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Top Name MMA Fighters That Have Never Been Knocked Out

mmatraining.com — Good listing of some top MMA names that have never been knocked out in the ring and some great video footage of the times they came close to being KO'ed. You might be surprised to find out who did and didn't make this list.

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  • cqueern, on 05/07/2008, -5/+1These guys' opponents may wish to think of how to go for subs or decisions if these fighters just don't get knocked out...
    • logicalnoise, on 05/07/2008, -1/+9with nog and fedor that's next to impossible.
      • JointheArmy, on 05/07/2008, -3/+2Fedor almost got into an americana against Mark Hunt. After the fight though Hunt said he really didn't know what he was doing. Josh Barnett almost subbed Big Nog in their first fight. He was saved by the bell though.
      • BertRussell, on 05/07/2008, -1/+3Fedor was never in danger, which is why he didn't fret when hunt sloppily tried to apply it.
    • ssn697, on 05/07/2008, -1/+2Yeah, Gomi has been submitted several times.

      He was even submitted by Nick Diaz (yeah, I know. The fight was given to Gomi after the positive pot test). Nick Diaz? Never knocked out OR submitted.
      • Zempz, on 05/07/2008, -2/+1that fight was so messed up...gomi just sat there with hands down letting diaz jab him for the entire 2nd half
        • ssn697, on 05/07/2008, -3/+1It was reported that he was really sick two days before the fight. Gomi never has had great cardio, but he was gassed 3 minutes into the fight. Helluva fight though.
  • SmilingJess, on 05/07/2008, -2/+10These guys are animals . . . or machines . . .or just plain something else -- watching them take the punishment and keep standing is just awesome!
    • cbittle, on 05/07/2008, -1/+5I'd have to completely agree with you. How does one's brain remember to keep balance while in the shape of a small crushed tomato?
    • 1randomguyO8, on 05/08/2008, -2/+1I can't believe Rampage toke so many knees to the head. until the ref finally stopped it. Muay Thai fighters can snap their opponents legs with a single kick. So just think how bad it would be to get repeately kneed into the head :/
  • neilbaylor, on 05/07/2008, -7/+28MMA is the new baseball.
    • xOKxWhy, on 05/07/2008, -4/+34Except not boring
    • murraj2, on 05/07/2008, -9/+8Full of steroids?
    • JointheArmy, on 05/07/2008, -2/+31"The boringest aspect of MMA, is still a million times more exciting than baseball." ~ Joe Rogan
      • scoot2006, on 05/07/2008, -2/+16Just don't quote his co-host. He gives us gems like:

        Goldberg: He's got him in some sort of strange choke...
        Rogan: That's actually a rear naked choke - it happens all the time.
    • mightycbu, on 05/07/2008, -7/+3K-1 is much more fun to watch
      • daengbo, on 05/08/2008, -0/+2Pride was the best. Too bad the UFC killed it off. The ten-point must system and no north-south knees make too many fighters able to "play it safe." The elbows to the head (which are allowed in the UFC but which weren't in Pride) are generally used to try to open up a cut that will end the fight. Fighters are better off without them.
        I miss Pride.
    • hydroplane, on 05/07/2008, -11/+4More like Baseball's distant gay cousin who tries to act overly macho.
  • jackshellac, on 05/07/2008, -27/+4Give it 2 years and MMA will become as boring as boxing.
    • aquanutz, on 05/07/2008, -1/+5I gave you three seconds and you're as dumb as *****.
    • mrfoos2, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3I LOVE mma. I train in it. However, jackyboy may have a point. The Athletic commissions are attempting to take over it and apply boxing rules to it. Every year, more and more rules are applied, especially at the amateur level. I hope it doesn't go too far.
    • sephiroth965, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2A good boxing match isn't boring at all. Watch some of Kelly Pavlik's or De La Hoya's fights. Boxing is only boring when the fighters keep tying it up over and over.
  • corrie247, on 05/07/2008, -20/+0Kimbo Slice should be on the list. This guy is like the next Mike tyson!!
    • logicalnoise, on 05/07/2008, -0/+6he has a lot to prove but if Bas is backing him I can't deny the potential.
    • cricket01, on 05/07/2008, -1/+4Wasn't he knocked out in one of his fights? Maybe it was one of the backyard ones . . .
      • logicalnoise, on 05/07/2008, -1/+1he couldn't stand for a standing 10 count during brawl with Sean Gannon(he mostly gassed though sean looked like ***** while Kimbo just looked dead tired).. He has one orther rumored KO but of course that video doesn't get passed around.
        • Yang1205, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2It was a 30 count, and the fight is very controversial because Gannon used his knees which is against the rules in Kimbo's fights
        • JigoroKano, on 05/08/2008, -0/+3Knees weren't against the rules... Kimbo's people who made the rules were too ignorant to ban knees and standing submissions, which they would have if they knew anything.
    • fsjenkins2000, on 05/07/2008, -1/+6Kimbo slice is a street brawler with no mat skills he would get destroyed every time he went up a legitimate MMA fighter (Abbot is worn out). Punching is just one part of the full MMA fighter. Kimbo Slice publicity stunt nothing more.
      • logicalnoise, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3like I said with bas backing him I'm not so sure. Kimbo could still be terrible on the ground but Bas used to be just a really good striker too. By the end of his career his ground game was terrific. Bas has a lot of knowledge to share with kimbo and I doubt it's being wasted. Plus Bas recently said it was him making kimbo go with less than stellar competition because he thinks kimbo's first year should be slow.
        • CedEx, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2The problem with Kimbo, is while he's naturally talented, he still doesn't have the many years of experience as other top fighters have. Sure, he's been street fighting for a while, but MMA in a ring or cage is a completely different world. The skillset to be a good professional fighter is multitudes higher than what a street fighter needs.

          Kimbo's not a young guy that can be nutured and developed. He doesn't have that much time left in a career. He's good, but he'll never be more than a B-level fighter.
    • JointheArmy, on 05/07/2008, -1/+4Sean Gannon.
  • GymboSlice, on 05/07/2008, -27/+0Actually Randy Couture was Ko'd twice by Chuck Liddell..Rampage was KO'd by Silva and Rua.. Do your research!
    • sugarrae, on 05/07/2008, -0/+17Gee: "His streak would end however, when he faced Liddell once again in April of 2005. Couture met the fate of many Liddell opponents before him, suffering a 1st round KO mid way through the round. Couture was once again KO'd by Liddell in February 2006, which put a conclusive end on their trilogy"

      hm, yeah, that doesnt clearly STATE he was ko'ed twice by Liddell.

      "Jackson was beaten soundly, with Silva using his Muay Thai clinch to deliver one devastating knee after the other, leaving Quinton bloodied, and hanging from the ropes unconscious. Just 6 months later, Rampage suffered yet another KO loss, this time to Silva's teammate and fellow Chute Boxe fighter Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. "

      Dude, how bout you do your reading before commenting - seems they HAVE done their research...
    • jackshellac, on 05/07/2008, -0/+7pwned
    • odiego, on 05/07/2008, -4/+2Speaking of Slice, I'm from Miami, and I can't wait till Kimbo fight someone his caliber, because so far he's only fought garbage, then we will really see what he's about.
      • WilliamDecker, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2He has. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5trCp8bOxtI

        He got his ass beat down too. It's impratical though cuz Kimbo does street fighting...but he's a "boxer".

        Don't get me wrong Kimbo is a badass, but he's 1 dimensional. If he doesn't finish him with strikes quickly then he's not winning.
  • Stinger22, on 05/07/2008, -3/+7Read the article Gymbo.
  • JJCDAD, on 05/07/2008, -2/+11GSP is my favorite fighter. He is not the same fighter today as the one who was knocked out by Serra. He just keeps getting better and better.
  • tehjarvis, on 05/07/2008, -3/+22Fedor, Big Nog, Gomi...I like this article.

    I miss Pride so much...never really got into UFC.
    • oddbydesign, on 05/07/2008, -2/+7I miss Pride too but there is DREAM now :)
    • logicalnoise, on 05/07/2008, -0/+8Check out DREAM(many old Pride staffers work for it), Crocop has gone there to "get his groove back" They also are doing a lightweight and Middleweight GP. They just signed a deal with HDnet as well.
      • scoot2006, on 05/07/2008, -3/+3To get his roids back maybe. He was such a disappointment when he came over to UFC. I expected more.
    • tehjarvis, on 05/07/2008, -1/+5Yeah. I've watched both Dream cards so far. That Cavalcante vs. Aoki fight was really really good.
      Now we'll see when some of the bigger Pride names that went to UFC will go back to Japan when their contracts run out. I want to see Wandelei and Shogun return to a ring where they belong.
      • CedEx, on 05/07/2008, -0/+6I absolutely hate the cage and much prefer the ring. The reason being is that fighters tend to use the cage as a third fighter to pin their opponent, essentially trapping them. While some people say this is a strategy, I just find that it takes away from the fight because it gives an advantage to the guy using the cage.

        Ideally, I would like to see an open ring where there is absolutely no interference from anything except the ground. Of course, this just allows the fight to wander everywhere. Which is why the ring is the closest thing, particularly when they move them away from the ropes and back to centre where the environment is neutral to both fighters.
    • DaviDTC, on 05/07/2008, -4/+3I found it funny with all the people saying Pride fighters are better than UFC fighters. Now that they are fighting each other the Pride fighters are being dominated by the UFC guys. Only guy to do anything is Rampage.
      • CedEx, on 05/07/2008, -2/+5Umm... Silva is a Pride guy... Nog is a Pride guy... both champions I might add...
        • tehjarvis, on 05/07/2008, -1/+3Rampage is a Pride guy also.
          Wow, three Pride fighters have UFC titles. The UFC guys are definitely dominating haha
        • JigoroKano, on 05/08/2008, -1/+2Silva barely fought in Pride. If anything, he was a Cage Rage fighter.
          • CedEx, on 05/08/2008, -1/+0Silva fought 4 times in Cage Rage, and 5 times in Pride. However, Cage Rage was the most recent promotion prior to him joining UFC.
          • JigoroKano, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2He fought 5 times in each.
            What I meant to say was, Anderson was just some Chute Boxe fighter in PRIDE, but in CR he was a champion... the main event.

            Otherwise where do we stop? Maybe Rampage is a KOTC fighter.
    • seinkonnen, on 05/07/2008, -5/+3Why do you miss Pride? You miss all the steroids and fight fixing? Yeah how exciting. The majority of Pride's super elite fighters have proven to be big puff-cakes... Cro Cop losing to both Gonzaga and Kongo, Heith Herring losing to almost everyone. Werdum sucks. Shogun losing to Forrest Griffin (a fighter from a reality TV show). Takanori Gomi got his ass kicked by a stoned Nick Diaz... Wanderlei lost to Chuck Liddell. Rampage and Anderson Silva are the only ones to do well. I much prefer the UFC where fighters actually bother to train months in advance and aren't juiced up (unless you're Sean Sherk).
  • bicyclethief, on 05/07/2008, -4/+15Tim Sylvia? I thought you said Top.
    • logicalnoise, on 05/07/2008, -4/+2he lay n prays but he still is technically a top 10 fighter.
      • TheRealDeuce, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5You mean sprawl and stall, right?
        • leerayIG88, on 05/07/2008, -2/+1you see his man puddin legs? no power, only puddin.
  • over900000, on 05/07/2008, -1/+14Fedor surviving the Randleman suplex was much more impressive imo.
    • tehjarvis, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5Then tapping him 30 seconds later. That's one of my favorite MMA moments ever.
      • 1randomguyO8, on 05/08/2008, -0/+2Fedor bent his arm like if he was 6 year old girl.
  • TheRealDeuce, on 05/07/2008, -5/+2Randy Couture, Rampage, Nog (Herring DID knock him out.), and GSP.

    I can't think of instances where they others have been, but remember. A T(KO) Is still a KO.

    Also, this article says NEVER, not NEVER... until .
    • JointheArmy, on 05/07/2008, -0/+4Nog won the Herring fight your referring to. As a matter of fact he won Heath three times.

      The other three are on the "Notably absent from the list" section. So you don't need to tell us they were knocked out (Couture via Liddell, Rampage via knees from Wandy, GSP via Serra).
      • TheRealDeuce, on 05/07/2008, -4/+2The article is misleading, is my point. And Nog may have "won" the fight, but he was knocked out, and it should have been stopped.
  • odiego, on 05/07/2008, -1/+3My money on Anderson Silva ANY day!
    Porrada!
  • minoss, on 05/07/2008, -1/+5What about Mark Hunt? Not sure many people can take a crocop high left leg kick square to the head and shrug it off.
    • logicalnoise, on 05/07/2008, -0/+4he just got body KO'd by Semmy schilt, not sure if that counts though.
    • carl25, on 05/08/2008, -0/+3did you see the size difference between the two ? hunt looked like a midget
    • metalmilitia430, on 05/08/2008, -4/+1I think you mean Mike Hunt.
  • endustry, on 05/07/2008, -1/+29Anderson Silva is 3rd on Sports Illustrated's list of toughest athletes and Tiger Woods is...#1? Nothing against Tiger, he's the best hands-down, but aren't we trying to sex-up golf a little bit too much here? What is so "tough" about being a golfer (especially when the #2 on the same list is a guy with throat cancer who won a 1,000 mile dog race in arctic conditions)?
    • odiego, on 05/07/2008, -7/+3Have you ever seen Tiger Woods playing at any major? I guess not.. I've seen him at TPC 3 times, and when you can play 72 holes with 3,000 people staring at you, you will see Mental toughness.
      • endustry, on 05/08/2008, -0/+6Yeah, I can literally feel the pent up aggression in the hushed crowds. Hell, golf is so incendiary they even make the commentators whisper and had to invent their own intentionally weak hand clap because well, you know, golf fans just don't know their own strength.
    • logicalnoise, on 05/07/2008, -3/+3mental toughness, tiger can stay cool in the extreme stress that is pro golf.
    • Mononuclear, on 05/07/2008, -0/+10the same thing I thought when reading that. Tiger Woods is an amazing golfer but "tough" is not an adjective that comes to mind when thinking about him. MMA and Sled dog races in extreme climates is tough. Hitting a ball into a hole while someone else drives you around and carries your clubs for you is not tough.
    • rsmithrun, on 05/07/2008, -1/+3They didn't really set the criteria in stone for the article. The explanation for toughness was a question.
    • je12u, on 05/08/2008, -0/+3THE PRICE IS WRONG BITCH!!
  • DeathJux, on 05/07/2008, -9/+3What's with all the "chin" talk? Seems like they mention almost every fighter's chin one way or another.
  • newsfully, on 05/07/2008, -2/+18Finally, an article about MMA made the front page that isn't about Kimbo Slice
  • jerrolds, on 05/07/2008, -2/+6Off the top of my head: BJ Penn, GSP, Fedor. The first two have been TKO'd, but never actually KO'd.
  • Chronoped, on 05/07/2008, -20/+3MMA is absolute garbage. I'm saying this as an actual martial artist, unlike those chest-puffing pro-wrestler fatheads. They all go in there as *****, and they walk out even dumber after slamming each other around and beating each other's faces like that.
    • justice7, on 05/07/2008, -1/+8Fail. MMA is fantastic, the rules do cater a bit more toward certain styles but it is entertaining, and requires an immense amount of skill and training.
    • b0neman, on 05/07/2008, -0/+7MMA looks pretty crappy from an "actual martial artist" POV because, outside of the stack of rules, judges and rings, the fights are pretty realistic. I've done my share of sparring in the studio and in competitions. Because you can do serious damage with the techniques that we train with, there are rules to protect us. Plus, for the most part, it is same style against same style.
      MMA's genius is that it takes the shackles off you and makes you fight any which way you can. So far, the grapplers and the wrestlers have the upper hand. Who's to say in a few years, guys that can throw proper kicks a la Cung Le will dominate the sport? Then all the gyms will start training kickers instead of wrestlers.
      As far as being *****... look around, they're everywhere. Especially in the NFL as of late!
      • SupaFupa, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3I would disagree with your assertion that grapplers and wrestlers have the upper hand when it comes to style. No one discipline is dominant. Brazilian jiu jitsu fighters dominated alot of the early ufc and pride, and its still a great skill to have, but today's top echelon of mma fighters cross train in several different areas. Fedor and Nogueira are both extremely well rounded. Both have phenomenal striking, grappling, takedowns, submissions, excellent cardio, can take a hell of a beating, etc. where as Mirko Cro Cop, while he has good sprawl, is fairly one dimensional. So yeah, he can kick 20 B-Level fighters in the head, and build a great record in a very entertaining fashion, but he was no match for either Fedor or Minotauro. They simply have more tools.

        So yes, there will always be one trick ponies that can do fairly well against 85% of the other fighters in mma. But the very best fighters are good at many different fighting styles
      • Chronoped, on 05/08/2008, -2/+1That's part of the problem. The martial arts aren't a "sport," and you aren't getting a real educational experience by just training for competition sparring at a gym. There have been enough poor representations and ignorant outside impressions of what the true martial arts really are. We don't need any more bad press going around. It's bad enough having morons come up to you and tell you that you do "karady," now with the prominence of MMA, people are led to assume that it's legitimate. The real martial artists aren't a bunch of young beefy grapplers and boxers, and they certainly don't move or fight like that. You want to see the real deal? Go to indonesia and see the native Silat practitioners. Go to China and see the people that study tai chi. I'm not going against what you guys love to watch just for the hell of it, but there needs to be a separation made between what they put on TV and genuine martial arts, although watching a real martial artist fight is far less entertaining, and is very short.
    • BertRussell, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5instead of generalizing you should learn more about top mma fighters and their martial art/personal combat credentials rather than labeling all of em in order to prop yourself up.

      Or you could challenge any one of them to a vale tudo fight and see where that gets you.
    • JigoroKano, on 05/08/2008, -0/+4Oh no, an actual martial artist! You must pay $100 a month to your McDojo where you get to pretend fight like an idiot and periodically receive a colorful sash. I bet you think ninjas are real and Kung Fu actually works.
      • Chronoped, on 05/08/2008, -4/+1Oh well I'm sure your thick-necked heroes over in "the octagon" have a great sense of the traditions their fighting styles came from. There's more to fighting than just attacking people like a moronic thug. I guess you'd be an expert about pretend fighting like an idiot, after watching all of that MMA trash. You think those thick-necked freaks are adepts at fighting "in the streets"? Even an amateur knife fighter these days knows how to end a fight when things get taken to the ground: you just pull out your blade, and all of a sudden getting someone in a lock just got a lot less plausible. For the record, there are still schools that train in practical ninjitsu as well as historically contextualized ninjitsu, and many systems share a number of concepts utilized in ninjitsu. Obviously you've based your knowledge of the martial arts entirely off of TV and movies if you think all non-MMA fighters train to fight like they do in the fantasy kung fu movies. You don't think Kung Fu works? Why, because you went to a studio for a kung fu class one time and concluded it was useless, or because you idolize a head-on brute force strength-based fighting style? You have no idea what you're talking about if you think that martial arts systems that have been implemented and evolving for thousands of years and survived to this very day have less merit than a bunch of buffoons body slamming each other for entertainment.
    • 1randomguyO8, on 05/08/2008, -0/+3Yeah it's funny when some "kung fu master" steps into a ring or Octagon because they usually get bloodied and knocked out in the first round.
      Also alot(I think the majority) of MMA fighters are just that - Mixed Martial Artists. They aren't just simple brawlers or whrestlers. They are Judo, Muay Thai, kickboxing, Jiu jitsu, boxing & wrestling champions. You're so ***** ignorant, do a bit research next time.
  • IpwnZnoobs, on 05/07/2008, -5/+2I don't get it.... Couture, for one, got knocked out twice.
    • sugarrae, on 05/07/2008, -0/+9Someone didn't get an "I'm a good reader" sticker as a child...
      • skippy562, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3maybe he did...he just couldn't read it.
        • Qball1974, on 05/08/2008, -1/+1HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! that was awsome.
  • jordansampson, on 05/07/2008, -5/+2This list is simply not correct. Just to throw out an easy example:
    "When heavy hitting KO artist Andrei Arlovski hammered Tim in their 2006 title rematch it looked like Big Tim was done. But he was able to regain his composure seconds later, and threw a right hand that ended Arlovski's night for good, sending him to the canvas in a heap."

    Actually the rematch ended after 5 rounds in a bad decision. Arlovski kicked the ***** out of this bitch every time they met. Infact when he lost his title, i think it was after making Sylvia's face look like dog meat. Not the only inaccurate statement the page made.
    • TheRealDeuce, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3You're wrong. The first rematch Tim knocked Andrei out. The rubber match was the boring decision.
      • jordansampson, on 05/07/2008, -2/+1your right, my mistake. I had forgot Andrei kicked his ass once prior to that fight. I was thinking of the title rematch.
    • sugarrae, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3Yet, right under Sylvia'a paragraph, there is a video that SHOWS the fight being called due to knockout with 2:18 left in the first round...
      • jordansampson, on 05/07/2008, -2/+1that was the first fight. See the blood all over sylvia's chest?
        • ssn697, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3Silvia tapped out in the first fight. He wasn't knocked out. He knocked out Andrei in the second. Really, it is easy to go to Sherdog and look up fighter records. The Internet is your friend.
  • exronin, on 05/07/2008, -8/+3I went to my first MMA fight(s) last weekend, it was so freaking boring.... i almost fell asleep.
    • PigGeneral, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5If it was baseball, you might have died.
  • Zlorp, on 05/07/2008, -1/+7Big Nog deserves a lot more credit than Anderson Silva. Nog has built his career as a fighter from almost getting ktfo and then sneaking in a submission. just watch his fights against gary goodridge, crocop and tim sylvia. he also ate a fat leg kick to the head from heath herring and still managed to make it.
    • TheRealDeuce, on 05/07/2008, -2/+1"Leg kick to the head" makes no sense. It's called a head kick.
      • CedEx, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3It's to clear the confusion for those people thinking "arm kick to the head"...
      • Zlorp, on 05/08/2008, -0/+2yeah im not sure how the word "high" didnt end up before leg, i feel pretty stupid lol
    • BertRussell, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3Dont Fret. Anderson is just getting alot of hype (much of it deserved) because newer fans look up to him due to his current win streak over more known fighters in the US, including former Dana posterboy Franklin.
      • 8fans, on 05/08/2008, -0/+3That's why UFC just let Travis Lutter go. Because they know he has a pretty good chance of beating Anderson in a rematch and the UFC couldn't sell as many tickets to see a guy like Lutter compared to an exciting fighter like Anderson Silva.
  • Super6, on 05/07/2008, -11/+3How about Kickass Kimbo?
  • allanscu, on 05/07/2008, -0/+16Kimbo is a gimmick! Put him up against a big name and he'll hit the floor.
    • CedEx, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2Why don't we wait and reserve judgement. He's a new fighter, you don't just throw rookies to the wolves. We'll need to see a few more fights under his belt first. So far, the lower "D" level guys are no match for him, so now he needs to step up to "C" level... and so on.
  • Cassanova, on 05/07/2008, -1/+4Finally MMA makes the front page! I would say Mark Hunt has the best chin in MMA altho he just got KO'd by a kick to the gut so I'm not sure if he makes the list or not.
    • TheRealDeuce, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2Don't make fun of Mark Hunt just because he is scarily similar to King Hippo.
  • sugarrae, on 05/07/2008, -0/+14Kimbo, kimbo, kimbo... seriously people, he has had THREE fights (and not against "in their prime" fighters) and you'd call him a top name? There are so many ***** POSEUR mma fans on this site...
    • adrenaline33, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3He clearly hasn't proven himself to be a top fighter yet, but I can see why he is so talked about. Two years ago he drove around and fought random street thugs in no-gloves boxing for 10k a fight. He is a beast and seems to be working extremely hard. It would an awesome story if he did go far in MMA, but regardless of how he does he is bringing a lot of new fans and hype to the sport and IMO that is a great thing.
    • skippy562, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2welcome to the internet,full of fakes things.
  • YourSexyMama, on 05/07/2008, -3/+2I love the title and then in the article it states: "Serra shocked the MMA world by knocking GSP out in the first round at Houston's Toyota Center"
    Did they not bother to read their own article?
    • sugarrae, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3Well, we all know you sure didn't or you would have seen the "NOTABLY ABSENT FROM THE LIST" in all caps... FAIL
  • Vagabond91, on 05/07/2008, -0/+9How can you skip Dan ***** "Hollywood" Henderson. Chin of steel on that guy.
    • ssn697, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5Never knocked out, and fought several guys way above his weight class.
      • Qball1974, on 05/08/2008, -1/+2Carlos Newton rocked his world, almost had him out!
        • galbraith19, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2Newton. One of the most underated fighters in MMA history.
  • Dadamantastic, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5Dan Henderson should be on this list! He's never been KO'd and has only ever lost to to the best of the best. He gave Quinton hell and ate some heavy heavy shots. Against Anderson he looked feeble but who doesn't. Since Anderson's two losses in Pride he has improved immensely.
    • Qball1974, on 05/08/2008, -2/+0Carlos Newton rocked his world, almost had him out!
  • trollick, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3So... according to Sports Illustrated Tiger Woods and that sled dog racer are tougher than undefeated MMA fighter?
  • Tollofsen, on 05/07/2008, -1/+1Well appart from being knocked out by a Crocop headkick, Igor Vovchanchyn was usually the one dishing out asswhoopings. Honorable mention in my book
  • sc0tty0, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2I didn't see anything "close" about the first fight.
  • kthoma22, on 05/07/2008, -4/+2Chuck Norris is not mentioned because Chuck Norris is not a fighter... he's a killing machine.
  • carl25, on 05/07/2008, -1/+3i don't think anderson should be on the list. He's never really taken a hard punch and is mostly ground game. Nogueira on the other hand has taken hard punches repeatedly from Tim Sylvia and fedor and still managed to hang on.
    Mark Hunt should also be on this list, i mean the guy survived a kick to the head from Mirko Cro cop.

    And please don't mention Bob Sapp and fighter in the same sentence, it's a bit disrespectful.
    • 8fans, on 05/08/2008, -0/+2Mark Hunt has a head like a rock. I don't think we will ever see him KO'd.
    • Arkanjal, on 05/08/2008, -0/+3Are you serious about Silva not taking any hard punches? Franklin and Henderson both landed some good shots, and Lutter had him mounted dropping bombs....he gets hit, it just doesnt faze him. And you obviously dont know what your talking about by saying Silva is mostly ground game, he is easily one of the best (if not the best) strikers in MMA right now.
  • nextbigthang, on 05/07/2008, -1/+3"MMA is the new baseball."

    ummm....no

    how is mma like baseball? its constant action and ass kicking for minutes at a time.

    baseball is 5 seconds of action then waiting for 10 minutes...
  • nynexla, on 05/08/2008, -5/+0its cause their brain is to small to accept a concussion. Like the worm in a tequila bottle.
  • GymboSlice, on 05/08/2008, -3/+0Well Tim Sylvia would of been stopped by strikes against Andre Avlovski if Andre kept punching instead of goign for the arm bar.
  • PeckerSlap, on 05/08/2008, -3/+1"3rd Toughest athlete in Sports by Sports Illustrated in 2008. Only the PGA's Tiger Woods and Sled dog racer Lance Mackey placed ahead of him."
  • GymboSlice, on 05/08/2008, -4/+0my bad tim didn't get arm barred it was a heel hook by Andre...
  • MasterSpy, on 05/08/2008, -3/+1Fedor is a beast...Fedor doesn't fight enough times to be number one in the world...Anderson "The Spider" Silva is P4P best because of the quality of his opponents, his wins, and the amount of times he fights...Big Nog is one tough mother *****...Nog has lost only 4 times and all of those were controversial decisions.
  • gamben0, on 05/08/2008, -2/+1God I loved it when Silvia got his arm snapped.
    What a goof.
  • NickCager, on 05/08/2008, -3/+1I love mma and I love http://www.mmatraining.com I cant wait until Brock Lesnar fights again.
  • themaestro18, on 05/08/2008, -0/+3Anderson Silva is the best p-for-p fighter in the world, followed closely by Georges St.-Pierre. That would be a great match, if it was to occur as rumored.
    http://www.bestsnippets.com
  • donkeySays, on 05/08/2008, -0/+2***** man, I need to go to the gym. *throws punches in the air*
  • uma22, on 05/15/2008, -1/+0If you want try some new style then click this link: http://www.reebokhexride.com/?um=01 because its relation of your fitness, health, and your sports life.
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