#7 Vitor ‘Shaolin’ Ribeiro
The present UFC fans may perceive Vitor Ribeiro as a little referee who administers when the Octagon advances toward New Jersey – yet a great deal of them probably would understand that when he is refereeing a Lightweight battle, there’s most likely a shot that in his prime, he could’ve serenely presented the other two contenders in the Octagon with him. Basically, ‘Shaolin’ was once outstanding amongst other grapplers, pound-for-pound, in all of MMA.
The Brazilian rose to conspicuousness in the mid 2000’s, first in the US-based WFA advancement and afterward in Japan’s Shooto rings – where a considerable lot of the incomparable Lightweights that in the end contended in PRIDE cut their teeth.
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Amid his time in Shooto, Ribeiro grabbed tremendous wins over any semblance of Tatsuya Kawajiri, Joachim Hansen and Mitsuhiro Ishida, with his solitary misfortune coming to Kawajiri in a rematch.
At the point when those warriors started to relocate to PRIDE – and in the long run to the UFC – ‘Shaolin’ took an alternate way, going on a nine-battle winning streak on the littler circuit. Very why the UFC never marked him is a puzzle to me – with his staggering best amusement, perilous elbows and destructive arm triangle stifle, he’d have been customized for Octagon achievement.
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As it seemed to be, when Ribeiro advanced stateside with StrikeForce in 2010, he was route past his prime – he’d never genuinely recouped from eye damage continued in a battle with Gesias Cavalcante in 2007, and finished his vocation in 2010 with three baffling misfortunes.
Be that as it may, in his prime, ‘Shaolin’ was a genuine incredible – and could have tested for UFC gold in 2005/06 had the Lightweight division existed at the time. It’s a pity he has just entered the Octagon as a referee, truly.
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#6 Paulo Filho
Seeing him in the nightfall of his vocation – an enlarged, inked shell of his previous self – it would have been difficult to trust that in his prime, Paulo Filho was a standout amongst the most dreaded Middleweights on the planet. Be that as it may, from his PRIDE make a big appearance in 2002 through to his doomed WEC keep running in 2007 that was actually the situation. For quite a long time, Filho battled for appointments in certainty just on the grounds that no one needed to battle him.
When he fought, Filho was apparently difficult to beat. Jacked to the gills, the Brazilian had an inconceivably brisk takedown and a devastatingly amazing best match. When he had a rival mounted, they were typically destined – as contenders like Ryo Chonan, Kazuo Misaki and Murilo ‘Ninja’ Rua discovered.
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Despite the fact that he never won gold in PRIDE – damage removed him from the 2006 Welterweight Grand Prix finals – with eight wins there he was plainly their best 185lber when the advancement shut in 2007.
Insanely enough, Filho could have had a kept running in the UFC – gossipy tidbits at the time had him pegged to battle Rich Franklin at UFC 72, yet as far as anyone knows, when a battle with then-champion Anderson Silva was referenced, Filho said he’d never battle his companion. Thus rather, he moved to the WEC, where he caught their Middleweight crown, until issues with substance misuse raised their revolting head.
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Mid 2008 saw Filho register with recovery for his issues, and making a decision by his ensuing misfortune to Chael Sonnen, he never really vanquished his evil presences. He picked up a few wins on the littler circuit in the years that pursued, yet never resembled a similar contender who ran roughshod over PRIDE for a considerable length of time.
Had Filho come into the UFC in his prime, he could have done some genuine harm with an amusement that appeared customized for the Octagon – yet because of his substance issues I do think about whether a UFC profession would’ve pursued indistinguishable way from his WEC run did. In any case, he positively stays extraordinary compared to other warriors to not battle in the UFC.
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#5 Igor Vovchanchyn
Before Mirko Cro Cop turned into the game’s most dreaded Heavyweight striker in the mid 2000’s, the name that startled most warriors was Igor Vovchanchyn. Known as ‘Ice cold’, Vovchanchyn’s MMA profession really started path in 1995, in little Russian advancements like Absolute Fighting Championship. When he advanced toward Japan with a thriving PRIDE in 1998, he’d just assembled a mind boggling record – 31-2.
It was in PRIDE where Igor truly established himself – for a period at any rate – as the best Heavyweight on earth, however. The Ukrainian striker took out any semblance of Gary Goodridge and Akira Shoji before being coordinated with Mark Kerr at PRIDE 7, and at the time, Kerr – new off a UFC competition win – was viewed as the best huge man in the game, especially as the UFC title was then empty.
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No one had possessed the capacity to stop Kerr’s takedowns, ground-and-pound and entries – however Igor did, in the end completing ‘The Smashing Machine’ with a progression of knees to the head, and in spite of the fact that he didn’t win a title for his endeavors – PRIDE did not have them by then – it was difficult to deny that he was the game’s best Heavyweight until the point when his misfortune to Mark Coleman in the 2000 PRIDE Grand Prix.
Some frustrating misfortunes would desire Vovchanchyn later down the line, however you cannot generally hold those against him given his timeframe in the game by that point. At last he resigned in 2005 – 10 years in the wake of beginning up. Surprisingly, he nearly marked with the UFC in 1996 for UFC 11, however could not get a Visa in time – implying that he is certainly a standout amongst other warriors to never make it to the world’s greatest advancement.
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