One of the more hotly contested arguments over the years has been who is the greatest mixed martial artist of all time. That argument careens in a variety of different ways depending on when you started following the sport, who the fighter in question fought when, and who sustained dominance for just how long. Among the names most bandied about for the space are Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Jon Jones and Fedor Emelianenko.
Of the group, only Emelianenko has never stepped foot in the UFC Octagon. Yet he fought some of the heavyweight division’s very best while in PRIDE FC and later Strikeforce, going undefeated through 29 bouts between 2000-2009.