Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images 30. Jack Della Maddalena reacts after his submission victory over Randy Brown at UFC 284. Perhaps we will revisit this exercise in a few years as necessary. The more recent years will suffer some because they simply haven’t had enough time to develop, so a lot of those placements will be pure conjecture.To keep this exercise somewhat manageable, we’re only including notable fighters from each debuting class in the writeup, meaning either they fought for a UFC championship (interims, BMF, and tournaments count) or are in the Hall of Fame (or have a realistic shot).We’re using the year fighters debuted in the UFC, even if they were a well-known commodity before then.So instead of looking at them individually, let’s treat them like draft classes - 30 of them to be exact - and determine exactly what year was the best for burgeoning UFC talent. It’s a lot, and with well over 2,000 fighters having spent time in the octagon, it’s far too big of a project to dive into all of them. That’s 30 years of new fighters joining the roster and trying to cut their teeth in the UFC. 12, 1993, at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver. This year marks the 30th anniversary of UFC 1, which took place on Nov. As I was putting that together, I started thinking: This is great for current day, but what about the past? How do we consider that?
The concept is simple: What would it look like if the top promotions in combat sports were able to draft fighters? It’s not an exercise that accomplishes anything, but it does serve as a fairly instructive look into who are the biggest stars and best prospects in the sport today. As you (hopefully) read earlier this week, MMA Fighting held its second annual MMA Draft, in honor of the NFL draft which is currently taking place.
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