MMA Hall of Fame

Where should it be? Who should be the first 20 entrants into it?

I say it should be, finances dictate, Denver, CO. Home of the 1st UFC.

First to enter should be (in no particular order):

Royce
Rorion
Art Davie
Fedor
Randy
Severn
Hendo
Ken Shamrock
Coleman
Tito
Chuck
Mirko
Hélio
DW
Lorenzo
TapOut (all three, not just Charles 'Mask' Lewis)
Matt Hughes
Big John
John McCain (Senator-R Arizona) -Be honest, we wouldn't even have had a giant name if it wasn't for him making it a national discussion.
Big Nog

I say have it in Vegas.

I like you list minus McCain, TapouT (all 3 of them), & Cro Cop (not a first ballot type in my mind).

And if you're doing current fighters like Fedor than you have GSP, BJ Penn, & Anderson Silva. Wand is a must as well. And in my mind Pat Miletich is too.

I completely forgot about Pat and Wand! My head is both bloodied and bowed, Sir.

Crocop goes in. Jens Pulver, Sakuraba, Tank Abbott and Bas Rutten.

Not disagreeing Wolf. But you have to start someplace and add every year. No Sakuraba, Tank or Jens get in the first time out. I would give serious consideration to Bas though.

Please, please explain why Sakuraba doesn't get in his first time around? Funaki or at least one other early Pancrase Japanese star should also be considered.

Jens gets in. He dominated the original LW division. He used to been as unbeatble in his day.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Crocop goes in. Jens Pulver, Sakuraba, Tank Abbott and Bas Rutten.

Tank Abbott although very entertaining I dont think of him as a HOFer.

Tank goes in for what he did and what he represented for the sport as opposed to his ability.

Also, if Ken goes in Frank goes in.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

Where should it be? Who should be the first 20 entrants into it?

I say it should be, finances dictate, Denver, CO. Home of the 1st UFC.

First to enter should be (in no particular order):

Royce
Rorion
Art Davie
Fedor
Randy
Severn
Hendo
Ken Shamrock
Coleman
Tito
Chuck
Mirko
Hélio
DW
Lorenzo
TapOut (all three, not just Charles 'Mask' Lewis)
Matt Hughes
Big John
John McCain (Senator-R Arizona) -Be honest, we wouldn't even have had a giant name if it wasn't for him making it a national discussion.
Big Nog

No McCain, no tapout, no Cro Cop, if we are adding Tapout why not Dana and the Fertittas as well?

add Don Frye ans SAKURABA, Mark Kerr, and Oleg Taktarov

Birdofthad wrote:

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

Where should it be? Who should be the first 20 entrants into it?

I say it should be, finances dictate, Denver, CO. Home of the 1st UFC.

First to enter should be (in no particular order):

Royce
Rorion
Art Davie
Fedor
Randy
Severn
Hendo
Ken Shamrock
Coleman
Tito
Chuck
Mirko
Hélio
DW
Lorenzo
TapOut (all three, not just Charles 'Mask' Lewis)
Matt Hughes
Big John
John McCain (Senator-R Arizona) -Be honest, we wouldn't even have had a giant name if it wasn't for him making it a national discussion.
Big Nog

No McCain, no tapout, no Cro Cop, if we are adding Tapout why not Dana and the Fertittas as well?

add Don Frye ans SAKURABA, Mark Kerr, and Oleg Taktarov

They are in. Well one of the Fertittas is.

NO to Kerr, Abbot, & Taktarov.

YES to Sakuraba

MAYBE to Frye

No Oleg? hater.

no abbott

Oleg I can see. Don Frye, I can see. BTW Bird, Lorenzo and DW are Lorenzo Fertitta and Dana White.

Tank Abbott? Tank Abbott? Nope. Not in the first entries.

Royce - I don't need to explain
Rorion - I don't need to explain
Art Davie - Hosted and organized the first UFC
Fedor - I don't need to explain
Randy - I don't need to explain
Severn - I don't need to explain
Hendo - I don't need to explain
Ken Shamrock - I don't need to explain
Coleman - I don't need to explain
Tito - Mybe the weakest link here, but still was the man for years
Chuck - I don't need to explain
Mirko - The King of Pride KO artist and one of the greatest European fighters (next to Fedor)
Hélio - I don't need to explain
DW - Love him, hate him he is the face of the UFC
Lorenzo - The smartest guy in the UFC and is actually running the show AND talked Frank into paying for it
TapOut (all three, not just Charles 'Mask' Lewis) - The first real merchendisers in a fledgling sport? And you don't think they need to be recognized?
Matt Hughes - I don't need to explain
Big John - I don't need to explain
John McCain (Senator-R Arizona) -Be honest, we wouldn't even have had a giant name if it wasn't for him making it a national discussion.
Big Nog - I don't need to explain

Tito - Mybe the weakest link here, but still was the man for years


No need to explain. One of the best fighters ever. Came close to winning his first UFC tournament at SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD. Still competative with TUF champions in the late part of the last decade when by rights he should have already went down the path of other early 2000s/late 90s relics.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Tito - Mybe the weakest link here, but still was the man for years


No need to explain. One of the best fighters ever. Came close to winning his first UFC tournament at SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD. Still competative with TUF champions in the late part of the last decade when by rights he should have already went down the path of other early 2000s/late 90s relics.

GODS! If I could still throw up I would! However Wolf is right again. Tito really was an amazing athlete/fighter. I don't think he is close to what he was and I think he will get the shit kicked out of him against Chuck...again...But I at least respect the man now, more than I used too. He obviously could have ducked this fight, but chose not to.

Farmer1906 wrote:

Birdofthad wrote:

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

Where should it be? Who should be the first 20 entrants into it?

I say it should be, finances dictate, Denver, CO. Home of the 1st UFC.

First to enter should be (in no particular order):

Royce
Rorion
Art Davie
Fedor
Randy
Severn
Hendo
Ken Shamrock
Coleman
Tito
Chuck
Mirko
Hélio
DW
Lorenzo
TapOut (all three, not just Charles 'Mask' Lewis)
Matt Hughes
Big John
John McCain (Senator-R Arizona) -Be honest, we wouldn't even have had a giant name if it wasn't for him making it a national discussion.
Big Nog

No McCain, no tapout, no Cro Cop, if we are adding Tapout why not Dana and the Fertittas as well?

add Don Frye ans SAKURABA, Mark Kerr, and Oleg Taktarov

They are in. Well one of the Fertittas is.

NO to Kerr, Abbot, & Taktarov.

YES to Sakuraba

MAYBE to Frye

Frank Shamrock?

Wolfgangsta wrote:

No Oleg? hater.

thanks fors saying it

Good to see other people said Sakuraba. Thought I was going to blow a gasket.

BTW Ohio, I love your avatar. That is fucking great!

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

BTW Ohio, I love your avatar. That is fucking great!

He's a great american patriot. I for one didn't know how foolish I looked when my dockers dropped below the belt line