MMA GOAT Rankings by the Numbers

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 04: Demetrious Johnson prepares to fight Henry Cejudo in their UFC flyweight championship fight during the UFC 227 event inside Staples Center on August 4, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)The same question is asked on every sports show around the world, who is the GOAT of this sport and that sport? For basketball, many consider the answer to be Michael Jordan, for football, Tom Brady, for golf, Jack Nicklaus, and for baseball, Babe Ruth. The question about who is the MMA GOAT has been around since the inception of the sport, but a few tweets from Conor McGregor about the topic began an all-out brawl across social media.

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