Now, a word about criteria. These rankings are based solely on a fighter’s achievements in Strikeforce, and my main measure was greatness for one's era and how long it lasted. I believe the majority of other contributors used a similar rubric. Ranking historical fighters based on who would beat whom doesn’t make sense, since fighters keep improving and evolving. Nevertheless, fighters from earlier eras may be penalized for how uncompetitive their division or era was. Luckily, that's not a factor for Strikeforce, as most of its significant fights occurred from 2006 to January 2013.
By way of honorable mention, our poll of the greatest Strikeforce fighters featured a number of greats who received at least one vote, but not quite enough to crack the Top 10. In descending order, they are: Tyron Woodley, Cung Le, Sarah Kaufman and Tarec Saffiedine.
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