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Cyne is a master at creating good topics.

So, this is all-time:

- Who is the best wrestler? Matt Hughes. I could choose GSP but Hughes had those vicious slams and he actually finished guys on the ground. While there are other guys with a stronger wrestling background (Lesnar, Munoz, Coleman, Couture, Kerr, etc) Hughes was a monster wrestler for MMA.

- Who is the best striker? Cro Cop. The man was a beast back in the day, knocking guys out cleanly left and right, namely with high kicks. Even his body shots landed him KOs. Too bad he lost it.

- Who is the best BJJ practitioner? Minotauro Nogueira. A lot of BJJ practitioners aren't able to make a good transition to MMA because of the No Gi, strikes, etc, but you've got Roger Gracie, Demian Maia, BJ Penn, Jacare, Frank Mir, among others. But all-time? It has to be Minotauro; he submitted so many good guys from such different positions it's incredible.

- Who is the best at submissions? I'll go ahead and say Aoki, simply because he has finished guys with an array of different and eye-popping submissions, namely those gogoplatas from everywhere.

- Who is the best at knocking people out? Wanderlei Silva. Ruthless, savage, unmatched aggression. He has so many violent KOs it's hard to keep track; but the two beatings he put on Rampage and the other two on Sakuraba are legendary.

- Who got the luckiest? Mark Coleman. There are different angles you can look at when defining "lucky" but I am looking at the PRIDE GP 2000, the biggest MMA tournament up to 2000. First he got Satake, who didn't have any ground game at all (plus was a lighter fighter); then he got Shoji (lighter) and then an injured Fujita, who didn't fight (it was basically a "bye"); and then, in the Final, he was fresh against Vovchanchyn, who had been in a striking fight with Goodridge and a 15-minute war with Sakuraba.

guys, let's just be aware that there's a tourney going on where one of the topics is pretty close to this.
This is a fun topic, and I'll answer after they make their picks.

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 09:10 AM ET  08.17 by Roni

guys, let's just be aware that there's a tourney going on where one of the topics is pretty close to this. This is a fun topic, and I'll answer after they make their picks.

It is??!?! I had no idea, sorry

Nah. Don't worry. I know you are not even part of the tourney.
The questions were posted yesterday night. I browsed through it, so I remember the questions although have no idea of who is doing what TD against whom...

I bet Cybe was not aware neither, thus my posting to let you guys know.

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 09:10 AM ET  08.17 by Roni

guys, let's just be aware that there's a tourney going on where one of the topics is pretty close to this. This is a fun topic, and I'll answer after they make their picks.

Missed that, I apologize it I stepped on someone's toes...

Missed that. I apologize if I stepped on someone's toes...

and now sorry for the double post (sheesh)...

QUOTE(#5):

Originally posted 10:35 AM ET  08.17 by Cyne10

Missed that, I apologize it I stepped on someone's toes...

No worries, I think he was talking about my TD with Scott.

It is about building the perfect fighter, so it is a little different than this. The perfect fighter cannot just be any combination of skill sets, but they must be able to mesh together to work.

You'll see what I mean in the TD:

http://tinyurl.com/clouis-TD

Hyped has a helluva list.

I am not sure if I should say Coleman is "lucky" with irony or not.

Because he did take a dive against Takada...

here's what I built!

Spider's dance moves.
BJ cardio (while @ WW)
Maia Striking hability
Kongo's Ground game
Chuck Lidell's chin

and I can beat anyone if:
I get Roy's super-secret-weapon belly
or, if all else fails, Tito's excuses!!!