Who are some of the toughest UFC fighters currently active in mixed martial arts (MMA)?
Again with the UFC over MMA
The above question came to me on Quora and having written about MMA being the sport and the UFC being a promotion so many times, it made me think about some names, so my answer wound up being…
All of them.
The fighting life, especially that of a professional fighter already makes them unique. The choice to do that and stick with it is why they do what they do, and those like myself can only do it at the hobbyist level.
That being said, there are fighters that separate themselves from the rest.
Olympic athletes are simply on another level from the other top athletes and the ones claiming gold, the best in the world. Henry Cejudo, an Olympic gold medalist in wrestling, stands out to me because he won the UFC Bantamweight title fighting with a really bad rolled ankle. The injury occurred days before and many fighters would have scrapped the fight with an injury that affected their mobility…
