Favourite MMA fighters?

cowzerp

I'm sure something like this has been done before but it's a nice light hearted thread to get some positive discussion going on here.

Basically what I'm asking is who is your favorite MMA fighters Internationally, in Ireland right now and of all time.

Internationally
I have 2, BJ Penn and Vitor Belfort-2 just pure talents that at peak to me are unstoppable.

Ireland
my favorite fighter is Conor McGregor-No BS fighter who gets in to finish his opponents and usually does it in an entertaining or devastating fashion, Greg loughran comes close in my favorites as does Norman Parke and maybe some day we will see these in action against each other.

All time
This 1 is tricky as i feel the best MMA fighters are the ones around now as there more evolved, so my all time is more of an old fighter than who i think is the best ever if that makes sense, Chuck Liddell-to me he made modern day fighters take note of his style and realize if done right it was a winning formula

da-bres

International:

Shogun Rua

Domestic:

Conor McGregor

All Time:

Genki Sudo

Barry.Oglesby

International:

BJ Penn

Domestic:

Norman Parke

All Time:

Genki Sudo

jimoc1978

Tough one, you kinda need to distinguish between favourites, and who ya think is best. I thins the best would have to be Anderson Silva, i hate his style, hate his bull****, but his skill is hard to question. My favourite fighter has to be be Marcus Davis though, bit past his prime now, but good god, the mans a dogged fighter.
Cant comment on Domestic, i dont really follow it.
All time? Randy Couture.

Tito Ortiz

Nick Diaz

Conor Mc Gregor

Bas Rutten

pablohoney87

International
Frank Mir and Nate Diaz

Domestic is really hard for me but here's a list

Norman Parke, Rimas Pukas, Karl Moore, Brian Moore, and on the C-class scene Ian Cleary

All Time.
Genki Sudo

kc87

International- Bj Penn

Domestic- Owen Roddy, might not fight that much anymore but after him and Tim Murphy's fight years ago he's still my favourite, Conor McGregor would be next

All time- Chuck Liddell

3hn2givr7mx1sc

International: Frankie Edgar.
Domestic: Haven't seen much of it, tbh, but from the small bit I have seen I'd say Conor McGregor.
All-time: Chuck Liddell.

jimpump

jon fitch....j/k. im tied between fedor and shogun

mc gregor

harold howard lol... na i really go for jose landi jons

manga_10

International
BJ penn,Vitor Belfort or frankie

Domestic
Joe Clarke

All time
Genki Sudo,

There'd a documentary on youtube about genki which is awesome guys

International - Shogun Rua and Carlos Condit. Love both their fight styles

Ireland - I'm embarrassed to say I know nothing of the Irish MMA scene

All Time - My favorite all time fighter is Chuck Liddell.

Clive

International - GSP. Love him or hate him he is the Iceman of MMA.

"You wanted to know who the best is?
That's him. Iceman. He flies ice-cold. No mistakes. Wears you down. You get bored, do something stupid, and he's got you." - Goose

Ireland - Owen Roddy. I love his style - his striking and ground are superb and his wrestling is similar to Nog/A. Silva - underrated and a beautiful link between his striking and ground games.

All Time - A tough one, but Sakuraba. Totally fearless, a great combination of wrestling and ground game for his time, and enough striking to stymie one dimensional fighters. Also appreciated the link between the business and sport side of MMA.

Logical Fallacy

International :

BJ Penn, GSP.

Ireland :

Tim Murphy and Owen Roddy - anyone at the Ring of Truth they fought on knows why.

All Time :

That's a ****ing tough one, but i gotta go with Randy Couture.

YouSavedMyLife

Genki Sudo GOAT?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-qhj3sJ5qs

Yes

El Guapo!

International:
GSP and Frankie Edgar. They both have enourmous talent and I have to admire their work ethic.

Ireland:
I've only started following the Irish scene recently enough but from what I have seen I'd say Conor McGregor. He seems to be one of the more exciting fighters and if I had to pick someone who's headed for the UFC it'd be him.

All time:
Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell. Always loved watching their fights.

Jason McCabe

Favourite and who is best very different

Really like shogun and nog don't think I could ever route against them. Awkward cus I'm a big dan fan too

Fav irish would be Connor or Norman. That would make a fine match

Best fighter I think is bones but he has to prove it yet. Just shocking what he can do


Special mention to sak, murilo bustamante and Phil baroni lol

Internationally= Nate Diaz

Domestically= Norman Parke

Legend = Randy Couture or Dan Henderson

GOAT= Anderson Silva

Richy06

Not my personal P4P best by any means (although some certainly feature on that list). These are just my personal favourites.

Internationally: Frankie Edgar, Dominic Cruz, BJ Penn, Chael Sonnen, Nick Diaz, GSP, Some of the most skilled and exciting guys are what you get at the lighter end of the scale and they're just some of the guys I like watching the most.

Domestically; Conor McGregor. His style, his attitude, his personality all combine to make quite an admireable fighter. He busts his nut in training and always seems to be getting better and better. Surely one of the guys on the scene that jump to mind if you pose the question; Which Irishman is the one, besides Paul McVeigh, that you think will one day make it to the UFC. With obviously powerful and technical striking, he couples it with an underrated grappling game. But nobody should make the mistake that they'll take him on the ground, even a little bit! Finally, he loves to finish. What's not to like?

Richard Gorey. I've only seen him once but he looked impressive in the few seconds he was in the cage. A powerful striking game coupled with impressive grappling skills and impressive strength a mean man and prospect make! I can't wait to see him fight again.

Brian Moore. He has crisp, technical striking and movement and very solid, ever improving grappling. Shows great heart and determination and has a great work ethic. Like to put on a show and also a rising star.

All my picks seem to be coming from the lighter weight classes in both categories so far! I'll post my GOAT etc later. I've ****ed on long enough!

Mellor

International: Frankie Edgar, Cheal Sonnen

domestic: meh, don't live in ireland

All-Time: Chuck, Randy and Anderson Silva

theboxingclinic

Int: rashad Evans, frankie edgar

Irish: joesph duffy, can't beleive this is his first mention, the guy is pure class, in the cage and out of it.

All time: chuck Liddell

MMAIRELANDFAN

Internationally
Brock Lesnar

Ireland
Parke
he would go through Mcgregor for a shortcut on his way to beat Price.

All time
Frank Shamrock

That_Guy

Internationally:
Rory McDonald, Gilbert Melendez

Domestically:
I can't say I've seen enough fights domestically to warrant an opinion.

All Time:
Chuck Liddell

bjj-fighter

International:
Anderson Silva, BJ Penn, Shogun or Aoki

Domestic:
It's gotta be Owen Roddy, not only that he has coached me since I was 12, but his style of BJJ and Striking is so exciting, and when he puts it together in the Cage it's great to watch! Plus who doesn't like that many knee to the body stoppages!

In close second would be Conor McGregor. He is such a good striker and a very exciting fighter, stops almost all of his opponents in the first round! Very underrated ground game and has been working on his wrestling a lot, I can see Conor achieving great things at FW.

Paddy Holohan would be one of my favorites aswell, he's great all-round and has a relentless pace. A very exciting grappler!

All time:
Would probably have to be Sakuraba, Rickson, Royce, Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort or Big Nog.

Xlami

Internationally
Paul "Semtex" Daley I know everyone is sick of hearing and seeing Wrestling>Brittish MMA and Paul seems to be the only one working really hard to constantly improve his wrestling, keep the fight standing and knock people out in an exciting matter. Also wanna mention Pat Barry

Domestically
Pendred, great future ahead of him and he KGB. Huge fight announcement today, really looking forward to it.

All Time
Very tough question as the sport is so new. I mean the guys who's fights I've gotten most excited for over the years are Overeem and Hendo.

Be like Nutella

All Time Person of the Universe: Randy end of
(not really...I also loved Sakuraba...coz he didn't look like anything but genius at the Juja.... Gracie Hunter!!...on a bike in a fireman costume awesome!!
Bas...well coz look at him...he's Bas
Silva.... coz you don't believe what you're seeing is physically possible
Chuck.... coz leading left hooks and overhand rights like that is just Knockout art

but....after the recent UFC

Leonard Garcia is a total and complete hero! and I think I nearly cried with motivation watching him try so hard.... no one has tried harder to do something ever...ever

I swear to god this dude is now one of my fav fighters.....fukc technique......pure relentless heart and determination......even if it doesn't work...at this level...is just about the most impressive thing to see ...to me anyway

and this link is workin so if you haven't seen it then put the kettle on and listen to Joe have a mangasm commentating on this one....

http://www.fightvideomma.com/2011/10/leonard-garcia-vs-nam-phan-2-fight.html

mikey1

Xlami wrote: »

Domestically
Pendred, great future ahead of him and he KGB. Huge fight announcement today, really looking forward to it.

Wow, I didnt know pendred was a member of the KGB. International espionage in Irish MMA. We must have some real MMA secrets going on here now!

Martin Walker

Favourite;

International: Nick Diaz. Love the fact he can back up his obvious attitude problem with a solid MMA game.

Domestic: Ben Davis. Humble and very good at what he does. Always love watching him go.

All Time: Randy Couture. What the man did in his older years is nothing short of insperational.

Best in my opinion;

International: GSP. Most well rounded game in the sport

Domestic: Norman Parke. Most well rounded game in Irish MMA.

All Time: Cant pick one between Anderson Silva, GSP, Fedor, Randy. Very hard to call.

FetchTheGin

International: Jose Aldo, Cain Velasquez, Junior Dos Santos, Jon Jones, GSP, Nick Diaz

Domestic: Never attended one(will do soon).

All time: Anderson Silva.

MMA Man

International : Aldo or Jon Jones

Domestic : Fan of McGregor but just to be different im gonna say Henry "Herculeez" Fadipe.

All time : Anderson Silva

Turbo_diesel

Internationally: At the moment Chris Leben or Chael Sonnen. Leben not the most technical fighter but always brilliant to watch! Sonnen is always entertaining in & out of the cage.

Domestically: Owen Roddy

Minowaman

International: Shogun, Fedor, Aoki, Overeem

Openweight: Minowa

All Time: Sakuraba, Genki Sudo, Bas Rutten,

paddythere

fav fighter: nick diaz

fav irish fighter: paul redmond

fav all time: nick diaz, royce gracie

da-bres

MMAIRELANDFAN wrote: »

Internationally
Brock Lesnar

Ireland
Parke
he would go through Mcgregor for a shortcut on his way to beat Price.

All time
Frank Shamrock

lol

Richy06

Richy06 wrote: »

Not my personal P4P best by any means (although some certainly feature on that list). These are just my personal favourites.

Internationally: Frankie Edgar, Dominic Cruz, BJ Penn, Chael Sonnen, Nick Diaz, GSP, Some of the most skilled and exciting guys are what you get at the lighter end of the scale and they're just some of the guys I like watching the most.

Domestically; Conor McGregor. His style, his attitude, his personality all combine to make quite an admireable fighter. He busts his nut in training and always seems to be getting better and better. Surely one of the guys on the scene that jump to mind if you pose the question; Which Irishman is the one, besides Paul McVeigh, that you think will one day make it to the UFC. With obviously powerful and technical striking, he couples it with an underrated grappling game. But nobody should make the mistake that they'll take him on the ground, even a little bit! Finally, he loves to finish. What's not to like?

Richard Gorey. I've only seen him once but he looked impressive in the few seconds he was in the cage. A powerful striking game coupled with impressive grappling skills and impressive strength a mean man and prospect make! I can't wait to see him fight again.

Brian Moore. He has crisp, technical striking and movement and very solid, ever improving grappling. Shows great heart and determination and has a great work ethic. Like to put on a show and also a rising star.

All my picks seem to be coming from the lighter weight classes in both categories so far! I'll post my GOAT etc later. I've ****ed on long enough!

Forgot to include Ais Daly on my list of international talent.

I said I'd come back and post my GOATs so.....

Fedor, Genki Sudo, Frank Shamrock, Big Nog, BJ Penn, Anderson Silva and GSP are probably the ones I would hold as my all time favouite fighters.

fightireland

Internationally
BJ Penn/Jose Aldo

Ireland
Has to be Conor McGregor or Ash The Bash for blazing a trail. Elsewhere Peter Quelly.

All time
The one - The only! Genki Sudo!