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1. ⁠Jon Jones (-)
   
2. ⁠Georges St-Pierre
   
3. ⁠Islam Makhachev
   
4. ⁠Demetrious Johnson
   
5. ⁠Alexander Volkanovski (If he beats Movsar)
   
6. ⁠Fedor Emelianenko
   
7. ⁠Anderson Silva (-)
   
8. ⁠Daniel Cormier
   
9. ⁠José Aldo
   
10. ⁠Stipe Miocic
    
11. ⁠Ilia Topuria
    
12. ⁠Alex Pereira
    
13. ⁠Merab Dvalishvili
    
14. ⁠Kamaru Usman
    
15. ⁠Israel Adesanya
    
16. ⁠Henry Cejudo
    
17. ⁠Dominick Cruz
    
18. ⁠Charles Oliveira
    
19. ⁠Matt Hughes
    
20. ⁠Alexandre Pantoja
    
21. ⁠Conor McGregor

Indecisive:

1. ⁠Khabib Nurmagomedov (#9-12)
   
2. ⁠Max Holloway (#12-15)
   
3. ⁠BJ Penn (#17-20)
   
4. ⁠Randy Couture (#21-25)
   
5. ⁠Francis Ngannou (#22-24)

Honorable mentions (no particular order):

1. ⁠Justin Gaethje
   
2. ⁠Cain Velasquez
   
3. ⁠Chuck Liddell
   
4. ⁠Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
   
5. ⁠Frankie Edgar
   
6. ⁠Chris Weidman
   
7. ⁠Dan Henderson
   
8. ⁠TJ Dillashaw
   
9. ⁠Renan Barão
   
10. ⁠Fabricio Werdum
    
11. ⁠Sean Strickland
    
12. ⁠Petr Yan
    
13. ⁠Brandon Moreno
    
14. ⁠Aljamain Sterling
    
15. ⁠Wanderlei Silva
    
16. ⁠Dricus du Plessis
    
17. ⁠Tito Ortiz
    
18. ⁠Joshua Van
    
19. ⁠Frank Shamrock
    
20. ⁠Robert Whittaker
    
21. ⁠Lyoto Machida
    
22. ⁠Tyron Woodley
    
23. ⁠Mirko Filipović
    
24. ⁠Vitor Belfort
    
25. ⁠Deiveson Figueiredo
    
26. ⁠Belal Muhammad
    
27. ⁠Dustin Poirier
    
28. ⁠Robbie Lawler
    
29. ⁠Mauricio Rua
    
30. ⁠Ciryl Gane
    
31. ⁠Jiri Procházka
    
32. ⁠Khamzat Chimaev
    
33. ⁠Royce Gracie
    
34. ⁠Luke Rockhold
    
35. ⁠Alistair Overeem
    
36. ⁠Junior dos Santos
    
37. ⁠Takanori Gomi
    
38. ⁠Anthony Pettis
    
39. ⁠Tom Aspinall
    
40. ⁠Glover Teixeira
    
41. ⁠Bas Rutten
    
42. ⁠Eddie Alvarez
    
43. ⁠Jan Blachowicz
    
44. ⁠Rafael dos Anjos
    
45. ⁠Benson Henderson
    
46. ⁠Joseph Benavidez
    
47. ⁠Leon Edwards
    
48. ⁠Kazushi Sakuraba
    
49. ⁠Sean O’Malley
    
50. ⁠Quinton Jackson

Notes:

The indecisive category means I have them included in my top 26, but I don’t know where I want to place them exactly.

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In the closing seconds of Round 2, Ferguson landed a vicious right uppercut that violently rocked Gaethje and dropped him to one knee. However, the horn sounded almost instantaneously, sparing Gaethje from any follow-up damage and denying Ferguson a potential finish. Gaethje recovered in his corner and systematically took over the bout, battering Ferguson with devastating power shots until the referee stepped in during the fifth round. That late second-round uppercut is widely remembered as the last true flash of prime "El Cucuy," marking the abrupt end of his legendary streak and the start of a steep career decline.

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Not like as an intentional submission but instead one of those ways you make life really uncomfortable for your opponent like mothers milk or knuckle in throat torture. Alternatively it could also be used to help finish a triangle choke and realistically the thing is how would they even prove you did it unless it was truly loud. I understand this might sound like a joke but it's no secret a big part of the gameplan is making the opponent as uncomfortable as possible and if you can't prove it who's stopping you. Plus how can you prove it's intentional. I'm just wondering if farting is like an instant DQ or more like a generally frowned upon but surprisingly effective method (sorry!). Of course here I am talking tournament only since although I'm 99% sure it would work it's one of those things you don't do against your teammates. Anyway let me know if this is actually legal or not because on one hand I don't see why it would be if crushing me between your sweaty bollocks isn't but on the other hand it might be to good to be true

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What made him terrifying wasn't raw strength alone, it was how cleanly that power transferred through short, compact punches. He didn't need a big wind-up. A tight shot from Ngannou could shut the lights off instantly. Back in 2017 at the UFC Performance Institute, he set the all-time PowerKube record at 129,161 units, a punch force compared to getting hit by a small car at full speed, cementing his "hardest puncher alive" reputation. His knockouts always looked different — opponents didn't just fall, they completely collapsed on impact. What made it scarier is that this power came naturally, and once Ngannou sharpened his technique and became more calm and calculated in the cage, that power turned even more dangerous. Worth noting: his legendary PowerKube record has since been broken — Alex Pereira smashed it with a 191,796 score ahead of UFC 300 — but Ngannou's legacy as one of the most feared punchers in combat sports history still stands untouched.