UFC 129 Fight Card: Jose Aldo and 55 Fighters Who Can Finish

UFC 129 is coming up this Saturday, and one of the best finishers in MMA will be fighting on the card. Jose Aldo will be taking on Mark Hominick in the co-main event of the evening. That one is sure to be a spectacular fight.

Although I'm pretty sure the 55,000 people in attendance aren't there just for Jose Aldo. Georges St-Pierre will be taking on Jake Shields, in one of the most anticipated title fights in recent memory.

Also on the card, you've got Vladimir Matyushenko taking on Jason Brilz, Randy Couture taking on Lyoto Machida, and Mark Bocek taking on Ben Henderson.

There's only one fight on the main card that is almost sure to end in a knockout, and that is the Aldo versus Hominick fight.

A knockout can nearly be guaranteed because Aldo is one of of the best finishers in MMA today. In addition to him, here are 54 more fighters who are great at finishing fights.

Honorable Mentions

Jeremy Stephens- 19-6- 14 (T)KO's, 3 submissions

Evangelista Santos- 18-14- 11 (T)KO's, 5 submissions

Masakazu Imanari- 21-8-2- 1 (T)KO, 13 submissions

Jon Fitch

Just kidding.

Jose Aldo

Jose Aldo (18-1) is the current UFC Featherweight Champion. Aldo became champ after defending his WEC title at WEC 53, and then being promoted to UFC Champion.

Of Aldo's 18 wins, 14 have been finishes. Aldo has 12 (T)KOs, 1 submission due to soccer kicks, and 1 due to an arm triangle choke.

Aldo is one of the best young fighters in the sport today, and is the current No. 3 Pound for Pound fighter in the world.

Look for a finish at UFC 129, where Jose Aldo will take on another lethal striker in Mark Hominick.

Notable Finishes: Mike Brown, Cub Swanson, Jonathan Brookins, Manny Gamburyan

Anderson Silva

Anderson Silva (28-4) is the current UFC Middleweight Champion. Silva has been the champion since 2006, when he KO'd Rich Franklin in the first round.

Since then, he has defended his title a record 8 times, while moving up to LHW twice and winning there too. He has currently won 14 fights in a row, 13 of those in the UFC.

Of Silva's 28 wins, 21 have been finishes. He has 16 (T)KO's, 3 submissions due to strikes, and two actual submissions.

In Silva's last fight, he knocked out Vitor Belfort with a front kick. In his next fight at UFC 134: Rio, he will be taking on the last man to defeat him (albeit by DQ) Yushin Okami.

Silva wants revenge. Look for a brutal finish.

Notable Finishes: Vitor Belfort, Chael Sonnen, Forrest Griffin, James Irvin, Dan Henderson, Rich Franklin (2x), Nate Marquardt, Chris Leben

Jon Jones

Jon Jones (13-1) is the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Jones won the title back at UFC 128, where he defeated Mauricio Rua via TKO in the third round.

Jones is another one of the best young fighters in MMA, and of his 13 career wins, he has 11 finishes.

Of those 11 finishes, 8 are by (T)KO, and 3 are by guillotine choke submission. Jones' two career decision victories were in his first two fights in the Octagon against Andre Gusmao and Stephan Bonnar.

The date of Jones' next fight has yet to be announced, although the opponent has been confirmed, and it is his former training partner, Rashad Evans.

The trash talking has already started, and there's going to be a lot of emotion in this fight.

Notable Finishes: Mauricio Rua, Ryan Bader, Vladimir Matyushenko, Brandon Vera, Jake O'Brien

Cain Velasquez

Cain Velasquez (9-0) is the current UFC Heavyweight Champion. Cain won the heavyweight title when he defeated Brock Lesnar via first round TKO at UFC 121. He has been out of action since with a torn rotator cuff.

Of Velasquez's 9 wins, 8 have been finishes, and all 8 have been (T)KOs. His only decision win was over Cheick Kongo at UFC 99.

Velasquez was originally supposed to defend his title against Junior dos Santos at UFC 129, but the torn rotator cuff forced him out of it. Now when he comes back he will defend his title against the winner of the Brock Lesnar - Junior dos Santos fight.

Cain Velasquez is a wrecking machine. Anyone who stands in his way, stands to be knocked out.

Notable Finishes: Brock Lesnar, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria, Jake O'Brien, Ben Rothwell

Vitor Belfort

Vitor Belfort (19-9) is the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, a former UFC Tournament winner, and current UFC Middleweight. Belfort won the UFC 12 Tournament, and won the Light Heavyweight belt by defeating Randy Couture via TKO (cut) at UFC 46.

Of Belfort's 19 wins, 15 have been finishes. Belfort has 13 (T)KO's and 2 submissions.

In Belfort's last fight, he was knocked out by an Anderson Silva front kick in the first round.

Belfort was then lobbying for a fight against Wanderlei Silva at UFC Rio. He got neither. He will instead fight Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 133.

Akiyama has won fight of the night in all 3 of his UFC fights, so look for this one to be a war.

Notable Finishes: Rich Franklin, Matt Lindland, Randy Couture, Marvin Eastman, Heath Herring, Gilbert Yvel, Wanderlei Silva, Tank Abbott

Mauricio Rua

Mauricio Rua (19-5) is the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He won the title from Lyoto Machida at UFC 113, and then lost it in his first defense against Jon Jones at UFC 128.

Rua has 19 wins, and of those 19 wins, 17 are finishes. Of those 17 finishes, 16 are (T)KO's, and one is a submission. The lone submission was a kneebar over Kevin Randleman.

Rua is a black belt in BJJ, but he likes to stand and bang with his opponents.

In Rua's last fight, as mentioned above, he lost his title to Jon Jones.

Even with the loss, Rua is the epitome of a finisher. His next fight will be a rematch against Forrest Griffin at UFC 134: Rio.

Notable Finishes: Lyoto Machida, Chuck Liddell, Mark Coleman, Alistair Overeem (2x), Kevin Randleman, Ricardo Arona, Rampage Jackson, Evangelista Santos 

Shane Carwin

Shane Carwin (12-1) is the former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion. In Carwin's last fight at UFC 116, he was submitted in the second round by (at the time) Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar.

Carwin is an absolute animal. Of his 12 wins, all 12 are finishes. Of those 12 finishes, 7 are via (T)KO, 1 is submission to punches, and 4 are legitimate submissions.

In Carwin's last fight against Brock Lesnar, he nearly added another TKO win to his column, but Lesnar ended up surviving Carwin's initial barrage and scored a "come from behind" victory.

Carwin is 36 years old, and may not have much time left fighting, so look for him to want to make another title run as soon as possible.

His next fight will be against UFC rookie and world class grappler Jon Olav Einemo. It will be Einemo's first MMA fight in about 5 years.

Look for Carwin to add another name to his resume.

Notable Finishes: Frank Mir, Gabriel Gonzaga, Christian Wellisch

Carlos Condit

Carlos Condit (26-5) is the former WEC Welterweight Champion. Condit won the title in a fight against John Alessio, he defended it 3 times, and he then went to the UFC.

Condit has 26 wins, and 25 finishes. Of the 25 finishes, he has 12 (T)KO's, and 13 submissions. Not only is that very well balanced, it's really impressive.

In Condit's last fight, he handed Dan Hardy the first knockout loss of his career. Condit's next scheduled fight is against Judo black belt Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 132.

Notable Finishes: Dan Hardy, Rory MacDonald, Brock Larson, John Alessio, Frank Trigg, Renato Verissimo

Joe Lauzon

Joe Lauzon (19-6) is a current UFC lightweight.

Lauzon has 19 wins, and has finished his opponent in every single one of those. Lauzon has 4 (T)KO's, and an astonishing 15 submissions.

In addition to finishing every opponent, he is also a very exciting fighter. He has won submission of the night 3 times, and fight of the night 3 times.

In his last outing, a losing effort, he won fight of the night against George Sotiropoulos. His next fight is scheduled to be against Curt Warburton at UFC Live: Marquardt vs. Johnson.

Notable Finishes: Gabe Ruediger, Jeremy Stephens, Kyle Bradley, Jens Pulver, Mike Brown

Junior Dos Santos

Junior dos Santos (12-1) is a current UFC Heavyweight.

Of Junior's 12 wins, he has 11 finishes. Of those 11 finishes, 8 are by (T)KO, 1 is submission to strikes, 1 is submission due to exhaustion, and 1 is legitimate submission.

His one decision was in his last fight against Roy Nelson, where he put a 15 minute smackdown on him.

Junior was originally supposed to fight Cain Velasquez for the heavyweight title, but after the injury to Cain forced him out, Junior was tapped to coach on The Ultimate Fighter opposite Brock Lesnar. The two are scheduled to fight at UFC 131.

Notable Finishes: Gabriel Gonzaga, Gilbert Yvel, Mirko Cro Cop, Stefan Struve, Fabricio Werdum

BJ Penn

BJ Penn (16-7-2) is the former UFC Welterweight Champion and former UFC Lightweight Champion. 

In Penn's last fight, he fought to a majority draw against the consensus number two welterweight in the world, Jon Fitch. The two were originally supposed to have a rematch for the No. 1 contender spot at UFC 132, but they both suffered injuries and pulled out.

Of Penn's 16 wins, 13 have been finishes. 7 have been by (T)KO, and 6 have been by submission.

Penn has won submission of the night two times, and knockout of the night once. Penn can finish however he wants and look impressive doing it.

His next fight has yet to be announced, but it could very well be against Jon Fitch for the vacant UFC Welterweight Title.

Notable Finishes: Matt Hughes (2x), Diego Sanchez, Kenny Florian, Sean Sherk, Joe Stevenson, Jens Pulver, Duane Ludwig, Takanori Gomi, Caol Uno, Din Thomas

Nate Diaz

Nate Diaz (13-6) is the season 5 winner of The Ultimate Fighter, and a current UFC welterweight.

Of Diaz's 13 wins, 12 have been finishes, and the Cesar Gracie brown belt has submitted 9 of them, leaving 3 to be TKO.

Diaz is one of the most exciting fighters in the UFC. He has won fight of the night 4 times, and submission of the night twice.

Diaz's last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Dong Hyun Kim, and his next fight is against Rory MacDonald at UFC 129.

Notable Finishes: Marcus Davis, Rory Markham, Melvin Guillard, Kurt Pellegrino, Junior Assuncao, Manny Gamburyan

Nick Diaz

Nate's brother is the next man on this list. Nick Diaz (25-7 [1 NC]) is the current Strikeforce Welterweight Champion.

Nick has 25 wins, and of those 25, 21 have been finishes. Diaz has (T)KO'd 13 of his opponents and submitted 8 of them. 

In Diaz's last fight, he TKO'd Paul Daley in one of the most exciting rounds in recent memory. 

Not only is Diaz a Cesar Gracie black belt, but he is also one of the best boxers in MMA. He is so good in fact, that his next fight will most likely be a boxing bout. 

I look forward to seeing how that goes.

Notable Finishes: Paul Daley, Evangelista Santos, Marius Zaromskis, Frank Shamrock, Takanori Gomi (later overturned), Gleison Tibau, Robbie Lawler

Kenny Florian

Kenny Florian (14-5) is a current UFC featherweight.

In Florian's last fight, he lost a title eliminator bout to Gray Maynard via unanimous decision. 

Florian has always been a good fighter, fighting for the lightweight title twice, and he has fought as high as middleweight in his career.

Of Florian's 14 wins, he has finished in 13 of them. He has submitted 10 of his opponents and has (T)KO'd 3.

After the loss to Maynard, Florian decided to drop to featherweight and try to get the title there. He will be fighting against Diego Nunes at UFC 131.

Notable Finishes: Takanori Gomi, Clay Guida, Joe Stevenson, Joe Lauzon, Din Thomas, Sam Stout, Kit Cope

Frank Mir

Frank Mir (14-5) is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion.

Mir has 14 wins, and 11 of those are finishes. Of the 11 finishes, 8 are submissions, and 3 are (T)KO's.

Mir has only won two decisions, and the other win was via DQ.

In Mir's last fight, he knocked out Mirko Cro Cop in the third round of one of the most uneventful main events in recent memory.

Mir's next fight is against Roy Nelson at UFC 130.

Notable Finishes: Mirko Cro Cop, Cheick Kongo, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria, Brock Lesnar, Antoni Hardonk, Tim Sylvia, Tank Abbott, Pete Williams

Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar (5-2) is the former UFC Heavyweight Champion.

Many may not like the inclusion of Lesnar on the list, given how few fights he has had, but in all but one of his wins, there has been a finish.

He has 2 TKO finishes, 1 submission due to strikes, and 1 legitimate submission. If you want to get technical, he has finished in 80% of his wins.

In Lesnar's last fight, he lost the heavyweight title in embarrassing fashion to Cain Velasquez.

He is currently coaching on The Ultimate Fighter opposite Junior dos Santos, and the two of them are going to fight at UFC 131.

Don't expect that one to go 3 rounds.

Notable Finishes: Shane Carwin, Frank Mir, Randy Couture

Randy Couture

Randy Couture (19-10) is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion (2x) and former UFC Heavyweight Champion (3x).

Couture has 19 wins, and has finished his opponent in 11 of those. Of the 11 finishes, Couture has won 7 via (T)KO, and 4 via submission.

In Couture's last fight, he represented MMA perfectly against the boxer James Toney. He submitted Toney in the first round as chants of "MMA" emanated from the crowd in Boston.

Couture does have quite a few decisions on his resume, but he has finished his last two opponents, so he can clearly still finish.

His next fight will be at UFC 129 against Lyoto Machida.

Notable Finishes: James Toney, Mark Coleman, Gabriel Gonzaga, Vitor Belfort (2x), Chuck Liddell, Pedro Rizzo, Kevin Randleman

Chris Leben

Chris Leben (25-7) is the former WEC Middleweight Champion and a current UFC middleweight.

Leben has 25 wins, and 19 finishes. Of the 19, 13 have been via (T)KO, and 6 have been by submission.

Leben is known for having an iron chin, and he uses that to his advantage to get into massive slugfest-wars with his opponents. He has won knockout of the night 3 times and fight of the night twice.

In his last fight, Brian Stann stopped him with strikes for only the second time in his career.

Leben's next fight will be against Wanderlei Silva (who he asked for nearly a year to the day previously) at UFC 132.

Notable Finishes: Yoshihiro Akiyama, Aaron Simpson, Alessio Sakara, Jorge Santiago, Jorge Rivera, Benji Radach, Mike Swick

Mayhem Miller

Mayhem Miller (24-7 [1 NC]) is a current UFC middleweight. And it is awesome to say that.

Of Mayhem's 24 wins, 20 have been finishes. Of the 20 finishes, 14 have been submission and 6 have been (T)KO.

In his last fight, he submitted the man he called his idol, Kazushi Sakuraba.

Now that he has been signed to the UFC, his first fight is scheduled to be at UFC 132 against Aaron Simpson.

Look for Mayhem to finish him quick, and start moving up the UFC ranks.

Notable Finishes: Kazushi Sakuraba, Kala Hose, Katsuyori Shibata, Robbie Lawler, Falaniko Vitale, Ronald Jhun, Denis Kang

Dave Herman

Dave Herman (20-2) is a current UFC heavyweight.

Many of you may not have heard of Herman, but of his 20 wins, he has 19 finishes. In addition, he went undefeated through his first 15 fights, all finishes. 14 of his wins are via (T)KO, and 5 are via submission.

Herman was signed to the UFC, and is going to make his debut against Joey Beltran at UFC 131. Look for a knockout of the night.

Notable Finishes: Jim York, Don Frye, Ron Waterman, Mario Rinaldi

Shinya Aoki

Shinya Aoki (27-5 [1 NC]) is the current DREAM Lightweight Champion.

Aoki has 27 wins, and 17 submissions. In addition, he has 1 TKO due to a cut.

In Aoki's last fight, he submitted Lyle Beerbohm with a neck crank in 93 seconds.

Aoki is one of the most one dimensional fighters in MMA today, but it works for him, as he is a whiz when it comes to grappling.

Notable Finishes: Lyle Beerbohm, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Mizuto Hirota, Joachim Hansen (2x), Eddie Alvarez

Cheick Kongo

Cheick Kongo (15-6-2) is a current UFC heavyweight.

Kongo has 15 wins, and of the 15, he has 12 finishes. 9 (T)KO's, 1 submission to strikes, and 2 legitimate submissions.

In Kongo's last fight, he fought to a draw with Travis Browne. His next fight will be against Pat Barry at UFC Live: Marquardt vs. Johnson.

Notable Finishes: Paul Buentello, Antoni Hardonk, Mostapha al-Turk, Christian Wellisch

Eddie Alvarez

Eddie Alvarez (22-2) is the current Bellator Lightweight Champion.

Alvarez has 22 wins, and has finished in 19 of them. 12 are via (T)KO, 2 are submission due to strikes, and 5 are via legitimate submission.

In Alvarez's last fight, he won a 5 round unanimous decision over Pat Curran.

Honorable Mention: Roger Huerta, Josh Neer, Toby Imada, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Aaron Riley

Stefan Struve

Stefan Struve (21-4) is a current UFC heavyweight.

Struve has 19 finishes out of his 21 wins. Struve has 14 submissions, and 5 (T)KO's, including his last two wins.

Struve is another great young fighter in MMA, as he is only 23 years old. He has also won submission of the night and knockout of the night once each. Struve is going to challenge for the title some day.

Notable Finishes: Sean McCorkle, Christian Morecraft, Chase Gormley

Brian Stann

Brian Stann (10-3) is the former WEC Light Heavyweight Champion and a current UFC middleweight.

Stann has 8 finishes in his career, one of those is a submission, and 7 are (T)KO.

In Stann's last fight, he became only the second man to stop Chris Leben with strikes when he TKO'd him in the first round.

Stann's next fight will be against Jorge Santiago at UFC 130.

Notable Finishes: Chris Leben, Mike Massenzio, Steve Cantwell

Jorge Santiago

Ah Jorge Santiago, I just mentioned him didn't I?

Santiago (23-8) is the former Sengoku Middleweight Champion, and a current UFC middleweight.

Santiago has 21 finishes, 12 submissions and 9 (T)KO's.

Santiago recently requested, and was granted, a release from World Victory Road, and then promptly signed with the UFC for a second time. In his first UFC run he went 1-2.

Santiago is now set to fight Brian Stann at UFC 130.

Notable Finishes: Kazuo Misaki, Trevor Prangley, Sean Salmon, Jeremy Horn, Andrei Semenov

Rousimar Palhares

Rousimar Palhares (12-3) is a current UFC middleweight.

Palhares is a fantastic BJJ practitioner, with 9 of his wins coming via submission, and one via TKO (injury).

In Palhares' last fight, he submitted Dave Branch with a kneebar in the second round.

Notable Finishes: Dave Branch, Tomasz Drwal, Ivan Salaverry

Nate Marquardt

Nate Marquardt (31-10-2) is the former Middleweight King of Pancrase and a current UFC welterweight.

Marquardt has finished in 23 of his fights, with 8 of those coming via (T)KO, 1 submission to strikes and 14 via legitimate submission.

Marquardt has had one UFC title shot, and has been in two title eliminators since. In his last fight, he defeated Dan Miller via unanimous decision. Even though he won the fight, he dropped to welterweight in hopes of making a title run.

His welterweight debut will be against Anthony Johnson at UFC Live: Marquardt vs. Johnson.

Notable Finishes: Rousimar Palhares, Demian Maia, Wilson Gouveia, Martin Kampmann, Jeremy Horn, Yves Edwards

Melvin Guillard

Melvin Guillard (27-8-2 [1 NC]) is a current UFC lightweight and two time knockout of the night winner.

Of Guillard's 27 wins, 16 have been (T)KO's, and 2 have been submissions.

Guillard is currently on a 4 fight winning streak, and is the self described "dark horse" of the division.

Guillard's next fight will be against Shane Roller at UFC 132.

Notable Finishes: Evan Dunham, Waylon Lowe, Dennis Siver, Gabe Ruediger, Marcus Davis, Kyle Bradley

Clay Guida

Clay Guida (28-11) is a former Strikeforce Lightweight Champion and current UFC lightweight.

Clay Guida is known as one of the most exciting fighters in the sport, and can back it up.  Guida has finished 20 of his opponents, 15 via submission, and 5 via (T)KO.

In addition, Guida is a 2 time submission of the night winner, and a 3 time fight of the night winner.

In Guida's last fight, he submitted Takanori Gomi with a guillotine choke in the second round.

He is now set to fight against the final WEC Champion, Anthony Pettis, in what is expected to be a title eliminator fight.

Notable Finishes: Takanori Gomi, Rafael dos Anjos, Shannon Gugerty

Cody McKenzie

Cody McKenzie (12-1) is a current UFC lightweight.

Many fans will remember McKenzie from season 11 of The Ultimate Fighter, whereas other fans will know him as "the guy who has a lot of guillotines".

McKenzie has finished every single one of his opponents. He finished 11 via submission, 10 in a row with guillotine chokes, and he TKO'd his other opponent.

McKenzie's guillotine is lethal, although in his last fight, Yves Edwards was able to avoid it and put McKenzie to sleep with a rear naked choke.

McKenzie's next fight is against Bart Palaszewski at UFC 130.

Notable Finishes: Aaron Wilkinson, Len Bentley

Mark Hominick

Mark Hominick (20-8) is the former TKO Major League Featherweight Champion, and a current UFC featherweight.

Of Hominick's 20 wins, he has knocked out his opponent in 9 of them, made one submit to punches, and legitimately submitted his opponent in 6.

In Hominick's last fight, he TKO'd George Roop in the first round to become the No. 1 contender to Jose Aldo's featherweight belt.

At UFC 129, he will take on Aldo for that very belt.

This one is sure to end in spectacular fashion.

Notable Finishes: George Roop, Yves Jabouin, Bryan Caraway, Yves Edwards

Miguel Torres

Miguel Torres (39-3) is the former WEC Bantamweight Champion and a current UFC bantamweight.

Torres is quite the finisher. He has submitted 23 of his opponents, and (T)KO'd 9 of them.

In his last fight, he won a unanimous decision over Antonio Banuelos.

His next fight will be against Demetrious Johnson at UFC 130.

Notable Finishes: Charlie Valencia, Manny Tapia, Chase Beebe

Joseph Benavidez

Joseph Benavidez (14-2) is a current UFC bantamweight.

Benavidez has submitted 8 of his opponents, and has (T)KO'd 3 of them.

In his last fight, Benavidez won a unanimous decision over Ian Loveland.

Benavidez doesn't have his next fight set, but it could very well be against the winner of Dominick Cruz - Urijah Faber.

Notable Finishes: Wagnney Fabiano, Miguel Torres, Rani Yahya

Norifumi Yamamoto

Kid Yamamoto (18-4 [1 NC]) is the 2005 K-1 Hero's Middleweight Grand Prix Champion and a current UFC bantamweight.

Yamamoto has (T)KO'd 13 of his opponents, and has submitted two of them.

In his last fight, Yamamoto lost a unanimous decision to Demetrious Johnson at UFC 126.

Yamamoto will look to rebound at UFC 130 against Chris Cariaso.

Notable Finishes: Rani Yahya, Kazuyuki Miyata, Genki Sudo, Caol Uno, Royler Gracie

Fedor Emelianenko

Fedor Emelianenko (31-3 [1 NC]) is a current Strikeforce heavyweight.

Fedor is a legend of mixed martial arts, and with good reason. Of his 31 wins, he has submitted his opponent in 16 of them, and (T)KO'd his opponent in 8.

In Fedor's last fight, Antonio Silva won via doctor stoppage after the second round. Fedor was then eliminated from the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix.

He is now tentatively scheduled for a fight with Dan Henderson in July.

Notable Finishes: Brett Rogers, Andrei Arlovski, Tim Sylvia, Choi Hong Man, Matt Lindland, Mark Hunt, Mark Coleman (2x), Kevin Randleman, Gary Goodridge

Fabricio Werdum

Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1) is a current Strikeforce heavyweight and a participant in the Heavyweight Grand Prix.

Werdum has finished 12 of his opponents using his world class jiu-jitsu and outstanding striking.

Werdum has submitted 8 of his opponents, and (T)KO'd 4 of them.

In Werdum's last fight, he submitted Fedor Emelianenko. In his next fight, he will take on Alistair Overeem as part of the Heavyweight Grand Prix.

Notable Finishes: Fedor Emelianenko, Mike Kyle, Brandon Vera, Gabriel Gonzaga (2x), Aleksander Emelianenko, Alistair Overeem

Alistair Overeem

Alistair Overeem (34-11 [1 NC]) is the current Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion and a participant in the Heavyweight Grand Prix.

"The Reem" has finished in 33 of his 34 victories. Wow. The only victory that Overeem has by decision is over Vitor Belfort. He has only been to a decision 4 times in total.

Alistair has (T)KO'd 14 of his opponents, and submitted 19 of them. As if all the finishes in total aren't impressive, he is also the K-1 World Grand Prix Champion.

Most of his wins are by submission, but he holds a major kickboxing championship. The Reem is a beast.

In his last fight, he knocked out Todd Duffee in 19 seconds. In his next fight, he will fight against Fabricio Werdum in the quarterfinals of the Strikeforce World Heavyweight Grand Prix.

Notable Finishes: Todd Duffee, Brett Rogers, James Thompson, Gary Goodridge, Mark Hunt, Paul Buentello, Sergei Kharitonov, Vitor Belfort

Antonio Silva

Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva (16-2) is a current Strikeforce heavyweight and a participant in the Heavyweight Grand Prix.

Bigfoot has (T)KO'd 11 of his opponents, submitted one to punches, and he has legitimately submitted 2 of them.

In his last fight, Silva defeated the great Fedor via doctor stoppage at the end of the second round.

Bigfoot will fight next against the winner of the Overeem - Werdum fight.

Notable Finishes: Fedor Emelianenko, Mike Kyle, Jim York, Ruben Villareal

Brett Rogers

Brett Rogers (11-2) is a current Strikeforce heavyweight and a participant in the Heavyweight Grand Prix.

Rogers has finished his opponent in 10 of his wins. He has won 9 via (T)KO, and 1 submission due to strikes. (10 via (T)KO depending where you look).

In Rogers' last fight, he won a unanimous decision over Ruben Villareal.

His next fight will be against Josh Barnett as a part of the Heavyweight Grand Prix.

Notable Finishes: Andrei Arlovski, Jon Murphy, James Thompson

Josh Barnett

Josh Barnett (29-5) is a current Strikeforce heavyweight and a participant in the Heavyweight Grand Prix.

Barnett has (T)KO'd 7 of his opponents, made 2 submit to strikes, and made 15 legitimately submit.

In Barnett's last fight, he defeated Geronimo dos Santos via TKO in the first round.

His next fight will be against Brett Rogers in the quarterfinals of the Heavyweight Grand Prix.

Notable Finishes: Mighty Mo, Gilbert Yvel, Pedro Rizzo, Mark Hunt, Aleksander Emelianenko, Semmy Schilt (2x), Randy Couture, Gan McGee, Dan Severn

Sergei Kharitonov

Sergei Kharitonov (18-4) is a current Strikeforce heavyweight and a participant in the Heavyweight Grand Prix.

Kharitonov has (T)KO'd 9 of his opponents and submitted 2 of them due to strikes, and has legitimately submitted 6 of them.

In his last fight, Kharitonov advanced in the Heavyweight Grand Prix when he knocked out Andrei Arlovski in the first round of the fight.

Kharitonov will now face the winner of the Josh Barnett - Brett Rogers fight.

Notable Finishes: Andrei Arlovski, Tatsuya Mizuno, Alistair Overeem, Pedro Rizzo, Semmy Schilt, Murilo Rua

Gegard Mousasi

Gegard Mousasi (30-3-2) is a current Strikeforce Light Heavyweight.

Mousasi has won 17 of his fights via (T)KO, 1 submission to strikes, and has won 10 via legitimate submission.

In Mousasi's last fight, he fought to a majority draw against Keith Jardine. Mousasi would have won the fight, but he was deducted a point for an illegal upkick.

Mousasi's next fight has yet to be announced, but Scott Coker mentioned that a rematch is possible.

Notable Finishes: Jake O'Brien, Gary Goodridge, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Renato Sobral, Mark Hunt, Ronaldo Souza, Melvin Manhoef, Evangelista Santos, Kyacey Uscola

Roger Gracie

Roger Gracie (4-0) is a current Strikeforce light heavyweight.

Roger has won all 4 of his fights via submission, with none making it to the third round.

In his last fight, Roger submitted Trevor Prangley with a rear naked choke in the first round.

His next fight is set to be against Muhammed Lawal, and if Roger can get it to the ground, you can expect another submission to be added to his name.

Notable Finishes: Ron Waterman, Kevin Randleman, Trevor Prangley

Tim Kennedy

Tim Kennedy (13-3) is a current Strikeforce middleweight.

Kennedy has finished 12 of his opponents throughout his career. He has legitimately submitted 5, made two submit to punches, and he has (T)KO'd 5 more.

In his last fight, he defeated Melvin Manhoef via submission in the first round.

His next fight has yet to be announced, although look for him to want another shot at the title soon.

Notable Finishes: Melvin Manhoef, Trevor Prangley, Zak Cummings, Nick Thompson

Robbie Lawler

Robbie Lawler (18-7 [1 NC]) is the former EliteXC Middleweight Champion, and a current Strikeforce middleweight.

Lawler has finished 16 of his opponents, 15 via (T)KO, and 1 via submission.

In his last fight, he was submitted by Ronaldo Souza in the third round in a bout for the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship.

Perhaps a fight against Tim Kennedy is in the cards next.

Notable Finishes: Matt Lindland, Melvin Manhoef, Scott Smith, Murilo Rua, Frank Trigg, Joey Villaseñor, Falaniko Vitale (2x)

Ronaldo Souza

Ronaldo Souza (14-2 [1 NC]) is the current Strikeforce Middleweight Champion.

In Souza's career, he has finished 11 of his opponents, all of them by submission. 3 of them have been submission to strikes, and 8 have been legitimate submission.

In Souza's last fight, he submitted Robbie Lawler in the third round.

His next fight has yet to be announced, but it is scheduled to be at the July Strikeforce card.

Notable Finishes: Robbie Lawler, Matt Lindland, Ian Murphy

Melvin Manhoef

Melvin Manhoef (24-9-1) is a current Strikeforce middleweight.

Manhoef has (T)KO'd his opponent in 23 of his 24 wins. That's impressive.

In his last fight, he was on the receiving end of a rear naked choke from Tim Kennedy. Before that, he was on the losing end of a kimura from Tatsuya Mizuno.

Manhoef is very one dimensional. But he's really good at that one dimension.

Manhoef doesn't have his next fight scheduled, but you can assume he's going to look for the knockout.

Notable Finishes: Mark Hunt, Kazushi Sakuraba, Evangelista Santos

Paul Daley

Paul Daley (27-10-2) is a current Strikeforce welterweight.

Daley has finished his opponents 22 times in his career. 20 of those have been via (T)KO and 2 have been submission to strikes.

In Daley's last fight, he put on one of the most entertaining rounds of the year against Nick Diaz, where he got TKO'd with 3 seconds left in the round. It was the first time that Daley was stopped with strikes.

Daley's next fight has not been mentioned, and is probably up in the air with the UFC's acquisition of Strikeforce.

Notable Finishes: Yuya Shirai, Scott Smith, Daniel Acacio, Dustin Hazelett, Martin Kampmann, John Alessio, Duane Ludwig

Hector Lombard

Hector Lombard (28-2-1 [1 NC]) is the current Bellator Middleweight Champion.

Lombard has finished his opponents 21 times. He stopped 15 via (T)KO, 2 via submission due to punches, and 4 via legitimate submission.

In Lombard's last fight, he defended his Cage Fighting Championships Middleweight Championship by defeating Joe Doerkson via doctor stoppage in the first round.

Lombard's next fight will be a non-title bout against Falaniko Vitale at Bellator 44.

Notable Finishes: Joe Doerkson, Herbert Goodman, Jay Silva, Kalib Starnes, Brian Ebersole

Dan Hornbuckle

Dan Hornbuckle (22-4) is a current Bellator welterweight and former Bellator Welterweight Tournament Finalist.

Hornbuckle is a very well rounded fighter, as he has (T)KO'd his opponents 10 times, and submitted them 10 times.

In his last fight, he was eliminated from the Bellator welterweight tournament quarterfinal when Brent Weedman beat him via unanimous decision.

Hornbuckle does not have his next fight announced, but the Bellator welterweight division is very competitive, so I'm sure they'll find something for him.

Notable Finishes: Steve Carl, Nick Thompson, Akihiro Gono, Brent Weedman, Justin Wilcox

Matt Hughes

Matt Hughes (45-8) is the former UFC Welterweight Champion and a current UFC welterweight.

Matt Hughes was known as one of the most dominant champions in UFC history, and with good reason. Hughes has won 15 via (T)KO, 5 submissions to strikes, 1 submission to a slam and 14 via legitimate submission.

In Hughes' last fight, he was knocked out in 21 seconds by longtime rival, BJ Penn. He later hinted he was one step closer to retirement.

He does not have his next fight announced, but then again he may not have another fight.

Notable Finishes: Ricardo Almeida, Renzo Gracie, BJ Penn, Royce Gracie, Joe Riggs, Frank Trigg (2x), Georges St-Pierre, Carlos Newton (2x), Joe Doerkson

Chan Sung Jung

Chan Sung Jung (11-3) is a current UFC featherweight.

Jung has finished 9 out of his 11 victims. He has submitted 7 of them, and (T)KO'd 2 of them.

In Jung's last fight, he became the first man to execute a "twister" submission in UFC history, by submitting Leonard Garcia in the second round.

Jung doesn't have his next fight announced, but maybe he'll pull out another Eddie Bravo submission.

Notable Finishes: Leonard Garcia

Jeremy Horn

Jeremy Horn (87-20-5) is a current heavyweight journeyman.

Horn has been around the block and back again. He has finished 75 of his opponents. That's insane to think about. He has (T)KO'd 17 of them, and he has submitted 58 of them.

In his last fight, he submitted Lee McKibbin via guillotine choke in the first round.

His next fight is going to be against Thales Leites at the end of this month.

Notable Finishes: Sean Salmon, Jason Guida, Chael Sonnen (3x), David Loiseau, Forrest Griffin, Chuck Liddell

Dan Severn

Dan Severn (99-16-7) is a current journeyman heavyweight.

Severn has (T)KO'd 16 of his opponents and submitted 60 of them. Can you even fathom that? It's insane.

In his last fight, he won with a neck crank in the first round.

He currently has three fights scheduled, two in smaller promotions and a rubber match against Ken Shamrock in KOTC sometime in the fall. In addition, Severn is currently on a 10 fight winning streak.

Notable Finishes: Travis Fulton (2x), Marcus Silveria, Paul Buentello, Paul Varelans, Anthony Macias

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