Sherdog’s Top 10: Deceptively Dangerous

4. Jeremy Horn

Horn walks into a bar, and the resident tough guys barely even blink. Horn steps into a mixed martial arts cage or ring, and he commands instant respect. Having a grand total of 115 fights on your official ledger -- although the true number is closer to 160 -- tends to have that effect.

Fighting professionally since 1996, Horn has beaten the likes of Chuck Liddell, Chael Sonnen (three times) and Forrest Griffin and gone the distance in defeat with the likes of Anderson Silva, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Randy Couture. Horn’s chin was the stuff of legend -- it was not until his rematch with Liddell at UFC 54 that the man known as “Gumby” would be knocked down and out in a fight. To this day, only “The Iceman” and Matt Lindland own TKO victories over Horn.

As he made his way through the less-than-glamorous club and bar fight scene, many an opponent would regret agreeing to a fight the Omaha, Neb., native, even though his skin-and-bones frame sure looked ripe for the picking at weigh-ins. Even at 36 years old, Horn is still successful when he fights, as a 9-3 record since 2009 can attest. Finding fights these days tends to be a lot tougher; no one wants to tarnish his record against the cagey veteran.

“Jeremy can still beat the guys in the UFC,” Monte Cox, his manager, recently told Sherdog.com. “Jeremy has to find new motivation after 15 years and 100-some fights; and how long can you train for something? But he’s still dangerous, and he has all the tools.”

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