SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
September - 2015
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There are several UFC welterweights with brutal
punching power, but none are more dangerous
than former welterweight champion Hendricks.
A former elite NCAA Division I wrestler, Hen-
dricks entered MMA with an incredible grap-
pling base, but then he flashed the real weapon
in his arsenal; his destructive punching power.
When Hendricks is able to land, his opponents
hit the mat.
When you think about heavy hitters, gener-
ally flyweights and bantamweights are the last
names that come to mind. But Lineker isn’t your
average little man because where he hits some-
one, they go down; a fact he drove home at UFC
191 when he dropped a much larger Francisco
Rivera in the first round before choking him out.
With 12 career wins by knockout, Lineker is the
most dangerous little man – power wise – in the
world today.
When it comes to power, the first fighters that
always come to mind are the heavyweights. But
even in a division where everyone has fighter
ending power, there are some that stand head
and shoulders above the rest; Hunt is that fight-
er. A former K-1 World Grand Prix champion,
Hunt’s brutal power has always been his calling
card. Anyone who can knock Roy Nelson out
cold has to be mentioned somewhere on the
list.
There are fighters who hit hard, then there are
fighters with true knockout power and then
there is Manhoef. With 27 of his 29 career
wins coming by way of knockout – including
a knockout over heavyweight knockout artist,
Hunt – Manhoef is an absolute destroyer. His
vicious Muay Thai combined with his dynamic
power make him one of the most exciting fight-
ers to watch in MMA today.
While everyone on this list could have a solid ar-
gument for being placed in the top spot, no one
in the sport today is as dangerous as Johnson
is. A former welterweight who constantly strug-
gled with cutting weight to make 170 pounds,
Johnson finally came to the realization that he
was doing more harm than good trying to fight
that low. Now that he has found his true weight
class, Johnson has flourished and his power has
become even more dangerous. No one in the
sport today generates more power than John-
son does and it’s a scary level of power.
#5 Johny Hendricks
#4 John Lineker
#3 Mark Hunt
#2 Melvin Manhoef
#1 Anthony Johnson
