Sakuraba
Rob Kaman
He’s a big name, and, while he didn’t win all of them, he didn’t duck anyone either.
Hughes, Newton, Sak, Frank Shamrock, Mo Smith, Oleg, BJ, Miletich, Hendo…
He was the true Gracie fighter
Minowa
Dude took on guys twice his size.
Thought hendo immediately upon reading the title
Bas Rutten
All excellent choices.
Prime, Peak, PRIDE Fedor is mine.
Hendo was the first person that came to mind after I read the title.
A lot of good options when it comes to bad ass dudes, especially when it comes to old school fighters.
All of the guys in this thread would be on the list. Also, BJ comes to mind. He fought Renzo, Machida, Hughes, Rodrigo…. a lot of guys above his weight class
Yuki Kondo is worth mentioning. Despite being under 6 foot and walking around smaller than a natural middleweight, the dude won the openweight title in Pancrase. He fought guys from the UFC like Tito, Filho, Matyushenko…. Also fought PRIDE guys like Igor, Wanderlei, Barnett. Even holds wins over Schilt, Funaki, and DeLucia. Dude fought everyone.
That one looked like it hurt
Igor
Fedor.
End thread.
Lots of good ones mentioned. I think Robbie Lawler could carry that belt, DDP by the time he’s done might be a good candidate as well.
Wandy, he had a scary run and I assume the bmf in the world is on the juice.