Who's the greatest ever? And why?

Question

I'll give a list of famous martial artists of all times:

-Chuck Norris

-Mas Oyama

-Bruce Lee

-Jigoro Kano

-Mushasi

-Morihei Ueshiba

-Yoshio Sugino

-Funakoshi

-Chojun Mijagi

-Helio Gracie

-Rickson Gracie

-Fedor Emeliamenko

-Gogen Yamaguchi

-Yip Man

- Sho Doshin

-Toshisutgo Takamatsu

-Masaaki Hatsumi

-Benny Urquidez

-Bill Wallace

-Franl Dux

-Steven Seagal

-Van Damme

-Jet Li

-Ed Parker

-Ralph Castro

And many others from the past centuries.

Answer 1

RANDY COUTOURE MMA LEGEND

Answer 2

bruce lee : ´cause he tried to learn and get the best of the best fighting styles and make it one personal ¨style¨ so even if he copied some thing of one or many of the names you post he got the pelotas to say hey you are good and take it and say who teach him ( or where did he saw )that thing

Answer 3

i'll be the first to admit i know next to nothing about traditional martial artists but the best mixed martial artist is hands down fedor emelianenko

Answer 4

chuck norris for sure

Answer 5

Bruce Lee - pound for pound he was the strongest human being recorded

Answer 6

BRUSE LEE-

*hes a BEAST

Answer 7

Im going to have to go with Fedor for sure, the man is just unbelievable, true he hasnt fought top competition in the last year and half but with fights with tim sylvia in july and most likely couture in the future he could firmly cement himself as one of the greatest mixed martial artists ever

Answer 8

Charles Darwin

proving evolution

thus proving theres no god

thank god

Answer 9

It has to be Bruce Lee!!!!

Answer 10

Adriano Emperado

Answer 11

haha me....because.

Answer 12

What about Sho Kasugi? He was a beast in the 80's, a true ninja!

Answer 13

Miyamoto Musashi of Gorin no shô (The Book of Five Rings).

Answer 14

me cause im freakin awsome =]

Answer 15

Miyamoto Musashi

Real samurai, real life and death fight. Plus he was practically unbeatable.

Answer 16

haven't heard of anyone of those people

Answer 17

my vote would be for Masahiko Kimura, second would be Aleksander Karelin, both incredibly impressive men in every sense of the word

Answer 18

There is no right answer for this, in reality it is all opinion, but if pressed, even though I would like to say one of the Okinawin masters, I would have to go with Musashi for the same reasons as rear naked joke. I mean 3 feet of highly sharpened steel? Can't be anyone else.

I also agree with Bushido that Van dam on this list is just insulting.

Answer 19

ME!because i said so.

theres to many good ones in your list to answer but i will say you have to be kidding including the likes of frank dux and van damme,i find it insulting actually.

Answer 20

Im gonna go with Fedor even though he hasnt fought any good competition in a while, I cant wait til he fights big tim

ernesto hoost was a BA in his time too

Answer 21

jackie chan

Answer 22

Chuck Norris rules!

"there is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist"

Answer 23

Bruce Lee ; he's just a total legend.

end of.

Answer 24

I'm gonna go with Musashi, since he has the most 'martial' experience out of the bunch. I mean, heck, he's been in countless life-or-death battles which is more than anone else on the list could say.

Also, he's greatly contributed to martial arts with the techniques and philosophy that he's passed on.