Gracie is the most skilled out of all the UFC pioneers on this list because he dominated in a way nobody believed would work ...

Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza is a legendary grappler with multiple ADCC and IBJJF World Championships under his belt before he made the switch to MMA. Whilst he was unable to win the UFC title in his eight ...

For Werdum, who also recorded some huge wins in Pride, he was able to unify the UFC heavyweight belts by submitting Cain Velasquez (after beating Mark Hunt to become interim champion) at UFC 188 in ...