Yeah that makes sense. Fair enough.
Dana Stern - honorable mentions:
Pat Miletich
Frank Shamrock
Jens Pulver
all these guys should be in but.....just don't know why I'm hesitant at putting them there now?
Because you're a Dana-indoctrinated NOOB.
Literally LOL'd. Truly LMAO @ Vitor, Rich Franklin, Tank Abbott, and Forrest Griffin being Hall-of-Famers ahead of Frank Shamrock - who almost single-handedly carried the UFC for a while, was by far its most dominant and defining Champion of that era (which you were obviously not around for), and was without question the greatest UFC Champion since Royce (and btw, the UFC themselves even proclaimed Frank "the greatest UFC fighter ever" after he beat Tito). And Miletich and Jens should be ahead of those guys as well.
Incomprehensible. Noobs say the darnedest, most previously unthinkable things. No long-term follower of the sport would ever even imagine putting some of the guys on your list even possibly, rightfully ahead of Frank, as just an "honorable mention" for a UFC Hall of Fame. Even Pat Miletich, who was roundly decried during his time for being a lackluster and controversially-defined champion, still without question accomplished more than some of your definite "Hall of Famers."
LOL @ being "hesitant" to put in Frank Shamrock or Miletich - after already including Rich Franklin and Forrest Griffin.
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Vitor only belongs in the streaky and repeatedly disapointing hall of fame.