Vote: If Fedor Emelianenko Is Not the Best Heavyweight Ever, Who Is?

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Kevin Sampson

Correspondent Written on February 22, 2010

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Results - Author Poll

Who is the greatest Heavyweight to ever fight in Mixed Martial Arts?

• Ken Shamrock 0.9%

• Bas Rutten 2.2%

• Randy Couture 3.9%

• Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Big-Nog) 3.4%

• Tim Sylvia 0.2%

• Josh Barnett 0.2%

• Mirko "Cro-Cop" Filipovic 1.3%

• Frank Mir 1.9%

• Brock Lesnar 6.6%

• Fedor Emelianenko 79.4%
• Total votes: 534

From this article: If Fedor Emelianenko is Not the Best Heavyweight Ever Who Is?

Apparently, I can't add the poll to my slideshow article, so I'll have to do it this way.

So, who is the greatest Heavyweight in the History of Mixed Martial Arts?

Added: Interesting detail to consider. How many fights does each of them have against the other 12 best heavyweight fighters in MMA history? How many did they win and how many did they lose? Going from most to least:

• Antonio Nogueira: 8 fights, 5 wins, 3 losses.
• Fedor Emelianenko: 7 fights, 7 wins, 0 losses.
• Mirko Cro-Cop: 6 fights, 4 wins, 2 losses.
• Josh Barnett: 6 fights, 2 wins, 4 losses.
• Randy Couture: 5 fights, 2 wins, 3 losses.
• Tim Sylvia: 5 fights, 2 wins, 3 losses.
• Mark Coleman: 5 fights, 0 wins, 5 losses.
• Frank Mir: 4 fights, 3 wins, 1 loss.
• Andrei Arlovski: 4 fights, 1 win, 3 losses.
• Brock Lesnar: 3 fights, 2 wins, 1 loss.
• Ken Shamrock: 2 fights, 2 wins, 0 losses.
• Bas Rutten: 2 fights, 0 wins, 2 losses.