW Is a hard one ether Chuck, Rampage, Shogun, Wand or DC
HW Nog

Your list is pretty much it. Gomi had a more impressive LW record than Penn, but has looked like a mid tier fighter whenever he hasn't fought in Japan.

 

[Taric]

Most accomplished fighters by division:

HW - Fedor/Nogueira/Werdum
LHW - Jones/Shogun/Liddell/Wanderlei
MW - Anderson/Hendo
WW - GSP/Hughes/Shields
LW - BJ/Gomi/Aoki/Edgar/Benson/Melendez (LW is the biggest clusterfuck imo)
FW - Aldo/Faber
BW - Cruz/Barao
FLW - MM

 

[SirKratos]

Joanna
Rousey
MM
Cruz
Aldo
RDA
GSP
Silva
Jones
Werdum

 

[Prutfis]

I have Gomi over Penn at LW. Much more impressive win streak and competition.

 

[SavageAngel]

This is the easiest list to do. The GOATS of each division are very clear to people who have watched MMA over the years.

Greatest

Mouse
Cruz
Aldo
Penn
GSP
Anderson
Jones
Fedor

runner ups are more difficult though. Specially LW, jesus that division has like a 5 way tie among Gomi, Pettis, Edgar, Benson and RDA.

 

[Primitivo]

Motivated with that look in his eyes prime Fedor at sea level is GOAT.

 

[adamsilva]

This is the easiest list to do. The GOATS of each division are very clear to people who have watched MMA over the years.

Greatest

Mouse
Cruz
Aldo
Penn
GSP
Anderson
Jones
Fedor

runner ups are more difficult though. Specially LW, jesus that division has like a 5 way tie among Gomi, Pettis, Edgar, Benson and RDA.

Werdum has passed Fedor.

 

[Roca]

Fedor Werdum
Jones
Silva
GSP
Debatable
midgets

 

[14.09]

Your list is pretty much it. Gomi had a more impressive LW record than Penn, but has looked like a mid tier fighter whenever he hasn't fought in Japan.

You should know better. Gomi looking good or Gomi looking bad has nothing to do with where he fought. He's looked good in Japan and US, and bad in Japan and US. That's the way he is. He can dominate 10 fights in a row and then suddenly look like shit.

 

[Clear Winner]

You should know better. Gomi looking good or Gomi looking bad has nothing to do with where he fought. He's looked good in Japan and US, and bad in Japan and US. That's the way he is. He can dominate 10 fights in a row and then suddenly look like shit.

Can't be bothered to tally it up, but I reckon his record in Japan compared to his record in the US, would suggest otherwise.

 

[Lorenzo1203]

I don't know
Jones
Silva
Saint Pierre
Nurmagomedov
Aldo
Caraway
Johnson

 

[Taric]

Werdum has passed Fedor.

Werdum hasn't even surpassed Nogueira yet.

Spoiler

Fedor - #1 HW of all time

#1 fighters defeated (1):
Nogueira 1
Top 5 fighters defeated (5):
Nogueira 3
Cro Cop
Arlovski
Sylvia
Herring
Top 10 fighters defeated (6):
Coleman 1
Hunt
Randleman
Schilt
Rogers
Fujita


Nogueira - #2 HW of all time

#1 fighters defeated (1):
Coleman
Top 5 fighters defeated (5):
Cro Cop
Sylvia
Herring 1
Barnett 2
Rodriguez
Top 10 fighters defeated (7):
Couture
Werdum
Herring 2
Kharitonov
Schaub
Schilt
Overeem


Werdum - #3 HW of all time

#1 fighters defeated (2):
Fedor
Velasquez
Top 5 fighters defeated (2):
Hunt
Browne
Top 10 fighters defeated (6):
Overeem
Gonzaga
Nelson
Alexander Emelianenko
Russow
Erikson

 

[Claude]

Fedor.

 

[mbach4307]

Werdum has passed Fedor.

He has better wins. I don't think that's up for debate. His win over fedor is worth more than just about any other win anyone has. I think jones win over dc is up there too.