The current Hall of Fame is: Mark Coleman Randy Couture Royce Gracie Forrest Griffin Matt Hughes Chuck Liddell Pat Miletich Tito Ortiz B.J. Penn Bas Rutten Dan Severn Ken Shamrock Matt Hughes vs. Frank Trigg 2 (fight) Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar (fight)
DFW has said that Tank will be in eventually. Not sure when. Evan Tanner hasn't been name dropped but the guy seems like another candidate. Randleman is a for sure, I think. Ditto with Big Nog. DFW still hates Frank Shamrock. Franklin is in murky territory due to his involvement with OneFC. Same goes for Wandy and R1Z1N. Frank Mir's recent scandal will have bearing on this. If he is no exonerated for his kangaroo steak, he's retired, and eligible. I feel like if they can get Saku to come out for the event they will put him in. Otherwise, no. As long as GSP doesn't want to say he's 100% retired he'll be left out, I reckon.
I voted for Rich and Wand. Honestly I think Wand's make take some time because of how he left the UFC but he should eventually get there. Rich hasn't fought in a while so I don't think DFW can hold Rich's association with another org in a non-fighter capacity against him. I mean the UFC can't give jobs in the organization to all of it's ex-stars. Randleman will likely get in there too and Mir has fought this year. I think they should wait 3 years after a fighters last fight before deciding... or in GSP's case wait until he's like 40 and definitely not coming back. Saku will confuse most casual fans but if there's an MMA HOF then he's gotta be in there. Not sure how or why he'd be in the UFC HOF though... just because they own the PRIDE FC library.
Bas is in there and he fought for the UFC once, IIRC. Saku is in a similar situation having fought in a one-night tournament back in the day.
Swerve! The next inductee is founder Bob Meyrowitz http://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-co-founder-bob-meyrowitz-picked-for-2016-ufc-hall-of-fame-class
Frye's UFC record is stellar. Won UFC 8 and UFC Ultimate Ultimate 96. When he left for PRIDE he was 11-1 and won his first four fights. By that point he was in his late thirties and had a lot of miles on his engine. Win 10–1 Tank Abbott Submission (rear naked choke) Ultimate Ultimate 96 December 7, 1996 1 1:22 Birmingham, Alabama, United States Wins the Ultimate Ultimate 96 Tournament. Win 9–1 Mark Hall Submission (achilles lock) Ultimate Ultimate 96 December 7, 1996 1 0:20 Birmingham, Alabama, United States UFC Ultimate Ultimate 1996 Semi-Final. Win 8–1 Gary Goodridge TKO (retirement) Ultimate Ultimate 96 December 7, 1996 1 11:19 Birmingham, Alabama, United States UFC Ultimate Ultimate 1996 Quarter-Final. Win 7–1 Mark Hall Submission (forearm choke) U-Japan November 17, 1996 1 5:29 Japan Loss 6–1 Mark Coleman TKO (punches) UFC 10 July 12, 1996 1 11:34 Birmingham, Alabama, United States For the UFC 10 Tournament Championship. Win 6–0 Brian Johnston TKO (submission to elbow) UFC 10 July 12, 1996 1 4:37 Birmingham, Alabama, United States UFC 10 Tournament Semi-Final. Win 5–0 Mark Hall TKO (punches) UFC 10 July 12, 1996 1 10:21 Birmingham, Alabama, United States UFC 10 Tournament Quarter-Final. Win 4–0 Amaury Bitetti TKO (punches) UFC 9 May 17, 1996 1 9:22 Detroit, Michigan,United States Win 3–0 Gary Goodridge TKO (submission to punches) UFC 8 February 16, 1996 1 2:14 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Wins the UFC 8 Tournament. Win 2–0 Sam Adkins TKO (doctor stoppage) UFC 8 February 16, 1996 1 0:48 Bayamón, Puerto Rico UFC 8 Tournament Semi-Final. Win 1–0 Thomas Ramirez KO (punch) UFC 8 February 16, 1996 1 0:08 Bayamón, Puerto Rico UFC 8 Tournament Quarter-Final.
Obviously his most famous fight was the hockey style brawl with pro wrestler Yoshihiro Takayama. There will never be another fight like it.
This is outta nowhere: Petey Williams vs. Mark Coleman will be added to the Hall of Fame in the fight category. IIRC it was the first head kick KO in the UFC, although it was a dirty one since Williams was wearing shoes. Big John gives out over it when he does it.
