As the first generation of MMA greats exit the sport with the recent retirements of Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell, the time is coming for the next generation of superstars to separate themselves from the pack. UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones has already begun to make his case for greatness, but what other fighters will rise alongside him?
With his promising performances early in his career, some have already begun to label 22-year-old Canadian Rory MacDonald as the next Georges St-Pierre. While MacDonald still has a long way to go before he matches St-Pierre’s accomplishments, he has all the tools needed to achieve greatness.
A decade from now, these are 15 fighters who will be looked back on as some of the greatest the sport has ever seen.