HarthorneWingo wrote:j4remi wrote:HarthorneWingo wrote:
I'd love to see your rankings (almost typed "tankings" lol) for the old bare knuckles fighters one day when you have the chance.
That's an awesome idea! I'd legitimately have to write out names to do some MMA math but one person I can guarantee will be on that list and who doesn't get name-dropped often any more is Dan Severn! The brainstorming will have me all over my FightPass subscription watching classics.
Excellent. I was going to name-drop Servern's name as an example!
Other possibilities?
Mark Coleman
Kevin Randleman
Don Frye
Bas RuttenKen Shamrock
Frank Shamrock
Dan Henderson
Those two are probably on my All era top 10 list but I'd have to make a massive list for that. As far as the early days though, they'd probably be right at the top.
Others I'd be considering:
Hughes, Tanner and Franklin (grouped because they come along later than the rest)
Young Vitor and BJ Penn
Matt Lindland (fought anybody from 170-Heavyweight including Fedor)
Marco Ruas the GOAT leg kicker of the old era
Jens Pulver
and then the overseas killers! Sakuraba, Rickson Gracie (more legend than real footage on that one), Kid Dynamite, Genki Sudo (not a GOAT but my personal favorite fighter ever so I squeeze him in), Wanderlei and Chuck in the Vale Tudo days and Crocop
I'm pretty sure every name we've got competed in no weight, one night tournaments. Frank Shamrock vs Bas Rutten was open palm rules and more brutal than most fights today! I'm getting nostalgia like crazy. Even the guys who were a tier below these names but still memorable,
Frank Trigg, Gary Goodridge, Carlos Newton, Guy Mezger, Ricardo Arona
I'll be blowing up FightPass all weekend.
Edit: and GLARING omission on me is Tank Abbott!