Greatest Ever Light-Heavyweight Tournament- RD 1 (Please Vote)

I'll be hosting a 16 man tournament to determine the Greatest Ever Light-Heavyweight Fighter by this board. For each round i'll be starting a new topic so please just vote for who you think will win the fights for that round and not for the whole tournament. Whoever wins their fight in each round progresses to the next round and I will pick the fights for each round.

The basis of the tournament is if each fighter was fighting at their peak for that fight, not who had the better career.

Let the tournament begin.

RD 1-

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Metzger
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock

RD 1-

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Metzger
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Metzger
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock

1. Shogun
2.Vitor
3.Chuck
4.Machida
5.Jackson
6.Hendo
7.Randy
8.Frank

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Metzger
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Metzger
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Metzger
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Metzger
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock

RD 1-

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Metzger
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

I'll be hosting a 16 man tournament to determine the Greatest Ever Light-Heavyweight Fighter by this board. For each round i'll be starting a new topic so please just vote for who you think will win the fights for that round and not for the whole tournament. Whoever wins their fight in each round progresses to the next round and I will pick the fights for each round.

The basis of the tournament is if each fighter was fighting at their peak for that fight, not who had the better career.

Let the tournament begin.

RD 1-

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin- RUA
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort-BELFORT
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Metzger-LIDDELL
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba-MACHIDA
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans-PAGE
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson-HENDO
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture-COUTURE
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock

-FRANK

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Metzger
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock

RD 1-

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Metzger
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock

Lil Nog over Forrest

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Metzger
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

Lil Nog over Forrest

Does it really matter? They both lose to Shogun. Also, Forrest has wins over Rampage and Shogun in the history books.

LIl Nog could give Shogun a run for his money for sure

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

LIl Nog could give Shogun a run for his money for sure

Wouldn't you consider both to be in their prime when they actually fought?

No, both haven't hit their prime yet, and it was a amazing fight

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

No, both haven't hit their prime yet, and it was a amazing fight

Yeah an amazing fight won by Shogun. So In your opinion lil Nog has improved more to date then Shogun(in his current form). Just curious, not saying you're or anything.

Yes Lil Nog def would have a chance against Shogun

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

Yes Lil Nog def would have a chance against Shogun

Yeah I agree with that, anyone that watched the 1st fight would agree. But just curious, do you think he has improved more then Shogun?

I couldn't really tell, I'll need to see Nog again, both guys had short falls before a resergence. Shogun improved his conditioning, but is similar to the fighter he was in Pride now.

RD 1-

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin-Shogun
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort-Vitor(tough draw for Wandy 1st round)
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Metzger-Chuck Liddell
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba-Machida
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans-Rampage
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson-Tito
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture-Randy
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock-Ken Shamrock

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

I'll be hosting a 16 man tournament to determine the Greatest Ever Light-Heavyweight Fighter by this board. For each round i'll be starting a new topic so please just vote for who you think will win the fights for that round and not for the whole tournament. Whoever wins their fight in each round progresses to the next round and I will pick the fights for each round.

The basis of the tournament is if each fighter was fighting at their peak for that fight, not who had the better career.

Let the tournament begin.

RD 1-

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin -------------
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Mezger
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock

its MEZGER, I cant pick between Ken and Frank so they both win

Thanks for voting guys. Rd 1 voting is closed now and elite 8 is open.

RD 1 winners were-

1. Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin
2. Wanderlei Silva vs Vitor Belfort
3. Chuck Liddell vs Guy Mezger
4. Lyoto Machida vs Kazushi Sakuraba
5. Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
6. Tito Ortiz vs Dan Henderson
7. Bas Rutten vs Randy Couture
8. Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock