DAMN! Reading REALLY is fundamental! In my rush I thought this thread was about fighting games, lol. When I saw Cro-cop mentioned that' s when I realized it was about fighters..
Well the fighters OTHERS used to rate as the best fighters were Fedor Emelianko, Shogun, Wanderlei Silva, and Chuck Liddell. I was SOOO happy to see the last 3 guys finally lose their matches! ;)
In the past my personal favorites were:
UFC: Randy Couture (GREAT fighter, very classy)
PrideFC: Rampage Jackson (Great Fighter, very humorous)
Both of my favorites sparring;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYimN742rHE Since the UFC acquired Pride I now have two favorites in the UFC. Randy and Rampage. Forrest Griffin was never ranked #1 but his defeat of the supposedly unstoppable Shogun has earned him MASSIVE respect from me and I can' t wait to see his next few fights. But when he goes up against Rampage I' m afraid he' s on his own there
I' ve also earned much respect from Dan Henderson since he defeated Wanderlei Silva and gave Rampage all he could handle in their match.
Also in K-1 there was a fighter from Swedan or Finland (forgot where he was from) that I used to like a lot. I think his name was Remy Bonjasky. But it' s been a long time since I' ve followed K-1 so I don' t know what' s going on or if he' s still there.
< Message edited by Terry Bogard -- 27 Sep 07 13:48:28 >