And only one foe, Thiago Santos, got as close as a split decision. Of his 14 title-fight wins, three ended by KO, three ended by submission and seven others ended in unanimous decisions. In fact, Jones' roll call of victims also includes Rampage Jackson, Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans, Chael Sonnen, Alexander Gustafsson and Glover Teixeira-the last of whom will be competing in a title bout on Saturday, seven years after Jones beat him. Name a major player in the light heavyweight division over the last 10 years and there's an excellent chance Jones has fought him and beaten him. The list of the best MMA fighters of all time is no different. 1 based on what he's done against top-shelf competition.Īnd all he's done, incidentally, is win, win, win. In any sport, inside experts and fans alike disagree about who deserves to be on a list of the best of all time.

He's made news, multiple times, for less-than-savory reasons.īut if this list is about what happens inside the cage rather than outside, then there can be little doubt that Jones is a wholly deserving No. Notable Wins: Mauricio Rua (KO), Vitor Belfort (SUB), Daniel Cormier (UD) This guy’s the most accomplished welterweight of all time. UFC Record: 20-1, 1 No-Contest (15-0, 1 No-Contest from 2011-2020) He’s the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world, UFC President Dana White said. We looked at their best wins, the hardware they compiled and the impact they made on the sport as a whole in their run.Ĭlick through to see what we came up with and feel free to launch a verbal strike of your own in the comments. The latter group is the one we focused on in compiling a list of the 10 best fighters (plus two honorable mentions) who've called the UFC home in the last decade. Some have been great for one night, some have been great for several nights, and others have established themselves among the company's all-time best Nearly 150 pay-per-views have followed in the subsequent 10-plus years as the mixed martial arts conglomerate prepares to produce UFC 267 this weekend from its uber-hyped 'Fight Island' venue in Abu Dhabi.Īll the time that's passed got we B/R writing types thinking about the roster of great fighters that have graced the Octagon in the 3,954 days that have elapsed since lightweights Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard headlined that holiday show in the Nevada desert. Or, in this case, a decade-plus a few months.īack then, when the calendar turned to 2011, the UFC was still in its formative stages and actually opened with a New Year's Day show-UFC 125: Resolution-at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

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