By Justin Golightly

Throughout the decades of organized battles our generations have witnessed, a select few warriors have earned a legendary place in the pantheon of fight culture. 

Some of these fighters we have been blessed by the gods to witness, while others we may never see with our inferior eyes. These mythological men and women who go to war with their fists and feet are like our own group of MMA superheroes. 

It's time we no longer merely speak of them by word of mouth in certain corners of the Internet. 

We must finally record their images and names so their mythos will be as eternal as their spirit. 

Follow us as we at FloCombat tackle this lengthy scholarly pursuit.  

Sea Level Cain

Just like Superman gaining his immense strength from our yellow sun, Cain Velasquez's powers seem to be directly correlated to elevation. 

As his body climbs up into the atmosphere, his muscles soften, his lungs become heavy—even the very cells in his body start to dissipate. The closer to sea level Velasquez gets, however, the more his form morphs into something less like a man and more like a brick wall wearing a jet pack. 

While Sea Level Cain could very well be the baddest being on the planet, he can release so much energy that even his own structure will start to break down. This requires Velasquez to spend extended periods of time rebuilding himself as other fighters grow in strength and ability themselves.  

Motivated BJ Penn

You won't like him when he's motivated. 

That's not the effect of gamma radiation you see above though—that's mana manifesting itself outwardly in a human form. Motivated BJ Penn doesn't care what weight class a fight will be contested within. It doesn't even matter what organization supposedly has him locked down in a contract. No amount of temporal obligations or secular confines can hold this properly driven Hawaiian samurai. 

He is beyond those petty tethers. However, as with most heroes—mythological or otherwise—his superpowers come with tragic flaws. 

Very few individuals on our earth have the ability to stop a Motivated BJ Penn, but if the challenge is uninteresting to him, his vicious fighting spirit may unexpectedly lay dormant. At that point, he just kind of chills in board shorts and eats hot dogs.    

Chuck Liddell With That Look In His Eyes

The icy stare isn't to stop opponents dead in their tracks, but to lure them into a violent trap from which escape is futile. 

Each punch that doesn't succeed in knocking his adversaries out cold acts like hypothermia: Things go numb, the body starts to shut down, and eventually sleep actually feels like a pretty good idea. 

It's not. It's a trap. 

Chuck Liddell With That Look in His Eyes has gazed upon the likes of Alistair Overeem, Wanderlei Silva, Tito Ortiz, and Randy Couture—all legends in their own right, all falling at the cold hands of a Duralast-powered juggernaut. 

Luckily, Liddell fought before USADA infiltrated the UFC, or else they may have made his eyes illegal.