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Top MMA Fighters Who've Never been KO'd...

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#1 ·
http://www.mmatraining.com/features/top-in-mma-with-no-ko.php

Nothing really ground breaking here. Just a fun read about the top guys who have never been KTFO, and an even more interesting list at the end of guys that, although a lot of casual mma fans don't know it, have actually been KO'd.

Like I said, nothing ground breaking for hardcore MMA fans, but still a decent list with some good video links.

enjoy fellas.:thumb02:
 
#6 · (Edited)
Actually Tim Sylvia has been KO'ed, he just didn't lose by it. In the second fight against Arlovski he got caught clean and was out. But the one prop I always give Sylvia is his ability to recover. He got KO'ed, woke up, and then KO'ed Arlovski.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sazb6ffm6VY

About 58 seconds, you can see when he first gets hit he is motionless, and then reacts. It is more than getting caught.
 
#8 ·
he def was not out, in fact he was even holding his arm out as he fell down, and the fact that his head never touched the mat either means he was not out.
 
#14 ·
They are obviously talking about mental toughness. One of Woods' greatest attributes is his coolness under pressure. Where other golfers can throw away a tournament on the 72nd hole, Woods seems to thrive under pressure and produce moments of brilliance to get the win. When leading going into the final day of golf tournaments Woods has a 43 - 3 record of wins and losses. Phenomenal.
Woods also revolutionized fitness and conditioning for use in golf. Woods is very fit and built like an NFL player.
IMO it is hard to argue that Poker is a sport. It's a challenging game like chess.:thumbsup:
 
#18 ·
""The Spider" was voted the 3rd Toughest athlete in Sports by Sports Illustrated in 2008. Only the PGA's Tiger Woods and Sled dog racer Lance Mackey placed ahead of him."

...Is this a joke?




WHAT?!?

Tiger Woods maybe good under pressure but in no way are golfers athletes. What do they do thats athletic? Whack the ball, get in the cart, what the ball, get in the cart.
 
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#20 ·
Well according to some people on this forum it takes more mental toughness to hit a ball with a wooden stick 3 feet from a small hole, then avoiding getting punched in the face or getting your limbs destroyed.

Plus golf is the quietest sport ever, try hitting that ball with thousands of fans screaming in your ear......while avoiding getting your face and limbs destroyed.
 
#30 ·
Like you said, nothing groundbreaking here.

Initially, I thought that they might want to throw up the top guys who have the best chins in the business, guys who will never be KO'd ever.

I mean, that's a much more interesting list, not just a list of the guys who haven't gotten knocked out. (though it is weird that they put Sylvia on, given that he was knocked out in the fight he lost to Arlovski, even if his loss is listed as a tapout)
 
#33 ·
Big Nog is great but man, Herring just about had him with one kick. Could he have been any closer to KO'ing him? That kick was almost the show stopper I was waiting for. Props to Big Nog for the Iron chin he possesses. Fedor really pounded the helloutta him too.
 
#36 ·
Yeah, but the title of the piece is "fighters who have never been KO'd." Maybe it's just a semantics thing, but Sylvia was definitely knocked out, whether that was how his loss was scored or not, he was unconscious.
 
#41 ·
Yeah I really don't consider golfers as athletes, but a lot of people would I guess. It's sort of like Nascar "athletes".
 
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This whole Golfers as athletes tangent is so stupid. Although Golf is a very recognized, interesting and fantastic sport, I don't see how it can be considered an athletic endeavor. It's NOT athletic, my grandpa could've played better than me, it's a sport of skill, control, patience, and hand-eye-coordination. It's the same class as pool, snooker, bowling etc. except that it is outdoors. None of these require athleticism or conditioning, although I'm sure it would help in some ways to be conditioned (you'd have more powerful throws in bowling, breaks in pool, longer drives in golf) but they're primarily about hand-eye coordination. To compare them to actual athletics in terms of "toughness" IS stupid, I have to agree with Alex there. I wouldn't be opposed to athletes like Lance Armstrong, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Ronaldinho, Joe Montana etc. being placed ahead of fighters in toughness.. but they are ATHLETES. Look up the definition.. athleticism does not mean having practiced control of your swing, it means hours of grueling cardio, pushing the limits of your strength, endurance and speed. None of those are significant factors in Golf. EVERY sport and game involves pressure and overcoming it, but that doesn't make you the toughest person in the world.. it would be ridiculous to think of Kasparov as tougher than Ali just because Kasparov kept his cool playing chess. Pushing the limits of your body is a far "tougher" thing than keeping cool under pressure in a game of skill.

And it's not "ignorant" to say it.. I respect and enjoy golf, this is not about hate, just common sense. I don't mean to disrespect golf as a sport, it is very much a valid sport and a great pastime, but I don't see why people are getting so touchy over this Tiger Woods thing. Ya ok, we get it, you guys are fans of the sport, but look at the argument logically. If I was looking for a background for an inspirational poster with the word "TOUGHNESS", I'd put Ali on it, not Woods.
 
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And again, it doesn't take more mental toughness to hit a ball with a wooden stick 4 feet then to know that you may get your brain rattled or limb destroyed if you don't stop your opponent from doing so.

Also, I really thought you were ligitimately messing with me when you put Tiger Woods in the same league as Ali, Jordan, and Pele as far as athleticism. I really thought you were.
 
#45 ·
Athlete.
A person possessing the natural or acquired traits, such as strength, agility, and endurance, that are necessary for physical exercise or sports, especially those performed in competitive contexts.


I suppose in a "sports" context golfers are in fact athletes.
But come on...
 
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#51 ·
WHY DO U ALL THINK IT DOES NOT TAKE MENTAL TOUGHNESS JUST BECAUSE HE IS NOT FIGHTING.
I DONT KNOW WHY ALL THESE MMA FIGHTERS ARE WASTING THERE TIME MAKING SUCH LITTLE MONEY WHEN THEY COULD BE DESTROYING TIGER WOODS AND WINNING MILLIONS.

sorry did i bag your internet forum buddy my bad ur cute.

what you people fail to forget is that anderson silva dominates one weight class from one organisation, tiger woods has been the most dominate golfer for the last decade in the world.
btw i should just mention this about tiger woods fitness and weight lifting.

"stretching up to 40 minutes before each session, core exercises, endurance runs of 7 miles and speed runs of 3 miles, along with weight training."
"Woods opts for high repetitions and smaller weights, although Kleven said he is “off the charts” with how much he can lift."


I think you with your eleven post total are mistaking this forum for Sherdog or Youtube.. this isn't a forum for keyboard warriors with napoleon complexes. If you can make rational arguments without TYPING LIKE THIS AND THROWING AROUND "YOU'RE A RETARD", "YOU'RE FOURTEEN LOLZ" and "AW YOUR INTERNET BUDDY AND YOU ARE CUTE", feel free to start acting like you're not a 12 year old with a complex. Sit back and notice.. you're the only guy on this thread acting this childish.. no one's impressed and you'll make a fine addition to the banned list if that's your style.

As for the rationality of your argument, there is none. You like golf. We get it. It's a great sport and I agree.. so are many others. But being able to perform under pressure in Golf is no "tougher" than being able to perform under pressure in baseball, football, poker, pool, heck even pro-scrabble. Pressure is universal in any high-stakes game.. the higher the stakes, the higher the pressure. EVERY top sportsman overcomes it. You think there isn't pressure on a Jordan when his team is 2 points down in the finals with 1 sec on the buzzer and he has to take that 3 pointer? You don't think there's pressure on the final table at WSOP poker when you bluff with a Queen-High for a 20 million dollar pot? I'm not arguing that Tiger has withstood mental pressure in Golf, but what makes it tougher than the other sports? Nothing.. it's easier. Because even if he messes up, he still goes home with a $5 million dollar 2nd place check instead of first place. You mess up in football, your spine could get torn by five 300 lb monsters at your tail. You mess up in mma, next thing you know there's a guy sitting on top of you, beating your face bloody and the pain is a lot more real than "Shucks, I missed that birdie.. only 5 mil for me! Fiddlesticks!". Physically or mentally, that is a LOT less tough.. if the argument is about "mental toughness" of withstanding high pressure, then it's obvious that the higher the stakes the higher the pressure. It's cause and effect. When you put in your body, your pain, the ever-present fear of being called a weakling or a pu$$y for not performing (think about Kalib), and your sweat and blood from hours upon hours of torturous cardio on the table on top of your paycheck, that's a lot higher stakes than just your paycheck man, and there's a lot more pressure.

Oh wow, look at Tiger's big biceps in that pic.. that really changes my mind. Not. I had biceps like that when I lifted a comfortable 2-3 hours a week in a nice air-conditioned gym, at my own pace with plenty of goofin around. To even compare that kind of casual "being in shape" to the borderline physical torture that you have to go through to get to the competitiveness level of a pro athletic sport is more than just ridiculous, it's a travesty.

As for Tiger woods being the most dominating golfer in the world for a decade; Jordan was the same for basketball, Sampras for Tennis, Lance armstrong for Cycling, and Fedor nearly the same for mma (not withstanding the whole "no good opponents lately" crap, let's not beat that whole dead horse right now). Nothing sets woods above the rest. If anything, Lance armstrong is so much more tough and inspirational for dominating a grueling athletic endeavor while and after battling Cancer, fighting to live for the next event let alone win it. How does Woods sinking a putt in comfortable pindrop silence with all those nasty photographers out of his majesty's way compare to that? I'm not saying that isn't tough in it's own way, it's a lot of pressure either way. But just compare rationally for crying out loud, not out of your love and bias for the sport.

You guys are getting to worked up over Tiger Woods being in the top 3. You should know that the list is garbage when you have a dog sled racing guy in the top 3. That is just laughable.
I agree.. although even racing a dog sled in -30 degree Alaskan weather for days on end counts as far tougher in my books than sinking a putt on a nice sunny afternoon, so that's what makes it worse.
 
#47 ·
Tiger one time went nuts because people in the background were walking around while he was trying to take this shot. Not yelling, not waving their hands trying to get his attention, just walking around in the background. It was a huge clip on CNN. Sorry, there is no mental toughness there that he has to throw a hissy fit because everything isn't perfect.
 
#50 ·
You guys are getting to worked up over Tiger Woods being in the top 3. You should know that the list is garbage when you have a dog sled racing guy in the top 3. That is just laughable.
 
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