Royce competed at the first UFC evens, where he wanted to show that the smaller fighter with good jiu-jitsu skills can handle the bigger fighter. In the process, he amassed a score of 11 wins and 0 losses. An absolutely astonishing fact is that he finished all of his 11 fights with a submission. Gracie popularized Brazilian jiu-jitsu and revolutionized mixed martial arts with his results contributing to the movement towards grappling and ground fighting in the sport we know today.
If there was not for him, today, we might still the vast majority of fights being stand up. Royce Gracie also holds the record for the longest UFC fight in history. There were no judges back then, so the fight to go to the decision was not an option. After 36 minutes, the fight was stopped and declared a draw.
Demian Maia is one of the best grapplers that have ever stepped foot inside the Octagon. There he will look for a submission opening. He prefers to look for the back position and secure a choke submission. A true master of the art. From his 28 wins, 14 are submissions. He has submission wins using chokes, armbars, and kimuras. Today, he is one of the most dangerous grapplers and submission artists inside the UFC Middleweight and Light Heavyweight divisions.
Recently, Tony was one of the most talked-about fighters in the UFC because of his highly anticipated fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov. Five times over the course of 5 years, these two were set to fight, but every single time, the fight was canceled. We were waiting for a sixth try, which was the most anticipated fight in the history of the UFC, but Justin Gaethje stepped in and messed things up.
That kind of training makes Tony incredibly dangerous for his opponents. He is an unbelievably unorthodox fighter that has a chance to submit his opponents from absolutely everywhere. Before the loss to Gaethje, Tony held the record for the longest winning streak in the UFC Lightweight history with 12 consecutive wins.
Out of his 20 career wins, 11 comes from submissions. Through his UFC career, Nate earned all sorts of bonuses. He got the fight of the night award 8 times and the submission of the night award 5 times. Diaz also holds the record actually tied with Jim Miller for most submission wins in the UFC Lightweight division history 7.
When it comes to the ground game, Diaz is just an octopussy that can submit you from anywhere. The two, had their rematch 5 months later, which McGregor won via decision. Now, we are excepting a trilogy fight, which will be one the biggest fights in the history of the UFC. He is a former UFC Middleweight champion and holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history with 2, days as the champion.
His champion era began in and lasted all the way to The founder of the Brazilian Top Team also had an illustrious MMA career, as both a fighter and a coach, where he put his elite grappling skills to good use.
The self-proclaimed king managed to snatch up a wide range of gold medals in smaller tournaments before turning his attention to the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship.
To the dismay of many old-schoolers Ryan was extremely successful, earning a gold in his weight class and silver in the absolute in his debut. In spite of having only competed twice at ADCC, Ryan has already earned himself a spot on the greatest no-gi grapplers list, and he certainly has the potential to climb the ranks on this list, if he decides to scrap his recently announced retirement plans.
The first female on the list of the greatest no-gi grapplers of all time is Gabrielle "Gabi" Garcia. However, the Alliance black belt has proved her technical ability numerous times and has only had a handful of losses since the late s. She holds more ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship golds than any other female, in addition to having an extraordinary record in numerous other championships and organizations, which is why she is ranked at number four on this list the all time greatest no-gi grapplers.
With his wrestling heavy style Arona was extremely dominant during his submission-grappling career. The Brazilian Tiger never lost a match in ADCC, nor even conceded a single point, despite facing former and future ADCC champions — an achievement that no other competitor has managed to duplicate. He has earned a gold in his weight class, the absolute division, as well as winning four superfights against previous ADCC absolute winners.
If you have been a long-time BJJ fan, the number one name should come as no surprise to you. Although having never won the ADCC absolute division, Marcelo still managed to attain both a bronze and a silver medal in the absolute, despite normally competing at middle weight kg.
Marcelo won his weight division four times before retiring. Throughout his career Marcelinho managed to get more submissions in the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship than anyone else, as he has amassed 24 submissions in total. Marcelo Garcia was an innovator introducing new guards, backtake-systems and improving submission when blasting onto the scene.
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It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Skip to content. Rafael Mendes. Bruno Malfacine. Moreover, he is one of the best teachers in the game nowadays, as proven by countless of his students, the most famous of which is the aforementioned Rafel Lovato Jr. Certainly, a maintain among th best BJJ fighters of all times for years to come. Xande Ribeiro takes his legendary concepts to a digital format as well.
He has provided one of the utmost defensive concepts in the game. Well, at least at the moment. Garry jumped into the ADCC a couple of weeks before the event, not having trained specifically for the event.
Also, he is a multiple-time EBI champion in different weight divisions, which is enough of a testament of his skills on its own.
He is small, he is fast and he has one of the best butterfly guard games in the business! Several Pans titles, a European one, three Brazilian Nationals et just add more bling to his trophy cupboard. Bruno Malfacine is certainly a rooster weight legend, and one of the most impressive and entertaining modern-day grappling competitors. He does prefer to work in the Gi though. However, he is known for an extremely aggressive and entertaining style, one which almost never produces boring matches.
In upwards of 70 matches at black belt, he only a solitary submission loss and a handful of points losses. Also known as the man who regularly beats Felipe Costa and Caio Tera. Bruno is known as the small guy who beats large guys. Across four volumes, Bruno guides us through step by step instructions in developing a guard as crazy as his. He is a real wizard when it comes to the deep half guard and over-under passing. In fact, he is not just one of the best BJJ fighters out there, but also one of the most active issuers of digital instructionals nowadays.
With almost a hundred victories, some of which include beating names like Rodrigo Cavaca, Leandro Lo, Erberth Santos, etc he certainly has a wealth of competition experience. To that extent, we have organized all of them in a neat little collection, with detailed reviews on each title. The finer half of Brazilian Ju-Jitsu is as big a part of the sport as the males are, if not even bigger. Moreover, in most cases, the technical level of the ladies is extremely well rounded, which provides a much more free-flowing game, hence highly entertaining matches.
Once again, with so many fighters out there it is hard to pinpoint the GOATs. So, we had to turn to all our criteria once again. One more name that I somehow think is going to divide people. See what I said about the criteria. When it comes to the finer half of BJJ, Beatriz Mesquita is one of the toughest competitors to ever grace the mats. Still, she will certainly be back on the mats before we even notice her missing.
One of the most entertaining grapplers to watch ever, including male grapplers. The two have met under just about any rulest possible, and Bia is the winner of most of those encounters. At only 23 years of age and a black belt since , Bianca is certainly going to stay on this list for years to come. If there is a grappler that has been on a hot streak lately, it has to be Ffion Davies. She is as entertaining and as aggressive as grapplers can get.
So far, Ffion has only been a black belt for less than a year, and she is already an ADCC silver medalist. Similar to Bianca Basilio, she is still young at only 24 and has a stellar career in front of her. Still, she has been so active lately, particularly at the submission-only scene that she is already one of the best BJJ fighters of modern times. She is the ultimate heavyweight female world champion, holding a staggering 4 ADCC titles which is a historical feat.
Moreover, she has 6 World titles in the Gi as well as 6 Pans titles. Abu Dhabi, European, and Brazilian Nationals gold medals are also a part of her trophy collection.
Plus, she has one of the most impressively technical games. That makes it easy to deal with just about anyone that stands across from her on the mats.
There she is. Still, when it comes to grappling she did anything there is, including beating the much heavier Gabi Garcia. However, her title count is too big to list here. Dern is 26 years of age and she is certainly going to come back to grappling at a certain point. She does have an ADCC title over Mackenzie, but she has been dormant in the big competition scene for a while now. Never shy to test herself in the absolute, Nicolini is behind some of the most attractive matches in BJJ history.
While she certainly has done more than enough to earn a spot among the best BJJ fighters of all time, she is someone we hope to see back on the mats sooner rather than later. She has an exciting style, very submission-heavy and based around armbars, for the most part. From World titles, through multiple Pans titles to the European championships, Gezary has them all. A black belt since she is one of the toughest female competitors out there. A super fight, perhaps? Luiza is one of those grapplers that enjoys a legendary status probably as much as Marcelo Garcia does among the male Jiu-Jiteros.
The thing about her is that she is still active, her most recent accolade coming at the Europeans in the form of a gold medal. Plus she has the perfect balance of Gi and No-Gi world titles, as well as plenty of gold at the Brazilian Nationals and Pans. A Cavaca black belt since her decade-long competition experience at the level is undoubtedly one of her greatest assets. We did cover a few brother grappler duos so far.
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