best fighter ever

when i say best fighter i mean in all forms of combat.
boxing,grappling,traditional martial arts,etc.

i think this is a hard question to answer
but i would probably choose between bas rutten and rickson gracie but i can think of even more who i think are realy good

Bruce lee. sugar ray. If you are talking presently, I would say dave merish, if you are referring to UFC type fighting then probably bas rutten. The best fighter is probably some monk somewhere high up in some mountain range.

Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Maricano.

These guys can back any one in a street fight, and all Boxing heavyweight champs

Royce Gracie?

in movies? without a doubt bruce lee...

dunno about the other mediums...

royce started the trend.
he showed how brazilan jiu jiutsu could effectivly beat other fighting styles.i belive a lot of martial artist and mma fighters still don't give royce and the rest of the gracies the credit they deserve.everyone who competes in mma events now has to know the ground and standing to do decent.
fighters today are becoming better due to the ufc

Royce isn't even the best Gracie. He is just the one that brought the fame of the Gracie family to the US.

yeah,royce said rickson is 10xs better

many people would say bruce lee, but it is hard to tell.
I actually think that Jet Li is a better fighter than bruce lee was. Even at peak condition, bruce was never the best martial artist in the world, he was just the most famous and most iconic. Jet Li mastered more forms of fighting than bruce did, and has won more trophies.
The ultimate fighting guys are the best fighters in the world (in unarmed combat). Even the best kung-Fu masters have admitted that many of the amateur wrestler/shoot wrestlers/UFC fighters are better fighters.
A kung fu master might be faster, but as soon as an amateur wrestler grabs hold of them, they can break every limb in the opponants body within a matter of seconds, and knock them unconcious in the same amount of time. UFC is the ultimate test of unarmed combat skill, and the boxers that have entered UFC have always done very poorly. Most of the UFC guys are shoot wrestlers or amateur wrestlers (with some kickboxers and a few kung fu people).

i couldn't have said it better.
there's a difference between martial arts and combat sports.

i would say Bruce Lee i once saw him hit a guy from a inch away and they guy went back like 5 yards and fell over a chair funny as..

i think that Jet Li is a very good fighter but IMO if he fought Bruce Lee in Bruce's prime he would lose. but it would be close

11in- Don't forget Jiu-Jitsu and Pankrase(sp?) and fighting styles such as those.

Butterbean! 😱

*runs*

Rocky Marciano would punch a whole though Butterbeans Fat (I wont go there)

It's hard to say who would have or who is the best fighter. In my opinion there is always an element of luck involved.
Ultimatley who ever seizes the initiative will win.
Having great skill gives confidence to act fast and will no doubt help, but through out time there have always been examples of the lucky inexperienced beginer taking out the champion...

I think did depens on what kind of fight you are fighting in

i like robby lawler and the Ice Man

Randy Coutoure.. hands down best Ligher Heavyweight fighter.

i hope he fights silva

jet li ahahahha is no where near the level of power n fighting skill n smarts as bruce lee no doubt he was the best ever he took the human body to another level no ones seen plus i doubt any of the fighters u have mentioned cud touch him hes so quick there was no limit to his technique he cud beat up a football team inna locker room i bet lol

do yer research u will be amazed about how real bruce was