The nature of mixed martial arts dictates that stars come and go. Injuries, burnout, contract issues and illness make it so that few fighters can dominate for a long period of time. But there have been a few who have stayed at or near the top of the pile for the past decade. As part of Yahoo! Sports’ look back at the past ten years in sports, here are the top ten mixed martial artists of the decade.
10. Matt Hughes: Though he’s faded in recent years, Hughes was one of the UFC’s most successful champs. His win over MMA pioneer Royce Gracie signaled a change of the guard, and he defended his welterweight belt eight times. Hughes also has wins over both B.J. Penn and Georges St. Pierre.
9. Tito Ortiz: The "Huntington Beach Bad Boy" ended the decade on a weird note, with a decision loss to Forrest Griffin…
wheres the kimo the pat smiths the don fry the real blood bashing originators of what wasnt even called mma it was ultimate fighting. its sad they fought no rules no rounds no gloves and no recognition is repected to there efforts and contribution to what now is the largest phenom ever
wheres the recognition or infomation on people such as kimo don fry pat smith ect. these individuals were warriors who originated this mma today it was a whole different perspective then no rule no round no weight calsses no escape. the blooody carcuses were sacrificed to conceive mma ultimate fighting organizations reek of biased political coruption people do something be heard!!