Welcome again folks, this time to Sherdog's list of the 10 greatest
mixed martial artists to hail from Canada. This was compiled as an
average of many different Sherdog contributors' lists, and I will
note where my own views deviated considerably. Personally though,
the appeal of any such lists isn't the exact ordering, or who was
included versus excluded, but the actual discussion below each
entry. Anyone can come up with a list with no further commentary
and it's no more “right” than another. However, the best such lists
have entertaining and informative explanations, which is a goal I
hope to accomplish.
A word about criteria: My main measure for this list was greatness
for one’s era and how long that era lasted. I believe the majority
of other contributors used a similar rubric. Ranking historical
fighters based on who would beat whom doesn’t make sense, since the
sport as a whole keeps improving and evolving. Nevertheless,
fighters from earlier eras may be penalized for competitive their
division was or was not. There were fewer decent fighters in the
90s when compared to even the 00s, let alone today.
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