Most exciting fighters in the UFC

Fighters With Seven Bonuses:
Chris Lytle: 4 Fight of the Night bonuses, 2 Submission of the Night bonuses, 1 Knockout of the Night bonus; $310,000 total

Fighters With Five Bonuses:
Anderson Silva: 2 KOTN, 2 FOTN, 1 SOTN; $280,000 total
Nate Diaz: 3 FOTN, 2 SOTN; $170,000 total
Tyson Griffin: 5 FOTN
Joe Lauzon: 2 FOTN, 2 SOTN, 1 KOTN

Fighters With Four Bonuses:
Quinton Jackson: 2 FOTN, 2 KOTN; $220,000 total
Forrest Griffin: 3 FOTN, 1 SOTN; $220,000 total
Demian Maia: 4 SOTN; $215,000 total
Wilson Gouveia: 2 FOTN, 1 KOTN, 1 SOTN; $205,000 total
Marcus Davis: 2 FOTN, 1 KOTN, 1 SOTN; $160,000 total
Sam Stout: 4 FOTN
Jason MacDonald: 3 SOTN, 1 KOTN

BJ Penn
Lyoto
Anderson Silva
Forrest Griffin
Quinton Jackson

Damn, I never realized Griffin had so many fight of the nights. Surprising considering he goes to a decision as much as Fitch the past few years. I think he lost to sherk in his last FOTN though.

JDS is making a good case early on. Finishing all 4 of his fights in the UFC via punches. 3 in the 1st round. Obviously he doesn't have the number of fights some other do but he is well on his way.

Bones is exciting. He is always doing a crazy throw or strike in his fights. I am not sure about how many OFTN he has been awarded, but he is the first guy I thought of when I saw this thread.

Miguel Torres was always one of the most exciting fighters to watch IMO

Wanderlei Silva
Urijah Faber
Anderson Silva
Rampage
BJ Penn

Good work Farmer! Personally, for me, the most exciting fighter to watch is probably Bonnar. Not that he is great or anything, but he is great at taking a beating and keeps on fighting. Lytle is a lot of fun to watch too.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

Good work Farmer! Personally, for me, the most exciting fighter to watch is probably Bonnar. Not that he is great or anything, but he is great at taking a beating and keeps on fighting. Lytle is a lot of fun to watch too.

Not my work. Just got it from BloodyElbow

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

Good work Farmer! Personally, for me, the most exciting fighter to watch is probably Bonnar. Not that he is great or anything, but he is great at taking a beating and keeps on fighting. Lytle is a lot of fun to watch too.

So you must have really enjoyed that beating Fitch took by GSP. I don't think I have seen anyone survive a worse beating. I think Bonnar is an awful choice. He had his slugfest early on but now he is boarder line painful to watch. I would much rather watch Melvin Gulliard then Bonnar.

Diego Sanchez
Clay Guida

Bones
BJ
Cain V
GSP

Brock Lesnar, BJ, Wandy, Chuck, and Clay Guida.

BJ Penn, Wand, Huerta, Rumble.

Most boring- Machida, GSP LOL! I just wanna see who cries over that. Just their last performances were snooze feasts.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Damn, I never realized Griffin had so many fight of the nights. Surprising considering he goes to a decision as much as Fitch the past few years. I think he lost to sherk in his last FOTN though.

16 of the last 24 FOTN's were fights that went to a decision. I think the ratio is a bit more than 2:1 overall in favor of decisions. Bad things often happen when giving fights that were finished FOTN - like Anderson-Forrests's "FOTN".

Yeah, be nice if there were more good dramatic finishes late in fights, but they either end abruptly or not at all it seems.