The Best MMA Fighters Of All Time
Who are the best MMA fighters of all time? The greatest MMA legends of all time are all here on this list. Some of the best MMA fighters have come up from nothing more than street scrappers to become the best fighters in the world. With intense training and tremendous mental and physical focus, these famous men have earned the title of greatest MMA legend. Some of the men on the list of the top MMA legends are new to the sport and have come up through the UFC organization, while others can be considered MMA pioneers. So, who is the best MMA fighter of all time? Which MMA legends do you love?
Some MMA and UFC legends, like Chuck Liddell, have become pop culture icons and UFC legends while a fighter like Royce Gracie is considered to be one the toughest MMA fighters to have entered the octagon. All these factors- the toughest MMA fighter, the best grappler in the MMA, the best conditioned MMA fighter- come together to determine what makes the best MMA fighter and who can truly be called the greatest MMA legend of all time.
Vote up the best MMA fighters of all time, and help us decide the best MMA fighter to ever step foot in the octagon.
- Georges St-Pierre (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ sɛ̃ pjɛʁ]; born May 19, 1981) is a retired Canadian professional mixed martial artist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in mixed ...more
- Anderson da Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃deʁsõ ˈsiwvɐ]; born April 14, 1975) is a Brazilian-American professonal mixed martial artist currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship ...more
- Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko (Russian: Фёдор Влади́мирович Емелья́ненко, tr. Fyodor Vladimirovich Yemelyanenko, IPA: [ˈfʲɵdər vɫɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ jɪmʲɪˈlʲjænʲɪnkə]; born 28 September 1976) is a ...more
- Stipe Miocic (; born August 19, 1982) is a Croatian American professional mixed martial artist and Firefighter-Paramedic. He is currently signed to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he ...more
- Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov is an Avar-Russian mixed martial artist. He is a multiple Combat Sambo World Champion and a Judo black belt who is currently fighting in the lightweight division ...more
- Demetrious Johnson (born August 13, 1986) is an American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in ONE Championship. He is the inaugural and former UFC Flyweight Champion. Known for his quick ...more
- Randall Duane Couture (; born June 22, 1963) is an American actor, former U.S. Army sergeant, retired mixed martial artist and former collegiate and Greco-Roman wrestler. During his tenures in the ...more
- José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Júnior (born September 9, 1986) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the fourth and final WEC Featherweight ...more
- Charles David "Chuck" Liddell (born December 17, 1969) is an American mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He has an extensive striking background in Kempo, Karate, and ...more
- Daniel Ryan Cormier (born March 20, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former ...more
- Matthew Allen Hughes (born October 13, 1973) is an American retired mixed martial artist with a background in wrestling. Widely considered among the greatest fighters in the history of MMA, he is a ...more
- Jonathan Dwight Jones (born July 19, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist who is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Widely regarded as one of the greatest ...more
- Lyoto Carvalho Machida (町田龍太, Machida Ryōto, Portuguese pronunciation: [liˈotu maˈʃidɐ]) (born 30 May 1978) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, currently signed with Bellator MMA, ...more
- Sebastian "Bas" Rutten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɑs ˈrɵtə(n)]; born 24 February 1965) is a Dutch actor and retired mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and professional wrestler. He was a UFC Heavyweight ...more
- Mirko Filipović (Croatian pronunciation: [mîrko fǐːlipɔːʋitɕ]; born 10 September 1974), known by the nickname Cro Cop, is a retired Croatian professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and amateur ...more
- Daniel Jeffery Henderson (born August 24, 1970) is an American former mixed martial artist and Olympic wrestler, who last competed as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the ...more
- Jay Dee "B.J." Penn III (born December 13, 1978) is an American professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. Penn debuted and competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship ...more
- Wanderlei César da Silva ( VAN-dər-lay; Portuguese: [vɐ̃dɛɾˈlej ˈsɛzɐr dɐ ˈsiɫvɐ]; Japanese: [ban.da.ɾeː ɕi.ɯ.ba]; born 3 July 1976), nicknamed "The Axe Murderer" and "Cachorro Louco" (Portuguese for ...more
- Kamarudeen "Kamaru" Usman (born May 11, 1987) is a Nigerian-American mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is the current UFC Welterweight Champion. Usman ...more
- Cain Velasquez (born July 28, 1982) is an American professional mixed martial artist currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and professional wrestler currently signed with ...more
- Royce Gracie (Portuguese: [ˈʁɔjsi ˈɡɾejsi]; born December 12, 1966) is a Brazilian semi-retired professional mixed martial artist, a UFC Hall of Famer, and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. A ...more
- Nickolas Robert "Nick" Diaz (born August 2, 1983) is a Mexican-American mixed martial artist and promoter, currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), currently on hiatus from ...more
- Conor Anthony McGregor (born July 14, 1988) is an Irish professional mixed martial artist and boxer. He is the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight and lightweight champion. ...more
- Jerome Max Keli'i Holloway (born December 4, 1991) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A ...more
- Israel Mobolaji Adesanya (born 22 July 1989) is a Nigerian-New Zealander professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and boxer. He is the former Glory middleweight contender winner and King in the ...more