10 Best MMA Fighters Of The 2010s

10. Stipe Miocic

Decade Record: 19-3

The towering Ohioan somehow flew under the radar in the early part of the decade, kicking off his mixed martial arts career in his native Cleveland before signing with the UFC.

Despite amassing five wins and just one loss across his first two-and-a-half years over established names like Joey Beltran, Roy Nelson and Gabriel Gonzaga, it wasn't really until his post-2014 run that people started to sit up and take notice of the incredible talent at hand.

Miocic went on an absolute tear, winning six fights in a row, something nearly unheard of in the heavyweight division, including a string of five consecutive KO and TKO finishes over a who's who of the division at the time.

In order, he ploughed through knockout artist Mark Hunt, former champion Andrei Arlovski, Fabricio Werdum to win the title, Dutch powerhouse Alistair Overeem, another former champion Junior Dos Santos and heavy-hitter Francis Ngannou. Those last three all being a new record of three title defences in a single reign.

Although he finally lost the belt to Daniel Cormier, he bounced right back to regain the championship a year later. He was criminally overlooked early in his career, but Stipe Miocic has re-written the record books and changed what it is to be a great heavyweight.