Alright, here’s something I’m sure we’ve all seen a variation on somewhere else, but I haven’t seen it here so I’m going to do it. Why? It’s a Thursday, I’m bored as hell, and it’s too early for me to start drinking. (Hint: no it isn’t.)

So, if you had $6 million and could pull body parts/skill sets from any fighters in their prime, then reassemble them into the ultimate fighter (hurr durr durr), from who would you take what?

Here’s how I would do it:

            Chin: B.J. Penn

            Dexterity: BJ Penn

            Body frame: Jon Jones

            Striking offense: Anderson Silva

            Striking defense: Anderson Silva

            Stance: Lyoto Machida

            Timing: Anderson Silva

            Clinch: Dan Henderson

            Takedown defense: BJ Penn

            Takedowns: Georges St. Pierre

            Top control: Georges St. Pierre

            Ground ‘n’ Pound: (Tie) Jon Jones and Fedor Emelianenko

            Trips: Lyoto Machida

            Throws: Karo Parisyan

            Guard: BJ Penn

            Submissions from bottom: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

            Submissions from top/back: BJ Penn

            Submission defense: Kazushi Sakuraba

            Transitions: Fedor Emelianenko

            "Ring Generalship": Fedor Emelianenko

            Fight IQ: Randy Couture

            Stamina: Clay Guida

            Heart: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

            Groin: Georges St. Pierre

Share with me any facets you think I left out, choices you think are preposterous/ignorant, and whether or not you think a fighter assembled with these abilities would still lose to Rickson (by armbar).