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? asked in SportsMartial Arts · 8 years ago

How many MMA fighters have truly become mainstream in the media?

What fighters do you think people who don't watch the MMA regularly would recognize or even people who hate the MMA would know? These are the fighter who I believe have broken through to the ''mainstream'' media.

In no particular order

Rampage

Jon Jones

Chuck Liddel

Brock Lesnar

Randy Couture

Rashad Evans

Forrest Griffin

BJ Penn

Kimbo Slice

GSP

Matt Hughes

Fighters who are\were close

Overeem

Tito Ortiz

Urijah Faber

Frank Shamrock

Tank Abbot

Frank Mir

Dan Henderson

Nick Diaz

Jake Sheilds - Only because of the Strikeforce cards on CBS that he was on

Royce Gracie

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  • Adam
    Lv 5
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    You forgot about Anderson Silva

    I would say that anyone would know people like.

    Kimbo Slice - Been in lots of movies (Blood and Bone, Circle of Pain etc)

    Brock Lesnar - Because he was a Wrestler in WWE

    Randy Couture - Been in movies like The Expendables, The Expendables 2

    Probably GSP, Jon Jones and Anderson Silva because they're the most talked about fighters.

    Also, Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida would be know for being trained by 7th degree Aikido Black Belt, Steven Seagal and if you don't know who he is then he is a famous actor that has been in films like Hard to Kill, Under Seige and more.

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