who would be your top 10 legends of the sport

[Bork Neslar]

There are no MMA legends.

 

[herpd807]

If the qualifier here is which people have helped propel the sport into the mainstream and grow it to the size it is today?

Dana
Fedor
Chuck
Brock
Conor
GSP
Rampage
Rogan
Arianna
Rhonda

 

[Trabaho]

Fedor
Cro Cop
Jones
GSP
Conor
Khabib
Spider
Wand
Overeem

Can't decide on a 10th who stands out more then others. Anything like Hendo, Vitor, Shogun, Nog, DC, Rampage and others.

Criteria is cultural impact and sports success. And who I deem to be good.

Explanation
Fedor - legendary figure. Considered a goat, longest win streak
CC - best highlight real, K1 and Pride legend, 2 decades of fights and relevance
Jones - the best
GSP - goat ww, complete fighter, role model for many, clean guy no disrespect
Conor - 2 titles and biggest hype in combat sports, elevated the sport comercially
Khabib - undefeated, original, start of the beard russiana wrestling legacy
Spider - dominat MW champ, matrix man
Wand - violence God, Pride champ
Overeem - long career of elite mma and kickboxing in the east and west, lhw to uw, the Uber Man, do or die 95% finish rate win or lose

 

[GOATtalks]

If the qualifier here is which people have helped propel the sport into the mainstream and grow it to the size it is today?

Dana, Fedor, Chuck, GSP, Rampage, Rogan, Arianna, Rhonda

And not Conor? Lol

 

[herpd807]

And not Conor? Lol

Totally fair. Conor would also be on that list, absolutely. And Brock.

 

[djacobox372]

Royce
Fedor
Anderson
Conor
Chuck
Sakuraba
Ronda Rousey
BJ
Frank Shamrock
Tito Ortiz

 

[Choco]

Kazushi Sakuraba, Forrest Griffin, and Big Nog are prime candidates for a Legends list,

Are you putting Forrest fucking Griffin in the same sentece that Saku or Big Nog, and is not even a troll job?

 

[krelianx]

Rickson, Royce, Sakuraba, Wanderlei, Fedor, GSP, Anderson, Ronda, Randy, Jones

 

[wolffanghameha]

Frank Shamrock
Sakuraba
Royce Gracie
Wanderlei Silva
Kid Yamamoto
Fedor Emelianenko
Georges St Pierre
Jon Jones
Max Holloway
Nick Diaz

 

[wwkirk]

There's way more than 10, and the perennial GOATs would almost have to be included in any "Legends" list. General logic would have them at the top, so you'd have like 4 spots going to the fan favorites.

Yeah. A legends list has to encompass the GOAT list. And it can really be a fun list because you can include fighters that haven't been mentioned much lately.

I'll expand my list later. To start it off, I'll also name Don Frye.

 

[Elvis.]

Fedor
Sakuraba
Anderson
Gsp
Royce
Henderson
Jones
Bj
Rickson
Iceman

 

[CPH]

Royce Gracie
Kazushi Sakuraba
Wanderlei Silva
Fedor Emelianenko
Chuck Liddell
Dan Henderson
BJ Penn
Nick Diaz

For me, it's a combination of fighting anyone, anywhere and being very successful in doing so. I am leaving a lot of virtuoso 'sport fighters' off the list because they avoided risky matchups and/or fought with a safety first mindset. They have their own list though, which most people consider to be more prestigious anyway.

 

[THEfightsAREfixed]

Genki Sudo
Fedor
Shogun
Ronda
Cruz
Mcgregor
Tito
Aldo
Rampage
BJ

 

[cburm]

not goats but legends

If there cant be goata.

Rampage jackson
Frank shamrock
Nick diaz
Dan henderson
Lesnar
Vitor belfort
Conor
Faber
Lyoto
Mia damien

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

CM Punk
Raul Rosas Jr
Giant Silva
Zuluzinho
Hickson
Gary Goodridge
Naoya Ogawa
Gan McGee
Choi Hong Man
BJ Penn

Reported for BJ Penn bashing.

 

[silvasurfer5253]

10) Randy Couture

9) BJ Penn

8) Tito Ortiz

7) Chuck Liddel

6) Conor Mcgregor

5) Nate Diaz

4) Anderson Silva

3) Fedor

2) Jon Jones

1) GSP

 

[r-harper-1]

Top 10 legends

No order

Royce
Shamrock
Bas
Fedor
Wanderlei
Anderson
Conor
Gsp
Chuck
Jones

 

[SG123]

Fedor
Nogueira
Shogun
Rampage
McGregor
Diaz
Diaz
Penn
Khabib
Silva

 

[Typrune Goatley]

Royce Gracie
Ken Shamrock
Chuck Liddel
Sakuraba
Fedor
GSP
Conor McGregor
Ronda Rousey
Jon Jones
Anderson Silva

Solid list. I would put Wanderlei or Aldo or Nog or Hendo in there instead of Ronda or Conor though.

 

[Typrune Goatley]

1. Fedor
2. Sakuraba
3. Royce
4. Cro cop
5. Wanderlei
6. Anderson
7. Bj penn
8. Shogun
9. Chuck
10. Randy


Tough list with lots of legends though

This might be the best list I have seen in this thread.

Absolute icons, legends, warriors.

If we told some of their stories to new fans they would almost not believe it because it sounds so far fetched.

These guys were just so tough. They are the equivalent to the old school legends of Boxing who had like 200 fights. (Guys like Sugar Ray Robinson and Archie Moore)

I grew up watching Wand stomping skulls and all these guys so it was normal to me then. But now looking back I see these were warriors of a whole different breed. We will never see these types again.