Georges St-Pierre and the 10 Best Functional Wrestlers in MMA

The UFC’s inception in 1993 enticed droves of hungry and talented amateur and collegiate wrestlers to step into the octagon. Flocks of hard-nosed and experienced mat wizards tried their hands at a new and intriguing sport, coined mixed martial arts by the late Jeff Blatnick, an Olympic gold medalist in wrestling in 1984 and one of the UFC’s first color commentators. Many of the pioneer wrestlers of the sport, like former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Dan Henderson, former ...