Over the last 20 years, MMA has splashed into the mainstream. When fans look back and reminisce about the good old days of the sport, many of them identify with a fight card by thinking of the image portrayed on the fight poster.
The UFC, prior to ZUFFA, stuck with the bald-headed cartoon guy with the long arms for quite some time. After that, they started to incorporate fighter profile pictures and special effects. Of course, most of them look pretty cheesy by today’s standards, but that’s what makes them so great.
Japanese MMA has always had its own flair, and that shows in their event posters. Abstract images, deep meanings and vibrant colors sum up their works of art.
I took the time to scour some of my favorite resources to rank 25 of the best MMA fight posters of all time. This includes over 200 UFC events, nearly 70 Pride events, 60 Strikeforce events, 23 Dream events and many other promotions around the world.
The rankings were based primarily off of unique stylistic content.
When it was all said and done, I narrowed over 500 posters down to what I feel are the 25 best ones.