Everyones Favorite Fighters

[Ryan]

Not sure about all of you guys but I hate having multiple favorites in each weight class.

Lightweights
-Jens Pulver
-Sean Sherk
-Hermes Franca
- Jorge Gurgel
-Spencer Fisher
-Joe Stevenson
- Tyson Griffin

Welterweights
-GSP
-Koscheck
-Parisyan
-Fickett

Middleweights
-Franklin
-Swick
-Deweese
-Lister
-Royce

LHW
-Forrest Griffin
-Rashad Evans
-Chuck Liddell (didn't like him at first but he is growing on me)

HW
-Randy (who doesn't like this guy)
-Cro Cop
-Cheick Kongo
-Jeff Monson

[Eric?!]

Here are my Top 3 per Weight Class...


~Heavyweight~

Fedor(PRIDE)

CRO COP(UFC)

Nogueira(UFC)


~Light Heavyweight~

SHOGUN(PRIDE)

WAND(PRIDE)

LIL' NOG(PRIDE)


~Middleweight~

Silva(UFC)

Franklin(UFC)

HENDO(PRIDE)


~Welterweight~

GSP(UFC)

Parisyan(UFC)

Aoki(PRIDE)


~Lightweight~

Gomi(PRIDE)

Sakurai(PRIDE)

Sherk(UFC)

[motoevo]

Sakuraba, Gomi, Sakurai, Sudo, Fedor, Rampage and Mark Hunt.

[Ryan]

Nice list. You know, I don't really get into PRIDE that much. Why? I don't like the ring all that well. I mean, I watch Bodog but that is only because I can understand the commentary (plus Royce Gracie). I also don't like that in PRIDE their will be a fight card but no titles will be up for grabs.

[Ryan]

I am so mad! lol... Koscheck fights GSP at UFC 74. I want Kos to win but I can't see anything good happening if GSP loses 2 in a row. Also, they announced Mir vs Sylvia.

[JustinMcCorkle]

155 - Hermes Franca... by far.
170 - As much as my attitude is NOTHING like his, I really like KOS. I like GSP a lot as well.
185 - Rich Rich Rich... and Mr. Hendersen
205 - Rampage
Heavy - Randy Randy Randy... and did like Vera until he started ducking the title shot and asking for more money. Used to heavily look up to Mir as well until he started falling.

[Tom Gavrilos]

IHere are some of mine:

Lightweights
- BJ Penn by far and away
-Takanaro Gomi
- Santino DeFranco (BoDog) (What can I say I truly believe in my coach!)
-Sean Sherk
-Hermes Franca
-Joe Stevenson



Welterweights
-GSP
-Parisyan
-Fickett (biased since he trains at my gym)

Middleweights
-Royce
-Sakuraba
-Lister
Shinya "Tobikan Judan" Aoki
-Franklin


LHW
Wandy
Shogun
Chuck Liddell

HW
Fedor
NOG
Cro Cop
Randy

[GrCh35]

Feodor Emelyanenko
Royce Gracie
Wanderlei Silva

[Ryan]

who do you cheer for when your favs fight each other?


Justin- I thought you would say yourself.:D

[JustinMcCorkle]

Haha... I wish I were on their level. In due time though! ;)

[Marcus_CC13]

Cro Cop,Hendo,Page,Shogun,Gsp,Melendez

[bigfish180]

Im weird, i like anyone who puts on a good show...

lets see,

Nick Diaz, Randy, Chuck, Fedor, Mark Coleman, Pedro Rizzo

[BigD]

Wandy
Fedor
Cro Cop

[jayb55]

HW
Cro Cop
Arlovski
Fedor
monson

LW
Rampage
Mike Whitehead

MW
Rich franklyn
anderson silva

WW
GSP
Matt serra
sanchez

[Tom Gavrilos]

HW
Cro Cop
Arlovski
Fedor
monson

LW
Rampage
Mike Whitehead

MW
Rich franklyn
anderson silva

WW
GSP
Matt serra
sanchez

Nice to have you on board Jay!

[prodigypenn]

BJ Penn my namesake, im still on a high from his win against jens pulver, and of course the iceman chuck liddell prolly my fave fighter of all time, and randy couture, cro cop, forrest griffin, rich franklin, matt hughes, GSP, and karo parisiyan

[Tom Gavrilos]

Id like to add Penn to mine too I cant believe I didnt think of him!!

[Ryan]

Wow... too many Penn fans. lol. Its cool. Not a big fan.... not sure why, I guess I just don't like him.

[Sankaku]

Genki Sudo, Karo Parisiyan, Fedor Emelianenko, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Jon Fitch

[Cheyne]

Fedor, Penn, Shogun, Randy, Silva, Monson.

[brazilian1337]

RICKSON GRACIE < he inspires me

[hit_or_miss83]

Shogun has been my fave for years now. In all weight classes. Just watch his fight agaisnt Rampage to see how good he really is, And Rampage is no Joke.

[thehurricane28]

Lightweights
-Sean Sherk
-Rob McCullough

Welterweights
-GSP
-Diego Sanchez
-Parisyan
-BJ Penn

Middleweights
-Silva
-Patrick Cote
-Evan Tanner

LHW
-Wanderlei
-Rampage
-Tito Ortiz

HW
-Randy
-Cro Cop
-Arlovski
-Fedor
-Mir

[Hadaka Jime]

sorry for rezzing the 4 day old thread but I'm really bored so...

Rickson Gracie all the way, we both fight with GJJ and most the time we finish the fight with a RNC

[Pitfighting_pitbull]

fedor emelianenko
mirko filipovic
wanderlei silva

[Ghosted3]

Babalu
Genki Sudo
BJ Penn
Fedor
Brandon Vera
Rampage
"The Crow"
Anderson Silva
(Too many more to add)

I also enjoy watching nearly every fight. Have to respect every fighter willing to step into the ring / cage.

[StrikeSub8]

Randy
W.Silva
Lawler
Penn
Arlovski
Aoki
St.Pierre
Hendo
Rutten
Tyson Griffen

[Slice]

Hoost
Rampage
Couture
Fedor
Crocop- even after the dissapointment
Forrest Griffin

[Ryan]

I am really liking a lot of WEC fighters.

Urijah Faber
Chance Farrar
Cub Swanson
Micah Miller
Rani Yahah (sp)

[ufc_fan_andy]

chuck liddell
randy couture
forrest griffin
matt hughes
diego sanchez

[jiujitsu]

Hey, I like threads like this. My top 3 of each weight class would be..

LW:

BJ Penn
Gilbert Melendez
Jou Louzon

WW:

GSP
Nick Diaz
Kos

MW:

Anderson Silva
Paulo Filho
Nate Marquardt

LHW:

Wandy
Shogun
Rampage

HW:
Nogueira
Hunt
Fedor

[Ryan]

Nick Diaz is now a lightweight.

[Spidaman]

K well I haven't been in the mma world for too long but my favourite fighter would definetly have to be GSP. 1. We're both French Canadian (My whole family is from quebec, I was born in Alberta) 2. His fighting technique seems so much different from the other fighters I've seen. 3. He's a respectful fighter/good personality 4. He kicks some major ass 5. He's trying to bring the UFC to Canada.

Other fighters I favor would have to be Josh Koscheck, Forrest Griffin, Anderson Silva, Quinton Jackson, Rashad Evans and that guy that just fought Jackson.

[Hadaka Jime]

Dan henderson or chuck lidell... both pretty good fighters

I'm also a big big fan of GSP... i think he's the revolution of MMA fighters, he's a great striker with great National Champion level wrestling as we saw in his ability to easily control koschek... but i think GSP will become the champ again mid 2008 and be on top for a while, but i like the guy... great fighter, with a good attitude... he's great for the sport, and i think it was fluke that he lost to Serra, but you can say that about any big name serra has fought... he's another guy who's proven himself to me to be a good fighter

[OutwardRooted]

I'm crap with names, so I'll just list the three that I was impressed with enough to remember:

Genki Sudo (personal favorite of all time)
Fedor Emelyanenko
GSP

[tianyouhu]

omfg why didnt anyone put masakazu imanari aka tenth dan of leg/heel locks
he is the best submission wrestler i know of

[Ricky V2]

I gotta go with guys like Faber, Sobral, Lindland, Liddell, and Cro Cop for my faves. Sobral vs Faber would be a great match if they were in the same weight class.

[Ryan]

I gotta go with guys like Faber, Sobral, Lindland, Liddell, and Cro Cop for my faves. Sobral vs Faber would be a great match if they were in the same weight class.

I have gotten the impression you liked Babalu:D

[michaelwbray]

Bas Rutten

[Ricky V2]

I have gotten the impression you liked Babalu:D

He's awesome! Unarguably one of the most technical fighters ever in MMA.

[Jujitswho?]

BJ Penn is the best thing to happen to MMA since Royce Gracie!!!!

[Hadaka Jime]

and GSP... if you look towards where MMA is heading, GSP is that he is what all future fighters in MMA are going to be like, he is great in all areas, he is a great striker, out wrestled Koschek who was top 10 in the country in college wrestling and also has great submissions, submission defenses, he has got it all... i see little/no flaw in his game the ways he can lose are getting clipped with a big shot and going down, but that happens to anyone... and if he is injured pre fight in training that will influence his loss, or just accepting a fight w/ no preperation

[Dondo]

Jujitswho?, how long have you been with Santino? were you there last year at his old place? trying to see if we had the chance to train togteher at all, had to stop going there early this year, the drive was killing me

[Jujitswho?]

Jujitswho?, how long have you been with Santino? were you there last year at his old place? trying to see if we had the chance to train togteher at all, had to stop going there early this year, the drive was killing me

I don't train with him. I quoted someone who did train with him on the first page to agree with what he said about BJ Penn, but the quote messed up LOL.

I train with a close friend of the family who has been kind enough to teach me for the last 9 years along with my brother and his daughter. I'm a very privileged person and I thank him everyday. Plus its free HAHA




Sorry the reply is 2 years late HAHA

[gooch]

i think this would sum it up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRMdBQcG3vQ

[Otto]

i think this would sum it up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRMdBQcG3vQ

That was a beautiful thing, Gooch. That Fedor person is a baaaaad man.

[gooch]

That was a beautiful thing, Gooch. That Fedor person is a baaaaad man.

i get goosebumps just watching that