The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has had many fighters, who are regarded as the best to step foot inside the Octagon, but we take a look at the five best mixed martial artists to have competed in the UFC:
Jon Jones (26-1-1)
The American is widely regarded as one of the greatest mixed martial artists and he is the current, and two-time undisputed UFC light heavyweight champion.
It was quite clear that Jones was destined for greatness when he became the youngest champion since the UFC instituted weight classes at the age of 23.
The current number one UFC pound-for-pound fighter holds many UFC records in the light heavyweight division, including the most title defenses, most wins, longest win streak, and most submission victories.
“I don’t feel like I’m the best ever,” Jones said on MMA Junkie.
“I don’t. I feel like I have a lot to prove, and I feel like if I can retire doing the right things and continuing to win fights, then maybe I’ll allow other people to call me that.”
Anderson Silva (34,10,1)
The Brazilian is a former UFC middleweight champion and holds the record for the longest title reign in the history of the organisation at 2,457 days.
Da Silva, 44, is considered by many MMA analysts as the greatest mixed martial artist of all time and also holds the UFC record for the most consecutive victories having won 16 fights in a row.
Silva is regarded as the greatest striker in the history of the UFC having defeated big names such as Rich Franklin, Dan Henderson, Vitor Belfort, Nate Marquardt, Demian Maia, Chael Sonnen and Forrest Griffin.
Daniel Cormier (22,2,1)
The American is a former two-division world champion, having held the heavyweight and light heavyweight world championships simultaneously.
Cormier, who is also a former Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix and King of the Cage heavyweight champion, is the second of four fighters in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously.
Many Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) pundits including UFC president Dana White and commentator Joe Rogan consider Cormier to be one of the greatest mixed martial arts fighters of all time.
Khabib Nurmagomedov (28,0,0)
The Russian has established himself as one of the best fighters in the history of the UFC, having dominated the lightweight division.
Nurmagomedov's headline bout with Conor McGregor at UFC 229 drew 2.4 million pay-per-view buys, the most ever for an MMA event in 2018 and he holds the longest active undefeated streak in MMA having recorded 28 wins and no losses.
The 31-year-old's style of grappling has made him one of the most dominant athletes in the history of MMA, having been crowned Men's No-Gi Expert welterweight and ADCC Rules No-Gi Expert welterweight champion in 2012.
"Khabib [Nurmagomedov] is a great fighter. I’m very impressed," Anderson Silva said about Nurmagomedov on Mixedmartialarts.com.
"This is a huge company that’s worked for a long time to get the great fighters in the sport. I think Khabib is the best, here, in this moment."
Georges St Pierre( (26,2,0)
The Canadian is a two-division champion in the UFC having won titles in the welterweight and middleweight divisions.
St Pierre is another UFC legend, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in MMA having held the record for most wins in title bouts (12) which has since been broken by Jon Jones.
The 38-year-old is reportedly looking to become the first three-weight world champion in MMA and he is said to considering fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov and a victory would make him the greatest fighter in the history of the UFC.
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