The nature of mixed martial arts dictates that stars come and go. Injuries, burnout, contract issues and illness make it so that few fighters can dominate for a long period of time. But there have been a few who have stayed at or near the top of the pile for the past decade. As part of Yahoo! Sports’ look back at the past ten years in sports, here are the top ten mixed martial artists of the decade.
1. Chuck Liddell
2. Randy Couture
3. Fedor Emelianenko
4. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
5. Anderson Silva
6. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
7. Georges St. Pierre
8. Wanderlei Silva
9. Tito Ortiz
10. Matt Hughes