Greatest Ever Light-Heavyweight Tournament- Elite 8 (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.

Thanks for voting in round 1 guys. Now it's time for the elite 8.

Elite 8-

1. Mauricio Rua vs Frank Shamrock
2. Randy Couture vs Quinton Jackson
3. Chuck Liddell vs Dan Henderson
4. Lyoto Machida vs Vitor Belfort

Elite 8-

1. Mauricio Rua vs Frank Shamrock
2. Randy Couture vs Quinton Jackson
3. Chuck Liddell vs Dan Henderson
4. Lyoto Machida vs Vitor Belfort

Rua, Randy, Chuck, Belfort

Elite 8-

1. Mauricio Rua vs Frank Shamrock
2. Randy Couture vs Quinton Jackson
3. Chuck Liddell vs Dan Henderson
4. Lyoto Machida vs Vitor Belfort

It ends up being Shogun/Machida in the finals

And Shogun wins... Again.

1-1 2 fights away from a 3-match

1. Mauricio Rua vs Frank Shamrock
2. Randy Couture vs Quinton Jackson
3. Chuck Liddell vs Dan Henderson
4. Lyoto Machida vs Vitor Belfort

Yeah I got Shogun also.

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

It ends up being Shogun/Machida in the finals

Well Vitor leads Machida 3-1 in the voting so far, so you could be wrong.

1. Mauricio Rua vs Frank Shamrock
2. Randy Couture vs Quinton Jackson
3. Chuck Liddell vs Dan Henderson
4. Lyoto Machida vs Vitor Belfort

1. Mauricio Rua vs Frank Shamrock
2. Randy Couture vs Quinton Jackson
3. Chuck Liddell vs Dan Henderson
4. Lyoto Machida vs Vitor Belfort

1. Mauricio Rua vs Frank Shamrock
2. Randy Couture vs Quinton Jackson
3. Chuck Liddell vs Dan Henderson
4. Lyoto Machida vs Vitor Belfort

1. Mauricio Rua vs Frank Shamrock
2. Randy Couture vs Quinton Jackson
3. Chuck Liddell vs Dan Henderson
4. Lyoto Machida vs Vitor Belfort

Elite 8-

1. Mauricio Rua vs Frank Shamrock-Shogun
2. Randy Couture vs Quinton Jackson-Couture
3. Chuck Liddell vs Dan Henderson-Chuck
4. Lyoto Machida vs Vitor Belfort-Vitor

Surprised at all these Vitor picks, Machida fighters are the guys that beat Vitor his whole career.

I just think it u go by full careers and in there primes I have to take Vitor. In 5 years I might have a totally different opion about it.

1. Mauricio Rua vs Frank Shamrock
2. Randy Couture vs Quinton Jackson
3. Chuck Liddell vs Dan Henderson
4. Lyoto Machida vs Vitor Belfort

lol everyone pickin Vitor. He shouldn't even be in the tournament. Wanderlei Silva, Tito Ortiz and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira should all be in front of him.

Exactly what I was thinking, and those guys were in the tourney and got knocked out, Nog should have been in over Forrest IMO

oh is this some shit from an earlier thread?

https://ninjasplace.forumotion.net/mma-f1/greatest-ever-light-heavyweight-tournament-rd-1-please-vote-t4695.htm

I guess Vitor knocked out Wandy?

Rua
Jackson
Liddell(sorry Hendo, rough matchup)
Machida (come on people)

tolivendiewithLA wrote:

https://ninjasplace.forumotion.net/mma-f1/greatest-ever-light-heavyweight-tournament-rd-1-please-vote-t4695.htm

I guess Vitor knocked out Wandy?

Yeah, surprisingly Vitor won the vote by 2 over Wanderlei. I put Forrest in the tournament because more people voted him in the top 10 overall than Lil Nog. Either loses to Shogun in the 1st rd anyway.