Old School Fighters that more people should know about

[cheachea]

2 Fighters from the old school that should get more attention in my opinion are Jose ''Pele'' Landi-Jons and Ralph Gracie :








So, Who are some old school fighters that you guys think more people should know about ?

 

[The Big Babou]

These guys come to mind... 2 of my faves

Genki Sudo... crazy fighting style & his walkouts were the best eva!



Igor Vovchanchyn... I wonder how he'd fare in modern mma & which division he'd compete in?

 

[Choco]

Ralph Gracie :

Why? are we talking MMA here?

 

[Hellowhosthat]

I hated Ralph Gracie, I was so happy when Gomi trashed him.

 

[Yrat]

These guys come to mind... 2 of my faves

Genki Sudo... crazy fighting style & his walkouts were the best eva!



Igor Vovchanchyn... I wonder how he'd fare in modern mma & which division he'd compete in?

Prime Igor vs Francis Ngannou would look strange when it comes to height and size

 

[SokoudjouFanboy]

Pele is the best answer. If there was a real MMA hall of fame he'd be in it. Doesn't even have a wikipedia page.

Other guys off the top of my head:
Frank Trigg
Scott Smith
JZ Cavalcante
Joachim Hansen
Vitor Ribeiro
Denis Kang

 

[TheMaster]

These guys come to mind... 2 of my faves

Genki Sudo... crazy fighting style & his walkouts were the best eva!



Igor Vovchanchyn... I wonder how he'd fare in modern mma & which division he'd compete in?

He was a stocky heavyweight and would have done well in today's division.

Old skool guys more should know:

Frank Shamrock
Vernon White
Marco Ruas
Oleg Taktarov

 

[cheachea]

Pele is the best answer. If there was a real MMA hall of fame he'd be in it. Doesn't even have a wikipedia page.

Not in English, but I did find a Portuguese version.

It's missing some fights though :

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Landi-Jons

He should absolutely have an English wikipedia page for MMA.

https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Jose-LandiJons-1400

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Anyway, Luiz Azeredo would be my pick. Violent, violent dude.

 

[sutherland]

Cabbage
Scott Smith
Bill Mahood
Sam Stout
Keith Jardine
Babalu
Gary Goodridge

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

Second Igor and oleg.
Carlos Newton
Guy mezger

 

[SokoudjouFanboy]

Second Igor and oleg.
Carlos Newton
Guy mezger

Ahh how could I have forgotten Carlos Newton! He was awesome.

 

[PinkFlammingo]

Ikuhisa minowa was always the guys that stepped up for those freakshow fights.

 

[Falconkick]

Jorge Patino
Ivan Menjivar
Maurice Smith
Charles Bennett
Xavier Foupa-Pokam
David Dalgliesh

 

[Eric Lau]

Kazuo Misaki, turned Paul Daley into a panic wrestler.

 

[MMALOPEZ]

Joachim “Hellboy” Hansen

 

[K4BOSH]

JR Palmer
Evan Tanner
Kaoklai (K1)
Brian Johnston
Mach Sakurai
Duane Ludwig

 

[Dece]

I can't believe nobody mentions Rumina Sato.

 

[noizer]

Dave Menne
Jeremy Horn
Alex stiebling had a very brief but fun run in Pride

 

[Zach The Maniac]

jason deLucia was a pretty good fighter back in the day.