10 of the BIGGEST One Trick Ponies in MMA 

And his decision victory against Silva in their first fight - he tapped in the last round, but clearly won the other four. 49-46 Sonnen, undefeated, undisputed

Thats not really one trick its a whole martial art

💯. Just roll for the legs. Was really exciting at first but then not really after a while

@@saltycomet Bro we all know what fight you taking about and he injured his hand in the first round, it’s not like he always fights like that

@@inkognito3145 he did against almost all his opponents. The lowlight reel of bj Penn even has one of those occasions of hall just rolling for the legs

@@inkognito3145 also im genuinely not being rude toward you or hall. And idk if you remember it (been a while) go rewatch Hall vs Maynard. All he kept doing was just going for the legs and frustrating may and the crowd etc

well, Henderson is actually quite known for being a one trick pony. the only trick he knows is to knock the fuck out of you.

Nah Ben had great success with his wrestling in both One and bellator, thats hardly the B leagues. The Askren we got in the UFC was unfortunately an older over the hill version. During his prime he could have wrestle fucked alot of the guys in the UFC to victory. Khabib sure did.

I feel the biggest one trick guys are lewis, craig, hall and puelles (think thats his name)

He is one of my favourite fighters exactly for this reason. I was looking for him here, how didn't this dude put him in is absurd...

Exactly. His ultra gay hugging style is enough to make any straight man quit on the sole fact that they don't want to hug on another sweaty man for 15 to 25 minutes.🤢

How is he a one trick pony? Number one wrestling, BJJ, and other forms of grappling are similar but nowhere near the same thing. If you ever had a single HS wrestling match, you'd be well aware. We've seen him win many times via submission. We've seen him ragdoll people a lot. We've seen him out point people. Shit he won his title by making Raging Al eat his jab for 5 rounds. Just because he dominated everyone, excluding a roided out monster, which, btw he should have lost badly because his only skill got shut down according to your logic, doesn't mean he's a one trick pony. I can't stand anyone who calls people "casual" so I won't. I will, however, say anyone who calls arguably the greatest and most dominant fighter in MMA history a one trick pony ignorant.

He outclassed Rampage with striking

That's the spirit. Can't wait to see your list dude.

13 hours later and we are still waiting...

Where is it bro

He doesnt wanna upset the khasuals because u know....

Disagree with Makhachev. He outstruck Oliveira, and uses his wrestling because it's a VERY effective weapon. But his striking is satisfactory, so I don't see how he is a one-trick pony

I agree with Khabob but yea, I have to admit Islams arsenal is better than Khabob.

Nah khabib used his striking to open up takedowns, aswell as using the threat of a takedown to open up strikes and islam can strike just not as well as others at the top. Sure wrestling is their thing but neither were scared to strike

@@gabrielmunoz987 islam will be better than khabib for that reason. Guys a scary mix between khabib wrestling, charles submissions, and good enough striking to survive

He beat Ciryl Gane by taking him down and controlling him on the ground. So he doesn't belong on a list like this anymore.

Your mad, his versatile with his striking and does different set ups for his knees and punches

@@teengohanssj2109 bro said nothing to indicate he’s mad 😭

Cerrone has good submissions he's not just looking for that head kick everytime.

Who's that???

Sure an elite grappler who uses wrestling , judo and submissions with great transitions and lethal ground nd pound is defintely a one trick pony

@@lynackhilou4865 you mentioned judo submission and wrestling and all of it are all "grappling" he's good at "grappling" therefore he's a one trick pony. but there's no denying that he's very good at utilizing the only skill he possessed and he's very good at it.

@@eetfuk3571 i get what you're saying but i disagree , grappling covers so many different aspects , those are many tricks and skills that are seprate and most people don't use them effectively , a one trick pony would be like damian maia relying solely on bjj , or chael relying solely on wrestling , while someone who uses all these aspects in unison is literally what mixed martial arts are about . Again , even if we were talking about stand up , someone like izzy is not a one trick pony despite all his skills being ' striking ' oriented, and let's not forget it's not just about offensive skills but defense is factored in as well