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Khabib Nurmagomedov
Khabib Nurmagomedov retired in 2020 with a perfect 29-0 professional record, becoming the only fighter in UFC lightweight championship history to leave the sport completely undefeated — a career built almost entirely around a suffocating wrestling and grappling-based control style that few opponents ever found an answer for. Nurmagomedov won the UFC lightweight championship in 2018 and defended it three times, including a headline win over Conor McGregor at UFC 229 that remains one of the highest pay-per-view draws in UFC history, and a final title defense against Justin Gaethje in 2020 that he dedicated to his father and longtime coach, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, who had died of COVID-19 complications weeks earlier. His dominance was built on an almost unmatched takedown success rate and top-position control, statistically the most dominant grappling numbers of any UFC champion — opponents frequently spent entire rounds unable to escape from beneath him, a style that proved just as effective against strikers as against fellow grapplers. Nurmagomedov announced his retirement immediately after the Gaethje fight, honoring a promise he'd made to his mother not to fight again without his father in his corner, closing out his career at 29-0 and walking away from the sport at the height of his championship reign rather than fighting into a decline.
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Georges St-Pierre
Georges St-Pierre held the UFC welterweight championship across two separate reigns between 2006 and 2013, defending the title nine times combined, one of the most statistically dominant championship runs in UFC history at any weight class, before retiring in 2013 while still champion. St-Pierre returned in 2017 after a four-year retirement to challenge for the UFC middleweight title, moving up two weight classes, and won by submission — making him just the fourth fighter in UFC history to hold championships in two different divisions, a feat made more notable by the four-year layoff immediately preceding it. His fighting style combined elite wrestling with well-rounded striking and jiu-jitsu, an approach built around minimizing risk and controlling fights positionally rather than seeking finishes — a strategic, methodical style that drew some criticism for caution but also produced one of the lowest loss totals of any long-reigning champion in the sport. St-Pierre finished his UFC career with a 13-fight unbeaten streak across welterweight and middleweight combined, and he's widely cited by fighters and analysts alike as the most well-rounded and fundamentally sound mixed martial artist the sport has produced, regardless of era.
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