Top Ten Overrated Fighters of All Time

[Jack LaBarge]

So because he used a system of martial arts to beat much bigger, more athletic men in no holds barred combat...proving this system beyond shadow of doubt regarding its effectiveness (and I would add he is the reason this board exists, and why you have any juijitsu interest at all) you say he is....overrated? I think you may not know what that word means....

Yes, the art of BJJ won over all other arts and better athletes. But once everyone started to learn BJJ (which is awesome) the evolution of MMA started and the Gracies were left behind.

Was and would Royce be a great fighter against fighters who knew BJJ (Brown or Blackbelt level) in MMA? I would say no!

The title of the thread or article is over rated fighters NOT arts.

This does not take away from any of his accomplishments. Royce is still the number one pioneer of BJJ and is a Living Legend.

[Brent Smith]

You sassin me boy?

Bob's your uncle!

Fedor, Franklin, and Diaz... SHOULD NOT BE ON THAT LIST!

Besides Big Nog and at the time Crocop who did Fedor beat that was anywhere near his level? He crushed a whole lot of cans and fooled everybody into thinking he was invincible. On top of that M1 kinda hurt his legacy not getting him into the UFC

[Joachim Hoff]

What the hell have this guy been smoking? they are all at the top of the system, they are gunslingers that made it to the very top. By that definition alone, none of them are sub-par fighters or overrated. the internet; Everyone's got a soap box.. hahaha!
And Nick Diaz?? Are you kidding me?? The only drawbacks he's got are mad weed cravings and a will of his own..! Maaan.. How about Takada? Or Daijiro Matsui? Poor Daijiro never won a fight, (well one as I can remember), but he was still put in there, again and again. Now that's overrated. Maaan..jees.. I just don't agree with that list.

[Psylo]

Fedor was knocking out the best heavyweights in pride when pride HAD the best heavyweights in the world... The UFC's roster at the time had arvloski and sylvia knocking each other out every other weekend while Japan had the cream of the crop. He loses 3 in a row at the end of his 30 fight unbeaten streak and MMA "fans" come out and say he was always overrated? With that logic look how Michael Jordan did on the Magic and Wayne Gretzky on the rangers... Looks like they were overrated all along. The top 2 gave to be Kimbo Slice then Brock Lesnar... Nick Diaz number 2? How is Nick Diaz overrated at all if anything he underrated.. Same goes to Rich Franklin ... Seems like a hugely biased article to fighters the writer dislikes

[Psylo]

Maybe he shold post his actual real name next to the article :/

[Brent Smith]

So just looking at Pride..youre telling me Mark Hunt, Mark Coleman (twice), Wagner da Conceicao Martins, Tsuyoshi Kosaka, Naoya Ogawa, Kevin Randleman, Yuji Nagata and Kazuyuki Fujita were the best heavyweights around? After Pride was done and up to his 3 losses he beats up Matt Lindland, Hong Man Choi, Tim Sylvia, Andrei Arlovksi and Brett Rogers...Come on!

[Brent Smith]

Ill admit Rogers had a nice amount of hype around him but we can see how that worked out

[David Rosado]

Saying Franklin's overrated because of his coach? That makes absolutely no sense.

Hard to say Shields is overrated when he keeps winning. Boring? Sure. Not overrated. You don't beat Hendo from being overrated.

Fedor is not overrated. People know he's not the best anymore. But at the time, he was the best. Sure the people they handed him weren't always the best, but considering who the top fighters were at that time, Fedor demolished them. Convincingly. He took out past and future HW UFC champs in Nog and Tim Sylvia. That's what the HW division looked like at the time. He was the best at one time. But the sport advanced and he couldn't keep up. It's unfair to say he's overrated. Maybe in the last 2-3 years. But he did establish his legend for a reason.

Nick Diaz isn't overrated either.

Other than that, I agree.

[Psylo]

Mark hunt is knocking on the door for a UFC title shot how many years later? And the hong man choi fight was just a freak show but none the less a difficult challenge even though he wasn't the most talented. I'll admit his opponents werent the best after pride but what if Anderson silva decided to not sign with the UFC after pride/cagerage and was knocking people out in other organizations people would be calling him the best based on looking at his skill and how he performs and no doubt Dana and others would be saying silva was overrated and sucked cause he wasn't fighin the best ... yet it's the same fighter isn't it? Ironically if Silva or GSP lose 3 in a row late in their career before retirement people wi be shifting on them and their accomplishments no doubt.. Look at Tito Ortiz ... Longest reigning LHW champion back in his prime in his day and "fans" made a laughing joke about him later in his career for not winning fights. People forget quick in this sport

[Psylo]

Shitting on them* sorry for grammatical errors typing on iPhones suck haha