#5 Chuck Liddell – The Iceman cometh! If you want to talk intimidating, or scary, just have a look at Chuck Liddell in the cage. He is considered one of the pioneers of the MMA sport and helped to bring it into the main stream. Chuck Liddell may not be pretty, but he is one tough SOB!

#4 Randy Couture – We’re talking here about the best pound-for-pound MMA fighters ever. So the fact that the 45 year old Couture is not the same fighter he was 6 or 7 years ago is irrelevant. At his peak, he was a machine. Definitely deserves his place on this list.

#3 Anderson Silva – From a controversial choice to one I think that no lover of the UFC could dispute. Anderson Silva owns the middleweight division and will do for years and years to come. The fact he has the longest winning streak within the UFC organization proves it.

Knockouts against highly rated fighters like Forrest Griffin and Rich Franklin just confirm what most MMA fans are saying : Anderson Silva is one of the very best fighters ever to have graced the sport.

#2 Georges St Pierre – St Pierre (or GSP as he is often called) has that rare combination of skills that means no part of his fighting style is weak. That’s why he’s the king of the welterweights and one of the best ever MMA fighters.

#1 Fedor Emelianenko – He’s won thirty and lost one! With an impressive record of 30 wins and one loss, and that loss coming from an illegal elbow that made a cut so deep the fight had to be stopped, Fedor is really undefeated in the MMA.

Emelianenko has triumphed over some strong, powerful, talented guys. Nogueira, Cro Cop and more. This is why Fedor is the top fighter – he beats the other top fighters time and again.

Well, that was my list of the top 5 MMA artists of all time. I expect you won’t agree, but I’m sure you’ll agree that – with so many good fighters out there – picking five is no easy task.

It took a lot of time and effort to come up with this list and sometimes I read it and feel like adding and subtracting myself! Many, many great fighters are in MMA and that why this sport has made a huge name for itself, as brutal as it is.

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