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Wallid Ismail

Wallid Ismail: The man who was hunting Gracies before Sakuraba made it sexy. Wallid is sort of an elemental spirit of anger, and he channeled that anger into his grappling: It was both ruthless and explosive, marked by making very few errors and violently exploting any openings his opponents left him. He beat Ralph, Renzo and Royce Gracie--before the famous Sakuraba/Gracie fight that put the first official loss on his record, Royce and Wallid grappled in 1998 in the prime of both men's careers and Wallid choked him unconscious in five minutes.

Unfortunately, that was BJJ, and he is yet another entrant in the long history of great martial artists who couldn't replicate those heights in MMA. He wasn't unsuccessful, he won an IVC title and he retired at 9-3, but all three of those losses came during his biggest, most visible fights, and one of them included getting knocked out by Mr. Pride himself, Akira Shoji. If you're ever bored, watch his UFC fight against Kazuo Takahashi--it's two legitimately skilled fighters with no idea what the rules are who wind up just eye-gouging each other and punching each other in the crotch for fifteen minutes. Old days, old ways.

Moveset, stats, logic and four attires (Pride 4 vs Shoji / UFC 12 vs Takahashi / IVC 3 vs Johil / Oscar de Jiu-Jitsu vs Royce).