I love football and I can watch almost any team and simply enjoy the game. However, my true passion is MMA. The guys I like, I REALLY like and I yell and scream and get riled up, but at the same token, I can't just watch any old MMA events. If I don't know the guys who are fighting, I can't watch it.
Switching the convo to MMA.
#1. Fedor Emelianenko (anytime/anywhere)
#2. BJ Penn
#3. Mirco CC (Pride days, only Pride days)
#4. Rampage (mostly due to his personality)
#5. Lesnar (hopeful, very hopeful for a bright future)
Other top fighters I like, but can't rank:
- GSP
- Sakuraba
- Gomi Takanori
- Anderson Silva
- Wanderlei Silva (classiest mofo in MMA)
- Nogueira "Minotauro"
Guys I hate
- Tito Ortiz
Top guys that I really don't like their fighting style
- Lyoto Machida
- Chuck Liddell
Ex Kimbo nut-hugger, but only until I saw him go to the ground for the first time, then I knew :nono:
I'm a huge MMA fan as well. But football, or MMA, I'm the same way - edge of my seat, yelling at the TV, cheering them on, screaming when it doesn't go my way, jumping in the air... Yeah, I'm one of those guys... :lol: Also, I don't really need to know who's fighting to watch. If it's exciting, I'll give it my undivided attention.
I remember going to the video store with my next door neighbor when I was in high school and renting the first few UFC's and I was immediately hooked. I was a huge Vitor Belfort fan, and followed the UFC for a while, then got really big into Pride fighting. Wanderlei, Rampage, Rua, Overeem, Fedor, Nog, Sakuraba, Crocop, Hendo, Igor, Randleman... Good stuff. I didn't get back into the UFC until most of the Pride guys started switching allegiance.
These days if I miss a UFC event, I have it downloaded on my PC the next day. I think I have every single UFC event except for one. Good stuff. :thumbsup:
Now I'm assuming your list of fighters is just a list int he order you like them, not in the order you would rank their abilities? Anyways, I like your picks. I love Fedor. Come on, he's the last emperor. Nobody beats Fedor. BJ Penn is a beast, but I think GSP will hand him another loss in late January. Crocop... How could you not love Cro-cop back in the Pride days when he was still hungry?! I've always been a huge Rampage fan, and all because of his personality. The fact that he was a kickass fighter just made him that much cooler. And Brock is the future of the heavyweight division. He is insanely big, unbelievably quick and agile for his size, and just plain gifted. As soon as it all clicks for him, it's over. I'll go out on a limb here and say something crazy... When it all comes together for him, I think he will possess the potential to absolutely dominate Fedor. Yup, I went there. Anyways, here's my favorite picks at the moment.
1. Fedor
2. GSP
3. Anderson Silva
4. Rampage
5. Brock
And I'm also 100% with you on hating Tito, and not liking the fighting styles of Machida & Liddell. Ok, so Machida wins, but he still bases most of his fighting on avoiding contact and ducking, dodging, and staying away from strikes. While it's a tactic that works, it's ****ing boring as hell to watch. And Chuck 'haymaker' Liddell drives me nuts. I love that Rashad Evans knocked him out, and I hope it happens more often. :nutkick:
But I never fell for the whole Kimbo thing... I knew the guy was a joke from the get go. :lol: