Who in your opinion are the 3 most influential fighters in mma history?

[lates85]

Renato Laranja
Renato Laranja
Renato Laranja

He spitch hotch fire.

[Matt "Gumby" Glach]

It would have to be

1. Royce Gracie
2. Chuck Liddell
3. Randy Couture

This with GSP a CLOSE 4th and BJ and Anderson tied for an even CLOSER 5th

[Carson]

young Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay: being light on your feet, speed over muscle, agility over power. Too much has been shown on his later career but it's really before he got the boot that's amazing. Watch his combo against Brian London and the full fight against Cleavland Williams. This is the shit that changed stand up.
Royce: for a lot of people he was the first to showcase bjj and changed the game
3rd place is either Fedor or Mike Tyson. In their primes they both influenced a lot of people.

[Robert Sevigny]

Renato Laranja
Renato Laranja
Renato Laranja

He spitch hotch fire.

FUCKING THIS ^----

renato is ALWAYS relevant to ANY thread

[Isaiah Mendoza]

royce gracie-proved that pure technique is more important than pure strength

minotauro nogueira-was hit by a truck and basically his whole body was destroyed as a kid but despite that became UFC champ

GSP-set a good example for mma and created at least one subgeneration of new fighters that won't grow up to be complete dooshbags

fedor should be in there. I wish it were top four

[Ash "Lottery" Woods]

1. Royce Gracie - for reasons already stated
2. Chuck Liddell - for making the sport mainstream
3. BJ Penn - for developing one of the first all round dangerous games - obvioulsy less so in later years
4. Randy Couture - for reasons above

[Daniel Patrick]

Segal?

[Jonah Kaimuloa]

Segal- For all of his kick ass movies in the 90's
Van Dam- Same as above
Billy Blanks- For giving us Tae Bo

But in all seriousness....
Royce Gracie, Randy Couture, and of course BJ Penn

[Dan Wheeler]

royce
sakuraba
bas rutten

+1

[John Alighieri]

Nobody mentioned Rickson...