MMA's Legendary Fighters
Mixed Martial Artists That Have Shaped The Sport
Listed below are some pages about Fighters and Mixed Martial Artists that have helped define combat sports today. Sure, some of the fighters listed below may not be considered "legendary fighters" by everybody, but they are legends to me. Whether they gave severe beatings, or took severe beatings, these MMA fighters still deserve recognition. Maybe it's just because of their personality, maybe it's due to their winning streaks, maybe it's because they are Takayama.
Also, if you would like to contribute an article about a fighter to this list, please contact me. You will receive full credit for any article you write.
- David "Tank" Abbott
- Vitor Belfort
- Paul Buentello
- Stephan Bonnar
- Mikey Burnett
- Mark Coleman
- Randy Couture
- Jason Delucia
- Nick Diaz
- Fedor Emelianenko
- Eric "Butterbean" Esch
- Scott Ferrozzo
- Mirko "CroCop" Filopovic
- Don Frye
- Sean Gannon
- Gerard Gordeau
- Gary "Big Daddy" Goodridge
- Renzo Gracie
- Rickson Gracie
- Rorion Gracie
- Royce Gracie
- Forrest Griffin
- Keith Hackney
- Dan Henderson
- Heath Herring
- Jeremy Horn
- Harold Howard
- Andy Hug
- Matt Hughes
- Mark Hunt
- Egan Inoue
- Enson Inoue
- Art Jimmerson
- Brian Johnston
- Mark Kerr
- Yuki Kondo
- Bruce Lee
- Kimo Leopoldo
- Chuck Liddell
- Guy Mezger
- Pat Miletich
- Scott Morris
- Carlos Newton
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
- Chuck Norris
- Tito Ortiz
- Remco Pardoel
- B.J. Penn
- Jens Pulver
- Marco Ruas
- Bas Rutten
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- Semmy Schilt
- Dan Severn
- Frank Shamrock
- Ken Shamrock
- Akira Shoji
- Wanderlei Silva
- Marcus "Conan" Silveira
- Kimbo Slice
- Maurice Smith
- Pat Smith
- Joe Son
- Georges St. Pierre
- Yoshihito Takayama
- Oleg Taktarov
- Evan Tanner
- Tra Telligman
- Paul Varelans
- Igor Vovchanchyn
- Orlando Weit
- Emmanuel Yarborough
- Igor Zinoviev