Chins of Glass: The Weakest Chins in the Sport of MMA

Getting punched in the head is not very much fun for anyone, but for these 10 fighters it could be lights out and end of the night.

Initially when I had planned on writting this article I thought it would be an endless research assignment through the archives of Sherdog.com. However, to my surprise, and relief, sherdog has a stats section where all this is done for me.

So which fighter gets KO'd the most? I had always thought that it had been Kazuo Takahashi (see pictured), a legendary Pancrase veteran whom I have seen faced down on the mat one two many times, but I later found out that it was instead shared between Paul Jenkins and Brandon Quiqley two guys I had never heard off.

So here is the list enjoy!

1. Paul Jenkins

Jenkins is a funny character with a record of 40 wins and 40 losses, 16 of those losses coming from knock out and 18 from submissions, one has to wonder does he hold the record in most submission losses also? No, instead that record is held by Brian Robbinson who has lost an amazing 48 times to submissions.

Not to take away from the inefficient chin of Paul Jenkins, Jenkins in his fights appears to be somewhat competent in compeitition but should avoid open windows because it appears that even a light breeze can knock this dude out.

Check out Paul Jenkins vs Paul Daley, Jenkins winning the first round towards the end begins getting wobbly after a few glancing punches, in round two he is KO'd by a flurry of glancing punches, and gets wobbly from the impact of  blocked knees being absorbed by his arms.

2.Brandon Quiqley

Quigley holds a losing record that is almost even more unimpressive than Jenkins', but the one thing he shares is the record number for losses by KO, and in case you forgot that number is 16.

Jenkins' chin deserves more respect than Quiqleys though because Quiqley looks like he could possibly knock himself out in his own sleep. Don't believe me watch Mike Russo vs Brandon Quigley, where Russo delivers mayne one punch to Quigley on his knees and knocks him out cold.

3.Kazuo Takahashi

Takahashi my hero, not really. Takahashi's name will remain synonmous with my friends and I when reffering to weak chinned mma fighters. 

"Did you see Pedro Rizzo get ko'd by Josh Barnett?"

"Yeah, it looked like he got Takahashied."

Takahashi somehow remains a legendary star in the Japanese mma scene, but the only star quality about him is the ones he sees when a SCUD missile of a kick collides into his head.

Having been KO'd a total of 14 times in his career Takahashi also holds an impressive record that shows him only ever going to the third round three times in his career and the second round only nine times, of course almost half of those fights were losses.

In a match of Takahashi vs a punching bag I would vote the punching bag by TKO. Takahashi should watch out for the swing back.

4. Shannon Ritch

I am all sure that the Bleacher Creatures of yester year remeber Ritch. Well if you don't you should because basically if you want to make it in the world of mma than you have to beat Shannon Ritch.

Ritch has lost to some of the most famous, and most notorious fighters in the world. It may just be an urban legend but if you can fight and beat Shannon Ritch early on in your career you are destined to be a star.

Fighters who have fought this easily defeated are Kazushi Sakuraba, Dan Severn, Jason MacDonald, Benji Radac, Diego Sanchez, Jeremy Williams, Chris Brennan, Yuki Kondo, Mark Weir.

Ritch has lost 14 of his fights by KO and is rumored (by me) to have gotten KO'd while getting tatoo's at the tatoo parlor. Save the anesthetic, an oral surgeon's dream patient, give a Ritch a flick on the head and he will be out for hours.

5. Shawn Nolan

As pathetic as Nolans KO loss record is, which is 13, is submission record is also pathetic having lost a total of 30 times by submissions.

Ritch may hold an impressive submission loss record, 48 to be exact, but he has also won more matches. Nolan has a record of six wins and 45 losses, and still continues to fight.

If Nolan is one of the worst fighters on the planet than the rest of those fighters would be the six that have lost too him.

6. Jerry Spiegel

This goofy looking SOB is has a lossing record with a total of 13 KO's. With a record that boasts a loss to Sean "the epileptic" Salmon.

7. Johnthan Ivey

When you look at the sherdog picture of Ivey you can't do anything but hate the man. Shaved head with a superman tat (I've seen one too many of those) and flexing for the camera Ivey looks like that guy in high school who dealt drugs and thought he was hard.

The only thing though is that this guy is not hard and he is not tough, he is a pathetic lump that cannot fight. In his fight against John Brown he proves he is useless off his back when Brown pounds him out for a win while keeping the looses half guard I have ever seen.

8. Demian Decorah

Who is Demian Decorah? Well he is the guy that beat Brandon Quiqley and holds the number eight posistion for highest KO losses.

9. Brian Dunn

Who is Brian Dunn? well he is the guy among many others to have beaten Shannon Ritch and also holds the No. 9 posistion.

He also may or may not be or share the name of a young inline skater whose name appeared in the google video tool bar.

10. Mike Suttles

Finally we have reached the number 10 spot, Suttles the man, the myth, the legend is a man to have lost 27 fights with only one victory. You would think after the first five losses that he would have realized the sport is not for him.