UFC HALL OF FAME MODERN ERA WING:
FORREST GRIFFIN (19-7)
Forrest Griffin is the first inductee into the modern wing and rightfully so. He won the First ever Ultimate Fighter by defeating Stephan Bonner in one of the most historic and important fights in UFC History. He is the first winner of the show to go on and become UFC Champion. He defeated Rampage Jackson to earn the Light Heavyweight belt., this comes after he coached season 7 of the show against Jackson. He holds 2 victories over hall of famer Tito Ortiz. Upon retiring from the sport after his second victory over Ortiz he has since been an honorable employee of the UFC.
Inducted: July 6th, 2013 at UFC 162
B.J. PENN (16-14-2)
B.J. Penn may have been the most gifted and skilled competitor to ever compete in the sport. His work ethic was always the question mark. Penn won the Rumble on the Rock Lightweight title in 2003. He defeated Matt Hughes to win the UFC Welterweight championship. He followed that up by winning the UFC Lightweight Championship becoming the second man to hold belts in two different weight classes. Penn defended the Lightweight title 4 times to this day still the most defenses of that particular title. He is still regarded as one of the greatest Lightweight fighters in the companies history.
Inducted: July 11th, 2015 at UFC 189
UIJAH FABER (35-11)
When “California Love” hit the loud speakers we all knew the California Kid was in the building. Faber is a Multi time King of The cage bantamweight champion as well as WEC Bantamweight champion. Faber was the first man to defeat dominick Cruz. He battled for the Bantamweight title in the UFC 4 times. He has had battles w/ Jose Aldo, Jens Pulver, Charles Bennett, Cruz, Frankie Edgar and more. Faber is the first Bantamweight to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
Inducted: July 6th 2017 at UFC Hall of Fame Ceremony
“ROWDY” RONDA ROUSEY (12-2)
Rousey is the first Woman to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Ronda is no stranger to firsts though as she was the first Woman to compete in the UFC, first Woman’s Bantamweight champion and still holds the most title defenses with 6. In her 4th fight she submitted Julie Budd by arm bar in just 39 seconds to earn a shot at the Strikeforce Womans bantamweight title against Miesha Tate. She defeated her in round one to capture that title. Her Rivalry w/ Tate would lead to the two of them being the first woman to coach the Ultimate Fighter. Rousey won two Junior world metals at the Olympics at the age of 19 years old. She is the very essence of Pioneer in this sport, there would be no Woman’s division w/out Ronda Rousey.
Inducted: July 5th, 2018 at UFC Hall of Fame Ceremony
MICHAEL BISPING (30-9)
Bisping came to the UFC by way of winning Season 3 of The Ultimate Fighter. He is one of a select few who have returned to host the show and the only one to compete on it and then Coach twice (once against Dan Henderson & Once against Jason Miller). He has wins over some of the most legendary names in the game including Anderson Silva, Dan Henderson and Cung Le. in 2016 he defeated Luke Rockhold by way of First Round KO To become UFC Middleweight champion. Micheal retired and is now one of the most enjoyable color commentators and desk reporters for the UFC. He hosts his own podcast and is known as one Pioneers of UK MMA.
Inducted: July 5th, 2019 at UFC Hall of Fame Ceremony
RASHAD EVANS (19-8-1)
Rashad won the Ultimate Fighter Season 2 at Heavyweight. He would return to coach against Rampage Jackson culminating w/ a PPV headliner between the two. Rashad Defeated Ultimate Fighter Season 1 winner Forrest Griffin to become the UFC Light Heavyweight championship. He is the first man to Knock Chuck Liddell out cold. He holds wins over Michael Bisping, Dan Henderson, Tito Ortiz and Chael Sonnen. Evans has fought for 2 divisions and an absolute who’s who in the UFC. He’s headlined 9 UFC Pay Per Views and sits in the top 10 in both Total PPV Buys and Avg. Pay Per View Buys.
Inducted: July 5th, 2019 at UFC Hall of Fame Ceremony
GEORGE ST. PIERRE (26-2)
GSP Is considered by many to be the GOAT of MMA. He has two losses in the sport, one to Matt Hughes (he avenged that loss by defeating Hughes twice) and one to Matt Serra (he avenged that loss by finishing Serra). He won the Welterweight championship and held it for over 2,000 days defending it 9 times over the course of 7 years against the sports biggest names such as Nick Diaz, Carlos Condit, Matt Hughes, Jake Shields and more. GSP Retired, vacating the welterweight belt then returned to defeat Michael Bisping to win the Middleweight champion etching his name in the history books one more time by being one of the few who have held titles in two different divisions. He coached the Ultimate Fighter opposite Josh Koscheck and went on to defeat him in a PPV headline bout. George is also in the top 5 of Avg. Pay Per View buys and total PPV Buys. He’s headlined 13 Pay per view events. St. Pierre is the biggest MMA star to come out of Canada and put that nation on the map in the UFC.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV (29-0)
Khabib Nurmagomedov retired a perfect 29-0 after defeating Justin Gaethje by submission in the second round of thier PPV bout. The fight was his first and last after losing his father. The russian made a promise to his mother to retire after this fight. Considered by many as the greatest Lightweight of all time Khabib retired as Lightweight Champion after 3 title defenses (Gaethje, Poirier and McGregor). He also holds the record for the highest PPV gross of all time along w/ his dance parnter Conor McGregor at UFC 229. Post fight career Khabib began coaching w/ an another undefeated record and coached his protege Islam Makhechev to the Lightweight Championship as well as his cousin Umar Nurmagomedov to the Bellator championship. Nurmagomedov has since left the sport entirely but his legend will live on.
DANIEL CORMIER (22-3-1)
Daniel Cormier was one of 4 Champ Champs being the title holder in Light heavyweight and heavyweight at the same time. He defended the light heavyweight championship twice before vacating the title and he defended the Heavyweight championship one time before previous champion Stipe Miocic defeated him to regain the title. Cormier finished his in octogon career w/ a loss to Stipe in the trilogy bout. He holds many records and is also known for his public fued w/ Jon Jones a man he fought two times.