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The 12 Greatest PRIDE FC Heavyweights of All Time

By YPB Team

Unstoppable champions, feared knockout artists and cult ring legends from the golden age of Japanese MMA go head to head. Who reigns supreme?

  1. Fedor Emelianenko — ranked #11
    Fedor Emelianenko
    The Russian sambo master who went unbeaten in PRIDE and reigned as heavyweight champion, widely called the greatest heavyweight in MMA history.
    1000pts
  2. Gary Goodridge — ranked #22
    Gary Goodridge
    Big Daddy, an early heavyweight slugger whose crossface knockouts made him a PRIDE fan favorite.
    428pts
  3. Mark Hunt — ranked #33
    Mark Hunt
    The K-1 Grand Prix champion turned heavyweight slugger known for his granite chin and walk-off knockouts.
    333pts
  4. Mirko Cro Cop — ranked #44
    Mirko Cro Cop
    The Croatian kickboxer whose left high kick terrorized the division en route to winning the 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix.
    333pts
  5. Don Frye — ranked #55
    Don Frye
    The Predator, a mustachioed wrestler-boxer immortalized by his slugfest with Yoshihiro Takayama.
    333pts
  6. Bob Sapp — ranked #66
    Bob Sapp
    The Beast, a colossal former NFL prospect whose freakish size made him one of PRIDE's biggest spectacles.
    200pts
  7. Kevin Randleman — ranked #77
    Kevin Randleman
    The explosive former UFC champion remembered for his ferocious suplex of Fedor Emelianenko.
    200pts
  8. Josh Barnett — ranked #88
    Josh Barnett
    The American catch-wrestler nicknamed the Baby-Faced Assassin who reached the top of PRIDE's heavyweight ranks.
    200pts
  9. Fabricio Werdum — ranked #99
    Fabricio Werdum
    The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace who cut his teeth in PRIDE before becoming UFC heavyweight champion.
    200pts
  10. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira — ranked #1010
    Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    PRIDE's first heavyweight champion, a jiu-jitsu legend famed for surviving punishment and submitting bigger opponents.
    1pts
  11. Sergei Kharitonov — ranked #1111
    Sergei Kharitonov
    The stone-faced Russian sambo striker known for crisp boxing and devastating ground-and-pound.
    1pts
  12. Aleksander Emelianenko — ranked #1212
    Aleksander Emelianenko
    Fedor's younger brother, a long-limbed knockout artist with a reputation as a dangerous finisher.
    1pts

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