Welcome to Natural Born Killers, the on-line resource for all things mixed martial arts! Speedmonkey.net is dedicated to bringing MMA fans the latest and greatest information, news, pictures and videos of the greatest fighters on the planet.

For those of you who are new to  the sport, Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a combat sport in which a wide variety of fighting techniques are used, including striking and grappling. Modern mixed martial arts emerged in 1993 with the now famous Ultimate Fighting Championship based on the concept of pitting different fighting styles against each other in competition with minimal rules, in an attempt to determine which system would be more effective in a real, unregulated combat situation.

Here is a list of Speedmonkey's greatest grapplers, strikers and submission experts:

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Anderson Silva  "The Spider"
Anderson da Silva, was born April 14, 1975, and is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and the current UFC Middleweight Champion. He is also the current Cage Rage World Middleweight champion, the longest-reigning champion in that promotion.

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Jay Dee "B.J." Penn
(born December 12, 1978 in Hilo, Hawaii) is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.

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Chris "The Crippler" Leben.
Chris was born July 21st, 1980 in Portland Oregon, and was raised in Portland with his younger sister and older brother. Growing up Chris always preferred alternative sports such as skateboarding, dirt biking, and snowboarding. It wasn't until middle school that Chris would dive into the arena of combat sports.

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Charles David 'Chuck' Liddell
(born December 17, 1969 in Santa Barbara, California), also known as "The Iceman" is a mixed martial artist who currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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Forrest Griffin
Forrest Griffin is the first-season winner of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter, a reality show which showcases mixed martial arts (MMA).

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Diego Sanchez  "Nightmare"
Diego "The Nightmare" Sanchez (born December 31, 1981 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is a mixed martial artist with a background in wrestling and Gaidojutsu-a system of submission wrestling developed by his longtime trainer Greg Jackson.

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Frank Shamrock (born Frank Alisio Juarez III on December 8, 1972 in Santa Monica, California) is an American mixed martial arts fighter.

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Robert Malcolm Sapp aka Bob "The Beast" Sapp is an American kickboxer, mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and former world champion professional wrestler and professional American Football player.

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Randy Couture (born June 22, 1963) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Greco-Roman wrestler, and folkstyle wrestler.